Scottish Swimming Presentation

Scottish Swimming Conference Chris Spice 13 September 2014

Who are we now

Glasgow 2014 – Olympic Events

Glasgow 2014 – Olympic Events

Benchmark meet Season’s Best comparisons

The Moment of Truth • • • •

Stepping up in the Arena – building a mental script Attitude is your choice and your responsibility The Champion’s Choice: Go on or give in? Fighter or victim?

The Arena is complex and challenging for all athletes: – Champions deal with it – Losers react to it (OMG!)

Berlin 2014 – ELC Gold

Silver

Bronze

Total

1

Great Britain

6

6

5

17

2

Denmark

6

0

1

7

3

Hungary

5

3

5

13

4

France

3

3

1

7

5

Italy

3

1

7

11

6

Sweden

2

5

1

8

7

Spain

2

3

2

7

8

Germany

2

3

1

6

9

Poland

2

1

1

4

10

Serbia

2

0

0

2

11

Netherlands

0

3

1

4

12

Russia

0

2

1

3

• Percentage of team that swam a Season’s Best - 47.6% • Percentage of team that swam a Personal Best - 38.1%

Stand out summer…

2014 Personal Bests CWG AND Euro’s  Adam Peaty – 100 Breaststroke  Ross Murdoch – 100 Breaststroke  Jaz Carlin – 800 Freestyle  Adam Barrett – 100 Butterfly  Jay Lelliott – 1500 Freestyle  Stephen Milne – 1500 Freestyle

Welcome to the new normal‌

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Focus on process of racing (not outcomes: time, medal etc) Racing and learning (practice race routines, different tactics) Coaching our coaches (world class modelling/behaviours) Innovation (warm-up, tapering, mental rehearsal) Identifying and developing potential (calculated risk taking) Technical priorities (focused windows, syllabus) Performance Planning (racing models, critical evaluation) Building our performance culture

PERFORMANCE PLAN ATHLETE NAME HERE

WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO WIN

PLANNING PROCESS

NEEDS & PRIORITIES

EXECUTE, MONITOR & REVIEW

PERFORMANCE PLAN ATHLETE NAME HERE

PERFORMANCE PLAN

WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO WIN? PROJECTED TIME TO MEDAL IN RIO 2016

CURRENT RACE MODEL

PLANNED RACE MODEL

PERFORMANCE PLAN

NEEDS & PRIORITIES VIEW

PERFORMANCE PLAN

PLANNING PROCESS PLANNING OUTPUT

ACTIONS

PERFORMANCE PLAN

EXECUTE, MONITOR & REVIEW VIEW

Culture matters…  Central to all that we do in high performance sport  Nothing without strategic vision  Dynamic process - individual, cross/intra-programme  Define your non-negotiables and enforce them ruthlessly  Leadership to back it up – build ‘social capital’  Live it and breath it – ‘character in action’

Innovate or be overtaken…

“Most people with my kind of track record don't look to change. But I always felt I couldn't afford not to change. We had to be successful - there was no other option for me and I would explore any means of improving….”

Alex Ferguson – Harvard Business Review, 2013