Maui Channel Swim 2018 New Women’s Record
Eney Jones and her team set a new record for the Maui Channel Swim 2018. Watch the best open water swimmers in the world do what they do best!
Clinic in Turks and Caicos
Preview from the morning clinic. Eney won the 2.4 mi. overall Race for the Conch in Turks Caicos, July 2018.
Great Races in Great Places
Here are my recommendations for some amazing races all over the globe! Check out this article about a great race in Australia, where they said I made a mockery of age! Check out this Open Water Festival in Barbados! Read more about it here and watch an awesome video! Records broken at Barbados Open Water […]
Raising a Champion: Tori Trees Smith & John Smith
How do you remain a fan, a parent, a support system and a Clark Smith swims the fastest 500 free ever. -courtesy of Tim Binning friend to your child? We know how much hard work goes into everyday for Clark. He is extraordinarily disciplined and focused. Swimming was our life for so long so it […]
Interview with Christina Cooper Dressel
ONE Michael Phelps, Caeleb Dressel – 2016 Olympic Games in Rio -courtesy of simone castrovillari How are you able to be your child’s greatest fan and remain nurturing and supportive after a bad swim? I am always mom and never a coach. That is my job as a mother to be nurturing and supportive regardless […]
Working Stroke Recovery
Be deliberate and be fast thru the air and you will find your times dropping easily from there. Excerpt: Having more speed and alacrity in the air will create a more deliberate forceful catch. Speed creates power. I have always found this helpful in Open Water but last week end watched it in Caeleb Dressel’s […]
The Power Phase – 41 degrees of power
“With power comes great responsibility” Attributed to Voltaire and also said by Uncle Ben in Spiderman. The swim stroke is broken into three phases: The catch phase – which can be a speerfish, over the barrell, or a classic reach and set pool catch. The power phase – the middle part of your stroke, which […]
Barbados 10K Open Water Swim
Congrats to Eney on her flawless performance! Seasoned veteran Eney Jones amazed all present with her flawless performances especially in the 1.5K when up against two 23 year old Olympians: Lani Cabrera of Barbados and Tera Van Beilen of Canada. Cabrera was the second lady home in the 1.5K. Van Beilen, visiting Barbados with swim […]
Nervous intimidated converted to confident belonging
I walked to Eney’s class feeling nervous, intimidated, and that I did not belong in a swim class taught by a world class athlete. I spent the weekend learning, sharing, and laughing with a world class person and teacher. I walked out of Eney’s class a confident swimmer and feeling like I absolutely belong there.” […]
Swim Like a Super Hero TM
This video will get you to swim like a super hero focusing on posture, breathing and kicking. Combine all to improve efficiency, relaxation and performance. Learn more from Eney Jones – book a flume lesson and see how YOU look!
CU Sports Medicine and Performance Center
in partnerships in SwimLabs Book a Lesson at University of Colorado with Eney. Experience training at a higher speed in the flume. Get: video analysis (comparison to Olympic Athletes) instruction on the many ways to improve your stroke information to share with your coach
Swimming Body Position: The eternal quest for easy speed!
“Just throw me a line that’s all that I ask, Well it’s sink or swim and I’m goin’ fast. I need love and it’s you. And I feel like William Holden floating in a pool.” Blue Rodeo, Canadian Rock Band The best way to go fast The best way to go fast and not use […]
Cross Over Kick Swim Technique and Drills
What is the Cross Over Kick We discussed how the cross over kick technique will improve your swim performance over the conventional rhythmic kick. See Cross Over Swim Kick Tony MacGuinness of U.K.’s Neuro-tech Swimming well describes the two beat cross over kick. In this kick, one leg actually crosses over the other, and then […]
Cross Over Swim Kick
One kick wonder . . . . . Wisdom begins in wonder . . . . . Socrates Cross Over v. Rhythmic Kick technique We all know the standard 2 beat, 4 beat, and 6 beat kick. If you don’t, for every right and left pull you kick 2 or 4 or 6 times in […]
Split Tempo for Open Water Swimming
“If you don’t own the ocean, you’ll be seasick everyday” Leonard Cohen Eureka! My best ideas usually come submerged in water. The same experience Archimedes had when he screamed “Eureka!” (Greek “εὕρηκα!,” meaning “I have found it!”). The story of Archimedes tells of how he invented a method for determining the volume of an object […]
How to Train your Autonomic Nervous System for Peak Performance
“Try not. Do or do not, there is no try.” Yoda Our brain is a complex organ that manages to control each and every muscle of the body. Every movement, perception and reception of enormous amount of data is all done by the brain. With so many things to do, it is surprising that all […]
Open Water Swimming Breathing Techniques that Relax, Restore, Power and Invigorate
Ocean Breath – How to find yours . . . . . “Life is not measured by the breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away.” George Carlin Swimming is the only sport where the coach yells at you for breathing, for actually taking in air or energy. Ocean water swimming […]
Wetsuit Swimming Technique – Going full throttle in a full wetsuit
“You can’t change the wind but you can adjust your sails” Swimming in a long sleeve wetsuit is better than it used to be. The material is lighter and more flexible yet it is still restrictive and confining. How do you adapt your stroke to the constriction? Use the following techniques: the Birmingham Feather, High […]
Gaining Rhythm and Length Through Air Gallop for Open Water
“From there to here, from here to there, funny things are everywhere!” Dr. Seuss One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish. Swimming is not golf, there are no extra points for the least amount of strokes taken. It is not diving, there are no extra points for pretty. Swimming is swimming. Whoever gets from […]
Open Water Swim V-Formation Drafting
“Some birds are not meant to be caged, that’s all. So you let them go.” Stephen King Swimmers can learn from the V Formation of birds Scientists have always debated why birds fly in a V position. It makes flight easier and takes less effort. In January 2015, Science magazine released a new study that […]
Faith, Trust and Pixie Dust, the Art of a Swim Taper
“By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.” Benjamin Franklin- founding father, swimmer, inventor of fins and hand paddles. Eddie Reese the coach of The University of Texas just won his eleventh NCAA Swimming title. When I asked him how you know if the taper is going to work, he responded, “You as the […]
Doing the Math for Open Water Swim Racing
“You just keep pushing. You just keep pushing. I made every mistake that could be made but I just kept pushing.” – René Descartes, French Philosopher and Mathematician It is no surprise then that some of the greatest open water swimmers are some of the most intelligent people you will ever meet, examples are, Eva Fabian […]
Mermaid Adventure in the Cayman Islands
January 30 – February 4, 2016 Reserve your space HERE by SEPTEMBER 23rd! Get out of Winter — swim in bioluminescence! Join Eney Jones for a memorable fun experience. Includes: Ocean water swimming in the beautiful Caribbean waters off the famous Seven Mile Beach. Learn ocean water swimming for the first time or brush up on […]
Keep Calm and Mermaid On
Need words? I always have extra. #announcingismyforte
Eney Effect™
“I never thought I’d be smiling after the swim portion of a triathlon. Thanks Eney!” -Keavy McMinn Ireland
Mirinda Carfrae: Hawaiian Ironman Champion 2010 and 2013
Hey Eney, Thanks so much for all your swimming help and advice.. I could definitely feel a significant difference in the amount of water I am catching when I feel that I am doing what you taught me. As I said at the pool, it might take a little while to get both the catch […]
Nature’s Endless Pool
Training the extreme athlete in you by unleashing your potential self.
Pan American Masters Off The Coast Of Sarasota
Pan American Masters was on Thursday, June 20, 2013! The 3 km Pan American Masters Championships were held in the sea off Sarasota, Florida last week. Check out the champion results! The 2013 Global Open Water Swimming Conference will commence in Cork/Ireland in October. Cork Lions Club & University College Cork in association with the […]
After Hours With Open Water Swimmers
Some athletes go out to bars and restaurants after a competition. Others, like open water swimmers, seem to stay in their comfort zone. Joey Pedraza, Nadine Williams, Kristy Kowal, Lexie Kelly, Luane Rowe, Brooke Bennett, Heather Maitland, Eney Jones, and Zsofia Balazs enjoyed swimming with sting rays at Rum Point on Grand Cayman Island in […]
Olympic Fever In The Cayman Islands
Walking down the gorgeous Seven Mile Beach in the Cayman Islands, it is amazing how many Olympians are preparing for the 21st annual Flowers Sea Swim. Lounging on the white sugary sand, casually swimming up and down the coast staring down at the marine life, or just catching up on old times, the Olympic crowd […]
Kristin Foreman Is All Smiles
Kristin Foreman was ecstatic before, during, and after finishing the 1-mile Flowers Sea Swim this weekend. Guided by her coach Eney Jones, the part-time Cayman Islands resident was all smiles all the time before, during, and after her swim. Her eyes sparkled and the ambiance she created was pure positivity. “She is always so upbeat,” […]
Flowers Sea Swim 2013 Cayman Islands
Come join us in the Caymans in June! June 12-16, 2013 On the Seven Mile Beach (one of the most beautiful beaches in the world) See Details Here You can be competitive (Eney placed 2nd last year overall) The unique draw of the Flowers Sea Swim is not only its flawless course conditions along Cayman’s […]
Dealing Maximum Damage to SwimStrong
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2012 Dealing Maximum Damage To SwimStrong At last weekend’s Lake Travis Relay in Austin, Texas, Maximum Damage upset favored and defending champion SwimStrong with Lance Armstrong. READ MORE See Eney – second from left? 1. Maximum Damage — 3:49:06 2. SwimStrong — 3:51:04 3. Rory Pilgrim (solo) — 4:23:19
Maui Channel Swim Record Broken!
Eney Jones of Boulder, Colo., sprints to the finish line to give her Dallas Aquatic Masters team, Dam Fast Dam Fine, first place in the women’s division of the 41st annual Maui Channel Swim. The team completed the 9.6-mile race from the old Club Lanai pier to Kaanapali in 3 hours, 23 minutes, 10 […]
Angela Naeth: “Our top pro …” says Mark Allen
Angela Naeth, our top pro, just finished 4th at the Hy-Vee 5150 US Championship. There are a number of things about that race for her that were extremely impressive and a testament to doing the right kind of training. … That started this summer with some stroke work she did with Eney Jones, a Boulder CO […]
Take Aways From the Sea
Learning with Ingrid
Move Water – Instead of Fighting It
“Eney. Thank you so much for the lessons. After the first lesson, I started to feel I was finally moving in the water instead of fighting the water. I’ve always tried to figure out why the faster swimmers on the other lines were moving so easily and fast and I wasn’t. Now I know that […]
Lesson comment – hilarious really …
“But thanks to you I am swimming with Duke Kahanamoku in Hawaii, throwing rocks for release and power, and streching out in a field of flowers. You have helped me love swimming even more than I ever thought possible.” — Susan Lavelle
Pure Inspiration
For us ALL Marie Kelleher Breaks Barrier MAY 12, 2012 Richmonder sets 2 national records in 100-104 age group Richmond, VA – May 12, 2012– By Dave Holland Leaving a swim meet this afternoon at the Tuckahoe YMCA, I found myself walking out the door with Marie Kelleher. As we walked to her car, we fell into […]
Swim: Moneybox Austin Texas
Open water 2K race May 2012 Another fun event Article here:
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