Check Specific Date for Clinic availability-Each Clinic has 10 person Capacity! Five 3-hour TRIATHLON SWIM CLINICS at Portofino Island Resort. Dates are: November 20, 2010 December 11, 2010 January 22, 2011 February 19, 2011 March 19, 2011 Multisport Performance Institute (MPI) Triathlon Swim Clinics will combine a 1-hour dry land presentation with a 2-hour swim practice and training session. The goal of these clinics is to provide athletes with basic, fundamental swim techniques specific to triathletes. The clinics will occur at the beautiful Portofino Island Resort on Pensacola Beach utilizing their 25-meter indoor pool. Portofino offers first class amenities to athletes including a fitness center, spa and luxurious locker rooms. The clinic will cover the following: balance, breathing, freestyle drills, efficiency, power, sighting, navigation, drafting and other tips for open water training and racing, developing swimming endurance and speed and common swim equipment. Each athlete will receive a hard copy of the presentation and potential special offers from sponsors. Clinics will be limited to 10 Athletes in order to provide more individualized attention. Due to the limitations of this registration program, you may see athletes signed up who either have already attended an earlier event or are signed up for a future event. We will close registration once reaching 10 athletes for a specific date. You will not find a more in-depth and focused clinic tailored specifically for triathletes to improve swim performance in a race. * Athletes MUST be able to swim 25 meters to participate in these clinics Schedule 8:00-9:00 Dry Land - Presentation and Discussion: • Triathlon swimming vs. “others” • The power & efficiency of freestyle swimming • Common freestyle drills • Review of open water techniques • How to swim train as a triathlete • Creating swimming training sessions. 9:00-11:00 Pool Time – Training and Execution • Dry Land warm-up • Practice drills & open water techniques • Evaluation of stroke technique and efficiency • Open Water drills for the pool • Key techniques for triathletes to focus on • Sample triathlete swim training session MPI Triathlon Swim Clinic cost is $80.00 per Athlete*. * Athletes must be a USA Triathlon member ($10 single day or $39 for year)