PRE-SEASON – INDOOR

3 WEEK OPEN WATER CLINIC

Level: Beginner to Intermediate swimmers with little, or no open water experience. Best suited for swimmers with 1 year or less of open water training or racing.  Also suitable for swimmers who have more than 1 year of open water experience, but who want to review open water skills, at a slower, more fundamental level, to improve their confidence and proficiency. Must be able to swim 400m continuously. This is not a learn to swim course.

Description: Let expert and master, open water swimming coach, Kelvin Landolt teach you all of the necessary skills to manage swimming or racing in open water.  Wetsuits are welcome!

• WK 1:  Breathing101, Sighting 101, Breathing Patterns, Swimming Straight, Water Starts, Buoy Work 101, Drafting.
• WK 2:  Wet Suit Introduction, Distance Strategy, Passing, Buoy Work 201, Power Strokes.
• WK 3:  1, 2 & 6 Beat Kicking in Freestyle, Sighting 201, Land Entry, Dolphin Diving, Positioning/Cross Over/Under.

DATES:  Saturdays May 10, 24 & 31

TIME:  12:00 PM – 12:55 PM

PRICE:  $149+HST until April 26
              $169+HST after April 26
above prices include 2025 Team Atomica Annual Membership ($25 value)*
*Annual Membership includes a coached outdoor swim at Cherry Beach!

LOCATION: Riverdale Collegiate – 1094 Gerrard St E, Toronto, ON M4M 2A1

REGISTER: email admin@teamatomica.com

OPEN WATER SKILLS REFRESHER

Level:  Intermediate to competitive swimmers with at least 1 year of open water racing or training experience

Description: If you want to maximize our short Canadian open water season, and get a jump on your competition, this skill refresher clinic is for you. Team Atomica Open Water swimming experts, will help you to reestablish your skills, so your are ready to start your seasonal lake swimming, as soon as the waster temperatures allow. Some of the open water swimming technique and race tactics that will be covered include: sighting while maintaining body position and speed, drafting strategies, starts and cornering. The instruction provided will be focused on retraining and enhancing established open water skills. Wetsuits are welcome!

DATE:  Saturday, May 17

PRICE:  $39+HST until April 26
              $49+HST after April 26

TIME:  12:00 PM – 12:55 PM  

LOCATION: Riverdale Collegiate – 1094 Gerrard St E, Toronto, ON M4M 2A1

REGISTER: email admin@teamatomica.com

OUTDOORS-CHERRY BEACH

CHERRY BEACH OPEN WATER CLINIC

This clinic is perfect for anyone signed up an early season race like Guelph, Tremblant or Muskoka. You will learn and practice open water skills within a group setting in the protected waters of Cherry Beach with expert coaches who will cover:

• How to put a wetsuit on, Group Starts, Drafting, Sighting, Turning, Passing, Exiting and Transitions. Coaches will help you understand how to approach an open water race strategically, mentally as well as teach you the physical skills needed to feel safe and comfortable.

Coaches will also help you understand how to approach an open water race strategically, mentally and teach you the physical skills needed to feel safe and comfortable.

DATES: Saturday Jun 7 (rain date June 14)
Saturday June 21 (rain date June 28)

TIME:  8:30- 9:30 AM

LOCATION: Cherry Beach 

COACHES  Ayesha Rollinson & Kelvin Landolt

PRICE:  $29+HST until May 15
              $39+HST after May 15

REQUIRED EQUIPMENT

• Bright coloured bathing cap
• Wetsuit

RECOMMENDED EQUIPMENT 

• Goggles (DARK if sunny, CLEAR if cloudy)
• Visibility Buoy
• Neoprene Socks or Water Shoes (shoreline can be rocky)

REGISTER: email admin@teamatomica.com

OPEN WATER SWIMMING LESSONS

50-55 minute lessons

Details will be posted soon.

TERMS for Events, Clinics & Workshops

REFUNDS will be issued if Team Atomica cancels any Clinic
CREDIT will be available to participants who need to cancel before the early bird date
NO CREDIT will be available to participants after the early bird date
COACHES are subject to change