Videos

Somerset Funding Webinar

Find out more about the Sport England Small Grants Programme in this Oct 2018 webinar. Are you interested in applying for grant aid to help get more members (adults or children) active in your organisation? To increase your club membership and number of volunteers? Or maybe start up something new in your community involving physical activity or sport? If so then SASP will take you through Sport England's Small Grants Programme in easy steps – demystifying what is needed and making success a lot more likely.

Social Media Webinar - Intermediate

Want to take your club/organisation’s social media to the next level? With a main focus on Facebook, during this Dec 2018 session you will: - Learn some engagement top tips; - Learn how to gain more 'Likes'; - Know how to schedule posts using the Publishing Tools; - Know how to measure the effectiveness of your posts using Facebook Insights

6 Tips To Overcome Open Water Fears

Fear of open water is not always rational or easy to understand. Learning coping strategies and specific techniques can transform your open water experience so we’re going to be a bringing you some tried and tested tips to help you quash those fears! It can make no difference whether you’re a weaker novice swimmer or at the other end of the spectrum, someone who has swam competitively in a pool all your life, the fear of open water is not always rational or easy to understand. Learning coping strategies and specific techniques can transform your open water experience so we’re going to be a bringing you some tried and tested tips to help you quash those fears.

Open Water Swimming For Beginners

Wild swimming is growing in popularity, it’s free, it’s relaxing and can be thoroughly invigorating. However, if you’ve not dipped your toe in before it might sound a little daunting so in this video we get some advice from an expert in the field, Professor Greg Whyte who is an ambassador for the Royal Life Saving Society and a strong advocate for open water swimming. Heather chats to him about: - Where is safe to wild swim; - What to do before getting in the open water; - How to stay safe and be seen whilst wild swimming; - What you should do after finishing your swim

Improving triathletes open water swim endurance

Colin Hill (long distance swimmer, open water coach and former age group triathlon champion) coaching Philip in Ullswater with the aim of improving technique over longer distances. For more info visit http://www.colinhillswims.com

Out to Swim

BBC Sussex interview at Brighton's 2019 Pride Festival featuring both Graham Souness and Out to Swim South. An Out To Swim Bristol group launched at the University of Bristol Swimming Pool in Queens Road, Clifton in September 2018. Its coaches design great workouts and, as well as swimming for fitness, also work on technique across all four main strokes: front crawl, back stroke, breast stroke and butterfly.

Triathlete Lucy Charles' swimming tips: technique

Elite triathlete Lucy Charles shares her essential swimming training tips. In this one she focusses on technique, helping you master your stroke and glide through the water. - Work hard on the basics of your technique and you'll be set; - Practise your bi-lateral breathing with the 'bubble-bubble-breathe' technique; - Struggling to see where you're going? The best time to look forwards is immediately after taking a breath

Triathlete Lucy Charles' swimming tips: strength training

Elite triathlete Lucy Charles for her essential swimming training tips. In this she focusses on the best (age related) exercises you can do in the gym to strengthen your body and improve your performances in the water. - Feel for your weaknesses when in the water and work on them in the gym; - Work your upper body and your core by lifting weights; - Concentrate on lap pull-downs, bench press, chin-ups and deadlift; - Reps with a medicine ball can help improve your core stability.

Triathlete Lucy Charles' swimming tips: recovery and relaxation

Elite triathlete Lucy Charles shares her essential swimming training tips. In this one she focusses on how to relax after swimming to ensure the best recovery for your body. - Working out is important, but the recovery and relaxation is where you gain the work you put in; - Stretch, rehydrate and refuel within 30 minutes of working out; - Taking the time to wind down properly helps you feel positive and reflect on how far you've come.

Triathlete Lucy Charles' swimming tips: preparation and kit

Elite triathlete Lucy Charles for her essential swimming training tips. In this she focusses on the best ways to prepare to ensure you're ready for everything in the water. - Choose the right wetsuit for you, and look after it well; - Use a thicker swim cap in cold weather; - Swim paddles can help to build forearm strength; - Flippers can help build ankle flexibililty; - Train with a kickboard to build strength in your legs; - Prepare mentally by visualising how your swim will go

Triathlete Lucy Charles' swimming tips: improve your performance

Elite triathlete Lucy Charles shares her essential swimming training tips. In this one she focusses on how to maximise your performance. - Try to keep a good line in the water – be smooth in your technique and try to avoid 'snaking' from side to side; - Work on building your muscle sets in and out of the pool; - Being in yourself in the water will help you to feel comfortable when it comes to race day.

Penny Oleksiak: Back to the Basics | World Aquatics

Overnight, Toronto teenager Penny Oleksiak became a household name thanks to her gold medal win in Rio. After taking time to enjoy her teenage years without the pressure of training, Penny is back. Her struggle in performance has led her back to the coach who guided her to the four Olympic Medals.

Sports Science & Technology Face Unique Challenges In Swimming

Times in swimming get lower and lower each year. How is sports science and technology contributing to that? Swim Canada head coach Ben Titley explains everything from the filming technology athletes like Penny Oleksiak use, to where the next big gains in the sport will come from.

Swimming: A study of biomechanics using underwater motion capture

Promotional video by Qualisys, a leading provider of precision motion capture and 3D positioning tracking systems for engineering, biomechanics, animation, virtual reality, robotics, and movement sciences.

Parent's guide - How to help my child visualise effectively.

Presentation by Helen Davis of http://www.thinkbelieveperform.co.uk. Content property of Swim England East Region and Helen Davis. Please contact kevin.pickard@swimming.org if you have any questions.

Parent's guide - How to help boost my child's self confidence. Part 1

Presentation by Helen Davis of http://www.thinkbelieveperform.co.uk. Content property of Swim England East Region and Helen Davis. Please contact kevin.pickard@swimming.org if you have any questions.

ISL announces final rosters for the 2019 Season

The athlete rosters from Team Iron, LA Current, London Roar, NY Breakers are now revealed!

Adam Peaty Interview in Tenerife Top Training

You have a chance to follow the training session of Adam Peaty and the Loughborough University team in this Jun 2019. Adam George Peaty, MBE (born 28 December 1994) is a British competitive swimmer from England who specializes in breaststroke. He has represented Great Britain at the Olympic Games, FINA World Championships, and European Championships, and England in the Commonwealth Games. He won the gold medal in the 100m breaststroke at the 2016 Olympics, the first by a male British Swimmer in 24 years. He is the current holder of the world record in 50 and 100m breaststroke. Interviewer: Roman Likhov. Video Production @G33FILMS, @GREGORYS_DP.

Adam Peaty Interview

Adam shares his Training secrets and discuss Mental Health in this post World Swimming Championship 2019 interview.

Inclusion in the Learn to Swim Programme

In this webcast, Swim England tutor training manager, Fiona MacNamee speaks to Learn to Swim product development officer, Jess Necchi about the importance of inclusion in the Swim England Learn to Swim Programme and beyond. Topics covered include: - Terminology and sensitive language; - Visible and hidden characteristics; - How to adapt mainstream lessons; - Resources for teachers. For more information from Swim England on inclusion, visit https://www.swimming.org/inclusion

Embedding PA into health system in Norfolk

Webinar from 18 July 2019 sharing practice and impact, and exploring how to embed physical activity into systems.

Game Changers Video 2

A review of physical activity projects highlighted by [County Sport] Partnerships around the country

Game Changers Video 1

A review of physical activity projects highlighted by [County Sport] Partnerships around the country

UK Sport International Partnerships Programme

The International Partnerships Programme (IPP) is a pioneering UK Sport initiative that helps sporting National Governing Bodies build strategic relations with their respective International Federations and member federations around the world through collaborative partnerships and projects.

How I Got Here: S&C coach Mitch Smith

EIS S&C coach Mitch Smith recalls how he got into the profession of strength and conditioning and gives advice to others looking to go down the same career path.

What does the EIS Athlete Health team do?

EIS Director of Athlete Health Craig Ranson discusses what Athlete Health is and the four Tokyo 2020 focus areas for his team this cycle.

What is Performance Pathways?

EIS and UK Sport Head of Performance Pathways John Alder covers the basics of Performance Pathways discussing what a performance pathway is and why there is a Performance Pathways team at the EIS.

GCSEs Have Changed

GCSEs have changed. For most subjects, results are now graded 9 to 1 instead of the old A* to G. Some of those subjects that have been updated include maths, English language and sciences. The new GCSEs have been reformed to cover more challenging content to ensure students are better prepared for the world of work and further study. Colleges, universities and employers will continue to set their own entry criteria. To find out more about the new GCSEs and what the changes mean, visit https://newgcses.campaign.gov.uk/

Education Secretary Damian Hinds at the NSPCC conference

At the NSPCC Growing up online conference on 26 June, Damian Hinds discussed how we can protect children from harm in the online world.

Technique session - open water swimming

Part of a one hour lake swim coaching session. First part Colin Hill is on the water with the swimmer for an initial assessment, watching their stroke and giving demonstrations. Then he's in a boat next to the swimmer and they go for a long swim , where they focus on different areas of the stroke. As Colin mentions, for long distance swimming, try and get the stroke as efficient as possible. It takes time and practice, but it’s good to have some key things to think about in training.