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Speaker: What's this thing about sighting? So sighting, remember we talked about it, we want to look the day before, the morning, to see exactly where we are going. So for sighting purposes what I want you to do is this, we are going to do a whole 25 with your head out of the water. Now, for me to know if your head is out of the water, that means I want you to bark the whole time. So this is a 25, 25 of barking. If you are not barking that means your head is not out of the water. Now, when I want you to think about your head out of the water, I want high elbows and press down with your hands. That's going to keep your head out. What's going to keep your lower body from sinking? Short little kicks. Alright, so this is 25 barking, head out of water. Good! Good short little kicks Kemp, point your toes, there you go, there you go. That sounds like a little Pekingese dog, I want a big old German Shepherd bark. Everyone else, your head was waving a little bit too much. So I want you to think about straightening this head -- keep the head position straight, short little kicks, and press down. Alright, you don't have to bark this time, but I want your head out of the water, and I want you to be -- if your head is going like this, I mean, if you see that clock, for instance, moving back and forth, you know your head is moving back and forth. So you want to basically look at whatever is in front of you and keep it as still as possible. So 25 that way. Ready. Go. What we are concentrating on is more open water swimming now, and this is sighting, where again, if you don't sight, if you just fall on someone's bubbles, if you are drafting on someone for 1,500 meters, they could be going on a wrong direction the whole way, so you have to know exactly where you are going, it's just not the blind following the blind. So I want them to work on sighting so that in case someone is going in the direction, they can change directions and go straight. World champion Simon Lessing is here, one of my dear friends. So Michael Lovato is here. There are here for my swim instruction today. Everyone say hi to Simon and Michael. We are doing a relay, we are going to swim against you guys. Now, what we are going to do is I want you to sight, where every fist stroke I want you to look up. Alright. Here I am swimming. One, two, three, four, five, look up. If you can, try to breathe when you look up. If you can't, one thing to do is to look up and then breathe as you are turning your arm. Speaker: The other way. Speaker: Well, actually you could try that, I mean, whatever you are most comfortable with. But think about it, if the waves are coming at you, you don't want to be breathing as you are looking up. So this is a way to get used doing both things, but let's try this time, with every fist stroke, look up, and then put your head back down. Alright. Ready, go. Hold it for three or four strokes, then put your head down and swim five strokes, come up, three or four strokes, then put your head down for five strokes, and then come up. Alright. Ready, go. Now, what I want us to do is we are going to see what side is stronger and what side is weaker; our right arm or our left arm. So what we are going to do is we are going to push off the wall right here in the middle, and we are going to take 15 strokes with our eyes closed. Let's have John and Glenn go ahead and go out. You guys are going to go about 50 meters out, you are going to make sure no one hits the lane lines, or the end of the wall. Someone like Eric will probably be close to the wall at 15 strokes. So not a big push-off, take 15 strokes, have your eyes closed at all times. Where you come up, if you drift a little bit to the left, then typically your right side is stronger, you have got to work on your left side, it's going to your left side, if you drift the other way, same thing. Alright. Eric, ready? Go. So what we are doing here is I am telling them to push off the wall with their eyes closed. The objective here is to see what side of their stroke is stronger. If they have a tendency to go to the left during these 15 strokes, then typically their right side is stronger and their left side isn't as strong. Andrew, that was good, that wasn't bad. Alright, Kemp. But we are only considering 15 strokes, and if they go off maybe one meter to the left or right, that doesn't seem like a lot, but think about over a course of 1,500 meters. So we are trying to again think about making that stroke as efficient as possible. Okay. You went a little bit in that direction. Alright, John and Glenn come in, everyone else watch them out. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the National Triathlon Championships. We have with us today some of the most incredible triathletes from all around the country, here competing. You two, it will probably be good for you to face that way. Kemp, I want you to get between Mark and Mark. Alright. The winner of today's triathlon gets a cliff shot. No, you are not a robot, you are going to that as fast as you can.

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Speaker: What's this thing about sighting? So sighting, remember we talked about it, we want to look the day before, the morning, to see exactly where we are going. So for sighting purposes what I want you to do is this, we are going to do a whole 25 with your head out of the water.

Now, for me to know if your head is out of the water, that means I want you to bark the whole time. So this is a 25, 25 of barking. If you are not barking that means your head is not out of the water.

Now, when I want you to think about your head out of the water, I want high elbows and press down with your hands. That's going to keep your head out. What's going to keep your lower body from sinking? Short little kicks.

Alright, so this is 25 barking, head out of water.

Good! Good short little kicks Kemp, point your toes, there you go, there you go.

That sounds like a little Pekingese dog, I want a big old German Shepherd bark. Everyone else, your head was waving a little bit too much. So I want you to think about straightening this head -- keep the head position straight, short little kicks, and press down.

Alright, you don't have to bark this time, but I want your head out of the water, and I want you to be -- if your head is going like this, I mean, if you see that clock, for instance, moving back and forth, you know your head is moving back and forth. So you want to basically look at whatever is in front of you and keep it as still as possible. So 25 that way. Ready. Go.

What we are concentrating on is more open water swimming now, and this is sighting, where again, if you don't sight, if you just fall on someone's bubbles, if you are drafting on someone for 1,500 meters, they could be going on a wrong direction the whole way, so you have to know exactly where you are going, it's just not the blind following the blind.

So I want them to work on sighting so that in case someone is going in the direction, they can change directions and go straight.

World champion Simon Lessing is here, one of my dear friends. So Michael Lovato is here. There are here for my swim instruction today. Everyone say hi to Simon and Michael.

We are doing a relay, we are going to swim against you guys. Now, what we are going to do is I want you to sight, where every fist stroke I want you to look up. Alright. Here I am swimming. One, two, three, four, five, look up. If you can, try to breathe when you look up. If you can't, one thing to do is to look up and then breathe as you are turning your arm.

Speaker: The other way.

Speaker: Well, actually you could try that, I mean, whatever you are most comfortable with. But think about it, if the waves are coming at you, you don't want to be breathing as you are looking up. So this is a way to get used doing both things, but let's try this time, with every fist stroke, look up, and then put your head back down.

Alright. Ready, go.

Hold it for three or four strokes, then put your head down and swim five strokes, come up, three or four strokes, then put your head down for five strokes, and then come up.

Alright. Ready, go.

Now, what I want us to do is we are going to see what side is stronger and what side is weaker; our right arm or our left arm. So what we are going to do is we are going to push off the wall right here in the middle, and we are going to take 15 strokes with our eyes closed.

Let's have John and Glenn go ahead and go out. You guys are going to go about 50 meters out, you are going to make sure no one hits the lane lines, or the end of the wall. Someone like Eric will probably be close to the wall at 15 strokes. So not a big push-off, take 15 strokes, have your eyes closed at all times.

Where you come up, if you drift a little bit to the left, then typically your right side is stronger, you have got to work on your left side, it's going to your left side, if you drift the other way, same thing.

Alright. Eric, ready? Go.

So what we are doing here is I am telling them to push off the wall with their eyes closed. The objective here is to see what side of their stroke is stronger. If they have a tendency to go to the left during these 15 strokes, then typically their right side is stronger and their left side isn't as strong.

Andrew, that was good, that wasn't bad. Alright, Kemp.

But we are only considering 15 strokes, and if they go off maybe one meter to the left or right, that doesn't seem like a lot, but think about over a course of 1,500 meters. So we are trying to again think about making that stroke as efficient as possible.

Okay. You went a little bit in that direction. Alright, John and Glenn come in, everyone else watch them out.

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the National Triathlon Championships. We have with us today some of the most incredible triathletes from all around the country, here competing.

You two, it will probably be good for you to face that way. Kemp, I want you to get between Mark and Mark. Alright. The winner of today's triathlon gets a cliff shot. No, you are not a robot, you are going to that as fast as you can.

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