Tomasz Pąchalski Helps Prepare Poland
Tomasz Pąchalski is a young man with a passion for open water swimming.The 26-year-old manager of the professional-amateur BCT Gdynia Marathon in Poland recently gave a highly-acclaimed lecture at the Polish National Coaching Conference held in Krakow between September 26th to 29th of September. The largest swimming conference in Poland attracted 350 coaches and offered a lecture about open water swimming for the first time in its 4-year history.
Pachalski presented a summary of the domestic and international open water swimming community, offered a one-year open water training program, the Pyramid of Open Water Success, technical recommendations by American professional marathon swimmer Emily Brunemann, and tips for new open water swimmers.
“The coaches had lots of questions mainly about the training process,” explained Pachalski. “I presented plans and expectations for next year. We plan to send swimmers to the European and World Junior Open Water Swimming Championships and discussed preparation processes and qualifications. By improving the overall knowledge of coaches, this will for sure have a big influence on the training of young open water swimmers.”
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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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