Encourage swimmers to achieve their full potential and to enforce the swimmers competition and training skills as part of their long term athletic development.  Includes development of Individual Medley training, High level starts, turns and finishes and where appropriate, obtain Yorkshire and North East Regional qualifying times.  Swimmers receive an introduction to land training if appropriate and nutritional information.  

Technique

• Good technique is a prerequisite for success. Technique takes focus and concentration on the task. 

• Having a sound foundation in technique allows the athlete to then increase training intensity and volume without skill levels breaking down.    

Training Ethos

• A swimmer’s ability to train well will have a direct impact as to whether they capitalise on key areas of progression. 

• A swimmer’s ability to train will be evaluated on work ethic, concentration, skill acquisition, communication, and ability to train at a required pace or volume without breaking skill levels breaking down. 

• At youth level swimmers need to have the right mental attitude and the will to want to train to improve. 

• Sessions will be challenging but in order for performance to increase, these sessions must be met with the right mental attitude to gain the maximum benefit.

  

Racing Abilities

• In any competitive sport the ability to race is extremely important; swimming is no different. 

• As each swimmer goes through the programme, racing requirements will become more advanced from showing an enjoyment of racing to performing at National level.    

Discipline

• Every swimmer’s behaviour will be taken into consideration as part of the squad selection process.

Where appropriate and under the selection of both the Squad and Head Coaches, provide an opportunity for bridging into a higher squad