Coach Development Symposium 2016

The Swim England Talent Swimming Coach Development Symposium 2016 took place at Millfield School on 13 November 2016.

The popular annual Coach Development Symposium is for teachers, coaches or tutors who work with, or aspire to work with county, regional or national level age group swimmers between 10 and 14 years old.

The Symposium involved a Technical Workshop on ‘Coaching Effective Stroke Technique for Age Group Swimmers’ and featured tips and expert advice from key speakers.

Key speakers were John Watson, Amanda Booth, Lindsay Dunn, Euan Dale and Josh Williamson.

Timetable

• 09:30 – 09:45: Welcome (Lindsay Dunn)
• 09:45 – 10:15: Fundamentals of Aquatic Alignment (Euan Dale / John Watson)
• 10:15 – 11:30: Coaching Breaststroke (Amanda Booth / John Watson)
• 11:30 – 11:45: Break
• 11:45 – 13:00: Coaching Butterfly (Lindsay Dunn / John Watson)
• 13:00 – 13:30: Lunch
• 13:30 – 14:45: Coaching Front Crawl (Euan Dale / John Watson)
• 14:45 – 15:00: Break
• 15:00 – 16:15: Coaching Backstroke (Josh Williamson / John Watson)
• 16:15 – 16:30: Close (Lindsay Dunn)