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Tips for preparing for a competitive swim

Looking for some top tips before your next competitive swim? Read the latest blog for ideas.

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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.

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5 Ways with Bananas

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 […]

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Growth and Development

DID YOU KNOW?
Athletes follow a predictable pattern of physical growth but the rate at which you go through this growth varies by individual.

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Positive Parenting

Being positive to support your child is critical to their development while swimming. Positive parenting includes

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Top Tips for Parents

10 tips on how to help young swimmers develop and be successful in and out of the pool