Conversations with Coach Pedro

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Coach Pedro talks to people from all over the world that practice open water swimming

Episodes

  1. 05/22/2024

    Water World Swim Coaches advise Alcatrraz

    Alcatraz advise. Water World Swim Coaching Team from San Francisco, having a conversation about the best way to swim from Alcatraz

    33 min

  2. 03/26/2024

    Conversation with Water World Swim Coach Mike

    This is the first episode in which we will introduce our coaching team. Water World Swim has worked hard to introduce hundreds of swimmers worldwide to open-water swimming. Many transitioned from the swimming pool to the roughest ocean waters thanks to the help and training of this great team of coaches. In this series, we will talk and have conversations with them about their philosophy of coaching or their kind of training.

    27 min
  3. Sydney Roberts a 15 Km Bonifacio Channel Swimmer

    12/25/2021

    Sydney Roberts a 15 Km Bonifacio Channel Swimmer

    Sydney Roberts an open water swimmer that started her swimming in the San Francisco Bay with Water World Swim when she was only 12 years old. Her goal was always to swim long distances and she set a goal, to swim a challenging swim. Once she started swimming in the cold waters of the bay, she immediately started to become one of the fastest and dedicated to take challenges like swimming from Alcatraz and other long distances swims, either with wetsuit or skin.  When she was only 16 years old she found her goal by becoming interested in a 15 to 16 kilometers swim, like the Bonifacio Channel in Italy, a swim from the Island of Sardinia, Italy  to Corsica, France Unfortunately, her goal came right before the pandemic hit the entire world. She definitely did not give up her dreams and kept her commitment to keep training and not to give up.  With the help of Water World Swim coaches, like Coach Mike and Coach Jake, and others in the coaching team, she kept persevering, just waiting for the opportunity once the countries would reopen. Being a High School senior, came time that she would have to start choosing her School to go to college but at the same time to continue with her training. Even knowing she would swim in warmer waters, she continue training training in open waters, due to the closing of all places like swimming pools, and during the pandemic and winter. She finalize her training in Winter of 2021 swimming four hours and without wetsuit. On this conversation she tell us details of her training and also about her swim across the Bonifacio Channel in 5 hours. She is also a great musician, that plays many instruments, being her favorite, the fidler, that she plays with a musical group. Giving us a demo of her virtuosity at the end of this conversation.

    23 min
  4. Conversation with Coach and Triathlete Arno Joast from Austria

    12/06/2021

    Conversation with Coach and Triathlete Arno Joast from Austria

    During the pandemic Coach Pedro had the opportunity to have a conversation with another coach across the atlantic. Here some of his topics on different areas about his coaching life in Austria. This conversation has been edited in order to hear the main issues of coaching in Europe and mainly during the times of pandemic

    39 min

  5. 12/05/2021

    COACH PEDRO update of the Pandemic May 2020

    Coach Pedro gives an update of the Pandemic Situation on May 2021 - Announcing the opening and relaxation of the lockdown

    27 min

  6. 12/05/2021

    Coach Pedro Reports to swimming about the Pandemic situation May 8. 2020

    Coach Pedro announces the situation of the pandemic when the U.S. announces the pandemic lockdown

    3 min

  7. 12/05/2021

    THE LODHA SISTERS_ Mahika THE FULL CONVERSATION no edited

    Two great swim sisters converse with Coach Pedro about their experiences dealing with the lockdown and not swimming- Their discovery of open water swimming

    31 min
  8. CONVERSATION WITH COACH, LAKE SWIMMER, TRIATHLETE ARNO JOAST FROM AUSTRIA

    12/05/2021

    CONVERSATION WITH COACH, LAKE SWIMMER, TRIATHLETE ARNO JOAST FROM AUSTRIA

    During the pandemic of these past two years, in July 2021 Coach Pedro had the opportunity to talk to Coach Arno from Austria and exchange the experiences that swimmers in general were experiencing due to these drastic changes we all had to go through and for many to try open water swimming for their first time in life. Interesting exchange of ideas and experiences.  Coach Arno grew up in St. Johann in Tirol / He has competed as also has his team participating in competitions in Austria Swim meets in France, Germany, Italy, Hungary. He has also participatie in the European Triathlon Championships in Kitzbühel / Austria. Also in Lake Schwarzsee in Kitzbühel / Austria. Hintersteinersee/Tirol/ Austria. He let us know the differences of open waters in lakes in Europe. His interest lately has been to participate in the new sport growing in Europe of Swim/ Run competitions, where the athlete swim, run and swim on different terrains and different waters, can be lakes, oceans and rough terrain or asphalt.  Hope you enjoy this conversation.

    27 min

  9. 03/13/2021

    A Great 13.5 K Marathon Swim in Rio Tolten, South of Chile

    Conversation with the founders of one of the most beautiful swim races in South America, Johathan Jimenez and Mary Louise Thon. 13.5 Km River Tolten Chile. This is one of the most fascinating swims along a river that ends in the Pacific Ocean, running throughout beautiful natural landscapes in one of the most beautiful parts of the south of Chile.  Besides swimming this zone and areas offers a number of adventure tourism activities, like kayaking, fly fishing, trekking, and river rafting. Near Tolten, there are many other towns surrounded by amazing green areas, lakes and volcanoes.  The next races is announced for the first weeks of January 2022, Summer in Chile. Exact dates will be announced by mid of this present year. Registrations will be on line at Water World Swim,  a group will be organized in order to participate and at the same time tour other parts of Chile as to visit Vina del Mar on the Pacific Coast of the Central coast.  Besides this swim other short competitions are offered on the same day. You can also watch this conversation in You Tube, in YouTube Water World Swim Channel  Conversations with Coach Pedro.

    14 min
  10. Conversation with a young open water swimmer Rishima Tewari

    12/31/2020

    Conversation with a young open water swimmer Rishima Tewari

    This conversation was with  Rishima Tewari! a 17 years old and a senior at Lynbrook High school. She is part of her school’s swimming and water polo teams and have been competitively swimming with DACA (De Anza Aquatics ) since the seventh grade. She also teaches at the DACA swim school. Aside from swimming and water polo, she is involved with FBLA (a business club), Indesign (a fashion club), and French Honor Society at school. In her  free time, I like to hike and sew. In college, she plans to study environmental sciences or biological sciences with a concentration in ecology. " I first started open water swimming just over four years ago, and I absolutely loved the experience. The coaches and people at Water World are all so kind and welcoming, and swimming in the ocean is an exhilarating feeling. After two years, I started swimming skin, and now I prefer it to swimming with a wetsuit."

    18 min
  11. Conversation with open water swimmers Lodha sisters

    05/26/2020

    Conversation with open water swimmers Lodha sisters

    Conversations with Coach Pedro. - Coach Pedro interviews two members of Water World Swim, from the "New Waves" team, swimmers under 18 years old.  Manisva and Mahika, 16 and 14 years old, both students at Cupertino High School, in California, have been swimming open waters of the San Francisco bay, for over 5 years. After being sheltered in place at home for two months, it was interesting to see them coming back with great attitude and energy to take part on our first two training sessions in the Bay. This conversation will teach many young ones as also seasoned swimmers, to learn about the discipline and commitment takes to enjoy and also to get experience in this challenging sport that it is open water swim, specially to train in cold waters of the Bay. These two ladies, have shown dedication and love for the sport, and it was a great pleasure to have it on this episode of Conversation with Coach Pedro.

    27 min
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Coach Pedro talks to people from all over the world that practice open water swimming

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  • Creator
    Water World Swim
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2024
  • Episodes
    11
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © Water World Swim