SOUTH WEST SWIM SQUAD
EXCLUSIVE!!
Race Skills Development Workshop Session
This session is ONLY available to swimmers that
swim with us under a 5 or 10 session squad membership, please do
not book this session if this isnt you as your place will be
removed.
An exclusive early season open water skills session for squad
swimmers. Join us at lake86 for a bespoke squad workshop where we
will work with you on those essential open water racing
skills;
- Sighting
- Turns
- Group Swimming / Drafting
We may even throw in some hard work for you, it cant all be skills
and rainbows after all.
Book now to reserve your place on this squad special, special
pricing and limited places apply to this session. If it is
oversubscribed we may host an additional session and split each by
lane / speed order.
We have two dates:
SATURDAY MAY 10th at 10am - This session is for swimmers who swim
in lanes with a paces of 2:00 per 100m or faster.
SATURDAY MAY 17th at 12 noon- This session is for
swimmers who swim in lanes with a paces of less than 2:00 per
100m.
please ensure you book the correct session for your swim
speed, if in double please contact me before
booking.
*Important: Cancellation period for this special
workshop is the same as our squad policy; 24 hours before the start
time of the session. As this is (potentially) a one off session any
early cancellations will transfer into 2x normal squad sessions on
your account, please advise if you early cancel so we can activiate
this. Late cancellations will mean the session fee is lost as per
our standard T&C's
Introduction To Open Water Swimming - Level 1 Swim England Workshop
Your first step into the world of open water & triathlon Swimming working to achieve your Swim England Level 1 Open Water Certificate (and shiny badge, we all like a shiny badge.......right)
South West Swim are the leading provider of Open Water Swim, Triathlon Swim & Pool Swim Coaching in the Swindon & Cotswolds area. Our team are fully qualified swim coaches and swim teachers with vast amounts of open water and triathlon experience. We have delivered sessions to all levels of the swimming spectrum, from adult and child learn to swim through to regional, national and world achievers and champions in both swimming and triathlon.
We are proud to offer our fully coached Introduction sessions for the 2024 season and are confident that our introduction sessions are unrivalled in their content and delivery. Our coaches will be with you in / on the water at all times, you will receive pre session materials to prepare you for your first swim. After the session we will send online resources and support to assist your swimming further and continue your development. All our materials and methods are constantly reviewed for best practice and skills and safety relevance.
The
Details
This Level 1
workshop will swim your way to your Swim England
Level 1 certificate in Open Water Swimming and provide you with the skills and confidence
to take to the water by yourself, tackle your first Open Water or
Triathlon event, or just educate and improve the swim of the non
competitive swimmer looking for that new and exciting
challenge.
This workshop is around 1.5 hours in duration, actual water time will vary depending on the water temperature at the time of the session.
This session will cover
- Safety / Session brief, including venue specific safety
- Putting on your wetsuit - making the dark art of getting rubber on your body as simple as 1-2-3-4
- Safe Entry / Exit of the water
- Acclimatisation and breathing control
- Self Rescue & Emergency actions
- Basic Sighting Action for front crawl swimmers
- Group Swimming Familiarisation
- 200m Test Swim (part of the Level 1 Certificate sign off process)
- The Syllabus of the Swim England Level 1 Certificate in Open Water Swimming. This is ONLY passed if the swimmer completes all of the content in the course, including online questions (link sent nearer the course date)
You will need
To participate all swimmers will need to be aged 18 or over and bring with them:
- Aged 18 or over (sessions for 11-17 year olds are available on a 1-to-1 basis)
- To be able to swim at lease 200m of any stroke (note; most of the skills based work in this session is front crawl based)
- A Swimsuit
- A Wetsuit (triathlon/swimming suit NOT a tri suit) – optional on SWS coaches written approval in temperatures over 20 degrees plus but recommended for these sessions due to the stop start nature of skills development.
- Goggles
- Bright coloured swim cap (or two), A south West Swim hat is available to purchase at 50% off, contact us before the session to arrange purchase.
- Swimming gloves and booties
are optional.
- Towel or Changing Robe. We recommend the Ddipp robes, save 10% using our special discount code SWSWIM-10
- A swimming tow
float, such as the Swim Secure Tow Float / Dry Bag Range. Don't
worry if you don't have your own, we can loan you one for your
session or they are available from us to purchase at a discounted
rate (5% off). Contact us before the session to arrange
purchase.
- A drink, hot or cold depending on the weather. Get an exclusive 15% discount from our friends at Precision Fuel and hydration
Want to develop further?
After your Level 1 course we can also offer our Introduction to Race Skills Level 2 course to take your swimming to the next level, working towards the Swim England Level 2 Certificate in Open Water Swimming.
About South West Swim, Our Coaches and Our Delivery
See information in the special instructions below to find out more
SOUTH WEST SWIM SQUAD
EXCLUSIVE!!
Race Skills Development Workshop Session
This session is ONLY available to swimmers that
swim with us under a 5 or 10 session squad membership, please do
not book this session if this isnt you as your place will be
removed.
An exclusive early season open water skills session for squad
swimmers. Join us at lake86 for a bespoke squad workshop where we
will work with you on those essential open water racing
skills;
- Sighting
- Turns
- Group Swimming / Drafting
We may even throw in some hard work for you, it cant all be skills
and rainbows after all.
Book now to reserve your place on this squad special, special
pricing and limited places apply to this session. If it is
oversubscribed we may host an additional session and split each by
lane / speed order.
We have two dates:
SATURDAY MAY 10th at 10am - This session is for swimmers who swim
in lanes with a paces of 2:00 per 100m or faster.
SATURDAY MAY 17th at 12 noon- This session is for
swimmers who swim in lanes with a paces of less than 2:00 per
100m.
please ensure you book the correct session for your swim
speed, if in double please contact me before
booking.
*Important: Cancellation period for this special
workshop is the same as our squad policy; 24 hours before the start
time of the session. As this is (potentially) a one off session any
early cancellations will transfer into 2x normal squad sessions on
your account, please advise if you early cancel so we can activiate
this. Late cancellations will mean the session fee is lost as per
our standard T&C's
Introduction To Open Water Swimming - Level 1 Swim England Workshop
Your first step into the world of open water & triathlon Swimming working to achieve your Swim England Level 1 Open Water Certificate (and shiny badge, we all like a shiny badge.......right)
South West Swim are the leading provider of Open Water Swim, Triathlon Swim & Pool Swim Coaching in the Swindon & Cotswolds area. Our team are fully qualified swim coaches and swim teachers with vast amounts of open water and triathlon experience. We have delivered sessions to all levels of the swimming spectrum, from adult and child learn to swim through to regional, national and world achievers and champions in both swimming and triathlon.
We are proud to offer our fully coached Introduction sessions for the 2024 season and are confident that our introduction sessions are unrivalled in their content and delivery. Our coaches will be with you in / on the water at all times, you will receive pre session materials to prepare you for your first swim. After the session we will send online resources and support to assist your swimming further and continue your development. All our materials and methods are constantly reviewed for best practice and skills and safety relevance.
The
Details
This Level 1
workshop will swim your way to your Swim England
Level 1 certificate in Open Water Swimming and provide you with the skills and confidence
to take to the water by yourself, tackle your first Open Water or
Triathlon event, or just educate and improve the swim of the non
competitive swimmer looking for that new and exciting
challenge.
This workshop is around 1.5 hours in duration, actual water time will vary depending on the water temperature at the time of the session.
This session will cover
- Safety / Session brief, including venue specific safety
- Putting on your wetsuit - making the dark art of getting rubber on your body as simple as 1-2-3-4
- Safe Entry / Exit of the water
- Acclimatisation and breathing control
- Self Rescue & Emergency actions
- Basic Sighting Action for front crawl swimmers
- Group Swimming Familiarisation
- 200m Test Swim (part of the Level 1 Certificate sign off process)
- The Syllabus of the Swim England Level 1 Certificate in Open Water Swimming. This is ONLY passed if the swimmer completes all of the content in the course, including online questions (link sent nearer the course date)
You will need
To participate all swimmers will need to be aged 18 or over and bring with them:
- Aged 18 or over (sessions for 11-17 year olds are available on a 1-to-1 basis)
- To be able to swim at lease 200m of any stroke (note; most of the skills based work in this session is front crawl based)
- A Swimsuit
- A Wetsuit (triathlon/swimming suit NOT a tri suit) – optional on SWS coaches written approval in temperatures over 20 degrees plus but recommended for these sessions due to the stop start nature of skills development.
- Goggles
- Bright coloured swim cap (or two), A south West Swim hat is available to purchase at 50% off, contact us before the session to arrange purchase.
- Swimming gloves and booties
are optional.
- Towel or Changing Robe. We recommend the Ddipp robes, save 10% using our special discount code SWSWIM-10
- A swimming tow
float, such as the Swim Secure Tow Float / Dry Bag Range. Don't
worry if you don't have your own, we can loan you one for your
session or they are available from us to purchase at a discounted
rate (5% off). Contact us before the session to arrange
purchase.
- A drink, hot or cold depending on the weather. Get an exclusive 15% discount from our friends at Precision Fuel and hydration
Want to develop further?
After your Level 1 course we can also offer our Introduction to Race Skills Level 2 course to take your swimming to the next level, working towards the Swim England Level 2 Certificate in Open Water Swimming.
About South West Swim, Our Coaches and Our Delivery
See information in the special instructions below to find out more
Guide To Sighting & Swimming Straighter Workshop
Our ever popular sighting specific workshop is back. Learn how to sight effectively and be aware of some key faults in your stroke that may make you swim off course.
South West Swim are the leading provider of Open Water Swim, Triathlon Swim & Pool Swim Coaching in the Swindon & Cotswolds area. Our team are fully qualified swim coaches and swim teachers with vast amounts of open water and triathlon experience. We have delivered sessions to all levels of the swimming spectrum, from adult and child learn to swim through to regional, national and world achievers and champions in both swimming and triathlon.
The Details
This special 75-90 minute session will focus on the key elements of how to swim straight, navigation and sighting technique.
The session will walk (or rather swim) you through the essential concepts of open water sighting. We will start lakeside with a chat and introduction and then head to the water to perform some fun drills and exercises designed to build up your sighting position, technique and timing.
You will also receive a follow up email with content to recap what we have delivered within the session.
This session is limited to 8 swimmers initially so book on quickly.
Joining Criteria: This session will be multi ability with some simple drills and exercises forming the session, plus some swims out on the course at lake86. Please note that you must be able to swim a comfortable 400m front crawl (with the head in the water) for 400m without stopping, in a guide time of no slower than around 2:30mins per 100m.
If you are new to open water swimming we highly recommend you book onto a 1-to-1 session or our introduction to open Water Swimming Level 1 Course. Here we wil better be able to cater for your swimming needs. This workshop is not geared towards swimmers who have not been in the open water before.
You will need
To participate all swimmers will need to be aged 18 or over and bring with them:
- Aged 18 or over (sessions for 11-17 year olds are available on a 1-to-1 basis)
- To be able to swim at lease 400m of front crawl based, in a time of no slower than 2:10mins per 100m.
- A Swimsuit
- A Wetsuit (triathlon/swimming suit NOT a tri suit) – optional on SWS coaches written approval in temperatures over 20 degrees plus but recommended for these sessions due to the stop start nature of skills development.
- Goggles
- Bright coloured swim cap (or two), A south West Swim hat is available to purchase at 50% off, contact us before the session to arrange purchase.
- Swimming gloves and booties are optional.
- Towel or Changing Robe. We recommend the Ddipp robes, save 10% using our special discount code SWSWIM-10
- A swimming tow float, such as the Swim Secure Tow Float / Dry Bag Range. Don't worry if you don't have your own, we can loan you one for your session or they are available from us to purchase at a discounted rate (5% off). Contact us before the session to arrange purchase.
- A drink, hot or cold depending on the weather. Get an exclusive 15% discount from our friends at Precision Fuel and hydration
About South West Swim, Our Coaches and Our Delivery
See information in the special instructions below to find out more