Qualifications
Formal coach and teacher training courses can be accessed through the institute of swimming
Swim England members can access these courses at a reduced rate, information on how to do this can be found here.
Inspire Mentoring Programme
The region and Swim England jointly resource a swimming mentoring programme. With 3 mentors supporting up to 8 regional coaches each year. Applications typically open around July for the next swimming season. For more information or to express an interest contact [email protected]
| Regional mentors | |
|---|---|
| Kevin Brooks Head Coach, Wycombe District SC |  |
| David Vine Head Coach, Reading SC |  |
| Lee Spindlow Chief Coach, Guildford City SC |  |
Resources
Coaches are encouraged to sign up to the off the blocks site to access up to date resources https://offtheblocks.info/
Archive of resources
The region has hosted a wide range of coach workshops and resources can be found below.
Planning and periodising psychological training- Hannah Stoyel
https://swimming.box.com/s/ezbbd9emxa7m7vvwsjbe6297ue4scqz2
Planning and Periodising psychological training
Incorportating OADF into the Club Programme- led by Kevin Brooks (not recorded)
Incorporating the OADF into a Club Programme (Wycombe District)
Coaching Female Swimmers – Led by Amanda Booth and Paul Lloyd
Coaching Female Swimmers Final
Why is there a lack of distance swimmers? – Led by Dan Cross and David Vine
Why is there a lack of distance swimmer in GB 5
Physiological Training Models – part 1 – Led by Lee Spindlow
Physiological Training Models P1
Physiological Training Models – part 2 – Led by Lee Spindlow
Physiological Training Models P2
Anaerobic Training part 1 and 2 – Paul Lloyd
