In light of the current situation, here are a view examples of what’s currently available to help support the aquatic community.
The Swim England Talent team are looking at how support and guidance can be provided to coaching athletes remotely to ensure that they have the opportunity to continue to stay fit and healthy. The Talent Team encourage you to use this time to perhaps address some of the areas of the Optimal Athlete Development framework that can be developed away from the water. This can be viewed at: Optimum Athlete Development Framework
The Swimming Talent Team are looking to role out an online support package from Monday 23rd March. They will be using social media platforms, the Swim England website and British Swimming’s online learning platform, OfftheBlocks that everyone can sign up to by visiting www.offtheblocks.info.
Clubs are encouraged to make effective use of their club databases/ management systems (Team Unify/ Team App/ Swim Club Manager) and their social media platforms (Facebook, Instagram/ Twitter) to be able to communicate effectively with their members.
Meetings and webinars can continued to be held through online systems such as Skype and Zoom. For example, with Zoom free Basic service, you can get access to unlimited meetings, with unlimited minutes for one-to-one meetings and you can have a group of between 3 and 100 video participants that can last up to 40 minutes!
The Swim England website will be updating it’s dedicated FAQ webpages on a regular basis to help support the aquatic community. This can be viewed at: Frequently Asked Questions
Swim England have put arrangements in place to ensure that services are still available to access. Details are available at:Â Swim England Contacts Update
Sport England have dedicated pages to support the nation in keeping active. These are available to view at: https://www.sportengland.org/news/coronavirus-information-sector
Please do share good practice to ensure that the aquatic community if supported during these challenging times.
