Coaching – Swim England https://www.swimming.org/swimengland The business of swimming Fri, 26 Jul 2024 15:49:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.1.1 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 neurodiverse 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 neurodiverse athletes. During nearly twenty years of coaching, I have worked with many neurodiverse 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 without having to complete the assistant coach or coach certificate first. New opportunities: The new opportunities being offered are: Teacher-to-coach recognition Overseas coach-to-coach recognition Overseas … […]

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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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]]> https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/sport-science-medicine-conference-2024/feed/ 0 https://d1s9j44aio5gjs.cloudfront.net/2021/03/Swim-England-Business-Solutions.jpg Jemima’s child-first coaching approach is reaping rewards at Tadcaster Stingrays https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/child-first-coaching-tadcaster-stingrays/ https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/child-first-coaching-tadcaster-stingrays/#respond Mon, 29 Jan 2024 11:35:41 +0000 https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/?p=20250 An inspirational swimming coach who set up a club for young people with physical and learning difficulties when she was only 15 has told how child-first coaching is key to giving them positive experiences of swimming.  Jemima Browning, set up the Tadcaster Stingrays Swimming Club, in North Yorkshire, in response to the lack of opportunities … […]

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]]> https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/child-first-coaching-tadcaster-stingrays/feed/ 0 https://d1s9j44aio5gjs.cloudfront.net/2024/01/jemima_and_will.jpg Home Nations Coaching Conference returns for 2023 https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/home-nations-coaching-conference-2023/ https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/home-nations-coaching-conference-2023/#respond Tue, 17 Oct 2023 14:33:51 +0000 https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/?p=19667 Swim England, Scottish Swimming and Swim Wales, supported by British Swimming have joined forces to host the Home Nations Coaching Conference next month. The two-day conference will take place from 24-25 November at the Leonardo Hotel at East Midlands Airport focussing on the theme of ‘Developing Excellence in Coaching’. The conference is aimed at head … […]

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