PRE COMPETITION DEVELOPMENT AWARDS

Corresponding to Level 7 of the National Plan for Teaching Swimming, these two new Awards cover a number of skills which should be accomplished prior to joining a competitive swimming programme.

These awards have been designed specifically to lay the foundations required to prepare young swimmers who would like to attend coaching and training programmes run by swimming clubs in preperation for taking part in competitive swimming. The main emphasis is on the development of underpinning skills and effective technique and includes starts, turns and finishes, use of a pace clock, together with the introduction of Land based loosening exercises. In addition, relevant drills appropriate to the four competitive strokes are included.