Jack Maitland from thetriathloncoach.com talks about Open Water Swimming - one of the most challenging aspects of a triathlon.

Jack talks about the essentials such as Dive Starts and Deep Water Starts, Sighting in Open Water, Drafting in Open Water, Open Water Swim Turns and Exiting the Water and provides a range of tips and techniques that all triathletes can use to improve their performance and to make them feel more confident in open water.

Located in La Jolla San Diego, First Wave Swim Academy Head Coach Matt Macedo tells us about the entry of Open Water Swimming into the Pacific Ocean of California. Matt shares techniques that will not only help triathletes compete faster but save energy and most importantly be safe doing it.

Congratulations to East Dorset Open water Swimming Club member, Dave Doust, who despite having an achilles problem, finished 3rd in the 60-64 age group at the 2010 European Triathlon Championships, hosted for the first time in Athlone on 4 July.

View splits and finish video of Dave complete with Union Jack.

You can view RTE coverage of the women’s and men’s Elite European Championships until 25 July 2010 on RTE player.

4 July 2010

Congratulations to East Dorset Open Water Club member Yvonne Tibble (pictured) on coming 1st in her age group and finishing 13th lady overall in the 1500m Sea Swim, 40k bike and 10k Run held at Pier Approach, Bournemouth.

view results.

Paolo De Luca (pictured) has just competed in the Nice triathlon (Swim 1:10:15; T1 00:08:13; Bike 6:54:37; T2 00:06:20; Run 4:31:48 - 12:51:13). Well done!

Mike Trew will shortly be competing in a treble triathlon in Germany - 7.5 miles swim, 340 miles on the bike and 78 miles run!

Bob Holman has also entered the Stert Island and Burgh Island swims later this month. Best wishes to everyone competing in the Brownsea Island swim on 24 July 2010. And if anyone else has entered competitions, let us know.

Club member and triathlon guru Dave explains the benefits of open water swim training for triathletes in the short video below.

In these two videos which feature plenty of technique tips, Doug Vanderby of North Toronto Masters discusses their approach to integrating triathletes into their Masters Swimming club. In 1996, Vanderby achieved a swimming grand slam: winning the 50m breaststroke at the Canadian Championship in Victoria, the FINA World Championships in Montreal and the U.S. Championship in Buffalo.

Terry Laughlin was interviewed on LA Talk Radio’s “The Simon Gowen Triathlon Show.” In the segment Terry speaks about Total Immersion’s approach to open water swimming, and what that means in the context of triathlon.

Also on the show were guests Daniel Coyle, author of ‘The Talent Code,’ and open water coaches Gerry Rodrigues and Steve Munatones.

Listen to the show in its entirety, or visit iTunes podcasts and search “Simon Gowen.”

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Aleksandra from Croatia meets Olympian Emma Davis to discuss open water swimming and gets tips from two times World Aquathon Champion and leading triathlon swimmer Richard Stannard.

Patrick McCran from InsideEnduranceTV caught up with Terry Laughlin at the 2009 Ironman Lake Placid. In the 15m 16s video interview below, Terry offers up tips for triathlon swimming, and discusses how Total Immersion’s relationship with the sport of triathlon has evolved over the years.