Videos

Swedish Olympian & World Champion Louise Hansson on training in Loughborough

Interview with 2x Swedish Olympian Louise Hansson, an NCAA Champion. European Champion and World Champion. Show Timeline: 00:00 - Welcome Louise Hansson!; 03:20 - Swedish Coach’s Take On National Swimmers Training Elsewhere; 05:08 - What Does An Olympian Do With Their Free Time?; 09:51 - Louise Hansson Not A Backstroker?; 11:50 - What To Work On For Paris; 14:26 - Owning Femininity, Strength, And A Positive Self-Image; 17:56 - Prioritizing Recover; y As A Post-College Athlete; 19:01 - Consistency Is Key! 20:51 - Preparing For An Important Workout; 25:07 - Getting Ready For A Race Day; 26:50 - Sara Sjostrom Influence; 30:27 - Front End Speed; 33:00 - Swedish Relays; 37:02 - Future Plans and Sponsorships.

Kirsty Coventry, Africa's Most Decorated Olympian Ever

Kirsty Coventry is the most decorated Olympian from Africa ever. She's also the Minister of Sport, Arts and Recreation of Zimbabwe and an IOC Board Member. On top of all that, she runs her own foundation teaching water safety to children in Zimbabwe.

Inclusive recovery report: research summary

This video provides a summary of the research study, the key findings, and recommendations. Also, several research participants answer questions about their experiences of being active during the COVID-19 pandemic. Report published by Activity Alliance, research undertaken by BritainThinks.

What S&C Coaches Need to Know to Prevent Sudden Death in Sports

The National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) is an educational nonprofit that supports and disseminates research-based knowledge and its application to improve athletic performance and fitness. As a worldwide authority on strength and conditioning, the NSCA has been bridging the gap between science and application since 1978. In this video, Courteney Benjamin discusses the importance and warning signs a strength and conditioning coach should know to help prevent sudden death in their athletes.

Long-Term Athlete Development, with Rhodri Lloyd

The National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) is an educational nonprofit that supports and disseminates research-based knowledge and its application to improve athletic performance and fitness. As a worldwide authority on strength and conditioning, the NSCA has been bridging the gap between science and application since 1978. In this video from the NSCA's 2013 National Conference, Dr. Rhodri Lloyd, Senior Lecturer in Physiology and Health at Cardiff Metropolitan University, talked about planning for long-term athletic development.

Jazz Carlin, Double Olympic Silver Medalist and SDR manager

From making waves at the 2016 Rio Olympics, to turning the tide and embarking on a career in tech, Jazz Carlin joins Gareth on this week’s episode of The Tech Leaders Podcast to discuss her transition from Olympic athlete to a Woman in Tech. Jazz explains how leading by example is key to leadership both inside and outside of the pool, as implementing an ‘open-door policy’ is paramount in maintaining an effective career as a mentor. In recalling her turbulent path to Olympic success, Jazz Carlin articulates how ‘the biggest disappointments can lead to your biggest triumphs’ and that maintaining curiosity is one of the most important aspects of career progression. Having retired from professional swimming in 2019, Jazz talks about the daunting prospect of entering the jobs market at the age of 28, and how her experience as a professional athlete has helped her flourish in the world of business. · What good leadership means to Jazz (02:10) · Who is Jazz Carlin? (04:10) · Being in control of your dreams (07:05) · ‘The biggest disappointments can lead you onto your biggest triumphs’ (08:40) · Swim with Jazz (08:57) · ‘Focus on the process’ (10:56) · Becoming a professional athlete (12:00) · The Olympic Shift (18:05) · How to thrive in a pressured environment (21:35) · ‘Have confidence in the here and now’ (27:10) · Life in the Olympic Village (28:00) · Hanging up the goggles (29:50) · Adapting to a new career venture (36:00) · Keeping her toes in the water with Swim Wales (39:00) · How to keep the momentum going (42:57) Book recommendations - The Chimp Paradox- Prof. Steve Peters - Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway- Susan Jeffers

How Can A Swim Coach and Their Swim Club Board Build Trust?

Renata Porter, founder of yoursportsresource.com, returns to the SwimSwam podcast. Renata’s a dedicated swim business expert with a focus on youth sports clubs. Her company provides actionable guidance and support helping swim clubs shift from old mindsets to running the club as the business that it is. Interview published at that time for making New Year’s resolutions, if you're a swimming coach or a swim club board member, a great new year’s resolution would be to build more trust. The big question is how do you do that? Topics covered in this episode: - how roles and responsibilities play a part; - trust and the ability to be transparent and honest; - allowance for growth and lessons learned; - growth and lessons balanced with accountability

Meet the Youngest Member of Team GB's Artistic Swimming Squad

At 13 years old, Andrea is the youngest member of Team GB's artistic swimming squad. Up until a few years ago, the sport used to be called synchronised swimming and it involves ballet and gymnastic movement, all while holding your breath under the water. She says one day she'd like to go to the Olympics and win a gold medal. She also wants to inspire more children to take up the sport because she says it is really fun! Artistic swimmers perform athletic movements, choreographed to music, in order to score points. Then 15 judges score your performance out of 10, and those points are combined to give your total and place you on a leader board. You're scored on a variety of elements including your presentation, the choreography and the difficulty of your underwater performance. If you're performing in a duet or a group, your synchronisation with your team is also scored out of 10 - which is where the previous name of the sport 'synchronised swimming' came from. You can get points taken off your total if you touch the bottom of the pool or if your performance goes over the time you're given. It's an incredibly difficult sport which requires lots of skill. According to Swim England, artistic swimmers have an aerobic capacity - a measurement of how much oxygen your lungs can breath in and use - similar to that of a long distance runner. Balancing training, school and fun time Andrea's story: Andrea told Newsround being part of the GB Team is a fantastic feeling, but balancing training, school, playing and spending time with her family can be tricky. She was chosen for Team GB after winning two golds for solo and duet in the Swim England Artistic Swimming National Championship in 2021. But because she's still only 13, there are some skills she's not allowed to learn until she's a bit older and her body develops. In term-time, Andrea trains for up to three hours after her school day. Her training consists of things like speed swimming, swimming routine exercises and training on land too. She said she doesn't let the training get in the way of her school work though - she said it's because training has taught her "that working hard creates success in life". In the school break, training gets more intense. Although she lives in London, she has to travel to Bristol to train with the team. The 12-hour training day starts at 5am where she'll take part in physical exercises on dry land until she gets a break at around 9am. There's more team training after a break until lunchtime when the team fill up on protein and salads. Then, guess what, even more training! Andrea said: "Usually I'm so exhausted during these days that I can't think of anything else, so usually I try to complete my school holiday homework before I go for these camps

Peter Harrison Centre montage

To find out more about the work of the Peter Harrison Centre for Disability Sport, please visit: https://www.lboro.ac.uk/research/phc/

Mel Marshall on sustainable success comes from sustainable questioning!

Former British swimmer Mel Marshall has won several gold medals for GB in the past Olympic Games, and has been awarded ‘Coach of the Year’ for her work with Adam Peaty - who has just won gold at Tokyo 2020! When it comes to coaching, Mel taps into her feminine and masculine approach to be her most ‘authentic’ self of the coaching spectrum. Many coaches are hesitant to show vulnerability to their athletes, which is what sets Mel's success apart. Timestamps: 00:00​​​ Mel Marshall; - 11:36 Sustainable success; - comes from sustainable questioning; - 19:58 Being questioned as a coach; - 33:41 Elite female coaches; - 41:55 Building up critique and feedback; - 54:31 Quickfire questions. The High Performance Podcast, hosted by sports broadcaster Jake Humphrey and leading organisational psychologist Professor Damian Hughes, offers an intimate glimpse into the lives of high-achieving, successful individuals. It doesn’t matter where the guest has excelled - in sport, music, business or entertainment – they all have first-hand experiences and lessons to share. Find out what non-negotiable behaviours they employed to get them to the top, and keep them there.

Jon Rudd

In episode 5 published 9 Nov 2022, Matt speaks with National Performance Director for Irish Swimming Jon Rudd about about is time in the UK at Plymouth Leander and his role in Ireland. They also touch on some of the incredible athletes Jon has coached and where he sees himself in the future!

James Guy sums up a six medal week for him

Interview published 4 Aug 2022 with Bath National Centre and Millfield OM swimmer James Guy at the Commonwealth Games.

Writing and amending your charity governing document

This webinar, which took place on Wednesday 2 November 2022, was delivered in partnership with Withers LLP. The webinar covers the process of writing and amending a charity governing document and discussed: - how to choose the governing document that’s right for you; - tips for writing your governing document, including your charitable purposes; - how to make changes to your governing document and when you need to ask for permission.

Webinar recording: Choosing your legal structure

In this webinar recorded on 20 Sep 2022, NCVO partners Withers LLP explored how to choose the best legal structure for your organisation. The session covered: - the four legal structures which charities can register with the Charity Commission and the key differences between them; - incorporated and unincorporated forms; - how the structure can affect operations, legal responsibilities and reporting requirements.

NCVO Webinar: Setting up a charity

This webinar was recorded on 12 Jul 2022 and expert legal partners, Withers LLP joined to explain the essential steps you need to follow to create and register a new charity. The session covered: - making sure that setting up a charity is the right option for you; - an overview of the four possible legal structures; - the charity registration process and how to find trustees; - when to open a bank account.

Talking Café LIVE - In it together with Get Outside Somerset

No one gets to choose how you exercise other than you. Your body, your call. And whatever that looks like, we think it’s worth celebrating. We believe that there’s no “right” way to get active. However, you swim, jiggle, kick, lift, stretch, or sprint, it’s time to get moving how you please!

Touring our online course for sports parents

In Oct 2022, the NSPCC Child Protection in Sport unit updated their e-learning course designed to help parents to keep their children safe in sport. This tour talks you through where you can find the course and what you will learn. Find more information to help parents to keep their child safe in sport in the Parents Hub on the CPSU website: https://thecpsu.org.uk/parents/

CPSU Webinar: Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and Why this matters in sport

In this webinar, recorded in January 2020, CPSU Senior Consultant Liza Ware talks us through what Adverse Childhood Experiences are and how they can effect children's developing brains. We also explore what sports clubs, coaches and safeguarding leads can do to minimise toxic stress in sport and overcome the effects of trauma. To find out more about abuse in a sports setting and safeguarding children in sport, visit: https://thecpsu.org.uk/help-advice/

Keeping Your Child Safe in Sport

In Sep 2022, the NSPCC Child Protection in Sport unit launched a new campaign aimed at helping parents to understand their crucial safeguarding role in their child's sport! Please watch and share this video to your social networks so that we can encourgae everyone to get involved in the campaign and keep children #SafeinSport. You can find out more information about the campaign and how you can get involved at https://bit.ly/3XcoXti

How To Create Your Vision & Mission Statements

There can be confusion over vision and mission statements, so this short video explains what these are and gives you a simple process to create your's. The Charity Excellence Youtube channel has lots more practical, short videos that make difficult stuff simple, or join our community for a huge range of free resources and toolkits; everything is free. https://www.charityexcellence.co.uk/

Jon Rudd talks swimming psychology, coaching ambition, Irish Swimming & the WSCA

Jon Rudd is the National Performance Director for Swim Ireland. His swimmers have won Olympic gold medals and broken World Records. He is also the President of the World Swim Coaches Association (WSCA). In this hour long interview published Sep 2022, he hits on everything from coaching ambition and the psychology of swimming to training Ben Proud and Rūta Meilutytė.

Shoulder Injuries

In this episode of the Sports Medicine Collection Online Forum Series, Dr Al-Khelaifi and his guests – Dr Bashir Ahmed Zikria, Dr Miho J. Tanaka, Dr Craig R. Bottoni, and Dr Tania Pizzari – cover the topics on anatomy of the shoulder and its injuries, surgery, and rehabilitation. Timeline: 0:00 Introduction; 01:55 Dr. Miho J. Tanaka; 20:01 Dr Craig R. Botton; 34:43 Dr Bashir Ahmed Zikria; 56:41 Dr Tania Pizzari; 1:12:05 Dr. Khalid Alkhelaifi; 1:29:38 Q&A.

X's and O's for coaching fun in athlete development

Amanda Visek PhD discusses FUN integration into youth sport. This session was part of the 5th Annual ICOACHKIDS Conference, in December 2021.

Tutor Tips | Nail your poolside leg action demos

Outstanding IoS Programme Leader and Swim England Tutor, Stuart shares his tips to help you ace your lesson delivery and swimmer development. Poolside demos are one of the most alien things we do as new swimming teachers! Here are Stuart’s top tips when it comes to delivering demos of the stroke’s leg action on poolside.

Tutor Tips | Ace your swimmer's Front Crawl hand entry

Outstanding IoS Programme Leader and Swim England Tutor, Stuart shares his tips to help you ace your lesson delivery and swimmer development. When using single-arm front crawl drills, make sure the position of the float doesn't cause their fingertips to enter the water wide. Your swimmers can hold the float with their fingers and thumb, allowing their hand to enter the water in line with their head. This creates a streamlined position so they can pull back in a straight line.

Tutor Tips | Helping swimmers to kick with a straight leg in backstroke

Outstanding IoS Programme Leader and Swim England Tutor, Stuart shares this tip to help you ace your lesson delivery and swimmer development! Those learning to swim often start with a bent knee rather than straight legs as they are so used to doing this on dry land when kicking a ball. He has two great solutions to try when swimmers are bending their knees in backstroke.

Duncan's 200 Race Plan

Team GB Superstar Duncan Scott gives us an insight into his 200m Freestyle Race Plan from the Tokyo 2020 final.

Triathlon swim training with Russ Barber

Russ Barber's multiple GB and England coach roles include 3x Olympic Games, World Championships, European Champs, Commonwealth Games, World/European Junior Championships. He has coached over 100 GB International swimmers (Junior and Senior) including 6 Olympians (3 finalists), 1 Paralympic medallist, 1 World Champion, multiple British Record Holders (Senior and Junior) and received 5 BSCA coaching honours. Russ is now the British Triathlon swim coach at Leeds Triathlon Centre, where his sessions are frequented by athletes like Olympic gold medalists Georgia Taylor-Brown and Jess Learmonth. Russ has also coached swimmers on four Olympic swim teams over his long career in swim coaching. In this episode you will learn about: - The training and coaching methods Russ uses at the Leeds Triathlon Centre to develop the swim of some of the best triathletes in the world; - Technical elements of the training to work on weak spots in many triathletes' technical competency; - Why he focuses on VO2max and speed more than threshold training; - Example training sessions and weekly structures; - Recommendations for how amateur athletes can better develop their technique and fitness; - Coach and athlete welfare, mental health, and chronic fatigue.

Making a ‘Splash’

British Paralympic Gold swimmer and Para-triathlete Claire Cashmore gives an insight on what inspired her to write a children’s book and how she overcame her surprising fear of open water!

Do blind people dream?

Both visually impaired, British Paralympic Cyclists Lora and Neil Fachie give a first-hand account of what kind of dreams they experience. They also share tips on how to fall asleep quickly.