Coaching – Swim England https://www.swimming.org/swimengland The business of swimming Fri, 03 Jan 2025 09:58:02 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.1.1 Why we’re creating an ambitious roadmap to redefine the purpose of coaching https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/new-coaching-strategy/ https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/new-coaching-strategy/#respond Fri, 13 Dec 2024 14:40:34 +0000 https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/?p=22209 By Craig McCulloch, Swim England head of coaching Swim England is committed to positive change as we collectively strive to make a brighter future for aquatic sports and the many people so closely associated with them. You will no doubt be aware that the new swim England strategy was recently launched under the banner of … […]

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]]> https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/new-coaching-strategy/feed/ 0 https://d1s9j44aio5gjs.cloudfront.net/2024/12/craig_mcculloch.png Double loop thinking with Diving Coach Tom Roberts https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/tom-roberts-double-loop-thinking/ https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/tom-roberts-double-loop-thinking/#respond Thu, 10 Oct 2024 09:47:02 +0000 https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/?p=21807 At the recent Swim England Diving Youth Development camp in London, we took the opportunity to speak to Tom Roberts about his own personal journey to his current position of diving head coach and owner of DuDive Dubai. The conversation unpacked Tom’s personal experiences to reveal some of his beliefs, values and ways of coaching … […]

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]]> https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/tom-roberts-double-loop-thinking/feed/ 0 https://d1s9j44aio5gjs.cloudfront.net/2024/10/diver_ponds_forge_pike_facing_camera.jpg Barry Alldrick shares some recent coaching reflections and experiences https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/barry-alldrick-reflections/ https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/barry-alldrick-reflections/#respond Tue, 23 Jul 2024 14:53:04 +0000 https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/?p=21411 Barry Alldrick, head of swimming at Poole Swimming Club, recently took the opportunity to discuss and reflect on his coaching with his colleagues. This process prompted him to type out those reflections so that he could firstly, clarify his thoughts and secondly, share them with other coaches. Barry has been head coach at Poole since … […]

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]]> https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/barry-alldrick-reflections/feed/ 0 https://d1s9j44aio5gjs.cloudfront.net/2024/07/Barry-Alldrick-1200x675.png Coaching neurodivergent athletes https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/coaching-neurodiverse-athletes/ https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/coaching-neurodiverse-athletes/#respond Tue, 23 Jul 2024 12:50:28 +0000 https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/?p=21406 Experienced coach and lead artistic swimming coach at Hatfield Swimming Club, Amy Bryant, has shared some of her experiences and advice for other coaches working with neurodivergent athletes. During nearly twenty years of coaching, I have worked with many neurodivergent athletes. Some of which have a diagnosis like Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) or ADHD, but … […]

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]]> https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/coaching-neurodiverse-athletes/feed/ 0 https://d1s9j44aio5gjs.cloudfront.net/2024/07/Neurodiversity-brain-SE-1200x675.png Swim England Coach Education – Opening up opportunities https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/swim-england-coach-education-recognition-opportunities/ https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/swim-england-coach-education-recognition-opportunities/#respond Sat, 22 Jul 2023 15:10:38 +0000 https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/?p=21298 Swim England are introducing some new opportunities to enable teachers and coaches who are also actively involved in Swim England affiliated clubs, to access the coach or senior coach certificate course without having to complete the assistant coach or coach certificate course first. New opportunities and Eligibility: The new opportunities being offered are: Teacher-to-coach access … […]

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]]> https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/swim-england-coach-education-recognition-opportunities/feed/ 0 https://d1s9j44aio5gjs.cloudfront.net/2024/04/coaches_poolside.jpg Aquatics Coach Mentoring Programme 2024 – 2025 https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/aquatics-coach-mentoring-programme-2024-2025/ https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/aquatics-coach-mentoring-programme-2024-2025/#respond Wed, 19 Jun 2024 15:28:23 +0000 https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/?p=21080 Swim England’s Aquatics Coach Mentoring programme for 2024-2025 provides an opportunity for coaches across all areas of the sport to work with an experienced coach mentor. The purpose of the Aquatics Coach Mentoring programme is to support and challenge aspiring coaches to learn, develop and grow in their role.  Through this programme we hope to … […]

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]]> https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/aquatics-coach-mentoring-programme-2024-2025/feed/ 0 https://d1s9j44aio5gjs.cloudfront.net/2023/08/WJ-250322-185.jpg How coaches can support their athletes during exam season https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/coaching-revision-training-tips/ https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/coaching-revision-training-tips/#respond Thu, 16 May 2024 14:58:33 +0000 https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/?p=20837 The exam period can be a difficult time for coaches with their athletes needing to manage their training schedule around their revision. As coaches it’s important to support them during this time as exam season can be a particularly stressful period for young athletes. Here, Swim England’s coaching team have put together some advice for … […]

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]]> https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/coaching-revision-training-tips/feed/ 0 https://d1s9j44aio5gjs.cloudfront.net/2023/03/Coaching-plan-1200x675.jpg Euan Dale reflects on the 2024 regional age group swimming championships https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/euan-dale-regional-championship-reflection-2024/ https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/euan-dale-regional-championship-reflection-2024/#respond Thu, 16 May 2024 14:58:59 +0000 https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/?p=20834 Euan Dale – director of swimming at Millfield School – has reflected on the 2024 regional age group swimming championships.  Euan has coached Team GB at the Tokyo Olympics and was a part of Team England’s backroom staff for the Commonwealth Games two years ago. Here, he shares his three main learning points for developing … […]

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]]> https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/euan-dale-regional-championship-reflection-2024/feed/ 0 https://d1s9j44aio5gjs.cloudfront.net/2024/05/euan_dale_B2022_1200x675.png New course will give coaches confidence to help swimmers with sight loss https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/coaching-blind-partially-sighted-people-course/ https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/coaching-blind-partially-sighted-people-course/#respond Wed, 13 Mar 2024 15:35:23 +0000 https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/?p=20545 A new course to help swimming coaches play a key role in boosting the number of blind and partially-sighted people participating in aquatics has been launched. Swim England has worked alongside leading sight loss charity British Blind Sport and UK Coaching to help create a bespoke online training package to give coaches at all levels … […]

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]]> https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/coaching-blind-partially-sighted-people-course/feed/ 0 https://d1s9j44aio5gjs.cloudfront.net/2024/03/coach_swimmer_jump.jpg Book places at Swim England Sport Science and Medicine Conference 2024 https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/sport-science-medicine-conference-2024/ https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/sport-science-medicine-conference-2024/#respond Fri, 09 Feb 2024 16:03:03 +0000 https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/?p=20335 Places can now be booked on the Swim England Sport Science and Medicine Conference 2024. It takes place on Sunday 17 March at the Nottingham Eastwood Park Hotel between 9am and 4pm. Aimed at sport science and sport medicine practitioners and coaches, the conference features eight speakers delivering presentations on a range of topics. These … […]

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