Tri Swim Coach Podcast · Dominic Latella

Bahamas Open Water Camp Episode - #156

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A swimmer said races would cancel for water that looked fine to the hosts.

1. Tri Swim Coach Podcast #156 focuses on an open-water swim camp in Hopetown, Bahamas. 2. The hosts are in Elbow Key with a small group of about six swimmers, and they say the camp is on the fourth day. 3. The episode asks what this camp is for: helping open-water swimmers and triathletes level up through technique work, not just endurance. 4. The hosts describe how the Sea of Abaco gives them a protected cove for calmer sessions and the Atlantic Ocean for choppier conditions. 5. They explain that the Atlantic side lets swimmers practice entry, duck diving, getting through the break, and swimming in swells. 6. A swimmer with more experience points out whitewater and says races would likely cancel for conditions that looked manageable to the hosts. 7. The hosts contrast that reading of the ocean with a pool swimmer’s fear of open water and low visibility. 8. One swimmer who had never swum open water before says her first jump-in was "this is amazing." 9. The camp emphasizes sighting, especially rolling sighting with minimal head lift. 10. They say sighting should match the swimmer’s breathing pattern and the conditions, not a fixed stroke count. 11. The hosts notice some women continuously exhale until they run out of air, then rush to breathe. 12. They ask a simple question: if that is not how someone breathes on land, why do it in the water? 13. Christine says the work is more mental than physical, and the hosts return to that idea repeatedly. 14. The camp also covers current awareness, including a test where swimmers could not tell when they were moving against the current. 15. The hosts teach drafting, buoy turns, and corkscrew turns as ways to cut the turn radius at a buoy. 16. They also demonstrate rollover drafting as a way to pass without grabbing another swimmer’s arm or ankle. 17. The tone is hands-on and conversational, with a lot of teaching examples and back-and-forth correction. 18. The format feels like a camp log mixed with coaching instruction, including jokes about "Front Street and Back Street" in Hopetown. 19. People who coach triathletes or train for open-water races will get the most from this episode. 20. People looking for long-form storytelling or non-sport conversation will probably skip it.

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A loose but practical camp-side check-in on breathing and technique.

Set in Hopetown, Bahamas, this camp-side check-in captures an open-water swim camp where the work is demanding and the coaching stays tightly focused on technique as well as endurance.

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If open water turns your breathing into chaos, this Bahamas camp check-in will click.

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