Open water swimming, Salford Watersports Centre

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Open Water Swimming, Salford Water Sports Centre

For adults who can swim and want support achieving their open water goals

Session update: The open water season (and summer) is here! For info and how to book general and coached swims head over to https://salfordwatersports.com and hit the ‘book now’ button

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Whether you’re looking to try open water swimming for the first time, or a seasoned open water swimmer, we can help you with our structured pathway of open water sessions

We are excited to be working with Salford Watersports Centre at Salford Quays to provide their open water coaching.

The set-up at Salford Watersports Centre is great for coaching. As well as a number of courses (300m and 500m) to test your fitness and skills on, there is a dedicated coaching area (approximately swimming pool sized).

Our open water swimming sessions cater for a range of abilities and experience from those new to open water to seasoned open water swimmers and triathletes.

Click on each of the sessions below to book and find out more👇

1-2-1 Cold Open Water Swimming Coaching (November to April)

Introduction to Cold Open Water Swimming (November to April)

Our safety and coaching teams have consulted with leading cold-water experts to create a one-off session for experienced open water swimmers who want to learn more about swimming in cold water (i.e. outside of the traditional May- September season) and how to do it safely. This session will cover the essentials, such as respecting your limits, how to acclimatise, how to re-warm afterward, dynamic risk assessments, how to keep yourself and your swimming buddy safe.

Please note we recommend that only experienced swimmers swim with us during April due to water temperature.

When: November to April

Open water 1-2-1s (April/May-October)

Our 1-2-1s are tailored to you and if you have an open water goal, we can support you with it.

Depending on your goals, our qualified Swim England and British Triathlon open water coaches can work from the coaching pontoon or out on the water in a kayak/SUP with you.

Popular goals we have helped swimmers with are:

building confidence in open water
working on any open water worries/anxieties
adapting stroke technique (breaststroke, front crawl or even butterfly) to optimise swimming in a wetsuit
improving open water skills such as sighting and turning
preparing for triathlon and open water events/races
discovering the joys of swimming outdoors!

When:

TUESDAYS: 5:30-6pm

SUNDAYS 11:15-11:45am

Price: £27

Book: Book now

Intro to Open Water Sessions (April/May-October)

This one off-session is aimed at adults with limited or no open water experience who can swim 8 lengths/200m comfortably whilst out of your depth on any stroke on your front in a swimming pool

This session covers the skills you need to transition from the pool to the open water e.g. acclimatisation, putting on a wetsuit, and essential open water skills

To keep everyone safe, we are working with current COVID-19 government, RLSS, BTF and Swim England guidance for coaching.

These sessions have 6 swimmers per group which allows everyone to progress at their own pace and receive individual corrections. Our Swim England/BTF Level 2 open water or triathlon qualified coaches will tailor the session to meet the aims and abilities of the group.

When:

TUESDAYS: 7:15-8PM

SUNDAYS: 9:45-10:30am

Price: £20 includes wetsuit hire

Book: Book Now!

Open Water Development (May-Sept)

These sessions progress the skills learned in our ‘intro to open water session’ and are for swimmers who are competent in the water that want to develop their swimming (technique and fitness) and confidence in their open water skills.

When:

TUESDAYS:6-6:30pm

SUNDAYS: 9:15-9:45AM

Price: £10

Book: Book Now!

Swim Smooth Manchester Open Water Training sessions (May-Sept)

We believe that that there is nothing quite like training for open water swimming than getting out there and doing it!

If you can swim 500m continuously in open water on front crawl then you’re welcome to join us!

They will give you the benefits of swimming in a squad e.g. the camaraderie, the added motivational boost of training buddies, and a session that gets you thinking differently about your swimming.

Following Swim Smooth’s concept of the 3 keys, there are 3 key areas to improving your swimming:

front crawl technique
fitness
open water skills

If you can improve 1% in each area, not only does this make you a better prepared swimmer, but this adds up to 3% improvement overall! It is easier to make 1% gain in each area than 3% in one. We realise that fitting in training with other commitments is a fine balancing act and we believe it’s all about training smarter

They will:

challenge your fitness over a variety of intervals and distances
prepare you psychologically – as they will take you those places you experience in a race so you can learn how to manage come race day.
work on open water technique e.g. adapting your stroke in a wetsuit, open water skills such as turning, and working on your tactics for the race.
have the added bonuses of fresh water, wildlife and the unpredictability of the elements. These challenges will also be there on race day, so it’s good practice to swim in a variety of conditions.

When:

TUESDAYS: 6:30-7:15pm

SUNDAYS: 10:30-11:15am

Price: £10

Book: Book Now!

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