Today was Day One at the Crushing Iron (C26) Triathlon Swim Camp in Nashville. We were greeted with a perfect morning for instruction, friendship, and good ole fashion work.
Coach Robbie starts with dry land instruction of the proper stroke technique. Then everyone swims short distances back and forth while others watch and give feedback. Everything is positive and by the end of this exercise everyone usually finds a couple things that will help them be a better swimmer.
After instruction, we hit the lake for some longer swimming and relays to implement what everyone has learned. At the end we recap and practice swim techniques while executing pack swims and cornering buoys.
All told campers spent about 4 hours and 30 minutes at the lake learning:
- Swimming purposeful and powerful in open water
- Staying square
- Reducing Anxiety
- Putting on and taking off wetsuits
- Swimming Straight
- Sighting
- Cornering Buoys
- Drafting
- Race Contact Simulation
- Proper breathing
- Staying High in the water
- Executing a Strong Catch
Camp continues tomorrow with a deeper diver into swim mechanics and practice under Coach Robbie’s supervision. We’re supplying videos of their swim stroke and on-site analysis in a positive learning environment.
Our June Triathlon Camp is sold out but we have one or two openings for August at the time of this writing. For more information, see our Camps page or email Coach Robbie at [email protected].
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