Swimmer tethers herself to garden fence and trains in paddling pool

Swimming coach tethers herself to her garden fence so she can carry on training during lockdown – inside the PADDLING POOL

  • Jennie Jones, 41, from Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire, is an open water coach
  • She wanted to keep up her training regime while the swimming pool is closed
  • Coach said her ‘life is swimming’ and so she and her husband set up the alternative
  • Learn more about how to help people impacted by COVID

A swimming coach was able to continue training inside a paddling pool during the coronavirus lockdown – by tethering herself to her garden fence.

Jennie Jones, 41, from Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire, is able to swim as she would if she was still working as an open water coach and personal trainer at her business ‘BOAfit’. 

Footage shows her ingenious method of keeping up her training regime as she is seen in the pool in her back garden. 

Swimming coach Jennie Jones, from Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire, was able to continue training inside a paddling pool during the coronavirus lockdown – by tethering herself to her garden fence

Ms Jones said: ‘My life is swimming. I’m a member of my local swim club – BOA ASC – so swim with them 3 times a week, then teach 7 sessions a week, then swim a couple of times in open water now it’s warmed up a bit.

‘Basically, I spend most of my time in the water. I’ve messed around with tethering before in a small hotel pool. 

‘When lockdown was announced I knew that this was the way to go to get my swim fix.

Footage shows her ingenious method of keeping up her training regime as she is seen in the pool in her back garden. She said of her invention: ‘When lockdown was announced I knew that this was the way to go to get my swim fix’

Ms Jones said: ‘My life is swimming. I’m a member of my local swim club – BOA ASC – so swim with them 3 times a week, then teach 7 sessions a week, then swim a couple of times in open water now it’s warmed up a bit’

‘My husband measured me up and researched the best pool and then we started the work in the garden to get it in, had to move a few plants and do some digging, but it’s totally worth it for my mental and physical health. 

‘I feel very lucky to have been able to do it.’

‘I’ve signed up for a 21-mile swim challenge (not all in one go) and am aiming to do the distance in my little makeshift endless pool.’

Ms Jones said the arrangement is ‘totally worth it’ for her mental and physical health

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