POW
noun - POW or Pool Open Water is a means to practice open water swimming in a pool where all or some of the lane lines are removed and swimmers swim around the perimeter of the pool or around turn buoys anchored in the pool. The swimmers enjoyed their POW workouts when they swam around four buoys positioned near the corners of the pool. POW is one element of the concept of interleaving in the training of open water swimmers and triathletes.
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POW Competitions
Pool open water races have different divisions by age group and number of loops around the pool.
Corporate Fitness
POW is one component of the Swimming Wellness or Swimming Is Medicine initiative for corporate fitness programs.
Trademark
- POW (Pool Open Water) is a trademarked acronym owned by World Open Water Swimming Association.
- It was first established within USA Swimming in 2001 at a national training camp in Fort Myers, Florida.
Objectives
Pool Open Water helps bring the joys and challenges of open water swimming to a pool.
Traditional open water swimming, alternatively known as marathon swimming, long distance swimming or rough water swimming, is done in oceans, bays, rivers, lakes, dams, rowing basins, canals, channels, fjords and reservoirs around the world. POW combines the joys, challenges and excitement of traditional open water swimming with the convenience of a swimming pool.
Remove the lane lines in a pool, set four turn buoys near the corners and swim loops (either clockwise or counterclockwise) around the course. Swimmers can also do their warm-up, pulling, kicking, sprints, relays and main sets around the perimeter of a 25 or 50-meter pool.
POW is an enjoyable and educational introduction to traditional open water swimming when the weather is too cold or there is not access to an open body of water. Swimmers can learn and practice drafting, positioning and turning in the pool and transfer that experience to success in the open water. POW is especially helpful for triathletes and newcomers to the sport.
Videos
Special Olympics POW
Synonym
インドアオープンウォータースイミング (Japanese or indoor open water swimming)
External links
- When Open Water Swimmers Text Each Other
- Swimming Helps Optimize Your Brain Function And Health
- Status Of Ten Big Ideas For Open Water Swimming, Predicted In 2013
- Pool Open Water website
- Acronyms In The Open Water Swimming World
- POW Clinics In Woollett Aquatic Center
- Open Water Swimming
- Marathon Swimming
- Swimming Wellness program
- Swimming Is Medicine program
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- World Professional Marathon Swimming Federation
- Text Messages From Open Water Swimmers
- Text Messages From Open Water Swimmers
- Ten Big Ideas For Open Water Swimming
- Will Interleaving and IM Help You Swim Faster?
- POWerful Training In Warsaw, Poland
- Chasing The Ocean Life For Those With Spinal Injuries
- Ocean City Swim Club Unified Team
- Swimming And Paddle Boarding With Spinal Injuries
- 2013 World Open Water Swimming Offering Of The Year Nominees
- 100 Things Every Open Water Swimmer Should Know
- 50 Things To Do In The Open Water After 50
- Anne McLindon Always Does Something Special
- Training Travels And Intensity With Yasu Hirai
- 日本の平井康翔とのプール・オープン・ウォーター
- Clovis High School East, Perfect For POW
- Swimming Squares In Shikijima
- Wow, POW Goes National With Alex Meyer
- Wow, POW In San Luis Obispo
