6 lessons to build your open water swimming confidence
GYRO LOOP SWIM LESSONS
This is a series of 6 open water swim lessons to get you confident and ready for an open water swim event (like the Across The Lake Swim) or a triathlon. This series is derived from the annual Across The Lake Swim Open Water Clinics held at Boyce Gyro Park every June and July, and is intended for:
· Beginner swimmers
· Pool swimmers who have very little open water swim experience
· Those who are anxious in the open water swimming environment.
THE LESSONS
- Before you get in
- Equipment
- The many sources of anxiety
- Acclimatizing to cold water
- Rest/recovery position
- The pop-up drill
- The importance of breathing
- Why breath control is more difficult in water
- Some important physiology to embrace
- Breathing drills on dry land
- Breathing drills in open water
- Learning breathing flexibility
- How to swim straight
- Do you drift left or right?
- 3 basic sighting techniques
- Sighting in swells or chop
- Other ways to swim straight
- Become a flexible sighter
- Goggle failure options
- Swimming in a crowd
- Protecting your breathing
- Moving into deep water
- Swimming in adverse conditions
- Drafting
- Review
- Sustained distance
- Flexibility
- Staying relaxed
- Race Preparation
- Fueling
- Sleep
- Self Seeding
- Warm-up
- Swimming your swim
- Kayak support
- Getting out of the water