Swim WEST And Learn About Open Water For Free
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Ori Sela of Swim WEST offers 50 short lectures on open water swimming, totaling 1.5 hours, for free here.
The course is normally costs $185, but the Daily News of Open Water Swimming readers can obtain the entire 50-lecture course for $0 here.
Sela’s curriculum includes the following:
Lecture 1: Uri Tene learned to swim from 0 to 21 km and lost 45 kg
Lecture 2: TEDx talk by Ori Sela, The Power of the Sea [see below]
Lecture 3: How to take your workout to the pool?
Lecture 4: What and how can we change in the swimming training program?
Lecture 6: Stretching after and during the workout
Section 17: Organizing full 4 days a week swimming
Lecture 18: Organize all the swimming gear
Lecture 23: Learn about your pulse and heart rate
Lecture 26: How to use a swimming snorkel and why?
Lecture 30: How to control your 100m freestyle
Lecture 33: How to make an open water energy meal/drink?
Lecture 35: How to loosen our shoulders in WEST swimming technique
Lecture 36: Swim breaststroke slow with separated movement
Lecture 37: Dolphin with fins
Read more here.
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Southern California native, born 1962, is the creator of the WOWSA Awards, Oceans Seven, Openwaterpedia, Citrus Corps, World Open Water Swimming Association, Daily News of Open Water Swimming, Global Open Water Swimming Conference. He is Chief Executive Officer of KAATSU Global and KAATSU Research Institute. 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), USA Swimming's Glen S. Hummer Award (2007, 2010) and Harvard University's John B. Imrie Award (1984). Served on the FINA Technical Open Water Swimming Committee and as Technical Delegate with the 2011 Special Olympics World Summer Games, and 9-time USA Swimming coaching staff. Note: WOWSA only recommends products or services used or recommended by the community. WOWSA does not receive compensation for links or products mentioned on this site or in blog posts. If it does, it will be indicated clearly on that specific post. See WOWSA's privacy policy for more information.
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