• OCEANMAN Coach Certification offers you the fully online course in English or Spanish (500,00 €).

OCEANMAN aims to ensure our qualifications are high quality and reflect the latest industry developments. This qualification has been designed to allow current open water swimmers, swim coaches, and triathlon coaches to build on their current skills and acquire specialist knowledge in delivering open water swimming sessions.  

You will learn about:  

• The roles and responsibilities of coaching in the open water swimming 
• The advantages and disadvantages of diverse types of swimming equipment 
• The different opportunities and challenges available to open water swimmers 
• How to plan open water swimming coaching sessions 
• How to develop management skills 

By the end of this qualification, you will have the skills needed to work as an open water swimming coach and effectively and independently plan, prepare, deliver, monitor and evaluate open water swimming training sessions.  

1 – Online Open Water Coach Certification (80 Hours)  

2 – Open Water Swimming Practice Assignment (5 Hours)  

Total qualification time: 85 hours   

Qualification level: OCEANMAN Open Water Coach   

Each module includes:  

• Introduction video plus lecture videos 
• Course workbook (reading material) 
• At the end of each module “Test Your Knowledge” (20-60 questions online, 80% pass rate required to proceed with the next module)
• Assignment at the end of each module 
• Module feedback form 

○ Understand the opportunities available to open water swimmers  

○ Understand the demands of open water swimming  

○ Understand the sports-specific skills in the open water swimming  

○ Knowledge about relevant equipment related to open water swimming  

○ Understand the environment, conditions and facts involved in the open water swimming  

○ Understand the Structure of open water swimming sessions  

○ Factors determining the standard of care  

○ Duty to create a safe environment  

○ Choosing a venue  

○ Health and safety during and after swimming sessions  

○ Environmental considerations  

○ Health-related issues  

○ Etiquette  

○ Equipment  

○ Group organization and dynamics  

○ Coach leadership skills  

○ Identifying hazards  

○ Emergency action plan   

○ Technique versus skill  

○ Analyzing techniques and skills  

○ Technique and skills adaptations  

○ Basic freestyle technique  

○ Open water freestyle technique and skills  

○ Understand the physiology and effect of swimming  

○ Understand the energy zones  

○ Demonstrating coaching positions for open water swimming sessions  

○ Be able to plan for coaching open water swimming 

○ Understand the swimmers’ conditioning program  

○ Be able to develop a conditioning program adapted to swimmers’ needs  

○ Understand nutrition linked with swimming in open waters  

○ Understand the facts involved in injuries and how to avoid them or adapt to them

• 18 years of age or older on the first day of the course and have experience in the open water swimming.  
• The course is delivered in English, therefore, a proficient level of English is required.  
• Certified Swimming or Triathlon Coach  

Students will have full support from teachers and course developers by email certification@oceanmanswim.com