Swimming in Rough and Choppy Water - Open Water Swimming with swim-art.com
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- Опубликовано: 9 июл 2010
- Swimming in Rough and Choppy Water - Open Water Swimming with swim-art.com.
This video will teach you the skills you need to swim comfortably in rough and choppy open water conditions. Includes tips for breathing, stroke technique, and relaxation skills. 
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Swimming open sea for 3 years now...gets better and I love chop
Thanks Leslie, Your videos have helped me enormously during my first open waters experience in 5.5 K swim from San Lorenzo Island to La Punta yesterday. I got lost from sight and ended up completely alone, or so I thought, nobody around me, no kayaks to be seen for a good part of my swim. I´m sure i swam more then 6k due to the current and my lack of experience. Waters got a bit choppy and the wind picked up. It was mostly your tips on mental factors which helped make it to the finish line.
Kudos🤘👌👏
You missed out on the most important breathing technique, which is breathing on the side away from the direction of the waves. This obviously works only if you are able to breath bilaterally.
My left ear really enjoyed this video
Thanks for doing this video I'm new to open water swimming.
This is a great video. I live in Bermuda and was "taught" to swim as a 5-year old (I'm now 57) by two older boy cousins who simply threw me off the back of a row boat! Inspired by the 2012 Summer Olympics, I've decided to take advantage of our beautiful ocean surroundings and swim daily for exercise and the salt water benefits. This video provides the best formal training I've ever been exposed to. Thank you!!!
this vid is 12 years old, today was my first time taking on really choppy water, and even now, this vid is very real and relevant to me. thank you for making this vid. i think that mental element is a good one. especially when swimming alone, but also swimming with mates help as well.
Thanks..wonderful..just learning to swim at 63..I am talking to myself...I can do it.
Thank you for the great open water swimming advice Leslie.
I found the video helpful after struggling in a very rough lake! Thanks!
The three most important things for WHATEVER is it you want to master are, Practice, Practice, PRACTICE. Always keep in mind that it will never get any easier cause the better you get at it the more you want to do.
This is what I tell myself everyday I wake up alive: >>>The only easy day was yesterday!
Wish I'd seen this video before I attempted my first open water triathlon that was super choppy last weekend.
Thank you Coach Leslie for these tips. I an a swim newbie thus open water is a distant dream. However I watch thus video to memorize how to in case I got tossed into open water…..
This is a very good and helpful video by a person who knows what she is talking about! I swim in Sweden in cold water and I think its one of the best tutorials ever ( and it is whithout the usual overexplaning american style )YES!
Today, during 10 mph winds, I swam 1.5 miles at Lake Phalen, MN in 56 min. 23 sec. This was the choppiest water I have ever swam in and I killed it! This video on youtube helped me improve my technique, and get the most out of my power to accomplish this personal best. Up until today I had some fear of being in choppy open water even with a swim bouy. Not anymore.
Hello Hal. Thanks for your comments. Glad the video was helpful. Yes, you can use that wetsuit to swim in cold water. It will work moderately well. If you decide you really like cold open water swimming and plan to do a lot of it, you will want to buy a swimming wetsuit - in the states we call it a Triathlon Suit. It will keep you warmer and will be easier to move in. Have fun with the swimming! Leslie
great video , worth watching, ps good 5mm suits called slinx on aliexpress for swimming in cold water like ireland all year round, with 7 mm socks , orca hats ,two at 3 mm each and one pair or tribord 3mm gloves with sealed wrists for sale at decathlon , just got in from an hour in over a metre high, waves, at 65 great fun
Thank you very much, you just answered all the questions I had in mind, it helps me a lot, it's difficult to find all these tips and answers in one video, thank you!
Excellent review many thanks Coach Leslie!
Thank you, Leslie , you are a wonderful teacher.😊👌
it's great for me to listen, greetings from Indonesia
Brillant Video
@Jerry1SKI Well done in your race!! Sounds challenging! Brain freeze goes away with more exposure to cold water - so the more you can acclimate in cold water, the easier and more comfortable it will be! Or, you can use a neoprene swim cap - that will keep your head a little warmer. Breathing every two is fine! Make sure you roll your body to breathe - that will make it easier to breathe in choppy water. Some of the dizziness may have been from the chop. Video about breathing to come soon!
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Thanks so much for this video. I did a 2K yesterday and your mental advice helped a lot. I knew what to expect (being kicked, swallowing water). So glad I saw this before, kept cool and didn't fight the water.
The last section, huge thanks for mentioning that! My biggest struggle is the mental part and honestly experience in those conditions, thanks for the mental tips and I'm looking into some open water races to just work on the swimming by itself.
I wish i watched your videos way before now. Thank you Leslie you are a great coach.
It looked SO Scary!!😮
Just did my first open water race yesterday and the water conditions were about the same as the water in this video... the waves really kicked my ass! I'd done a couple practice lake swims in what I had thought was "rough water," but then on race day it was like swimming in a washing machine. One thing I regret is not having practiced a variety of breathing patterns... I normally do every 3 strokes but due to the waves this pattern just wasn't possible. Also wish I'd seen this video first!
Thanks for the post. I have my first race this summer and I'm nervous, but this video gave me some tools I can work on and get me ready
Thank you for posting this video. I did Alcatraz in 2002 and 2003 going for the third time in 2013. I will be going for the open swims with Coach Pedro on as many Sundays as I can get in between now and March..
2:45 “spit don’t swallow when it comes in your mouth” …. LMAO
That demo swimmer's pretty boss!
I owe you a smoothie when I visit San Francisco!! Marvelous.
Best OWS instruction video ever! Wish I’d seen before my first. But still tons to learn. Will watch often
great video, this is THE video we all need please upload more
Helped me swim the seas comfortably at an advanced age via this video
I love your videos thanks so much but would you please break down: how to relax with core engaged and in one video you said to blow out all of the air but in this one to save some air. Could you please break down both methods?
Hi Orome20, great question. Someone above just asked about breastroke, too. It is an excellent stroke to use in open water, especially rough water. You might take a look at our open water breathing video, too! Have fun, Leslie
Thank you so much for your tips ❤
great video, I'm going for my first olympic distance tri at Ventura CA and this video really helps, gracias !!!!
Hi Brent, sorry to hear that. I've heard horror stories about Mead. And sometimes we have off days and the water gets the better of us. Don't sweat it. Great idea! Breastroke can be very effective, because at least you can see the water coming at you and will know when to breathe and when not to. It will also make sighting easier. The more experience you have in rough water, the easier it will get. Your skills and confidence will build the more you do it. Good luck and have fun. Leslie
I'm preparing for the golden gate swim in a few months, this has been very helpful. I'm excited and hoped for the experience of swimming in the bay again. I did the Alcatraz swim a while back. It's the single most satisfying thing I've done in my life.
Nice to hear☺️
Loved the video. You packed a whole lot of info into it. That's excellent. It would be cool if you could keep on making videos like this, helps a lot
Hi Leslie..
Nice information, good explanation..
Everyday practice is more important in the beginning stage..
THANK YOU IT IS LIFE SAVER !!
Getting ready for my first open swim ever!!! Hopefully I don't mess up by going away from the course
thank you great video
Lift head - for look outs, is a must! Added experience - lowers threshold - for more of, a leisure - and breathe.
Reminds me ov: Oregon Gg'orje - Gorge. Colder indeed there.
Relax and respond too and feel the energy and period of the waves. Swim parallel to them but be ready for the one that dumps on your head! Know when its time to go back to the beach (your limits) and time or adust your arrival if the waves are dumping on a steep beach.
Great, highly informative and insightful video!
thanks for the tips!
Great explanation! Thank you!
thank you .very important information
Hi Adrian, Feel free to email me with specific questions you have. Only allowed 500 characters to respond here. I strongly suggest that you try open water swimming at least once (ideally in the SF Bay) before doing Alcatraz, to know what to expect when you jump off the boat. Cold water and chop are the biggest challenges. Alcatraz is tricy to navigate, too, so be confident and comfortable with your Sighting (we have a video for that!). You'll have a great time, though - that's a very fun swim!
Thank you!
Great and very useful video!!! :) Thanks!!!
Thanks, helpful.
GR8 STYLE!!!!!
I have a question. It seems freestyle is the preferred stroke for open water but how well does breaststroke work if you are caught in rough waves? I swim laps and have good technique with breast stroke but for whatever reason I can never get my breathing right with freestyle and quickly wind up out of breath.
Great video!
very good teachings thanks lot
@StreetSurfinn Thanks so much! We have one other video - about sighting. Video about breathing in OW to come!
Thank you. What a great video and excellent info to help me in my next 70.3
Thnk u 👍👍
awesome vid!!! Leslie I think I love you
Can you make a video on the technique you use for long distance swimming? I know long distance swimmers have a different stroke than sprinter swimmers.
Great video, I have watched this a few times. I get sea sick just watching this video.
Can u use above water strike
I searched thru a bunch of comments nobody mentioned 2:46 "you don't have to swallow when it cums in your mouth" Hopefully I will never need this tip but knowledge is power :-)
if it does come in your mouth just spit it out as it is salty, don't swallow. if it comes on your face just close your eyes and think happy thoughts.
jaws978 HAHAHA
"anchor" when swimming in rough water? hmm I never heard about that and sounds very interesting... do you have a video explaining this technique?
San Francisco Bay is freezing. No wetsuits?
@Tottabolo I would not call 11 celsius HOT, but yes you can. With proper training, slow and steady acclimation that would be possible. Do not swim too much at once at that temperature.
Great tips...thank you. Training now for the Cocos Crossing (2.2 mi) here on Guam...Memorial Day weekend 2016!
I am so excited just seeing it
I just DNFed in a Tri today, Rough choppy water, got workout fighting the waves coming at me in lake mead. the video is great. By the way, how effective is a breast stroke in rough water, could I do this for a few minutes and make any progress when the wind and waves are in your face during a Triathlon swim.
Thank You...!
It has been very informative...!
Thank You for your videito. I live in the Marianna Islands and swim in a reef protected cove it is very large and has choppy water and a very strong current at times. Your video was very insightful for us Island swimmers. We a have many challenging situtations in our ocean. Thank you
excellent tips, thank you!
can you do a video showing the resting (on the back)?
Swim bouy? I love mine!
i have dine a distance swimmer for year and it is the most amazing feel being in open water all by your self no floation with you and miles from shore
you should ALWAYS take a flotation device, very irresponsible not to.
Excellent!
Using this video today
You can but you may feel cold pretty soon though.
Make sure you try it out before you do it in a race to know what to expect. It's not the nicest of feelings but doable depending on how long you are planning on swimming.
Best of luck
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Excelentw amiga pero quiero que lo envie traducido por favor.
It is so encouraging,amazing too.. While just looking at video..but it's truly awesome.. Thank you ma'am... 👍👍👌👌😇🤗👑👑👑🙇🙇🙇🙏🙏
well am off 2 loch lomond in scotland in the morn for 1 mile swim !! i will try and do what this vid says lol ,,,
she is incredibly perfect teacher
rolling on back only works for certain bodyfat percentage, low bodyfat percentage under 10% and u will have hard time to stay afloat on ur back. Remember this.
When i was a kid i could swim easily on my back in normal water, then when i grow up and have low bodyfat i cant even do it in sea
may I ask what you do instead?
nice coach
thankyou
Great video. Great style. Very good advice and like the focus on mind conditioning as well. I would like to ask a question. I have a 5/4mm wet suite that is for kite surfing. Can I use this in cold water swimming? I only swam in open waters in warm climates but now in the UK, its always cold!
Thanks
Hal
there are special wetsuits for swimming. the thing with the wetsuits used for surfing or other water sports is that they offer too much resistance in the shoulders. that is what I think. I swim with a surf wetsuit but I cut off circles around the shoulders, because the suits specially for swimming are quite expensive. but I don't think that will work in very cold waters, I swim i 20 degrees water.
The most important thing? This happens at 9:10 in the video ... _choppy water is soo much fun!_ Look at her face - it is attitude. That is the most important thing.
Each one of your videos and tips are sooo.. how can I say; more valuable than a diamond mine miss ashley thank you very very much. cruise liner Ahmet ISTANBUL
Nice...Nowadays you are not adding videos? Please add. Thanks.
Triathletes seem to swim with short choppy strokes with a high turnover. Here it's suggesting the opposite in open water. Or am I missing something?
From what I can tell, the quicker stroke rate in open water is due to the fact that things like water turbidity, wind, and chop negatively impact a swimmer's ability to glide through water like they can in a pool. That said, a lot of factors affect pace: your height, the size of your feet and hands, the ratio of your height to arm span, etc. So depending on your body, different stroke rates can be ideal. But if you have the strength to maintain a higher stroke rate over distance and want to race, the higher rate will always give you more strokes and therefore a better pace. There are of course differing philosophies on this, but a quick view of the Olympic open water 10k will show you that none of those swimmers rely on gliding over a high stroke rate. Then again, not everyone needs to swim a race every time out. Nothing wrong with slow stroke rates, they're simply not as fast.
Wow, that's calm sea by my "homesea" standard :)
Very informative. Using a lake for practice and I see a big difference from pool.
How to float in ocean if we have loosed strength..
hi, can i swim without a wetsuit in water that is 11 celsius degrees hot?