Shooting The Gap and Other Open Water Swimming Moves
Shooting The Gap and Other Open Water Swimming Moves
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. While there will not be any coastal ocean races in California and Florida or anywhere else in America this summer, other countries and coastal communities will offer some racing as the COVID-19 pandemic gets under control.What are some examples of racing tactics and competitive moves used open water swimmers?
Besides the basic moves like dolphining, drafting, bodysurfing, impeding, negative splitting, railroading, sheltered-side breathing, slip streaming, shooting the gap (see video above), zip lining, self-screening, veering, side-dolphining, and dive turning, there are also specialty moves like the Lateral Laze, Tack ‘n Turn, The Ilchenko, Circle Move, Seek and Spot, Reach and Roll, Gulp and Go, and Toss and Turn.
From left to right in the video above, Steven Munatones, Matthew Mitchell and Hank Wise practice shooting the gap in a local pool in Long Beach, California.
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Southern California native, born 1962, is the creator of the WOWSA Awards, Oceans Seven, Openwaterpedia, Daily News of Open Water Swimming and founder of WOWSA. Inductee in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame (Honor Swimmer, Class of 2001) and Ice Swimming Hall of Fame (Honor Contributor - Media, Class of 2019), recipient of the International Swimming Hall of Fame's Poseidon Award (2016), International Swimming Hall of Fame's Irving Davids-Captain Roger Wheeler Memorial Award (2010).
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