Beginner Open Water Confidence Course Saturday 8 May 0845-0945 Bicester with Rob

Just getting into Open Water Swimming or Triathlon? Worried about how to swim in this new environment? Come and learn some new swimming skills. Perhaps you want to modify your existing stroke, experience the washing machine effect of the mass start, or want to learn how to swim straight. This 3 week course will prepare you for any event you've got coming up, will enhance your confidence and give you a great head start for the open water season. You must be able to swim 100m freestyle/front crawl continuously.

This course includes:
- Swimming in the Open Water for the first time
- Sighting techniques to Swim Straight
- Swimming close to others
- Stroke Technique Adaptations for the Open Water 
- Mass Starts
- Managing Anxieties and Phobias
- Exhalation and Breathing Bilaterally
- Transition 1 Practice
- Pacing to swim continuously