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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Optimal Athlete-Development Framework (OADF) sets out to describe the characteristics that we believe our swimmers will need to possess in order to be successful in 2024 and beyond.
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The framework defines the characteristics of-both “The Great British Swimmer”, as well as those that are showing “Future Performance Potential”. It is not a rigid curriculum, nor indeed a tool for talent identification or selection.
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These characteristics we have chosen have been determined following consultation with leading coaches, support staff and athletes, and further developed by British Swimming in conjunction with Swim England, Scottish Swimming and Swim Wales, supported by the Home Nation Sporting Institutes.
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The 6 ‘A-C-C-E-S-S pillars of the OADF describe the approach and underlying principles we will use to develop and then transition our ‘Future Performance Potential’ athletes on to becoming a ‘Great British Swimmer’<\/p>\n\n\n\n
ATHLETE CENTRED OUR ATHLETES ARE AT THE HEART OF EVERY DECISION WE MAKE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 We coach our athletes as people<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 We adopt an individual approach to training<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 We give the athlete what they need, not just what they want<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 We tell our athletes the reason \u2018why\u2019 before we guide their development<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 Our athletes contribute to their own program and their own development<\/p>\n\n\n\n COACH LED OUR COACHES ARE EFFECTIVE IN LEADING OUR ATHLETES BY SETTING HIGH STANDARDS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 Our coaches are the leaders of our programs<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 Our coaches are well informed and well educated, continually looking for ways to improve<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 Our coaches have leadership skills and understand British Swimming Team Behaviours<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 Our coaches provide an individual approach to the long-term development of our athletes<\/p>\n\n\n\n CULTURALLY DEFINED OUR CULTURE DEFINES WORLD-CLASS BEHAVIOURS TO DELIVER PODIUM SUCCESS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 Athlete wellbeing and duty of care is at the heart of our culture<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 Our culture is aligned to British Swimming Team Behaviours<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 We have a culture of continuous improvement -Kaizen<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 We deliver seasons best performances at the Benchmark Meet<\/p>\n\n\n\n EXPERT INFORMED<\/strong> <\/strong>OUR DECISIONS ARE GUIDED<\/strong> <\/strong>BY EXPERT KNOWLEDGE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 We use an evidence-based approach to inform our decisions<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 Our Support Staff ensure we work to stay ahead of the pack by implementing marginal gains<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 We continually develop all of our staff to be experts in their field<\/p>\n\n\n\n SCIENCE SUPPORTED OUR PRACTITIONERS WORK AS AN INTERDISCIPLINARY TEAM TO SERVICE OUR ATHLETES<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 We believe that the collective knowledge and skillset of our practitioners provides the most effective way of solving complex performance problems<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 We collaborate to ensure we investigate all possible ways of developing our athletes<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 We provide a seamless set of support services to our identified athletes<\/p>\n\n\n\n SYSTEM ALIGNED OUR SYSTEM IS WHOLLY COHESIVE AND ALIGNED<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 Our system has a clear Vision and Mission which has been bought into by all of our stakeholders<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 We work in absolute synergy with all of our partners<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 British Swimming and the Home Nations are all working towards the same agreed set of outcome goals<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 We have a domestic competition programme which provides appropriate levels of race opportunity for all ages and stages of development<\/p>\n\n\n\n Read more in the attached file <\/p>\n\n\n\n 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 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-252","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-britishswimming"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/middlesbroughasc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/middlesbroughasc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/middlesbroughasc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/middlesbroughasc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/middlesbroughasc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=252"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/middlesbroughasc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":332,"href":"https:\/\/middlesbroughasc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252\/revisions\/332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/middlesbroughasc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/middlesbroughasc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/middlesbroughasc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
BRITISH SWIMMING’S HEAD OF ELITE DEVELOPMENT, TIM JONES:
This is an incredibly important project that will help determine our collective future. We are adopting non-prescriptive approach, steering clear of telling coaches and practitioners how to do their jobs. We believe in promoting autonomy, and want to encourage individuality by urging the team around the athlete to exercise all of their knowledge and skill in developing the characteristics set out in this framework.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n