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Swim Clinics and Workshops

Coach Jeff offers specialized technical training designed for many levels of swimming abilities and desires.

Stuart Swim – Clinics and Workshops

We continually hold clinics throughout the year. In partnership with HEAT – Hartford Extended Area Triathletes and other clubs and facilities.

We can design customized clinics for any group or club to include:

  • Long distance swimming, up to 10 miles
  • Middle distance swimming for all levels of athletes
  • Triathletes, all age groups, all levels: Beginner to Elite
  • USMS swimmers (masters’ swimmers)
  • Age Group USA swimmers
  • Leisure Swimmers
  • Specialized Triathlon Swim Training, all distances

Clinics and Workshops  usually include:

  • 90-120 min. in depth Sessions of 5 or more participants, (up to 25)
  • Freestyle Stroke mechanics Breakdown
  • Open Water Swimming Skills and Drills
  • General start and Mass start techniques
  • General positioning of each participant to race start
  • Gun/horn take off ; technique/ anxiety maintenance
  • Early race maneuvering, finding a threshold, finding your personal groove
  • Awareness drills: using all senses; eyes, ears, feel of water and air
  • Situation Awareness: being aware of lifeguards, landmarks, watermarks (boats, docks, buoys, etc.)
  • Adversity Conditioning: what to do in adverse conditions – big waves, waves w/chop, chop only, chop w/ wind, waves only, currents; current only (river or bay), and placid H20 conditions
  • Sun angles: using the sun to your advantage – sighting
  • Panic Situations: what to do and how to behave if a panic situation arises
    • specialized calming techniques, relaxation, body positioning, vocalizing
  • Sighting drills and skills in all situations: buoy sighting, landmarks, watermarks (docks, boats) sight lines, buoy lines
  • Buoy turns, all levels, all directions
  • Mid race threshold maintenance swimming: keeping your groove, developing a rhythm within yourself, the race, and the water itself
  • Drafting Techniques: drafting responsibly, being drafted with respect (dis)respected drafting techniques (shake ‘em off), positioning sequence within a race
  • Buddy system drafting = w/matched partner; optimal energy efficiency swimming through alternate trade off drafting techniques
  • Build to finish swim conditioning; finding the voice of your legs and upper threshold
  • Swim finish techniques for triathletes that includes: sighting the banner/gate,finding your flowing kick, finding your footing, optimal swim to splash run position
  • Transitioning: finding your fluid disrobing process, relaxed and efficient, flowing with your transition cadence, mental self talk, acknowledging your fans & family, mind and body together, fueling & hydrating, visualizing your bike gear, moving relaxed, quickly, and prepared for the bicycle portion ahead, bristling with awareness

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265 Main Street Apt. DEast Hartford,CT06118United States
Phone(860) 416-0638Emailstumax96@gmail.com
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