Steven Munatones’ book ‘Open Water Swimming’ will take you to the next level. In a sport as wild as open water swimming, swimmers and coaches, and race directors need some guidelines or fundamentals and this book will help lay down the frameworks necessary.

View video which highlights how local teachers and young ambassadors are spreading the word about London 2012.

In this video, Kate Vines and Justine Drury discuss how they are preparing for their Channel swim in July 2011 and the importance of the Big Splash campaign to get the nation swimming.

Les Debenham is keen to ensure the sport of open water swimming has sufficient officials to satisfy the tremendous enthusiasm and increase in events generated by London 2012 and British success in the Beijing Olympics 2008.

The SwimsenseTM is a groundbreaking training tool which captures critical performance data. The monitor straps onto the wrist like a watch and uses accelerometers, magnetometers and patent-pending proprietary algorithms to identify your swim.

Analyze your performance on the device with pace times, distance (metres/yards/laps), stroke count, stroke rate, distance-per-stroke and calories burned across all four major strokes. Performance data can then be uploaded to the FINIS®SwimsenseTM Training Log for additional analysis and historical review.

View 2m 29s video introduction on 2010 ISHOF Induction of Kevin Murphy (www.ishof.org) - flashplayer required.

In this video Speedo athlete Kerri-Anne Payne takes her first Aqua Fitness class and talks through some of the training aids you can use in the pool to improve your swim fitness.

In 2010 2,500 intrepid swimmers braved the English coastal waters by taking part in sea-swims, supporting the life-saving work of British Heart Foundation

You can join in with this summer’s sea-swims - from Bournemouth Pier to Pier, bay swims in Weymouth and Brighton - there’s something for everyone.

Results from the events held on 10-14 February 2011 in South Africa including interviews with GB Head Coach Mark Perry and 10km winner Cassie Patten.

In February 2011’s Swimming Times, there’s an article on ‘Gladiator of the Lakes’ Thomas Noblett who transformed himself from non-swimmer to open water supremo in little over 16 months.

You may have seen 48-year-old Thomas on the ITV programme The Lakes, transmitted early in 2010, repeated later in the year, and its second series showing now.

“Ninety-nine per cent of people think they can swim because they splash around but it’s more than that - it’s an art.”