[PPT] - + Geneva Offshore Camp 2016 South East Region ASA January 2016 PowerPoint Presentation

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South East Region ASA

January 2016

Geneva Offshore Camp 2016

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+Achieving The Objectives

The Objectives

Exposing 20 Talented SER

swimmers to top class international competition

Demystifying an

experience outside swimmer’s comfort zone

Encouraging confidence

and self-belief in an alien environment

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Parameters

Geneva 2016 Off shore Camp

Short time frame Budget Choice of Venue/ Opportunities Selection Athletes/staff

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+Selection Criteria

HOW SWIMMERS

CHOSEN

Selection Criteria

Winners of individual Olympic Events at the

ASA South East Region Winter Championships 2015:

100, 200 backstroke; 100, 200 breaststroke;
100, 200 butterfly; 200, 400 IM;
50, 100, 200, 400, 800/1500 freestyle.
Further selections, if required, will be made by

the Coaches Forum.

Swimmers placed below third will not be

considered.

Swimmers must be in full-time training with a

club in the South East Region.

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+Selection

Vital that the purpose and aim of this

verseas opportunity clear

Previous experience taught us that

selecting the right swimmers for the right reasons – VITAL

Involve coaches via Coaches Forum

– get them onside

Clear criteria – Widely shared Transparency - Publicity

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+Time Frame

Fairly short time frame Paperwork, email needed

to business-like

Concise as possible & ‘One

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Info needed

Kit Sizes Under 16 written parental

permission to travel abroad with another named adult *

Medical Consent Photographic Consent Behaviour Code Passport/EHIC details Swim Entries

* New requirement

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+Philosophy

Swimming is essentially an individual sporting

activity

Team ethos is not established automatically –

it is built by key players like the Coach, Senior Squad Swimmers, Team Managers, etc.

Often swimmers deliver exceptional

individual performances within the framework

f a team

Creating the right environment for success

will not happen by magic

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+What is needed for team success?

Motivation of individuals who make up the team Identifying individual and team goals Celebrating team successes Communicating objectives of the competition clearly and consistently

Creating climate where individuals’ ideas are welcomed and acted upon Planning on part of Organisers Sharing agreed objectives with all participants and stakeholders

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+How to set the right tone?

Challenge – NO chance for a group meeting prior to

departure; this would be an expectation of a club going away for Warm weather camp abroad

For Geneva the tone was set in the Information Booklet The welcome and processing of swimmers on arrival at

Heathrow Airport for departure

Emphasising that everyone involved were working towards

the published objectives

ASA South East Region 1 Challenge International Geneva 2016

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Swimmers Information & Log Book

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+Staff Members

2 swim coaches and 1 Official/

Chaperone, 2 Team managers

Get all contact and medical info for

staff and include your own details

Introduce staff to athletes

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It is our responsibility to ensure that every member of the camp is safe, healthy and happy during the weekend. Please help make our job easier by ensuring you tell us of any concerns or issues you have so that we can try to help you.If we don’t know about something we can’t do anything about it! It is important that during the Camp you organise yourselves to be in the right place at the right time and to look after all your own possessions. Please remember we will expect you to follow the code of conduct rigorously so read it carefully. The following booklet has all the information you will need for the camp, but please don’t hesitate to contact us if you have any queries beforehand. We are both experienced Team Managers and this will not be our first trip abroad with a swim team. We have worked

n SER Talent camps for several years and the England

Talent programme’s Stroke camps for the last 2 years. John is frequently seen in the region on poolside as an

fficial whilst Liz spends a lot of her time training other

volunteers to be safe and effective Team Managers. John & Liz Rowley - ASA SER ASA Friend; Trustee, Past President and Management Team member of Hampshire County ASA; Trustee, Past President and member of City of Southampton SC. George Adamson - Hampshire ASA

I am delighted to be joining the team for this camp and look forward to working with you.

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+Info Booklet

Use as opportunity to introduce people

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Target Audience is not only swimmers

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Include swim entry details, this is the

central focus of the Camp

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+Distributing Team Kit

Helps to create team ethos Insist that it is worn travelling Without a meeting beforehand had to be

done in the airport

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+Team Briefing

ASAP Restate Aims Set the standards High Expectations –

Achievement in Pool Behaviour/Attitude

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+Keep the Team Together

Meal Times Travel – small groups On First Day get to pool early –

Create “Base Camp”

Each Evening – Team Debrief and

“staff meetings”

Social activities Celebrate Successes

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+Involving athletes

In Decision Making In Evaluation of camp at the

end

Act on suggestions

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+Videos/Photos

Make them feel special

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G E N E V A C H A L L E N G E I N T E R N A T I O N A L 2 1 6

Geneva 2016

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+Evaluation

Discussion Forms Done at Geneva Airport before Departure

as Discussion

Team Managers and Coaches separated

into Gender groups, and Discussion recorded by TMs

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+Follow up

Use SER Website to chronicle success as it

happens

Thank you letter/ Congratulations Gift Of DVD to show how each individual’s

contribution was valued

Complete set of Official Results sent with

Photographs

NB This is a life experience Young Adults learn valuable life skills

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+Challenges

How to respond to a swimmer who was unwell How to challenge a decision by officials in a country that has different protocols

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SER Team won 26 medals; 6 Gold, 10 Silver and 10

Bronze. A further 5

swimmers came 4th.

Connie Dean came away with 5 medals, Hannah Burvill 4, James McFadzen and Kieran Bird 3, and Milly Routledge, Isobel Jones, Max Murphy and Sophia Wilson came away from Geneva with 2 medals each

58% of team

achieved podium placing

63 swims

resulted in qualification for a final (77%)

31 swims

were PBs

(38%);

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Success is a journey not a destination

Was the camp a success?

Medals

Personal bests Top swimmer Top club??

Life experience Athletes feed back

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+Did we achieve our Objectives?

The Objectives

Exposing 20 Talented SER

swimmers to top class international competition

Demystifying an

experience outside swimmer’s comfort zone

Encouraging confidence

and self-belief in an alien environment