Clinics
For 2026 we will be offering our annual series of open water swim clinics to help athletes of all abilities to gain more experience with the sport of triathlon and open water skills. Registration is open for these clinics.
We are segmenting our clinics this year into two clinics depending on your open water skills and comfort level. However, swimmers of all abilities are welcome to any of the clinics but the first one is specifically targeted to new open water swimmers. If you’ve got more experience and just want to swim you are more than welcome – just be prepared to share your experience and expertise with the newer swimmers!
We want you to be prepared too and we want open water swimming to be something you embrace versus something you fear. Too many times even experienced triathletes have trepidation about the swims. These clinics are good for you if:
- You’re a good swimmer but don’t have open water experience or you haven’t been in the water for awhile,.
- You’re just rusty on your OWS and racing skills
- You’re looking for tips and pointers to improve your stroke and technique in open water.
- Swimmers who are new to open water swimming in lakes or ocean venues.
- New triathletes who are trying out a new sport even if you’re a good pool swimmer.
- Triathletes and swimmers who haven’t been in the water for awhile.
- Open water swimmers looking to improve skills and gain more comfort in the water.
Clinic #1 – Open Water Skills – June 27
We will start the season on June 7 with an open water skills for people who have no or limited experience with swimming in open water, or swimmers who are rusty in their skills. This clinic will talk about gear, water and swim conditions, gaining a comfort level in open water, and having an experience with the basics of entry, exit, sighting, breathing, etc. No experience in open water or ocean is necessary to participate but you should be able to swim 100 yards with a focus on freestyle. Starting earlier will give you an opportunity to fully develop your open water skills before you get to your first starting line of the year. You’ll meet new swim buddies, have opportunities to seek out additional coaching and open water workouts. You’ll also be more comfortable in subsequent clinics. This clinic will be limited to only 40 participants in 2026.
Clinic #2 – More Open Water Swims and Race Practice Sessions – July 25
This clinic is a continuation of the beginning clinic and will focus on intermediate skills. This is for people who have experience in open water but you’re not quite comfortable and need to improve your skills, you’ve not been in the water for awhile, or you started with the May clinic and want to continue improving your swim, and swim some longer distances away from the shoreline. This is an opportunity to improve your skills for sighting, group swimming and drafting, race entry and exit, fine tuning for your stroke and gear.
You can select to register for the swim clinics individually as clinic 1 and 2 or you can register for both clinics. Clinics are $50 for each.
If you register for all both clinics at the same time the price is $ 90 for both. You can select this option at registration.
These clinics are USAT Sanctioned events. You will need to purchase a one-day membership if you do not have an annual membership. However, you will only need to purchase once since the same one-day membership is good for both clinics.
Small group and individual swim and stroke coaching is available by appointment.
Individualized Coaching Services
Our focus is on personalized training that is built for you whether you are a beginner or an experienced athlete looking for some fine tuning. We don’t subscribe to the “one size fits all” training that you can buy online and download without ever having any personal contact with a coach. There’s a tangible difference between downloading a training plan from the internet and getting the personalized coaching that goes along with it.
We can set you up with a plan that can be implemented with online calendars and workouts that fit your busy schedule, that enable you to log your effort and keep track of your results, but we insist that you go through an interview process beforehand to ensure that you are getting the correct level of skill development and workouts that match your needs. We also offer unlimited email access and scheduled checkpoints for monitoring your improvements. Each plan is customized for your level of expertise and matched to your racing and event goals.
What’s Included In Our Coaching Plans?
- Consultation about goals and objectives
- Development of personalized plan for the season based on race objectives
- Weekly Workout Plans
- Unlimited email communication
- Up to 1 – hour each week of telephone consultation
- Open Water Swim Clinics
- Swim Stroke analysis
- Basic Bike Fit
- Workout tracking/analysis/feedback on Training Peaks or your tool of choice
Contact us at info@finishlineproduction.com for information on personalized coaching plans.
