A very successful faults and corrections workshop was held on Saturday 3rd May at 315 health club in Lancaster.

The Worshop was tutored by Swim Smooth coach and Triathlon England tutor Emma Brunning.

Emma spent 3 hours taking the candidates through:

-          Identifying what makes an efficient freestyle stroke.

-          Highlighting the common Faults often seen within a freestyle stroke.

-          Looking at cause and effect.

-          Identifying a flaw and correction methods.

-          Live Video analysis Correction session

Feedback from 2 candidates on the course "I attended the course and thought it was well worthwhile, value for money and the tutor was excellent" and "We put some of it into practice later that day at our club session. If you are running the course again let us know as we will be urging all of our swim coaches to go on it."

The North West committee will consider putting this seminar on again later in the year, if you are interested in attending please contact lucycowgill@triathlonengland.org to be placed on a waiting list.

Emma is also offering a slightly different version of this workshop that can be held internally at your club:

Triathlon club swim workshop

This Workshop is designed to support all club coaches to help develop a shared vision on how to design and conduct club training sessions. Emma will look at structuring your club sessions; identify the type of training that is most effective for Triathletes and how best to deliver this to your group of swimmers.

Ideally all your clubs Triathlon coaches involved in the swim coaching will attend. – This will help create a united and systematic way of coaching within your club.

Location:  Your club swimming venue, please provide a room with projector and table for the workshop and the pool (two lanes minimum for 1 hour, this could be incorporated into your normal club session)

Alternatively you can travel to Emma’s pool which is based in Lancaster just off the M6 motorway.

Time: 3 hours. (This can include 1 hour of the clubs swim session)

Cost: £280 per club (plus fuel at 0.45p per mile if travelling)

By attending the Workshop the coaches will be able to develop their own personal coaching knowledge and skills as an individual, as well developing a club coaching plan as a Triathlon Club.

This workshop does not offer you a formal qualification.  However will help support your personal understanding and the clubs structured training sessions.

This workshop will cover:

-          Structuring club Sessions.

-          Identifying needs within the sessions.

-          Effective Training methods.

-          The difference between types of training.

-          Looking at the components of CSS/ Endurance and Technique Training sessions.

Please contact Lucy Cowgill on 07860695235 or email lucycowgill@triathlonengland.org for further information and to book in the workshop for your club.

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