Dive in to the crystal clear water at Kingston Beach and make what you thought was impossible, possible!
In partnership with Kingston Beach Surf Life Saving Club, our signature Summer Ocean Swim Program is making its debut in Hobart!
In this 10 week inclusive, non-competitive ocean swim training program, you'll redefine what you thought was impossible, make lifelong friends, and raise valuable funds for innovative, Australian early career cancer researchers.
Training will be based in Hobart in partnership with Kingston Beach Surf Life Saving Club under the guidance of specialist coaches and water safety personnel. Meet twice a week with your CanToo coach and fellow pod members for tailored training which will consist of an evening pool session during the week, and a beach session at Kingston Beach on the weekend.
After 10 weeks training you will be able to:
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Read ocean conditions
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Use the ocean to your advantage
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Say "I am an ocean swimmer!"
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Participate, as a group, in an organised ocean goal swim event run by Kingston Beach Surf Life Saving Club - either the 2.6KM Beach2Beach, or a 1KM ocean swim event.
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Achieve a goal you previously never thought possible.
This program is for pool swimmers looking to face their first ocean swim, or current ocean swimmers looking to refine their technique or tackle a further distance with professional support.
All ocean training sessions are supported by water safety crew from the Kingston Beach Surf Life Saving Club who are familiar with local conditions and will be close by at all times.
As a registered Australian charity, all our programs fundraise for cancer research — it's an important part of why we do what we do.
Are you ready to ocean swim?
If you can swim freestyle for at least 200m in the pool without stopping (which is a condition of entry into this program), you’re well on your way.
You'll train twice per week under the guidance of qualified, experienced ocean swim coaches.
Pool swim sessions mid-week focus on:
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Refreshing swim skills
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Building base swimming fitness
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Learning how to swim more efficiently
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Practicing basic ocean swimming techniques
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Drills for stroke correction
Ocean swim sessions on Sunday afternoons focus on:
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Identifying changing ocean conditions – waves, rips, tides, sandbanks, and more
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Learning to enter and exit the water safely
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Increasing your swim distance in the ocean under supervision
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Learning advanced surf skills and using the ocean to your advantage
Kingston Beach, TAS
Wednesdays (at the pool)
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Sundays (at the beach)
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Coach |
Leader |
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Clarence Aquatic Centre YMCA, |
Kingston Beach |
Pool: Joe Askey-Doran Beach: TBC |
Greg West |
Joining a Can Too Program is both a fundraising and a fitness commitment. We provide professional coached sessions and training, and in return you commit to raising $800 to support early career cancer researchers.
We are so proud that since 2005 we have raised over $33 million and funded over 150 early career cancer research projects. Together we can make a massive impact.
For more information about the research we fund, click here.
What's included
$300
$80
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$Priceless
