WaveOne Open Water Swimming Clinics
Whether you're new to open water or training for a major swim, we’ll meet you where you are.
Learn how to stay calm, control your breathing, and finish your first swim with confidence. WaveOne is your guide on your path to efficient, and more confident open water swimming.
Open water swimming is a very strategic sport. Changing conditions, dark water and other unknowns contribute to anxiety that hinders your peak performance. WaveOne provides a path for safer, efficient, and more confident swimming.
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NEW! ALL INCLUSIVE 1-DAY CLINIC AT LAKE ANNA STATE PARK
SATURDAY MAY 2 10AM - 4PM
New to open water - First triathlon -
Moving up to a longer race and need more skills and practice
No experience needed
For swimmers ready to level up
Finish my first open water swim
Get faster and more confident
Train for a your big race
Program structure is 2 instructional sessions and 2 practice swims in Lake Anna with lunch break in between morning and afternoon sessions. Topics covered are: Preparation and planning your swim, overcoming anxiety, water acclimation, sighting, breathing, stroke technique with a question and answer session. Progress at your own pace using our experience to guide your way. Join us Saturday morning or meet us Friday evening. Bring your bike and practice transitions. Fee: $245 195 early bird pricing. Limited spaces.
“Before meeting Denis and correcting my stroke, at best I could swim was 1:50/100yd which would kill me. In our third session, I swam a 1:27 and can regularly maintain 1:35-1:40 without working nearly as hard as I did before. ”
2026 Open Water Clinics
FUNDAMENTALS, ANXIETY MANAGEMENT and ENDURANCE STRATEGIES for OWS
-SATURDAY MAY 10 8:30AM - SANDY POINT STATE PARK
-SUNDAY MAY 24 7:30AM - NATIONAL HARBOR
-SUNDAY MAY 31 7:30AM - NATIONAL HARBOR
MORE CLINICS TO BE POSTED THROUGHOUT THE 2026 SPRING AND SUMMER
ALL CLINICS: INCLUDE APPROXIMATELY 45 MINUTES OF INSTRUCTION, Q&A, AND 30-60 MINUTE PRACTICE SWIM. COST: $98.00
Fundamentals of Open Water Swimming and Racing: Designed the beginning and intermediate open water swimmers and triathletes who wants a edge in his or her swims - proven strategies that prepare for your open water swim, manage anxiety, acclimate to conditions, mass starts, sighting, turns and more. 30-60 minute practice swim follows the clinic.
Fundamental Techniques and Calming Fears of Open Water Swimming: Designed to teach beginning open water swimmers and triathletes - Learn how to prepare for your open water swim, manage anxiety, acclimate to conditions, mass starts, sighting, turns and secret strategies. 30-60 minute practice swim follows the clinic.
“WOOHOO!!! Thank you so much for your awesome guidance/coaching! I’m not sure that I would have made it through that swim had we not had that one session out at Reston. I’m looking forward to next season - and being stronger and faster! ”
Pool to Open Water Clinics - LATER IN 2026
Swimming Transformation Pool to Open Water Clinics
Swimming is a highly technical sport and stroke efficiency is the path to success. Open water swimming technique includes nuances and strategy different from pool swimming. Our experienced coaches have competed over hundreds of race miles for valuable first hand knowledge for swimming faster and more efficiently in open water. Their experiences will transform your swimming. The low swimmer to coach ratio gives you more personal attention. What you learn from us may make the difference in a successful race or a DNF.
For Beginning and Intermediate Swimmers. This 2.5 hour intensive swim clinic will focus attention on proper swim form and is designed to improve your technique so you use less effort and swim faster. We will build your stroke through a series of 15 drills to give you the necessary instruction and skills to begin improving your swimming. Our lessons help you move cleaner and swifter through the water, and how to hold the water for a more powerful faster stroke. This enables you to swim faster, hold your course better in currents, and negotiate rough conditions with confidence. We will teach you during a low swimmer to coach ratio class to ensure you get ample individual attention.
2025 SCHEDULE and LOCATIONS
TBD
Swimming Transformation Open Water Clinic and Practice Swims
- Fundamentals of Open Water Swimming and Racing
- Calming Open Water Fears: Anxiety Management for Open Water Swimming
Mental training and preparation are critical for a successful open water swim. Learn how to deal with fears, overcome doubt, and increase your self-confidence in the open water. This on-land and in-water clinic will provide tips and strategies for training your most powerful muscle to conquer the open water. See here for clinic schedule and registration.
You choice of an open swim or attend the an Open Water Swimming clinic followed by a practice swim. Clinics are about 1 hour followed by a practice swim. A 200-300 meter course will be fully kayak and lifeguard supported. Perfect for triathletes with upcoming races. Clinic will include focuses like Facing your Open Water Fears, Fundamentals of Open Water Racing, and more, including cold water acclimation secrets, racing starts, sighting and strategy. See our weather disclaimer below.
Groups/Teams are welcome and can be scheduled separately. Please contact info@waveoneswimming.com to discuss details.