Good Sighting, Straight Swimming

Good Sighting, Straight Swimming

When you have mastered sighting and made it a seamless part of your stroke, you should be able to swim fairly straight, sighting only as often as necessary for the conditions. On the 2500-yard course below (white line, about 1.4 miles), the swimmer's GPS track was less than 100 yds over the actual distance:

The "short" legs here are pretty good. Most legs start with a slight veer to the right, and the last leg (left-to-right) helps to confirm that tendency.

Here is another route (about 1.6 mi) that is also pretty good:

This swimmer also veers to the right on most legs of the swim.

Related Pages

Typical tracks:GPS Tracks
Long Distance Swimming at Walden
Goofy Looking GPS Tracks
Sight More, Swim Less
Walden Yards and Routes (PDF)

See you at Walden Pond or Niles Beach!
Coach Bill