Guidance documents provided by Swim England to support clubs and their swimmers Wavepower 2020-23 | Child safeguarding for Swim England clubs (swimming.org)
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The objective of British Swimming’s Performance pathway is to develop athletes that have the skills; characteristics and behaviours to thrive in the highest competitive arenas, specifically at the World Championships and Olympic Games. The Optimal Athlete-Development Framework (OADF) sets out to describe the characteristics that we believe our swimmers will need to possess in order […]
For any swimmer development pathway to be effective it must feature a fit for purpose competition framework. Read the attached PDF for more information.
Ten requirements for age group programs to be engaging, effective and supportive.
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Supporting the next generation of swimmers
Details on how to bridge the generation gap to support the next generation of swimmers.
Five recipes prepared by Tiffany Afflick (@thecookingyam) for British Swimming.
Smoothie bowl
Banana bread
Cookies
Ice cream
Pancakes
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Performance Lifestyle
What is a Performance Lifestyle?A performance lifestyle is leading a life where you have theability and skills to manage your own individual environmenteffectively to ensure that your swimming and non-swimming livescompliment each other to benefit you and your performance. Why is it important?A performance lifestyle is important because success is not justabout what you do […]
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The ‘ideal’ swimming parent
10 things you can do as part of being the ‘ideal’ swimming parent.
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Senior Athletes
Key observations for coaching senior athletes from Study Tour 2018
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Flexibility
Good flexibility is an essential requirement for anyone who participates in competitive sports. One of the causes of poor performance in swimming is often due to lack of flexibility, the limitation of range of movement in the joints, in particular the shoulder and ankle joints. It restricts the extent to which a limb can be […]