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Best Practices Scorecard
The optimal open water swimming competition offers the following 50 things. How does your open water swim compare? Download the attached form, fill it out and email it to Open Water Source. Add a photograph - and video if possible - and Open Water Source will publish your form so other swimmers can learn your perspective of open water swims.
Open Water Source presents the 50 Best Practices of Open Water Swims - a listing of what the best open water swims around the world offer and execute for their athletes. Everything from pre-race open water swimming clinics to providing immediate race results via the competitor's mobile phones (Swim Phone) is covered with explanations. 50 Best Practices of Open Water Swims is part of the curriculum of the Race Directors Education Program and the Race Officials Certification Program.