Your 1-to-1 and Group sessions are led by Coach Jason Tait.  Jason is a hugely expereinced open water swimmer, choosing swim distances of 10km and above as his prefered events.
Jason also holds the following qualifications to ensure you are safe and gain the best experieince in the water
– Swim Smooth Certified Coach, Expert in stroke correction and fault identification.
– Swim England Coach, Teacher & Open water Specialist.
– STA Open Water Coach & Coaching Tutor.
– STA Open Water working group memeber, helping develop and write the STA coaching qualification.
– RLSS Open Water Lifegaurd and NRASTC
– DBS Cleared to work with both children and adults.

All other coaches at South West Swim hold relevant qualifications to assist in our sessions (BTF, STA, Swim England, RLSS)

We are a professional full time coaching company which means swimming is our job. Therefore we invest heavily in our trade and keep up to date with the latest technical developments in the sport.

We are a resident coach at Cotswold Water Park Hire (Lake86).  This is one of the cleanest and finest lakes in the Cotswolds for swimming.  The Spring fed gravel lakes of the Cotswolds give us exceptional water quality year round.

All our sessions are coached using swim smooth methodologies, with head coach Jason being the only certified Swim Smooth coach in the South West.  This world leading method is endorsed by the BTF and ITU and treats a swimmers stroke as individual to them.  to find out more about swim smooth and certified coaches head to swimsmooth.com

All our 1-to-1 based sessions come with a follow up notes email and access to professionally produced online content to further help you develop your swimming.  We also aim to give you a free of charge ‘Video Overview’ of your open water session, this depends on how the session is delivered (in water or on a SUP), weather and conditions and of course technology behaving itself.

South West swim has coached well in excess of 2000 individual swimmers gaining a 5 star reputation for friendly, quality coaching and the go to swim coaching provider in the area.

All our coaches hold vast amounts of experience as swimmers and athletes, as well as coaching.  We have done the swims, done the events and entered the environments that you will be swimming in.  We know what it takes to get you to meet your goals and develop your passion.

South West Swim takes safety very seriously.

Our sessions are held in lakes that have their own safety and support facilities for emergency water extraction.  We use safety equipment whilst coaching your session such as Tow floats, Restube life saving devices and safety whilstles.

Head coach Jason, alongside some support coaches and swimmers, also hold the RLSS Open water lifeguarding qualification and FSRT rescue qualification.

All South West Swim coaches are fully qualified Swim coaches  and open water coaches with relevant experience gained from real life coaching and swimming experiences.

Head Coach Jason Tait is one of the only fully qualified open water coaches to both the STA and Swim England standard, he is also a qualified STA open water coaching tutor and coaching educator.  Jason is also a qualified level 2 Swim England Coach, Level 2 Swim England swim teacher, Advanced Aquaphobic coach and also holds various open water qualifications such as RYA Powerboat, SUP, FSRT (Foundation Safety Rescue Training from SUP & Kayak) and  RLSS Open Water lifeguard.

At South West Swim, we take safety seriously, providing expert coaching backed by comprehensive comercial insurance, governing body certifications, lifeguard and first aid training and years of experience—so you can train with full confidence.

Whoever you choose for your swim coaching, always ensure they are fully insured with appropriate commercial insurance. Your safety, progression, and peace of mind should always come first.