Beyond the School Gates Swim England Performance Centre's
Purpose - What s the point? Closing the Gap! England does not provide enough athletes for senior international teams. Not many real options are for swimmers Swimmers below World Class the options are extremely limited. We are losing athletes to the US collegiate system Ultimately we must be losing swimmers from the sport A natural time for swimmers to look for new opportunities Help transition more swimmers into International senior swimmers
Swim England would like Flexible study programmes Excellent training provision for both pool and non-pool based training Support services to include Strength and conditioning, Sports Science, psychology, lifestyle and physiotherapy. Housing and pastoral care in close proximity to facilities and education sites. Appropriate scholarship incentives
Culture Athlete centred, Coach led and Programme supported Wave power and Swim Mark accredited Coaching philosophies based around British Swimming 5 pillars Delivering Results Setting Direction Staying Connected Engaging People Credibility Swim England values of Quality, Purpose, Togetherness, Fun Sport England Talent guidelines Training to win and enjoying the experience are not mutually exclusive
Principles Self manage, collective support Elephant in room (Recruitment) How would you want recruitment managed?
Timelines and process British Swimming's National Centres Application process BS Website Discussions MUST happen between home coach / Swimmer / Parent / School about options Engage with Performance centres at Winter and Summer Meets Look at OTHER University / Swimming club partnerships in the UK (Wales & Scotland as well) 2019 University deadlines - UCAS website
March (the year before University entry) - start planning to explore Identify the area they want to study and then identify Uni they may want to visit Book onto open days and/or contact the relevant Uni contacts to let them know you want to visit. Go to a few to compare and contrast. Remember to investigate: the course and the options (full time/part time/distance learning/placement years) the University location (campus/town/city; size; other things you may want to do whilst there) the performance swim programme offer including pool/hours/coaches/programme/ SSSM support/performance and/or scholarship support
Between May (Year prior to entry) & January (year of entry) UCAS applications for most courses need to be submitted. Applicants can select up to 5. Select 2 as your FIRM and INSURANCE choices by early May. Finish your FE studies. Get results. Communicate these to your FIRM choice even if they are not what you had worked and hoped for. REMEMBER IT NEEDS TO BE RIGHT FOR YOU!
Club Leeds Swimming Club Wycombe District Swimming Club NOVA Centurion Swimming Club Guildford City Swimming Club City of Manchester Aquatics Swim Team University Leeds University Leeds Beckett University Buckinghamshire New University Nottingham University Nottingham Trent University Surrey University Manchester Metropolitan University 10
PC Main Contact Details PC Swimming Email University Email Leeds Richard Denigan Richard.Denigan@leeds.gov.uk Leeds ~ Sarah Speers Leeds Beckett ~Ian Smyth sarah.speers@leeds.ac.uk i.smyth@leedsbeckett.ac.uk Wycombe Kevin Brookes headcoach@wycombeswimming.org.uk Dr Paul Morgan New Buckinghamshire Uni Paul.morgan@bucks.ac.uk Nottingham Nathan Hilton nathan.hilton@novacenturion.co.uk Lyn Winkworth Nottingham Uni Lyn.winkworth@nottingham.ac.uk Guildford Lee Spindlow coachspindlow@hotmail.co.uk Mark Garfoot ~ Surrey Uni m.garfoot@surrey.ac.uk Manchester Mark Rose M.Rose1@manchester.gov.uk Jerome Reid ~ MMU Jerome.Read@mmu.ac.uk
SE Main Contact Details PC Swimming Email Leeds Joanna Jones Joanna.jones@swimming.org Guildford Lindsay Dunn Lindsay.dunn@swimming.org Nottingham Diane Elliot Diane.elliot@swimming.org Wycombe Grant Robins Grant.robins@swimming.org Manchester Mike Parker Mike.parker@swimming.org SE Chris Jones Chris.jones@swimming.org