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S&PA Professional magazine Spring 18
This issue includes
coverage on how investing in staff development is paying dividends for CIMSPA employer partner York Sport,
an in-depth conversation with Max Quittendon about cross-sector collaboration at Elevate 2018,
interview with Steve Parry
expert advice on swimming pool safety, and
new studies which help to draw the line between fitness fanatic and exercise addict.
Elite Sport Performance & Rehabilitation Expo 2018
The Elite Sports Performance & Rehabilitation Expo is the most interactive and comprehensive event for the European elite sports profession
Over two days, exhibitors, seminars and workshops will allow you to access a world of innovation and education, delivered by sports performance experts and rehabilitation practitioners from professional sports clubs and elite level universities from …
Swimming Technique Magazine March 18, 2018
This issue features stories on the Nations Capital Swim Club's success from the 2017, Wayne Goldsmith on coaching, an analysis of the new format for the World Cup Series, articles on special training sets for college and age group swimmers; a dryland training program to improve your starts; heart rate response during repetition training; and great photo technique tips.
Should Females Train Differently Than Males in Swimming
It's a tough question to answer when males and females with similar fitness often train alongside each other; almost in equal proportion in the early age group and masters environments. In this paper, Allan Phillips, regular contributor to Swimmer magazine, examines in three parts the research and differences.
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You're only limited by what you think you're limited by
This episode of the Ritter Sport Performance podcast features Tom Rushton, current mid-distance coach at Energy Standard who has been in post since May 2017.
In past years, Tom spent 4 years as a club coach in western Canada, 2 years at the University of British Columbia as an age-group coach and 4.5 years in Montreal as an NTC coach. Under his care, 100% of his athletes from the coaching …
Gluteal Function in swimmers
This SSC Sports Medicine podcast features a talk with Dr Adam Semciw about his paper " Gluteal Muscle function and Size in Swimmers" his background, the study in more depth and where the research is going.
Strength and Power for Swimming with Vern Gambetta
SSC Sports Medicine* podcast features a talk with Vern Gambetta on the pool deck in Portland, Oregon about strength and power training, periodisation and timing of dry land training for swimming.
Topics cover 'go to' exercises, the role of multi chain single arm symmetry lifts, the need to prepare to swim, not swim to prepare and also touch on the performance benefits of …
Swimming World Biweekly - January 7, 2018
Feature on Margo Geer. Coach Bill Rose, Recap of Best Of 2017 Series, How They Train, TYR Pro Series Update and more.
IOC Athlete Learning Gateway
The IOC offers free courses from world-leading institutions designed for elite athletes and their entourage. Courses include: The Art and Science of Coaching; Sport Psychology; Exercise Physiology; Nutrition, etc..
Visit onlinecourse.olympic.org
Date: 11:13:40 10.12.2017
Categories: General, Coaching
Keywords: Olympic, Psychology, Physiology, Nutrition
Categories: General, Coaching
Keywords: Olympic, Psychology, Physiology, Nutrition
Highlights from the Youth Physical Development Model
In this UK Coaching podcast, David Turner, Children's Lead, picks out his personal highlights from the Youth Physical Development Model - developed by Rhodri Lloyd and Jon Oliver from Cardiff Metropolitan University and integrated into UK Coaching’s new Fundamentals of Movement workshop.
Sport Scotland, in partnership with UK Coaching, developed a video animation explaining the …
The Relative Age Effect
In this UK Coaching podcast, David Turner, Children's Lead,, discusses the relative age-effect, something both sports coaches and parents should be aware of. Many sports clubs and organisations mirror the educational system and use the academic year to register their players for participation.
These specific academic year age groups provides consistency for children in regards to friend…
The ‘C’ System of Coaching Children
In this UK Coaching podcast, David Turner, Children's Lead at UK Coaching, looks at the ‘C’ System of coaching – a model for the holistic coaching of children. The system forms an important part of UK Coaching's Children 5-12 workshop, designed for children's coaches.
Essentially the system is a set of characteristics all coaches should look to develop in childre…
Possible strength deficits in shoulder rotation for hypermobile swimmers
Generalised Joint Hypermobility (GJH) is considered an intrinsic risk factor for shoulder injuries and has a high prevalence in swimmers.
Winner of the 2017 SCIENTIFIC POSTER COMPETITION Behnam Liaghat - Possible strength deficits in shoulder rotation for hypermobile swimmers pic.twitter.com/Dcb2tGDXAX
— sportskongres (@sportskongres) 8 February
The aim of a study by Behnam …
Stop swimming upstream - a new model for swimmer’s shoulder
Struggling with swimmers and their shoulders? It’s something clinicians struggle with, and have been for a long time. This BMJ podcast tackles the subject head on and how to move the model from external impingement to anterior superior internal impingement (ASII).
Andrew Delbridge and Craig Boetcher join the podcast from Australia. Craig completed his PhD through Sydney University …
Ady Hinchliffe departs British Diving
Bob Ballard's interview for talkSPORT Extra Time with Leeds diving coach Ady Hinchcliffe on the best options for future success.
Swimming World Biweekly - September 22, 2016
Swimming World Biweekly - September 22, 2016 Featuring full coverage of the 2016 Rio Paralympic Games! USA Today Sports was present on deck capturing beautiful images of the action and excitement, including the Biweekly cover featuring Nikita Howarth of New Zealand.
Swimming World Biweekly - September 7, 2016
Swimming World Biweekly - September 7, 2016
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Taking The Plunge - Learning To Swim As An Adult - Episode 3
David Spencer is a broadcaster with more than twenty years experience in radio in the UK, a music lover and mentor to budding journalists and broadcasters, He presents a series looking at the challenges of learning to swim as an adult. David, a complete beginner at the age of 46, has had a fear of water (or drowning) all his life. In edited version of episode 3, he continues his lessons, moving …
WS More or Less: Swimming World Records
World Records are being set at a much faster rate in swimming than in other sports. At the Rio Olympics, British swimmer Adam Peaty managed to break the men's 100m breaststroke world record twice in two days. Tim Harford speaks to swimming coach, Rick Madge, about the reasons swimmers keep getting better results in the pool.
Also, science writer Christie Aschwanden makes the case for …
Taking The Plunge - Learning To Swim As An Adult - Episode 2
David Spencer is a broadcaster with more than twenty years experience in radio in the UK, a music lover and mentor to budding journalists and broadcasters, He presents a series looking at the challenges of learning to swim as an adult. David, a complete beginner at the age of 46, has had a fear of water (or drowning) all his life.
In edited version of episode 2 we hear from Olympic medal swimmers…
The science of sports performance and injury prevention
Dr James Bilzon joined the Department for Health at the University of Bath in May 2008 following a 13-year career as an Exercise Physiologist in various Ministry of Defence (MOD) departments. Following a 3-year period as Director of Studies for the MSc in Sport & Exercise Medicine, he became Head of Department for Health in August 2011. He currently holds a number of Honorary appointments …
Hall of Fame Olympic swimming coach Pete Malone
In this podcast, Dr. Andrew Jacobs is joined by Hall of Fame swimming coach Pete Malone to talk about cheating in the Olympics.
Malone served as Head Coach and General Manager for the Kansas City Blazers Swim Team in Kansas City, Kansas & Missouri from 1975 to 2010. Some of Coach Malone's accomplishments/positions include:
USA Swimming's Top 25 Most Influential …
Sports Management September 2016 issue 126
Sports Management September 2016 issue 126
Sports Management is the magazine and online community for decision-makers in the global sports facilities, major events and host cities industry | Issuu is a digital publishing platform that makes it simple to publish magazines, catalogs, newspapers, books, and more online.
Date: 13:39:46 17.09.2016
Categories: General, Coaching
Keywords: Paralympics, Aquaphobia, School Games, CSPs
Categories: General, Coaching
Keywords: Paralympics, Aquaphobia, School Games, CSPs
Taking The Plunge - Learning To Swim As An Adult - Episode 1
David Spencer is a broadcaster with more than twenty years experience in radio in the UK, a music lover and mentor to budding journalists and broadcasters, He presents a series looking at the challenges of learning to swim as an adult. David, a complete beginner at the age of 46, has had a fear of water (or drowning) all his life.
In Episode 1 we hear about his first ever lesson and from …
Documentary on Teri McKeever
Documentary below on Teri McKeever, an American college and Olympic swimming coach. She has been the head coach of the California Golden Bears women's swimming team at the University of California, Berkeley for the last twenty seasons. Her Cal Bears teams have won three NCAA national championships.
McKeever's Cal Bears program has produced several members of the US Olympic team, …
Nutrient Timing and Dietary Routines
Often when athletes and coaches think about nutrition they tend to focus on the dilemma of making the best choices in foods and fluids to support health and performance. However, one other important factor that is frequently overlooked is the structure and routine of their daily diet.
As EIS Performance Nutritionist for British Swimming, Alex Popple produced these guidelines to …
Swimming World Biweekly - February 10, 2016
Swimming World Biweekly - February 10, 2016
The importance of female coaches features exploring the racial disparities in competitive swimming; Mount St. Mary’s to add Men’s Swimming and Diving; a letter to my swimming classmates; Sarah Sjostrom runs roughshod over Swedish Grand Prix with 6 wins; the importance of female coaches; Michael Phelps - Matt Grevers duel leads …
Psychology of Swimming with Sian Harkin
Believe Perform Radio podcast featuring Sian Harkin, a British Champion and Scottish National record holder for 50m butterfly. Sian was born and spent her early years in Wales moving to Plymouth in her teens. She studied Psychology student at the University of Stirling and is a member of the University Swimming Team.
By George that was a Talent Camp to remember
George Symonds of Clevedon ASC shares some of the great memories of the Youth Sport Trust National Talent Camp he attended for young athletes, coaches and officials.
On arrival we were given our bags for the weekend. This consisted of a blue t-shirt which we had to wear that day, a pink top, a white one and a yellow one. Also I had a work booklet, hoodie, water bottle and lanyard.
…
Swimming World Biweekly - January 12, 2016
Swimming World Biweekly - January 12, 2016
featuring 4 ways to get through the January; Trust the process: 5 New Year’s resolutions for 2016; watch Ryan Hoffer’s record-setting 100 freestyle from Austin; 5 New Year’s resolutions for divers; Michael Phelps joining Arizona State University staff for ‘16 - ’17; Michigan rolls to victory in the Orange Bowl …
Developing team captains
Developing team captains. Every team needs a leader. This is not just another sporting cliché, but something that has been demonstrated by research. Given that only 30% of leadership is hereditarily based - in other words, leaders are made and not born - how much time do you spend developing the leadership skills of your captain?
H2Open Issue 1
H2Open Feb / Mar 2011 A bi-monthly Open Water Swimming magazine, produced for ZG Publishing Ltd.
Sports Management Issue 4 2015
Sports Management Issue 4 2015 Sports Management is the magazine and online community for decision-makers in the global sports facilities, major events and host cities industry
Swimming World Biweekly, December 21, 2015
Swimming World Biweekly - December 21, 2015 The Year in Review
Impact of PE and school sport premium
Research into the impact of the PE and school sport premium has found that 99% of schools reported a positive impact on fitness and healthy lifestyles. The PE and sport premium is a cross-government funding initiative for schools to improve the quality and breadth of PE and sport provision.
The results from the current report are from a survey of 586 primary schools in the first year …
Coaching Bootroom
In the sports coach UK Talent and Performance videos below, Danny Kerry, 2015 High Performance Coach of the Year and Head Coach of England and Great Britain Women's Hockey team, offers his experiences to other coaches.
Core Strength for Dummies
Core strength for dummies (isbn 0470417773)Issuu is a digital publishing platform that makes it simple to publish magazines, catalogs, newspapers, books, and more online. Easily share your publications and get them in front of Issuu's millions of monthly readers.
Coaching Tools
Coaching Workforce Workbook
Providing practical tools to guide you through workforce auditing and planning in sport coaching (sports coach UK Research)
Swimming World Biweekly, November 11, 2015
Swimming World Biweekly, November 11, 2015Heavily-stacked line-ups announced for duel in the pool; Katie Ledecky on Time Magazine list of 30 most influential teens; Bill Furniss named British Swimming Olympic Head Coach; Lafontaine takes job as Head of Canadian Ski Federation; story of paralympic swimming champion Brad Snyder to become feature film; Clark Smith gives Eddie Reese “chills” …
Swimming Technique, Fall 2015
- The Role of Assistant Coach Technique Preparation for the 2016 Olympics
- Effect of an Instructional Intervention on Swimming Technique & Performance
- Improve Your Backstroke Starts
- Diving Into Meet Warmup
- A Little Bit of Magic
- Swimming Breaststroke From the Hands Down
- Developing the "Boxer's Muscle' for Swimming
- Brain Over Brawn
- The Breaststroke Turn
- Out In …
100 years of water polo in Croatia
HVS monografija ENGIn 2010 Croatian Water Polo Federation celebrated its 102nd anniversary by publishing a history of the first 100 years of water polo in Croatia.
Swimming Technique Issue #2
Swimming Technique June 2015 Issue #2The Importance of Technique For Swimmers; How to Train for Long Course in a 25-Yard Pool; Using Warm Up to Improve Weaknesses; URSPT - "A Statement of Conviction"; Reaction To Sergei Beliaev’s Article “Ultra-Short-Race-Pace-Training”; 5 Swim Sets You Have Try Before You Die; The Best Swimming Streamline; Writing to Learn in Swimming; The Truth About …
Looking for signals
Small clues can give away so much about someone's mood. In the BBC Sport video below, Professor Geoff Beattie of Edge Hill University has analysed the body language of Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho.
Promoting physical activity in schools
"What works in schools and colleges to increase physical activity?" is a new evidence review by Public Health England designed for head teachers, college principles, staff working in education settings, Directors of public health and wider partners. Eight promising principles have been identified to promote physical activity in these settings.
Develop and deliver multi-component …
National PE Institute 2015 - Keynote by Dr Ash Casey
Dr Ash Casey of Loughborough University is a physical educator / practitioner-researcher aiming to make research accessible. "Research in physical education suggests that things are not changing as they might (and perhaps haven't for forty years). In short, we are living out our own collective 'Groundhog Day'. This keynote explores some of these repetitive messages and what we …
Swimming Biomechanics & Shoulder injuries
Swimming is a sport that requires optimal shoulder mobility and strength in order to compete, train, and perform at an elite level.
Speakers:
Dr. Erik Yuill, FRCCSS, DC, MSc, BSc,
Mr. Liam Donnelly, SFU Head Coach, Swimming
This talk focuses on:
- The biomechanical demands of swimming as it relates to the shoulder.
- Examine how these demands influence the should…
Improving Sporting Performance
The EIS Performance Solutions team work to help coaches and Performance Directors to improve the performance of their athletes by developing the Performance Pathway to feed the pipeline of new talent into sports, optimise training programmes, improve the health and availability to train of their athletes and to maximise performance in competition.
EIS: Improving Sporting Performance BrochureThe…
Effects of bullying
The ASA with the NSPCC (National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children) operates Swimline - 0808 100 4001.
Swimline is a confidential freephone number provided for anyone involved in aquatics, adults or children, who believe that the welfare of someone under the age of 18 is at risk. This concern could be neglect, abuse, bullying or fear of someone or anything that is worrying …
Supplements in Sport from an Anti-Doping Perspective
The recent BASES webinar, “Supplements in Sport from an Anti-Doping Perspective”, is now available for download on the Human Kinetics website.
This highly relevant webinar provides an overview of the anti-doping risks associated with nutritional supplements, the potential impact and how to minimise these risks.
Presenter, Anne Sargent has been working at UK Anti-Doping for four …
Sports Science Infographics
If you are interested in sports science and like infographics, then we may just have made your day.
Visit Yann Le Meur's site dedicated to coaches and athletes aiming to improve their performance. Click here to find out what is new in Sports Science.
Follow @YLMSportScience
The importance of starts and push-offs
View presentation (52m 50s) on the importance of starts and push-offs given by Frank Busch (USA) at the 1st FINA Gold Medal Swimming Coaches Clinic on 30 October 2012 in Moscow. More than 400 swimming coaches from a hundred nations exchanged ideas, experience and knowledge with top-level coaches from swimming powerhouse nations over two days.
Busch was one of eleven leading figures representing…
The Finer Points of a Good Swimming Start
USA Swimming's Biomechanics Co-ordinator Russell Mark went over the finer points of a good forward start and analyzes National Teamer Whitney Myers' technique at the 2009 National Select Camp held 29-31 Oct in Colorado Springs.
The science behind the perfect swimming dive
The swimming start is broken into three phases:
on-block
flight
underwater
Take a look at some of the research which could help athletes set themselves up for better start performances.
Cate Campbell of Australia starts in the Women's 50m Freestyle Final...Cate Campbell of Australia starts in the Women's 50m Freestyle Final during day sixteen of the 16th FINA World Championships …
Career Planning: Age Group to International
Bob Bowman Clinic Presentation - Sunday 6 Jan 2013
Part 1 (22m 28s via Norcal Swim Shop)
Part 2 (22m 38s via Norcal Swim Shop)
Orchestrating success
Orchestrating successThe responsibility of a coach is not just to prepare athletes for competition but also to help them through the action. Research with Olympic athletes has shown coach behaviour during competition can have both positive and negative effects on performance. New research with successful coaches has identified what coaches can do during competition.
The results suggest a theory…
How to find undervalued talent
For six months Rasmus Ankersen (www.rasmusankersen.com) travelled around the world to crack the secrets of the world's best performance hotbeds.
The Gold Mine Effect talks about the sporting 'gold mines' of talent that he visited whilst researching his book, and what they can teach sports people - and their coaches - about achieving the very best in their own sports.
In this …
Training Fast Twitch Muscle Fibres
Presentation (58m 37s) from the Joy of Sculling Conference on February 9, 2013 at the Hotel Sofitel in Redwood Shores,
This video is a compilation of Dr. Maglischo's PowerPoint slides and a recording of his lecture. See usage rights published by LakeNatomaInvite.
Ernie Maglischo retired from active coaching in 1998 after 35 years during which he coached at both the college and …