Hannah Waller 🇬🇧

About the coach

Open Water Coach, Swimming Instructor and Aquaphobia Coach based in Newquay Cornwall UK. Founder of Wild & Open Water (WOW) Swim Coaching 💙

My name is Hannah and I set up WOW Swim Coaching, here in Newquay Cornwall in 2020.

For me, being able to swim is one of the most important life skills someone could ever have, especially living in Cornwall, UK. I feel extremely privileged to be in this position, teaching potentially life-saving skills, whilst giving children and adults the confidence and freedom they get from being in the water.

My swimming background is limited to school lessons and fun aqua parks, so I don’t profess to be some ex-national champion swimmer from a young age. However, I have always had a passion for being in the water and found my calling when I moved to Cornwall over 20 years ago. Spending much of my time in the ocean, swimming, surfing and loving life I decided to take on my own challenge of learning the front crawl stroke properly and becoming a teacher.

So having only really learnt front crawl in the last 10 years, I really do know how hard it is as an adult learner; which is why I feel that I am in the best positions to be able to pass on my experiences, achievements and failings to others.

I have since had the opportunity to teach and coach a variety of swimmers from beginner adults to our young performance team and have achieved many of my own swimming goals.

But there is always room for more! And I believe that with a passion and determination, anything is possible :)

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