Description
Total Immersion Open Water Workshop – Weare, NH
When: Saturday, July 11th / 9 am – 4 pm.
Where: Mount William Pond. Meet at David Price’s home - 92 Pondview Rd, Weare, NH 03281.
Who: To get the maximum benefit from this workshop, you should be able to swim 500 yards or more in a pool. It is not required, but it is helpful to have attended a TI Weekend Workshop or learned our Easy Freestyle sequence from a TI Coach. The minimum age requirement is 15. Swimming families warmly welcomed to participate together.
What we will teach:
(1) How to get the most pleasure and the greatest improvement from open water swimming;
(2) How to make open water practice as organized and purposeful as your pool practice (but way more enjoyable); and
(3) How to finish an open water race feeling fresh and eager to swim one again.
AM Session:
• Learn the TI Open Water Technique (Perpetual Motion Freestyle). Learn four key skills guaranteed to save you energy and help you swim a consistent pace for a long distance without tiring. This will include video analysis.
• Learn Smart Speed - Use a Tempo Trainer in pool or open water to find the optimal stroke length and rate for any distance or speed and to develop mental stamina and powerful focus.
PM Session:
• Swim Calmly in a Crowd: Learn to be comfortable, relaxed, and efficient and develop a “cocoon of calm” in a crowd of jostling swimmers. Also learn to draft, approach and round turn buoys, and pass other swimmers effectively.
• Swim the Shortest Distance: Learn to sight and navigate expertly and to draft off other swimmers to save energy and reduce your need to look for landmarks.
Are wetsuits welcome? Very much so, if it will help you be more comfortable and to learn how to adapt the Open Water Technique for wetsuit swimming.
Tuition: $295 per person.
