We have a wealth of experience to impart to you and ensure this is done in a relaxed and friendly environment.

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Our open water swimming lessons are extremely popular, whether you're looking to improve your sighting, navigation, turning around swim buoys, building and improving your drafting skills or mass start techniques. We'll teach you all the skills and drills specific to your swim level to help you achieve and develop all aspects of your front crawl.

 

Learn all the skills and technique drills you'll need to swim front crawl with more efficiency, speed and power to help you achieve your training and event / racing goals!

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What to expect:

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We offer 1-2-1 private open water sea swimming lessons as well as 2-2-1 and 3-2-1 coaching

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Each session lasts for one hour and will include a 5-minute warm-up and a coach analysis of your front crawl stroke technique, and level of open water skills. We will then talk through what you find you need to improve upon and target those particular skills during your lesson.

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Open water swimming lessons are held at Halyling Island, meeting next to the Inn on the Beach pub.

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We will send you pre-exercise questionnaire and Speedy Swimming normal operating procedures and coaching rules for covid-19 upon booking your sessions.

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What's included in our Open Water Sea Swim Coaching?

 

In each open water session we'll take you through a progressive range of skills, drills and techniques to help you:

 

• Pacing for Open Water Swim Racing and Triathlon

• Top tips and techniques for sea swimming 

• Paceline drafting techniques and practice

• Sighting and navigation in swell

• Learning and understanding how to deal with tides, currents and drifting

• Safety in open water especially rivers and the sea

• Wading and dolphining techniques for a fast sea swim entry

• Transition T1 - preparation, the layout of transition, kit list and wet suit

• ​Mass starts types and practice 

• Beach starts and exits

• Sighting and navigation in lakes, rivers and the sea

• Drafting off the feet and hips to gain up to 25% time savings

• Close proximity swimming for race practice in a controlled safe environment

• Effective methods for navigating and turning around swim buoys

• Acclimatisation and entry methods into the water colder i.e below 16 degrees

• Methods to teach you how to relax and stay calm and build confidence in open water

 

This will be followed by teaching you the skills and drills of front crawl swimming as required and bespoke to your own personal skill set.

 

For example, this can include:

 

• Learning how to achieve a higher body position

• Reduce drag and resistance

• Improve your breathing technique

• Catching the water better

• Improve your rotation

• Becoming more streamlined in the water 

• Plus up to 80 other front crawl techniques and stroke corrections!

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Swim drills provided afterwards by email​

 

Availability: 

 

• Open water sea swimming lessons at Hayling Island Beach, are available in the summer months from May to September, during the week, including day times and some evenings, upon request, by appointment only.

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• Throughout the autumn and winter front crawl swim technique coaching is available at Chertsey in the endless pool, and at Petersfield Lido in Hampshire. ​

 

Details:  

 

These sessions are for all levels of swimmers, triathletes and masters, who can swim a minimum of 400 metres comfortably in open water:

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• Triathletes - sprint to Ironman distance and beyond

• Open water swimmers looking to improve their sea swimming skills and experience

• To those wanting to improve their open water skills and techniques from 750m to 14km swims. 

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You’ll then receive your personal swim drills after each swim lesson by email for you to practice in between swim lessons.

 

Benefits of private swim lessons

 

• Learn how to swim more efficiently using our 6 phase swim skills and drills series

• Increase your distance per stroke to push more water behind you

• Enhance your feel for the water improving your catch and pull phases to swim faster

• Learn how to use a high and earlier vertical forearm for greater efficiency

• Understand how to kick effectively from your hips so you’re not wasting energy

• Breathing techniques to help you relax and reduce a feeling of panic in the water

• Better pacing control and awareness from structured swim sessions

• Learn new tips and techniques in each session