Swimming Blogs – Swim England Competitive Swimming Hub https://www.swimming.org/sport The home of the sport of competitive swimming in England Sun, 28 Jul 2024 21:12:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.1.1 Zoe Cowan discusses her work and para-swimmer Joe Field’s inspirational story https://www.swimming.org/sport/zoe-cowan-inclusive-coaching/ https://www.swimming.org/sport/zoe-cowan-inclusive-coaching/#respond Sat, 12 Jun 2021 09:30:04 +0000 https://www.swimming.org/sport/?p=11694 As part of the focus on ‘the importance of inclusive coaching’ during UK Coaching Week, Richmond Dales Amateur Swimming Club coach Zoe Cowan takes us through the inspiring story of para-swimmer Joe Field. Developing confidence in every athlete Every athlete, no matter their sport or ability, is unique. A good coach has the ability and … […]

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]]> https://www.swimming.org/sport/zoe-cowan-inclusive-coaching/feed/ 0 https://d1s9j44aio5gjs.cloudfront.net/2021/06/Zoe-Cowan-Joe-Field.png Swimming coach Glenn Smith opens up about mental health struggles https://www.swimming.org/sport/glenn-smith-mental-health/ https://www.swimming.org/sport/glenn-smith-mental-health/#respond Wed, 09 Jun 2021 13:35:56 +0000 https://www.swimming.org/sport/?p=11625 As part of UK Coaching Week’s ‘Shining a light on building mental health awareness’ theme, Nova Centurion Swimming Club coach Glenn Smith has opened up about his mental health struggles. As coaches do we look after ourselves? In 1996, I was a young 30-year-old coach starting on a ladder of a coaching career. I was … […]

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]]> https://www.swimming.org/sport/glenn-smith-mental-health/feed/ 0 https://d1s9j44aio5gjs.cloudfront.net/2021/06/Glenn-Smith.png Mel Marshall blogs about her coaching career https://www.swimming.org/sport/mel-marshall-blogs-coaching-career/ https://www.swimming.org/sport/mel-marshall-blogs-coaching-career/#respond Thu, 08 Mar 2018 11:13:36 +0000 https://www.swimming.org/sport/?p=4557 Five-time Olympic finalist and multi-world, European and Commonwealth medallist Melanie Marshall spoke to the Swimming Times magazine about her coaching career and working with Olympic gold medallist Adam Peaty. Obviously, I get asked about Adam Peaty a lot He’s definitely the best swimmer I’ve ever seen. And I have seen some incredible swimmers. I was … […]

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