Swim Smooth Coach education Program: Three day Course
coaches education program for swim and triathlon coaches of any level or experience run in conjuction with and recommended by triathlon england and triathlon scotland
Overview
Poolside on the November 2010 Swim Smooth Coach Education Course.
The SS Coach Education Course is an intense program for ambitious swimming coaches of any experience or level. This three day course will be delivered to twelve selected coaches by Swim Smooth's Coaches Paul Newsome and Adam Young, and includes:
- Advanced freestyle stroke technique correction methods. Identification of underlying issues in a swimmer's stroke technique and best practise to correct. This covers all levels of swimmer from beginner to elite.
- Detailed discussion of each component of the freestyle stroke. A modern perspective on what is considered ideal for distance freestyle at different levels of competition.
- An appreciation of the effectiveness of different styles of different swimmers and in what direction to lead individual swimmers.
- In depth training of our revolutionary new coaching system which allows coaches to quickly understand a swimmer's style of swimming - and the fundamental technique issues and personalities behind each style. This exciting system will be launched to swimmers on the internet just prior to the Coach Training Course.
- Developing a swimmer's catch and feel for the water. Detailed discussion of why this is so hard to do and different approaches for different levels of swimmer.
- Observation skills on the pooldeck. How to spot underlying stroke technique issues that are easily missed.
- Live stroke correction sessions with volunteer swimmers during the course.
- How to use stroke rate to optimise your swimmer's efficiency in the water.
- How to perform video analysis of swimmers - equipment to use, angles to film above and below the water and analysis of footage.
- Improving communication channels with athletes.
- How to coach and improve the stroke technique of those swimmers who never seem to improve.
- What to do with swimmers who have seemingly perfect technique.
- Running a squad program and best practise structure and training sessions to develop your swimmers.
- Using Critical Swim Speed (CSS) to develop the sustainable threshold of your swimmers and to encourage better pacing technique for distance events.
- The course has a main focus on distance freestyle coaching of adult swimmers and triathletes but will touch on the other three strokes, sprint, junior and elite coaching.
Simply put, the course teaches you all of Swim Smooth's advanced coaching methods to greatly improve the effectiveness of your coaching, particularly in the area of freestyle technique correction.
The course will be strictly limited to twelve coaches to allow an extremely high quality interactive learning experience. The last two courses were more than twice over-subscribed and demand is expected to be equally high on this series.
In order to select the best candidates, each coach is asked to apply using the web form below. Coaches will be chosen based on a combination of attitude and enthusiasm for coaching. Experience and coaching qualifications will be looked apon favourably but will not be overriding factors in selection.
I just wanted to drop you a message to say a huge thank you for running such a brilliant course last week. It far and away was the best coaching course I've ever attended and I was absolutely gutted to be leaving on Saturday night. The people were fantastic and most importantly you guys were awesome, you make a great team.
I reached a point in my swim coaching where I needed something different and needed to be challenged, this course provided just that. What impresses me most is not just your knowledge which is always backed up by science and experience but also your incredible patience when dealing with other athletes and coaches. Your energy and enthusiasm knows no limits and its infectious for a coach like me.
The course content was superb in every aspect, particularly seeing your amazing video footage of swimmers all around the world and being able to break this down. You actually manage to take something which is highly technical and complex and make it so much easier to understand. Your swim typing system is nothing short of brilliant and Ive been putting it into practice already with some fascinating results.
Julian Nagi
L3 British Triathlon Coach
The SS Coach Education Course runs for three days, commencing with two days of direct learning in the classroom and on the pooldeck with the Swim Smooth team and volunteer swimmers.
The third day is attendance of a full Swim Smooth One-Day Clinic held at the same venue. During the clinic, coaches will observe and interact with swimmers as much as they wish, receiving first hand experience of putting the material discussed on the first two days into practise with Paul Newsome and Adam Young.
We also hope that attendees are able to stay in the same hotel as the Swim Smooth staff to allow social contact and further interaction in the evenings - hotel locations tbd.
recommended by triathlon england and triathlon scotland
As part of our Coach Education role with the British Triathlon Federation, the Swim Smooth Coach Education Course is endorsed by both Triathlon England and Triathlon Scotland.
This course is recommended CPD by both governing bodies and representatives from each body will attend the respective courses.
Video Clip From Stirling 2011: Pro Triathlete Fraser Cartmell
Future Swim Smooth certification
If you wish to become an official Swim Smooth coach in the future, successful completion of the Coach Education Course is an essential first step in the overall training process.
At this moment in time we are not taking on any more coaches in England but by completing the 3 day course now you will be positioned to proceed if invited by Swim Smooth to do so in the future. The standard for this accreditation will be very high, in keeping with the high quality of coaching that Swim Smooth stands for.
Best practise video analysis methods are a feature of the course.
Experienced Or Knowledgeable Enough?
The Coach Education Course requires only modest coaching experience to attend and is open to any age of adult. From inexperienced coaches we do look for evidence of an enthusiastic approach to learning - including examples of self education.
Primarily we will look for coaching potential, enthusiasm, good attitude and open mindedness when making our selection from the applicants.
summer 2012 series Course Venues
Three Coach Education courses will operate during our summer 2012 Clinic Series at Cardiff and Loughborough:
- Cardiff International Pool, Wales, Fri 27th to Sun 29th July 2012
- Loughborough University, England, Fri 10th to Sun 12th August 2012
- Loughborough University, England, Fri 17th to Sun 19th August 2012
We are in the process of arranging hotels for the courses (not included). If at all possible please stay in the chosen hotel to allow for more social contact time in the evenings.
Course Fee
Each attendee will be required to pay the course fee of £450 in advance of attendance. Payment from selected coaches will be taken offline.
Our Guarantee To You
As with all things Swim Smooth, we guarantee the high quality of the Coach Education Course. If following your attendance of the course you do not feel it was good value for money we will refund you in full.
For those who have not yet had personal experience of Swim Smooth and the quality of our coaching, we can understand how you might have concerns over the value of a course such as this. We wish to remove this risk from you by offering a full money back guarantee.
THIS FORM IS DISABLED UNTIL THE NEXT COACH ED COURSES ARE ANNOUNCED.
If you would like to register your future interest with us, please do so by contacting Paul Newsome here.
SS Coach Education Course Application Form
By completing this form you are confirming your desire to attend the course, pay the course fee and confirm your availability on the course dates.
We will reply to you by June 15th informing you whether you have been selected to attend.
Contact
If you require any further information about the course content, please contact Paul Newsome on: swimsmooth@me.com.
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