Swimming Coaches from across the region attended the Swimming Coach conference at Catterick Leisure Centre on Saturday 10th September. They participated in four sessions which covered a variety of topics:

Medley training – High Performance Youth-Senior – Richard Denigan, Head Coach, City of Leeds
Progression in a performance environment from Age group to senior – The Sheffield Way – Dan Cocking, Assistant Head Coach, City of Sheffield
Performance progression with late developing age-youth-senior athletes. Creating a performance environment – Mark Rose, Head of Coaching, City of Manchester Swim Team
Distance Free training (400m+) and the opportunities in Britain – Swim England Talent Team

Those who attended gave the following overall feedback:

Conference enjoyment – 100% very useful

Presenters Knowledge – 100% very good

Presentations content – all pitched at an appropriate level for the level of coach who attended

Would they recommend future similar conferences – 100% Yes

Comments received were as follows:

I would like to say a big thank you to all concerned with the wonderful coaches presentations this weekend. The content and delivery were first class and I look forward to the next one.

Good choice of presenters

I enjoyed the day and it was good to be back face to face rather than sitting looking out the window thinking the grass needs cutting whilst staring at a screen.

Great conference more required

Thoroughly enjoyed the session. Some great insights into the programmes and the thinking behind the what, how and why they succeed.

Thanks to all the presenters who delivered some very informative sessions and to the coaches who participated and contributed so well and learnt from each others experiences.