by SwimCoach | Jan 21, 2016 | Posts, Tips, News & Reviews
All Swim Smooth’ed up. This is a little blog about my journey so far on the Swim Smooth certification path. The trip has been looming since my selection last year, a very privileged opportunity offered to only a few coaches out of thousands worldwide...
by SwimCoach | Nov 11, 2015 | Posts, Tips, News & Reviews
11th November, A year ago today marks the first anniversary of the BEST professional thing that happened to me. I decided to build South West Swim into a full time business. Gone were the days of being paid by an employer helping make somebody else’s dreams come...
by SwimCoach | Oct 16, 2015 | Posts, Tips, News & Reviews
At South West Swim we have just completed the second week of our winter technique pool sessions. These are sessions that run weekly (twice a week) from October through to April with a massive focus on technique in the swim, and some open water skills and group video...
by SwimCoach | Oct 2, 2015 | Posts, Tips, News & Reviews
“What an earth are these?” was a common comment when we were exhibiting in the summer months. As you may know South West Swim worked closely with 113Events this year, 113 events run the best long and middle distance triathlons in the Cotswolds and we will...
by SwimCoach | Sep 16, 2015 | Posts, Tips, News & Reviews
This is the story of my Windermere solo swim on Sept 10th 2015. Many of my swimmers have asked me to give them as much information as possible, so it’s a fairly long read but I hope you enjoy it and get something out of it. Background Windermere has alway held...
by SwimCoach | Aug 28, 2015 | Posts, Tips, News & Reviews
Swim Straight & Pace Right Jason Tait, South West Swim Coaching & Retail Last week we wrote about the start and finish of an event, see The Washing Machine – Swim starts and Finishes. In the second part of our race skills blogs we are going to...
by SwimCoach | Aug 21, 2015 | Posts, Tips, News & Reviews
The Washing Machine – Swim Starts and Finishes Jason Tait, South West Swim Coaching & Retail This year we have been supporting the wonderful folks at 113Events.com with the swim sections of their middle and full distance triathlons. With their last...
by SwimCoach | Aug 13, 2015 | Posts, Tips, News & Reviews
Event Report – Henley Bridge to Bridge 9th August 2015 A View of a fantastic event from a Coach and Swimmer Jason Tait – South West Swim I must admit, when I signed up for bridge to bridge it was as a reluctant team member of team South West Swim but as my...
by SwimCoach | Jun 26, 2015 | Posts, Tips, News & Reviews
“What an earth are these?” was a common comment when we were exhibiting a few weekends ago As you may know South West Swim are working closely with 113Events this year, 113 events run the best long and middle distance triathlons in the Cotswolds. A few...
by SwimCoach | Jun 10, 2015 | Posts, Tips, News & Reviews
New Session types and times Hi swimmers, due to the amount of bookings from you lovely swimmers, and wanting to be able to assist you in your swims, I have needed to increase our coaching hours. As of next week I can now offer: – NEW, 1-2-1 Bitesize – A...
by SwimCoach | May 22, 2015 | Posts, Tips, News & Reviews
Beginners in Open Water – The Start Of An Epic Journey Written by Jason Tait, ASA & STA Open Water Specialist Coach – South West Swim Open Water Coaching & Retail www.southwestswim.co.uk I am often asked if swimming in Open Water is different to...
by SwimCoach | Apr 17, 2015 | Posts, Tips, News & Reviews
I had some thoughts last year about some sort of expo in the Cotswolds, and now together with other leading sporting & tri businesses in the area we are making it happen. See below for our joint press release for a new and exciting addition to the local event...
by SwimCoach | Apr 2, 2015 | Posts, Tips, News & Reviews
SouthWestSwim (Southwestswim.co.uk) are very pleased to be able to bring the well known concept of the Tow Float to the Cotswold lakes. Tow floats have been around for a few years now and are very popular in the lake district (endorsed by Lake District National Park)...
by SwimCoach | Mar 27, 2015 | Posts, Tips, News & Reviews
It is often said wetsuit swimming is different, its faster, it can change your stroke. From personal experience this is all true…………………..but I wanted to find out just how true? I have recently been playing with my wetsuit /...
by SwimCoach | Feb 20, 2015 | Posts, Tips, News & Reviews
Do you know your ideal, comfortable and realistic stroke rate? No, then maybe now is the time to work out your sweet spot in this area. We use the tempo trainer a lot in our pool sessions for pace training, hitting the beep calculated by your CSS pace (+/- depending...
by SwimCoach | Feb 6, 2015 | Posts, Tips, News & Reviews
South West Swim’s Weekly Tip: Swimming improvement, it’s like baking a cake Sometimes in order to progress and improve in anything you need to reset and re-evaluate the basics. It’s like baking a cake from an age old recipe, the cake can taste good...
by SwimCoach | Jan 30, 2015 | Posts, Tips, News & Reviews
What is a key contributor to poor body position in the water? Have you ever considered that it’s all in your head? Well not quite as there are a few factors that can cause a poor body position in the water but your head position can be a strong contender. Some...
by SwimCoach | Jan 23, 2015 | Posts, Tips, News & Reviews
South West Swims Weekly Tip: Using the winter months to improve your technique is a great and vital practice in order to improve. However, don’t forget to keep practising your key open water skills and make these part of one of your sessions. Swimming in open...
by SwimCoach | Jan 16, 2015 | Posts, Tips, News & Reviews
South West Swim’s Weekly Tip: Be careful if you are trying to reduce your strokes per length (SPL) as part of your training plan. You may think Its great to cover the pool in as few strokes as possible but be careful you do not start to overglide in your quest....
by SwimCoach | Jan 9, 2015 | Posts, Tips, News & Reviews
South West Swim’s Weekly Tip: if you struggle with bi-lateral breathing it is worth spending the time to overcome it. Spend some time learning to breathe on your least comfortable side and perform some sets breathing to this side only. 9 times out of 10 it feels...
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Swim Secure Tow Woggle
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South West Swim Team Mens Swim Jammers, by Finis Swimming
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South West Swim Team Bladeback Ladies Costume, by Finis Swimming
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