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The Open Water Almanac - Chapters 1-10

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Chapter 1.  The Open Water Swimming Dictionary

This American English Open Water Swimming Dictionary was first written in 2008, was used at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and by NBC Olympics and USA Swimming, and is constantly expanded and revised. The Open Water Dictionary includes the definitions, etymologies, synonyms and examples of numerous terms used in the sport of open water swimming.

Open Water Swimming Dictionary
 

Chapter 2. Expect The Unexpected

Expected The Unexpected captures the essence open water swimming where anything can happen and athletes must be prepared to be flexible and adapt to the trying and ever-changing dynamics of 'the open water world. 

Chapter 3. Open Water Swimming Books And Movies

Looking for Open Water Swimming Books and Movies? You will enjoy the following titles. Be sure to add some of these to your personal collection.  If you would like to write a review of these books or movies, please send via email to Open Water Source.

Chapter 4. Open Water Swimming Haikus And Poems

Sgt. Jim Cowhig, a Northeast Kingdom Open Water Swimming Association swimmer Newburyport, Massachusetts, and others write haikus and poems about the open water swimming world.

Chapter 5. Higher Math For Open Water Swimmers

The mental aspect of competitive open water swimming cannot be downplayed. Not only do you have to think about the elements - winds, waves, currents - but you also have to strategize while you swim and make decisions about feeding, pacing, positioning and drafting relative to your competition. See PDF document below for the rest...

Chapter 6.  Open Water Swimming Circumnavigations

A short list of dozens of marathon swimming circumnavigations around the world.  See PDF document below for more details.

Chapter 7. Open Water Swimming Relays

There are hundreds of established open water swimming relay competitions around the world.  There are also hundreds of independent relays in oceans, seas, lakes and rivers attempted on every continent every year.  This genre of open water swimming is exploding.  Read on...

Chapter 8. Is Open Water Swimming Nearing A Tipping Point?

Perhaps not yet, but it is coming soon. Open Water Source believes the tipping point has already occurred in Great Britain and other countries will soon follow. A tipping point is when the momentum for change becomes unstoppable and was defined by Morton Grodzins as the moment of critical mass...the threshold...the boiling point. Read on...

Chapter 9. Four Fundamental Feeding Steps

The standard four-step feeding process in order to feed quickly includes the following: (1) Seek and Spot,  (2) Reach and Roll,  (3) Gulp and Go, and  (4) Toss and Turn.  See PDF document below for the rest...

Chapter 10. Outstanding Open Water Swimming Websites

The number of open water swimming websites providing valuable information in a visual dynamic manner continues to exponentially increase, some with online social networking functions. Below is a short list of unique, educational and informative websites, listed in no particular order.  See PDF document below for the rest...

The Open Water Almanac
This comprehensive and authoritative collection is a compilation of various aspects of open water swimming.  The free portion of the Open Water Almanac c
onsists of the following chapters.  There are hundreds of additional chapters - that cover an increasingly broad spectrum of the sport - available to Open Water Source members.
  • Chapter 1: The Open Water Swimming Dictionary
  • Chapter 2. Expect The Unexpected
  • Chapter 3. Open Water Swimming Books and Movies
  • Chapter 4. Open Water Swimming Haikus and Poems
  • Chapter 5. Higher Math For Open Water Swimmers
  • Chapter 6. Open Water Swimming Circumnavigations
  • Chapter 7. Open Water Swimming Relays
  • Chapter 8. Is Open Water Swimming Nearing A Tipping Point?
  • Chapter 9. Four Fundamental Feeding Steps
  • Chapter 10. Outstanding Open Water Swimming Websites
  • Chapter 11. The Socratic Method In The Open Water
  • Chapter 12. Open Water Swimming Products
  • Chapter 13. Fears Of The Open Water
  • Chapter 14. Ocean’s Seven
  • Chapter 15. Triple Crown Of Open Water Swimming
  • Chapter 16. 50 Great Open Water Locations In The Americas
  • Chapter 17. America’s Top 50 Open Water Swims
  • Chapter 18. World’s Top 100 Open Water Swims
  • Chapter 19. America’s Top 10 Most Competitive Open Water Races
  • Chapter 20. Longest Solo Swims In The World
  • Chapter 21. An Open Water Swimming Hero
  • Chapter 22. Where Are Open Water Raced Conducted?
  • Chapter 23. New Open Water Swims Around The World
  • Chapter 24. Open Water Swims In The Future
  • Chapter 25. Five Oceans
  • Chapter 26. International Marathon Swimming Hall Of Fame
  • Chapter 27. Open Water Swim Clubs, Teams And Organizations
  • Chapter 28. Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde In The Open Water
  • Chapter 29. Open Water Swimming Ecosystem
  • Chapter 30. Swim Near The Rocks
  • Chapter 31. 50 Great Open Water Swimming Locations
  • Chapter 32. Inner Thoughts Of A Marathon Swimming Coach
  • Chapter 33. Triathletes And Open Water Swimmers As Endurance Cousins
  • Chapter 34. Eco-swimming: Staying Green In Blue Waters
  • Chapter 35. Cold-water Swimming
  • Chapter 36. A Champion In The Pool And Open Water
  • Chapter 37. Open Water Swimming Trivia
  • Chapter 38. Pyramid Of Open Water Swimming Success

The Open Water Almanac


A FREE Gift to the Open Water Community - Chapters 1 - 40.  The entire collection of hundreds of additional chapters is available to Open Water Source members.
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About the Author:
Steven Munatones has served as the USA Swimming National Open Water Swimming Team coach at the 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2007 World Swimming Championships and 2006, 2007, 2009 and 2010 national team camps. He has written several cover stories for Swimming World Magazine, U.S. Masters Swimming SWIMMER Magazine and Competitor Magazine. He is an International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame inductee and board member.  He created and manages the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame website.  He is a member of the FINA Technical Open Water Swimming Committee and USA Swimming Open Water Swimming Committee where he drafted many of the rules, guidelines, protocols and regulations currently used in the sport. He was the 1982 World Long Distance Swimming Champion (25K in Lake Windermere, England), did five unprecedented solo swims over 30K in Asia and several professional marathon swims in Canada, Mexico and Atlantic City. He was the NBC Olympics' Commentator for the 2008 Olympic 10K Marathon Swim in Beijing. He created the Open Water Swimming Dictionary, World's Top 100 Open Water Swims, America's Top 50 Open Water Swims, the World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year, the World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year, the World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year, Open Water Wednesday, the Pyramid of Open Water Success, Ocean's Seven and the Open Water Almanac.  He has prepared open water swimming materials used by NBC, USA Swimming, Beijing Olympic Committee, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, National Public Radio and National Geographic Magazine. He serves as the Technical Delegate for the Special Olympics and 2011 World Games and as an adviser to race directors in the USA, from California to New York, Brazil, Cayman Islands, Greece, Mexico and Japan.  He is a member of the board of directors of Swim Free and was the race director for the Waikiki Roughwater Swim, USA Swimming National Open Water Swimming Championships, the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships 10K and the Distance Swim Challenge.  He wrote the script for Out of the Box, USA Swimming's 90-minute educational DVD on open water swimming and The Tactics and Techniques of Open Water Swimmers.  He has kayaked, paddled, escorted and coached several swimmers in numerous channels and lakes around the world including the Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Caribbean Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Sea of Japan, South Pacific and the Hawaiian Islands.  He created The Daily News of Open Water Swimming, the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame website, 10Kswim, Virtual Swim, Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming, Water Polo Hair and SwiMetrics.  He created and hosted the first Global Open Water Swimming Conference and organized the first Protecting Athletes: Open Water Swimming Safety Conference, together with U.S. Masters Swimming and Pacific Masters Swimming. He is a contributing writer to The Science of Swimming and is an adviser to the American Swimming Coaches Association's Journal of Swimming Research.  He wrote a comprehensive tome on open water swimming that will be published in Q1 2012 by Human Kinetics.  He was born and raised in Southern California and currently resides in Huntington Beach, California where he coaches, researches, writes and promotes open water swimming and water polo.

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