A tip for masters coaches - have a water polo game during practice and make sure the triathletes participate. This gets people used to "contact swimming," spotting, swimming with the head up, and going around people. Once you get elbowed and dunked a few times playing water polo, it is not as traumatic when the same thing happens on an open water swim.
A tip for masters coaches - have a water polo game during practice and make sure the triathletes participate. This gets people used to "contact swimming," spotting, swimming with the head up, and going around people. Once you get elbowed and dunked a few times playing water polo, it is not as traumatic when the same thing happens on an open water swim.
