Club Roadshow Swim Wales October 2017 Aquatic Development Team and - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Club Roadshow Swim Wales October 2017 Aquatic Development Team and Performance Team

Agenda… 7.00pm Welcome & Introductions 7.05pm Ross Nicholas – National Performance Director 7.35pm Graeme Antwhistle - National Coach Development & Performance Pathway Manager 8.05pm Q&A 8.30pm Finish 19/10/2017

Swim Wales Performance Ross Nicholas National Performance Director

Swim Wales’ performance mission is to systematically produce swimmers capable of progressing onto the British Swimming Mission Pathway and winning medals at the Olympic, Paralympic and Commonwealth Games. 1. Provide a Swim Wales Performance Pathway that actively supports the systematic development of swimmers with the skills necessary for success at Olympic, Paralympic and Commonwealth Games. 2. Provide a day to day training environment throughout Wales that supports and encourages the appropriate development of swimmers in line with the performance objective. Strategic Aims 3. Develop a coaching and Sport Science team with the knowledge, character and arena skills to consistently deliver World Class standards in both the day to day environment and the Swim Wales Performance Pathway. 4. Deliver a competition programme that actively supports the progressive competitive needs of swimmers as they move through the Performance Pathway. Provide a progressive National Actively support the network of Deliver a coach and Sports Science Deliver an efficient, effective, Provide a domestic and international Squad programme of training High Performance Centres and staff development programme that innovative and athlete focused competition programme that provides Key Objectives camps and competitions Performance clubs develops a wider cohort of coaches Sports Science programme appropriate competitive experiences for and Sport Scientists with World Class performance and high performance knowledge, skills and behaviours swimmers. 1. Elite Athlete welfare and 1. HPC and PC ‘evolution’ 1. Swim Wales Elite / Performance 1. Sport science ‘ System 1. Progressive National Squad transition a. Performance Club Coach Development building’ framework competition programme 2. National Skills Academy agreements programme 2. Athlete tracking (international) 3. Youth Development Squad b. Key delivery and support 2. National Coaching Team 3. Development of World Class 2. Exposure to appropriate competition 4. Elite Development Squad components standards race skills environments 5. Senior Elite Squad c. Swim Wales technical 3. Staff appraisals and 4. World Class bespoke support 3. Provide appropriate Swim Wales Key actions and 6. Links with British Swimming support development plans for Elite athletes domestic competitions work areas WC programmes d. Swim Wales programme 4. British Swimming opportunities 5. KESS project – psychological 7. Effective selection processes development support 5. Sport Wales CPD opportunities considerations of taper. 8. Relevant coaching and e. Appropriate and progressive 6. Links to Swansea University 6. WIPS projects – Underwater sports science support Sports Science support School of Sport and Exercise kicking, recovery strategies frameworks Science 7. Sports medicine provision and data storage

Key Objective 1 : Provide a progressive National Squad programme of training camps and competitions KPI P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 P6 P7 P8 P9 P10 P11 P12 Elite Athlete welfare and transition National Skills Academy Youth Development programme Elite Development programme Senior Elite programme Links with British Swimming WC programmes Effective selection processes Relevant coaching and sports science support frameworks

Performance Statistics – End of season 2017 PARA SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE MEASURE Aug-15 Aug-16 Aug-17 Aug-16 Aug-17 World top 3 1 1 0 1 2 World top 8 1 2 2 2 4 World top 16 2 3 5 3 8 GB top 3 (youth squad age groups) 3 7 13 3 2 GB top 8 (youth squad age groups) 8 23 26 9 7 GB top 16 (Youth Squad qualifiers) 33 40 45 12 8

Swim Wales National Squad Selections – 2017/18 season – 125 athletes Senior Elite Youth Development Skills Academy Calum Jarvis (Bath NC) Gabrielle Melborne-Smith (Swansea Aq) Kameron Clarke (City of Newport) Dylan Morgan (Carmathan) Cerys Rosser (Torfean Dolphins) Daniel Jervis (Swansea Aquatics) Scarlett Major (City of Newport) Huw Williams (Millfield) Billy Hardy (Mold / Nofio Clwyd) Sophie Goven (Maxwell) Xavier Mohammed (City of Cardiff) Molly Martin (Flint) Ioan Evans City of Cardiff) Antonio Rodriguez (Swansea Aquatics) Arwen Stephens (City of Cardiff) Kathryn Greenslade (Edinburgh Uni) Morgana Moretti (City of Cardiff) Matthew Richards (R. Wolverhampton) Zac Baker (Newtown) Jessica Dickenson (Swansea Aquatics) Jazz Carlin (Bath NC) Megan Allison (City of Newport) Rhodri Williams (Nofio Clwyd) Kaden Edwards (City of Cardiff) Isabel Joseph (City of Cardiff) Ellena Jones (Swansea Aquatics) Elena Morgan (Nofio Clwyd) Cole Hewitt (Nova Centurian) Aneurin Davies (Swansea Aquatics) Charlotte Davies (Mold / Nofio Clwyd) Georgia Davies (Loughborough Uni) Ciara Morris (City of Cardiff) Rhys Edwards (Swansea Aquatics) Max Elkin (Swansea Aquatics) Jessica Parry (Caernafon / Swim Gwynedd) Chloe Tutton (City of Cardiff) Olivia Fletcher (Worchester) Benjamin Chooyin (City of Cardiff) Iago Rhys (Nofio PBP / Swim Gwynedd) Emily Jones (City of Newport) Alys Thomas (Swansea Aquatics) Bethan Edwards (Nofio Sir Gar) Zachariah Speakman (Nofio Clwyd) JJ Wilde (Putteridge) Emily Williams (Swim Gwynedd) Para Senior Elite Alicia Gallagher (Taunton Deane) Daniel Marotta (Swansea Aquatics) Thomas Plant (Harrogate) Millie Mulligan (City of Newport) Alex Rosser (Swansea Aquatics) Catrin John (City of Cardiff) Bradley Newman (City of Cardiff) Mark Szentpeteri (Alton & District) Amy Shelton (City of Cardiff) Jack Thomas (Swim Conwy) Eve Goddard-Smith (Swim Gwynedd) Owen Richards (Torfaen Dolphins) Cai Wardhaugh (City of Cardiff) Chloe Pritchard (Swansea Aquatics) Elite Development Martyna Ruszkowska (Swim Gwynedd) Llewellyn Davies (Swansea Aquatics) Alex Griffiths (City of Newport) Rebecca De Torres (City of Cardiff) Lewis Fraser (Swansea Aquatics) Hannah Sloan (City of Cardiff) Jack Llewellyn (Swansea Aquatics) Sam Small (Seagulls SC) Elan Roberts (Mold / Nofio Clwyd) James Gillie (Millfield) Claudia Murray (City of Cardiff) Johua Loney (Swansea Aquatics) Adam Murray (City of Cardiff) Madison Lovell (Heads of the Valley) Medi Harris (Swim Gwynedd) India Burch (City of Cardiff) Joseph Small (Ellesmere College) Lliion Myers (Caernafon / Swim Gwynedd) Aimee Stokes (Swansea Aquatics) Cerys Coley (City of Newport) Connor Bryan (City of Oxford) Para Youth Development Teddy Roberts (Llandudno / Swim Conwy) Charlotte Whalley (Pembrokeshire county) Rebecca Sutton (City of Cardiff) Brandon Budd-Thomas (Swansea Aq) Dylan Broom (Torfaen Dolphins) Dylan Gallagher (Taunton Deane) Olivia Davies (Holywell) Harriet West (Loughborough Uni) Morgan Jones (Oswestry Otters) Molly Hopkins (Swansea Aquatics) Connor Smart (Swansea Aquatics) Jennifer O'Callaghan (City of Cardiff) Harriet Jones (City of Cardiff) Deio Hughes (Swim Conwy) Bethan Eckely (Cardiff) Ioan Hughes (Nofio PBP / Swim Gwynedd) Seren Williams (Borough of Stockton) Daniel Jones (Swansea Aquatics) Harry Turner (Mt. Kelly) Rebecca Lewis (RCT) Ellis Young (City of Cardiff) Lauren Colley (Bridgend County) Para Elite Development Iestyn Cole (Plymouth Leander) Cerys Jones (Swansea Aquatics) Finan Close (Llandudno / Swim Conwy) Rhiannon Rowe (Heads of the Valley) Para Skills Academy Chloe Davies (Swansea Aquatics) Bryce Puszet (Camden Swiss Cottage) Jack Govier (Neath) Reilly Shanahan (Shrewsbury) Diving Elite Development Lewis waters (City of Newport) Jensen Coppen (City of Newport) Aiden Heslop (Plymouth) Rhys Rickard-Frost (City of Cardiff) Daniel Pietruska (City of Cardiff) Sam Levasconte (South Wales Titans) Toben Durrant (City of Cardiff) Kyle Booth (City of Cardiff) Carwyn Salmon (RCT) Carwyn Hancock (City of Carmathan) Seren LeConte (RCT) Lilly Rice (Pembroke SC) Jack Knight (City of Newport) Meghan Willis (Torfaen) Jordan Quinn (Putteridge SC)

Two major New Initiatives • Sports Science System Building Framework Competition Physiological World Class Arena Skills and understanding Technique and Competitive and technical skill experience development Winning Winning Winning Physical Behaviours Lifestyle Development e.g. Decision making e.g. Nutrition and e.g. Pre and post and resilience sleep patterns pool • Select Coach Development Programme – 25 Coaches selected across the Gold, Silver & Bronze levels

National Coach Development & Performance Pathway Manager Objectives • Raise the standards and expectations within Swim Wales • Create opportunities for coaches & Swimmers • Increase consistency of coaching delivery across clubs • To develop world class technique and race skills • Implement Long Term Athlete Development plans • Monitor and evaluate the progression and development of identified coaches and swimmers • Increase awareness & enhance communication of Swim Wales Performance activities

Developing a Swim Wale les National Coaching team CPD SWIM WALES