Videos

Curious Coaches' Club: What Does a Debrief Look Like?

Junior Coach and PE teacher Dave Evans and UK Coaching's Tom Hartley unpick effective debrief strategies to use in your sessions and coaching interactions. Being able to support athletes to better understand this process will help support learning and development over a longer period of time. Dave Evans and Tom Hartley explore different ways of conducting debriefs, as well as strategies to help your athletes look at debriefs from different perspectives. Each week, the Curious Coaches Club brings experts together for a coaching conversation. Find out more: https://bit.ly/2Oc5fMD

Returning to Coaching: Supporting the People You Coach

In this Time2Learn session, UK Coaching’s Heather Douglas and Paul Thompson explore the timely topic of returning to coaching and the practical measures that coaches will have to take, such as designing activities that allow for social distancing measures. It will encourage you also to think about how to support the people you coach and their parents, if applicable. Presented by leading experts in the field of coaching, Time2Learn sessions are jam-packed with practical tools, helpful tips and inspiration to develop your PEOPLE skills. Find out more: https://bit.ly/302ooX0

Tropicana Weston-Super-Mare 1960's

Cine film from the 1960's of the Tropicana Lido in Weston-Super-Mare in Somerset England.

British Swimming Pools: A Brief History of Fun

UK tv documentary from 2006 in which Dr Matthew Sweet explores why the British turned swimming into a leisure activity. Captain Webb, the first man to swim the channel, sparked a Victorian craze for the sport - just when hygeine campaigners were building new 'public baths'. Matthew visits the only grade II listed pool still in public use - as well as the immense, outdoor and unheated Tooting Bec lido.

Portishead Open Air Pool in the 60s

Family home movie - kindly given to the pool by the Seeley family. Footage of Portishead Open Air Pool in the 1960s. It can be dated by the willow hurdle fencing which was replaced by a perimeter wall not long after the Pool opened in 1962. Notice the tanker delivering hot water from the Albright and Wilson factory - these deliveries also ceased in the 1960s and oil boilers installed at the pool. Right at the end is footage of the little girl running across the grass in front of the Lake Grounds cafe in its original location opposite the rowing boat sheds. If anyone can date the footage more accurately please let the Pool know at info@portisheadopenairpool.org.uk

Swim Wales Drill Progression Movement Flow Butterfly

This video will introduce the swimmer to a Movement Flow sequence specific to developing the physical qualities required to complete the pool based Butterfly Drill Progressions. The goal of a movement flow is to combine exercises in a methodical sequence, moving from one pose to the next, expressing fluidity and allowing for smooth transitions. Performing Movement Flows, not only develops strength and stability, but also cultivates creativity within physical development. The exercises used within the Movement Flow video, are the same exercises and movements used within the Drill Progressions. For example, the ‘Butterfly Movement Flow’, contains the exercises used within the ‘Butterfly Drill Progressions’. The Movement Flow demonstrated in this video, does not cover all the technical points or instructions for each exercise. If you require more coaching or technical points around individual exercises used within the Movement Flow. This information can be found in the earlier Drill Progression videos.

Reframing Sport for Teenage Girls presentation

A 30 minute presentation on the findings of Women in Sport's Reframing Sport for Teenage Girls research, by Head of Insight and Innovation Kate Nicholson. The presentation covers the 5 anchors that underpin girls' lives, and the 8 Principles of Success in bridging the relevance gap and getting more teenage girls involved in sport. https://www.womeninsport.org

Interview with Kevin Renshaw

Kev Renshaw has a wealth of coaching experience and from 2004 -2016 was part of the British coaching team. He was also Head Coach of the England swimming team out at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, and has been to 3 Olympic Games as coaching staff. Kev talks about his coaching background and how he got to be where he is now, his experiences at the Olympic Games and how each one differed, gems of wisdom that he received from coaching colleagues and friends, and also how he looks to build a cohesive team. Hear about how Kev reads his athletes, and how he scrapped the plans for some of those athletes leading into major meets to get the best out of them psychologically.

Re-opening sport and physical activity – energise the public back into fitness

John Leaver and Paul Woodford from Alliance Leisure TA6, join CIMSPA's Phill Wright to discuss the marketing and communication challenges and opportunities around reopening sport and physical activity facilities during Covid-19. TA6 have created 'Make the Comebac'k to help leisure providers energise the public back into their local fitness activities.

Black Views Matter

Sport Structures Director Simon Kirkland talks to Sadie Mason (MBE) Chief Executive at Active Sussex and Steve Nelson Chief Executive at Wesport about their views of Black Lives Matters in the sporting context.

How are Active Partnerships responding and adapting to Covid 19

Director Simon Kirkland talks to Paul Brivio from Active Oxfordshire and Sadie Mason from Active Sussex in the May 2020 interview about how they as Active Partnerships are responding and adapting to Covid-19

Past and present with Sean King and Elliot McHugh

London 2012 Olympian Sean King and current GB U19s goalkeeper Elliot McHugh talk all things water polo including career aspirations and inspirations as well as training abroad.

Interview with Hannah Miley

Hannah Miley is a triple Olympian and with a 6th, 5th and most recently 4th place finish at the Olympic Games, she is on her exciting journey to Tokyo. She is Commonwealth Champion (2010 & 2014), World silver medalist (2011), European Silver and Bronze medalist (2018), and much much more. As one of the more experienced members of the British and Scottish team, she is incredibly knowledgeable about the sport and has some fantastic insights. Hannah discusses her Olympic journey and how she dealt with that 4th place finish, how talking to the media immediately after races can take immense composure, and also how having her Dad, Patrick, as her coach for many years makes swimming a family pursuit.

COVID-19 - Interpreting the Government advice in a PESSPA Context

In this webinar, Sue Wilkinson and the afPE Health Safety Team share the principles to support the workforce in interpreting Government advice for the wider opening of schools. It provides a framework for information to support children and young people to access Physical Education, School Sport and Physical Activity (PESSPA).. Download presentation slides: https://bit.ly/2AtrR7Z

Past and present with Adrian Moorhouse and Adam Peaty

Filmed before some elite athletes returned to training, two legends of breaststroke swimming, Adam Peaty and Adrian Moorhouse, discuss their world records, gold medals and more.

The Sports Sphere Series | Jazz Carlin

This episode of The Sports Sphere Webinar Series features Jazmin ‘Jazz’ Carlin, a British swimming sensation who became a double Olympic Silver medallist at the Rio 2016 Games. Born and raised in Swindon into a large sporting family Jazz moved to train in Swansea’s national pool. Whilst in Swansea she became a qualified personal trainer and completed a degree in Business & Accountancy at Swansea University, whilst also coaching at local clubs and schools in her spare time. Jazz was first recognized when she won Bronze at the 2005 European Junior Championships. A period of development occurred before 2009 saw her win her first senior medal at the World Championships and she has subsequently gone onto win medals at both the European Championships and Commonwealth Games as well as being a seven-time welsh record holder. After helping the Great Britain team to a 4x200m Freestyle Relay medal at the 2010 European Championships in Budapest, Carlin ended a barren spell of 36 years for Welsh female swimming medalists at the Commonwealth Games by striking 200m Freestyle silver in Welsh record time. A few days later, Carlin added to her tally in India, becoming the first female Welsh swimmer in 80 years to win two Commonwealth medals at one Game by scooping bronze in the 400m Freestyle. Later that year in 2010 Jazz was announced as one of the six nominees of the BBC Cymru Wales Sports Personality of the Year 2010. Despite this progress, 2011 and 2012 were unfortunate years for Jazz as a series of injuries then illness ruined her chances of competing at London 2012. However, with those two years behind her, Jazz bounced back making her mark on the global stage where she finished a credible fourth in the 400m freestyle at the World Championships, missing out on a bronze by just seven one thousandths of a second. Jazz began her 2015 year with a bang achieving 3 Gold medals at the British Championships in 800m, 400m, and 200m. She has since won Bronze at the World Championships in Kazan in the 800m freestyle, three Silvers and one Gold in the World Cup series, and double Gold in the 800m and 400m freestyle at the European Short Course Championships in Israel. Jazz continued this success into 2016 where Rio qualification was the main focus. Jazz qualified for the Olympics in superb style, winning the British Championships over 200m, 400m, and 800m. Following this success Jazz walked away with 2 Silvers in the 400m and 800m at the European Championships in London on the back of a heavy training period. Less than 3 months until the Games begin Jazz competed at the Mare Nostrum events in Barcelona and Canet where she picked up 4 Golds in the 400m and 800m. Jazz's Olympic journey was nothing short of brilliant where she became the most successful British female swimmer coming away with two Silver medals in both the 400m and 800m freestyle. 2018 saw Jazz carry the flag for Team Wales in the Commonwealth Games Gold Coast opening ceremony, sadly illness affected her performance at the Games. She then tried her hand in the open water discipline which saw Jazz compete at the European Championships and show her endurance and versatility. A concussion and further illness have lead Jazz to take time away from the sport. Since retiring Jazz has concentrated on getting as many individuals in the water as possible, in particular working with Swim Wales on promoting their ‘Learn To Swim’ program which supports the Welsh national objective of making every child a swimmer by the age of 11. This is an ongoing dream and motivation of Jazz as she feels that swimming should be a life skill on a global scale, not just swimming but general activity for all-round wellbeing. Jazz has also started her own business venture creating an online portal of information to give athletes the fundamentals of swim training, with an expert team around her she also wants to deliver the best advice on getting the best out of herself from nutrition to specific individual training programs.

The Sports Sphere Series | Alice Tai

Conversation with Alice Tai, a Paralympic, World, European and Commonwealth Games Champion who broke onto the scene in 2014 with a strong performance at the 2014 IPC Swimming European Championships in Eindhoven, winning three European medals at the age of just 15. Her success with 100m backstroke silver and 400m freestyle bronze in the S10 class in Eindhoven was then followed by her first gold with the British 4x100m freestyle relay 34pt quartet. A highly successful debut IPC Swimming World Championships at Glasgow 2015 came in the form of four medals, including gold in the 4x100m medley relay 34pt alongside three individual bronze medals. She made her Paralympic debut at Rio 2016 where she competed in five events, winning relay gold in the women’s 4x100m medley relay (34pts) alongside teammates Claire Cashmore, Steph Slater and Stephanie Millward. The highlight from her individual events was the 100m backstroke S9, where she won bronze. Alice was awarded an MBE for her services to swimming in December of 2016. At the 2018 European Championships in Dublin, Tai stormed to four European titles, adding to her medal haul from the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Australia, where she won gold and silver. Alice has continued her flying form into 2019 with the most outstanding performance to date on home soil with seven Golds at the World Para Swimming Championships. A stand out performance that has seen her bring home multiple accolades including The Sunday Times Disability Sportswoman of the Year, Sports Journalist Awards Best Achievement in Para Sport, a nomination for the Laureus Sports Awards Disability category and excitingly the first para athlete to win British Swimming’s Athlete of the Year in 2019. Away from sport Alice plays a number of musical instruments and is part of a band called Blush. She is also currently juggling a neuroscience degree in between her training at the University of Middlesex.

Gravity Yoga - Lesson 1/5

With Francesca Filatondi. Gravity yoga is a targeted mobility training method that helps participants with stiff backs, locked up hips, and tight hamstrings. You should only perform this programme if you are fit and healthy to do so and with parental permission (if under 18). Please make sure that the area you are using for exercise is suitable and clear from hazards. Swim England accepts no responsibility for injury occurring when performing these exercises and you undertake them at your own risk. Please follow the link for Swim England’s virtual training guidance: https://bit.ly/LandWorkCriteria

Return to swimming lessons survey conversation

Conversation with Geoff Wade at Go Gateshead.

We Are Undefeatable promotional video

Somerset stories from lockdown.

Coaching Mavericks

Have you been coached by someone who is a maverick, been in a group or team with a maverick, or even been the maverick yourself? In this Curious Coaches Club session, paddlesports athlete, Team Coach and Team Psychologist at Team GB Johnathan Males and Performance Coach Developer at England Netball Sarah Green explore the concept of a maverick and the impact they have on the people around them. Each week, the Curious Coaches Club brings experts together for a coaching conversation. Find out more: https://bit.ly/38g5iQG

Honest Conversations: Making Your Feedback Count

Giving advice and feedback is a critical part of coaching, and how we do that matters. It is natural to be apprehensive about having those honest conversations, but when carried out properly, they can be motivational, encouraging the people you coach to take ownership of personal goals, address problems on and off the field and enhance performance and teamwork. So how do you go about having those conversations? In this Curious Coaches' Club session, Professor Steve Rollnick and UK Coaching's Andy Bradshaw discuss the art of giving advice and feedback, and provide insight and guidance about how to structure your conversations so that your feedback is heard and counts. Each week, the Curious Coaches Club brings experts together for a coaching conversation. Find out more at https://bit.ly/38g5iQG

Swim Wales Drill Progression Movement Flow Backstroke

This video introduces the swimmer to a Movement Flow sequence specific to developing the physical qualities required to complete the pool based Backstroke Drill Progressions. A Movement Flow, is a system of combining movements and exercises into a methodical sequence, moving from one pose to the next, expressing fluidity and allowing for smooth transitions between poses. Performing Movement Flows, not only develops strength and stability, but also cultivates creativity within physical development. The exercises used within the Movement Flow video, are the same exercises and movements used within the Drill Progressions. For example, the ‘Backstroke Movement Flow’, contains the exercises used within the ‘Backstroke Drill Progressions’. The Movement Flow demonstrated in this video, does not cover all the technical points or instructions for each exercise. If you require more coaching or technical points around individual exercises used within the Movement Flow. This information can be found in the earlier Drill Progression videos.

Interview with Team GB's Alice Dearing

In Sep 2019 Ed Accura interviewed one of Britain's top female marathon swimmers, who also currently happens to be the ONLY black swimmer in Team GB.......Alice Dearing. In The Deep End with Ed Accura details his journey to find the truth as to why a disproportionate amount of black people and ethnic minorities can't and don't swim. He speaks with celebrities on their relationship with swimming on inthedeepend.co.uk.

Learn Boost

In this artistic swimming tutorial, learn how to Boost, another basic figure.

Interview with Alys Thomas

Commonwealth Champion 200m Butterfly swimmer, Alys Thomas. swimming for Wales, claimed Commonwealth Gold in 2018 at the age of 27, and followed up by being European Bronze medallist and World finalist for GB in 2019. The talk covers her journey towards Tokyo, that awesome swim on the Gold Coast and how she has challenged perceptions around age within the sport. She is also asked her about life in Wales during the current lockdown situation, and her advice on nutrition.

Interview with Lizzie Simmonds

Double Olympian, Double European Champion, World and Commonwealth medalist, and now Blogger, Speaker, and Mentor Lizzie Simmonds speaks with Swim Swift Elite. The discussion covers her career from being at a high level so young and how this impacted education, pressure and expectation, an agonising 4th place finish at the Olympics, transitions into the 'real world', and finally her current roles, goals, and ambitions for herself outside of swimming.

Interview with Alex Bailey

Swim Swift Elite talks with Performance Lifestyle and Education manager at Loughborough Uni's National tennis Academy, formerly PL for British Swimming, Alex Bailey. Covering his own athletic career and how it led him to being in Performance Lifestyle (including with British Swimming), what PL is, linking academics with sport and how this can be of benefit, once again the holistic approach and what this means, the difference between junior and senior athletes and athlete centred programmes.

Swimmers Guide to Foam Rolling

If you have a foam roller and don't know how to use if properly this video is for you. Foam rolling (self-myofascial release) is great for warming up the body as well as using post-workout. It helps you to increase blood flow to the muscles as well as increasing the range of movement in the joints. Focus on tight, painful spots by applying and holding pressure at that point, breathing in and out until the pain eases, then carry up and down the length of the muscle. It can take up to 15 mins for a full body roll, used regularly it will really help you in the pool. Use your bodyweight as additional pressure to push harder into the foam roller. DO NOT roll over joints or bone and if you have injured areas, let them heal before you deeply roll onto them. Calf 2.27; Hamstring 4.05; ITB 4.32; Adductors 5.09; Quads 5.32; Tibialis 7.02; Glutes 7.26; Back 8.16; Lats 9.55; Tricep 10.49; Pecs / Deltoid / Bicep 11.16. You should only perform this programme if you are fit and healthy to do so and with parental permission (if under 18). Please make sure that the area you are using for exercise is suitable and clear from hazards. Swim England accepts no responsibility for injury occurring when performing these exercises and you undertake them at your own risk. Please follow the link for Swim England’s virtual training guidance: https://bit.ly/LandWorkCriteria

Theraband Warm-up sequence

This Gym at Home workout by Francesca Filatondi features Theraband Warm-up sequence. A Theraband is a thin ribbon of stretchy material, which comes in a variety of colours. It is used as an accessory for various different exercise moves, enabling you to add light resistance in a controlled manner. You should only perform this programme if you are fit and healthy to do so and with parental permission (if under 18). Please make sure that the area you are using for exercise is suitable and clear from hazards. Swim England accepts no responsibility for injury occurring when performing these exercises and you undertake them at your own risk. Please follow the link for Swim England’s virtual training guidance: https://bit.ly/LandWorkCriteria