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
Side-dolphining In Open Water, Side-streaming In The Pool Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Whether it is catching or riding a wave into the shore on a coastal ocean swim or off the wall in a pool in a competitive pool meet, streamlining on your side is a topic for consideration. "Side-streaming or side-dolphining is something that we
Images courtesy of Universal Sports in Kazan, Russia. Controversy was stirred up and then quietly diffused when Ryan Lochte used an old body surfing technique during his 200m individual medley gold medal performance at the 2015 FINA World Championships in Kazan, Russia. As body surfers have done for generations and a handful of veteran ocean swimmers with
Many athletes and those who wish to get in good physical shape swear by CrossFit or the intense workouts given by their own personal trainers. Others use expensive fitness equipment or visit plush gyms to push their bodies to the max, but a wide sandy beach offers a viable alternative. A wide coastline with plenty of sand offers the opportunity to do
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. While Webber Wave Pools are meant for surfers who would create a dynamic market for their artificial wave pools, we think that these types of wave pools would serve as outstanding training facilities for triathletes and ocean swimmers interested in learning how to deal with the dynamics of the open
What you want to do and be at all times in the open water is to be safe. When dolphining and diving in the ocean through the waves, especially in the shallow waters, you want to dive flat or just below the waves. By diving flat, you can accomplish a few important things: 1. You will not hit the bottom or rocks. 2. You will maintain your forward
Gerry Rodrigues, the founder and organizer of Tower 26, was tested by the World Open Water Swimming Association using the highly sophisticated SwiMetrics back in 2010. The SwiMetrics tested Coach Rodrigues on his open water dolphining technique. Similar to the SwiMetrics velocity, force and acceleration measurements and tests that were utilized to
The Open Water Swim Club held a fun practice in Huntington Beach, California when the water was a bit coolish for the younger members. Instead of a long, comfortable swim parallel along the shoreline, the team decided to do a BS To Ten workout. BS To Ten is an ocean workout where there is decent surf. Everyone runs into the water and tries to catch ten
As the surf kicks up and the summer ocean swimming season kicks off in Southern California, the importance of body surfing among competitive ocean swimmers always comes up. As swimmers approach the shore taxed physically, it is often aerobically difficult to pick up the kick and body surf in. Matty Mitchell and Hank Wise often conduct pool swimming sets to
Tom Pąchalski, BCT head Coach and manager, and Andrzej Skorykow, head coach of the Warsaw Masters Team in Poland, conduct POW (Pool Open Water) sessions and seminars in Warsaw, Poland. Skorykow, a former member of the Polish national water polo team, has rough water experience that comes in handy to help instruct and assure newcomers to the sport. For
