Swim Training
We provide coached swim sessions all year round at St James Swimming Pool in King’s Lynn, and also open water swimming locally from April/May to Sept.
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Open Water Swimming (Restarts TBC) |
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Sessions cater for a range of abilities and vary accordingly the the race season. We do ask that you are at least capable of comfortably swimming 100m with minimal rest.
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Our club offers one of the few opportunities in West Norfolk to practice your open water swimming in a safe club environment, for both adults and juniors. We have hopefully will be teamed up with Premier Waterski School (PWSS) for 2023 again. |
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King's Lynn - Tuesday Evenings
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Pentney Lakes - Wed/Fri/Sat AM/PM
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What does in involve?In King's Lynn we have 3 lanes. Two lanes follow a mixed structured session of technique and then a mix of endurance and or speed. Generally, Lane 1 is >2min/100s pace and Lane 2 is <2min/100s but our coaches write the session to minimise pacing frustrations and allocate lanes depending on the session and who is swimming. Our 3rd lane is for more personal coaching and those who are less confident. Oct/Nov – Back to Basics, Drills and Skills. Dec/Jan/Feb/Mar – Developing good technique and swim fitness April/May/June – Reinforcing good technique If you don’t know your CSS time you can work it out by doing your own time test, or come along to one of our CSS timed sessions and check your progress. CSS Info click here What will I need?
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What is different this year?
PWSS are offering swimmers use of the lake at certain times and days through the week, where you can just turn up and swim (so long as you abide by their rules of course) and our club members are offered a big discount. Club coached sessions will (hopefully) resume at some point and will run at the same time as the PWSS session, so members can still opt to just swim if they want. In another exciting development, we are hoping to organise regular club races to mix things up a bit. Details of these will be available on our events pages. We have also asked if the swim sessions can be timed to coincide with Kelly's PT sessions, giving the possibility of doing an hour of S&C followed by a cool down in the lake.
What will I need?You will need the following items to take part in our open water session:
You must also sign the clubs disclaimer. Without this you will not be able to swim. You can find the disclaimer here What is it like to swim at Pentney?Pentney is a relatively shallow spring-fed lake and warms quicker than other lakes and rivers through the season. It can become weedy in places towards the end of the summer but the lake has been dyed already and we have it is and it is possible to stand up and rest in places, making it great for introducing adults and juniors to OWS. A single lap of the lake is normally 650m, but there are options for shorter and longer laps all within sight of the school. I’ve heard open water swimming is dangerousOpen Water Swimming can be dangerous if done badly, but don’t let that put you off. Most people love the freedom of swimming outdoors, but equally some prefer the pool and you won't really know how you feel about it until you give it a go. PWSS adopted our own swim guidelines when they last operated their swim sessions, including safety crew on the water and an insistence on swimmers wearing tow float, however if you are new or nervous about open water swimming then you can book yourself into one of our special coached sessions with extra kayak support and support. Our coaches sessions will be covered by our own insurance and are subject to our own disclaimer, available here. The golden rule of OWS is to NEVER swim alone, even if you have a tow-float to hold on to. You can have a look at our event pages to see who has prepaid to swim which session, or ask on our public FB page www.facebook.com/groups/kltri for a swim buddy - it takes very little encouragement for our members to swim. I’m new to open water swimming – can I swim?The normal sessions are being run under PWSS rules, but as a club we would normally ask that you be able to confidently swim at least 750m in a pool and have a certain level of fitness, but we can safely accommodate less experienced swimmers at our special coached sessions if we know in advance. Triathlon has swims ranging from 250m to several miles and we cater for all those. I’m not a member – can I swim?Yes. You will need to complete PWSS's registration and comply with their rules but other than that, you will pay more than KLTC members. |