| Relaxation and Breathing |
Presentation and demo illustrating dry-land and in-the-water
exercises to become more relaxed, and to develop optimal breathing technique. |
| Efficient Freestyle Technique |
The basics of efficient freestyle; including drills and exercises
used to master good form. |
| Open Water Skills for Triathletes |
All of the open-water basics: Equipment, starts, sighting,
drafting, turns, etc. and how to practice open-water skills both at the
pool and in the open water. (This is the most popular winter meeting topic
for tri clubs.) |
| Fear of Open Water |
Addresses all of the real or imagined issues people have
with open water. It is intended to calm (not frighten!) open water swimmers. |
| Core Strength for Swimmers |
Presentation and demo using foam rollers (we will bring a
few), based on a dry-land Pilates-like routine developed by June Quick for
the Stanford University women's swim team. |
| Speed Plus Endurance |
How to put together a swimming workout plan to build speed
and endurance. This is recommended for more experienced swimmers only. |
| Early Vertical Forearm Catch |
Focus on the catch portion of the stroke. Recommended only
if most of the crowd swims pretty well. |
| Using Video in the Endless Pool |
Intended for coaches, contains equipment recommendations
and describes Endless Pool coaching techniques, including tips for addressing
general swimming and specific tecnique issues. |
