Open Water Swimming Speaker: Dave Candler, STA President - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Open Water Swimming Speaker: Dave Candler, STA President Qualifications STA Level 1 Award for Pool to Open Water Swimming Coaching STA Level 2 Award for Open Water Swimming Coaching. Current Situation of Leisure Providers Weather


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Open Water Swimming

Speaker: Dave Candler, STA President

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Qualifications

  • STA Level 1 Award for Pool to Open Water Swimming

Coaching

  • STA Level 2 Award for Open Water Swimming Coaching.
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Current Situation of Leisure Providers

  • Weather
  • Lack of support
  • Poor structure
  • Open Water venues

seeking revenue

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The Solution

  • STA Level 1 Award for Pool to Open Water Swimming

Coaching

  • STA Level 2 Award for Open Water Swimming Coaching.
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Benefits

  • Swimmers
  • Improve technique, fitness, motivation, training variation
  • Measure progress
  • Sense of community/companionship
  • Teachers/Coaches
  • Hold new OWS qualification
  • Developed professional skills
  • Personal revenue stream
  • Leisure Centres/Open Water venues
  • New revenue stream and equipment sales
  • Customer retention
  • Standardised swimming across all clubs
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STA Level 1 Award for Pool to Open Water Swimming Coaching

  • Introducing: Simple Swimming
  • Simple concept:

1. Know what you are doing 2. Know when you are doing it wrong 3. Know when you have made a positive change.

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STA Level 1 Award for Pool to Open Water Swimming Coaching

  • Rules/method for training:
  • Measure performance, progressive

plans

  • Focus on mobility and flexibility
  • Swim intervals – based on

measurements

  • Technology:
  • Measurement equipment
  • Underwater camera – swim clip

coaching.

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Simple Swimming Sample Workout 1 (Train for 400m)

  • Warm Up
  • 8 lengths stretch out – Count and Reduce Strokes each length
  • 50m build pace and 50m kick/Poolside kick
  • Pre-Main Set – Partner up/PoolMate Watch
  • Benchmark Time Trial: 100m time, count strokes for each lap
  • Main Set: Pacing your 400m
  • Part 1: 8x50m
  • Part 2: 4x100m
  • Count strokes and time – hold times and pace, record time
  • Warm Down Drills
  • 4x50m catch up
  • 8x25m Zipper Drill
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Classes – Pool Setup

  • With or without lane ropes
  • New ways of pool training
  • Innovative concepts and

workouts

  • Motivate swimmers.
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Pool Setup – Long Course

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Pool Setup – Short Course

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Pool Setup – Up and Down Long

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Pool Setup – Pool Swim 400

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Equipment

  • Timing and tracking

software

  • Open water goggles
  • Sighting flags
  • Poolside cones
  • Wetsuits
  • Poolside info boards
  • Underwater video camera
  • Indoor buoys
  • Waterproof stroke & lap

watch

  • Stroke analysis form
  • Measure and monitor table
  • Waterproof MP3 for

communication

  • Session plans
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2014 The Future

  • STA Level 2 Award for

Open Water Swimming Coaching

  • First national open water

coaching course for Teachers and Coaches

  • Ofqual approved.
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Moving Skills to Open Water

  • Safety
  • Water confidence
  • Techniques in pool and
  • pen water
  • Drafting
  • Kicking
  • Mass start
  • Group swimming
  • Open water turns
  • Sighting and navigating
  • And more.
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Any Questions? Thank You