Swim for Tri

We are excited to advise you we are returning to CLub La Santa in 2027, with our best openwater swim camp YET!
Full details of this stunning camp can be found on this link: https://www.swimfortri.co.uk/open-water-swim-camp

Coaches are head Coach DAn Bullock, Keeley Bullock and Maria Pedraza.
Bookings are now open. You have to be staying in Club La Santa to attend this camp!
https://www.clublasanta.co.uk/apartments/
Come and help us as we will be celebrating 24 years of Swim for Tri whilst away on this camp.

SFT are super excited to welcome you to our newest SFT coach the amazing Nelly Kinch. She will be starting to offer 1-2-1/2-2-1 lessons at our Nuffield Bloomsbury branch on a Thursday afternoon/ pm. We will be extending this as she gets busier.
Please read her BIO below:

Nelly is an ASA Level 2-qualified swimming teacher with over 8 years of experience coaching and teaching swimmers. Her own swimming journey began at 13 with Dulwich Dolphins SC, where she quickly progressed from club level to competing nationally. At 18, she moved to Nottingham to train with Nova Centurion, balancing a demanding schedule of nine pool sessions per week alongside her BSc in Sport & Exercise Science. She later trained with the National Centre Triathlon squad under Steve Lloyd, developing a strong understanding of open-water swimming and the specific demands of triathlon performance.

Following this, she was awarded a scholarship to the University of Stirling, where she completed an MSc in Psychology while training in a high-performance environment alongside Olympic and international-level swimmers. This experience significantly shaped her technical knowledge and her approach to skill development and performance.

She is currently studying Neuroscience in London and is excited to be back on poolside, sharing her experience and passion for swimming with Swim for Tri.

Nelly's likes: In terms of what I enjoy outside of swimming… good question! Since I’ve only recently stepped away from full-time competitive swimming, I’m in a bit of a transition phase and trying out new things. At the moment, I’d say being a bit of a neuroscience nerd (as that’s what I’m studying), and I love any chance to get out into nature when I can. I also recently tried beach volleyball - which was a bit rogue but I loved it! If talking counts as a hobby that would be mine. Hopefully in a few months I’ll have a better answer for you!
oooo forgot to add!! I am a HUGE dog lover, we have a fox red lab and I LOVEEEE spending time with him haha!!!

You can see Nelly's schedule on this link: https://bookings.swimfortri.co.uk/?location=Russell+Square&type=All+Classes&coach=Nelly+Kinch

Just click on a future Thursday date!

Please help us to welcome Nelly to our amazing team.

Sarah swam a 121 lesson with Dan today and with the sensor system. 45min of drills later and quite the improvement. Not just vague stroke counts, ‘does that feel better?’ Or video angles. Finally you can see your actual improvement in a high quality lesson. Soon be available to book ! Of course we also made use of the Otion Swim paddles

https://www.swimfortri.co.uk/wetsuit-fitting-masterclass April 26th- how to gain the most from your wetsuit. West Resevoir OpenWater centre with the chance to swim as well.

Swim for Tri - Wetsuit Fitting and Openwater Guidance For Swim and Tri coaches who want a deeper understanding of Open Water swim techniques and integrating Tri and Open Water swimmers into pool based sessions. The lecture will cover many applicable topics to help you coach your swimmers more effectively.

Innovate, create, coach, inspire, help and challenge athletes to swim faster. Been an amazing 23 years. Thankyou swimmers.

Pool Based OpenWater

This week has been about creating OW themes in our fitness sessions. Not just a fast start and then calming down into mid race cruise but creating a lot of initial stress to help cope with the race start. Endure the crazy & unpleasantness of the start, tolerate, learn to relax & get back into your rhythm.
Often a start does not go well, the following should help you learn to calm down & get back on track and build back to a good swim.

25m of various tough unpleasant drills/skills to create the stress then build into a longer block of work.
1 Arms folded on top of the head w FC legs
2 Fists clenched w legs crossed
3 Fingers touching shoulders
4 Breaststroke arms and FC legs
5 pull buoy ankles & fists clenched
6 fins & toes down, spin the arms

Format was 25m unpleasant into 175m MRC (6x200m)
Continue with
75m Fast into 125m MRC
50/150m
25/175 for 9x200m mainset.

You could also NTW for extra emphasis.

🎉 We’re turning 23! 🎉
To celebrate, we’re giving 23 lucky swimmers 23% off any of our 1-2-1 or 2-2-1 coaching packages.
But you’ll need to be quick — once the 23 spots are gone, the offer is gone!
How to claim:
🏊 Find a suitable timeslot: https://bookings.swimfortri.co.uk
🎟 Enter code 23RDBIRTHDAY in the “Have a coupon code?” box
💻 Add your package to your basket
Secure your session sand celebrate 23 years of Swim For Tri with us! 💙