Give Your Swim a Boost for 2024

Join us at the Barcelo Active on Lanzarote for eight sessions over five days of technical swim coaching (15hrs in total).  These camps are aimed at people participating in triathlons or open water swimming who want to give their technique a real kickstart this winter. 

These camps are aimed at swimmers already training for or have competed in events and want to improve their skills; it is NOT a learn-to-swim camp.  As such, we cater to swimmers who regularly swim at least 2km in a one-hour training session or who can perform 2.5km in one hour of consistent swimming.

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What is Included

What is covered during the sessions

This camp aims to improve your swim technique for open water swimming or triathlon.  All swimmers will have slight differences in their strokes but the fundamentals of a good stroke hold true no matter the 'style'. We don't subscribe to one of the 'methods' of swimming, instead, we focus on fitting the swimmer to a stroke and style that works for them.  

To do this, we use drills, feedback and demonstrations to work with each swimmer to make the most out of our time together, these aspects include:

• The importance of good breathing technique - the inhalation/exhalation, the timing and the motion of moving to breathe.
• Body position - what this is, why it's important and how you can maximise your body position. How to use your legs effectively.  This does not necessarily mean using them more; it may mean controlling them better to use them less.
• How to rotate and put yourself in a great position to reduce drag and increase propulsion
  

• How to rotate and put yourself in a great position to reduce drag and increase propulsion
• What correct alignment is, and how to get it
• Why timing is so crucial for an effective stroke and how you can achieve this. 
• The three phases of propulsion; Catch, Pull and Push - how to maximise them and create meaningful propulsion.

Experienced Triathlon and Open Water Coaches

Intelligent Triathlon Training owner and head coach Mark Pearce has been coaching triathlon and swim technique programmes for ten years, improving the efficiency and speed of hundreds of swimmers.  Using a mix of precise swimming drills, demonstrations, video and verbal feedback, swimmers with different learning styles can all benefit from his experience and insights.  

Assistant coach Sam Proctor comes from an age group background before obtaining his professional triathlon license in 20218.  His experience in open-water swimming, racing and coaching is an invaluable asset, meaning he can directly relate to most people. 

Mark Pearce (BTF Level 3 Coach)

Mark was formerly head of Performance Science at British Triathlon before moving into coaching.  He went on to coach Lucy Hall at London 2012 Olympics before setting up Intelligent Triathlon Training.  Over the past ten years, he has run numerous swim clinics, courses and schools for triathletes and aspiring triathletes.  

Sam Proctor (Pro Triathlete & Coach)

Sam came to ITT as an Age group triathlete with a goal to improve his performance, 2 years later he had a pro license and set what was at the time, the fastest debut pro Ironman time by a Brit in IM Texas 2019. 

He now mixes racing as a pro with coaching for ITT, having worked with Mark for 7 years they make a great team, complementing each other's backgrounds and skills.