Scottish Swimming Conference 2014 Brochure

A POOL OF OPPORTUNITIES Welcome to Scottish Swimming’s Conference 2014 FRIDAY 12 - SATURDAY 13 SEPTEMBER TOLLCROSS INTERNATIONAL SWIMMING CENTRE, GLASGOW

An introduction from Forbes Dunlop Welcome to Scottish Swimming’s Conference programme for 2014. I am delighted that we will be returning to Tollcross International Swimming Centre, the venue for what we hope will be a fantastic week of success for Scottish athletes at the Commonwealth Games.

While performance may take centre stage this summer, Scottish Swimming is also working hard to ensure we can develop lasting aquatic legacies across Scotland for years to come, and for this we need the support and engagement of our partners across all 32 local authorities to help us to ensure every child can swim as well as delivering quality aquatic programmes which will inspire people to remain within our sport, as well as creating the next generation of elite athletes.

Our Conference is now well established within our sporting calendar and in 2014 we have attracted a number of excellent keynote speakers including Horst Miehe (former President of the New Zealand Coach & Teachers Association and current FINA Educator); Shannon Rollason (Head Coach at Denmark’s National Training Centre) and Tony Stanger (ex-British Lion Rugby Union player and now Talent Manager with sportscotland Institute of Sport).

Running over two days the Conference offers workshops and presentations which will appeal across the swimming spectrum, from a novice swimming teacher to an aspiring top level performance coach, from a dedicated club volunteer to a swimming development manager.

And if that isn’t enough the Conference will also act as a pre-cursor to the 15th Scottish Swimming Awards Event, which this year will be held on Saturday 13th September at Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum. The 2014 Awards Dinner will showcase the entire aquatic community from those who have attained greatness in their discipline to coaches and volunteers, all of whom regularly contribute to the ongoing success of our sport in Scotland.

The ‘Black Tie’ evening will commence with a drinks reception at 6.45pm, with the awards ceremony and dinner at 7.30pm, and will be once again hosted by broadcaster and former British swimmer, Steve Parry.

So extend your weekend, and be part of what will undoubtedly be, a night to remember.

I look forward to welcoming you all to Glasgow in September.

Forbes Dunlop Chief Executive Officer, Scottish Swimming

Key speakers HORST MIEHE SWIMGYM DIRECTOR & DIRECTOR OF COACHING AT HOWICK PAKURANGA SWIMMING CLUB Born in New Zealand, Horsts passion was always swimming. A former athlete Horst has developed and implemented a successful swimming strategy that started out as a swimming club evolving into a Learn to Swim operation which also delivered high performance swimming.

Horst is a former President of the New Zealand Coaches and Teachers Association, a current FINA Educator and is a member of the Board of Water Safety New Zealand.

SHANNON ROLLASON HEAD COACH OF THE NATIONAL TRAINING CENTRE FOR THE DANISH SWIMMING FEDERATION Born in Australia, Shannon has been part of the Australian coaching staff at the last three Olympic Games. In 2013 Shannon moved to Denmark to take up the role of Head Coach at Denmark’s National Training Centre.

Shannon made an immediate impact at the 2013 World Swimming Championships with two female Danish swimmers coming to the fore, one athlete breaking the 200m Breaststroke World Record and the other winning the 50m Butterfly title. Shannon delivers a session on youth to senior transition in swimming followed by a practical session.

Speakers SHARON MACDONALD

DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT, SCOTTISH SWIMMING Sharon has over 20 years of Sports Development experience and has been employed with Scottish Swimming since 2009, taking up her current role as Director of Development in early 2013. During her time in this post Sharon has successfully secured an additional £1.2m from the Scottish Government for the National Top Up swimming programme and £100,000 from Comic Relief for a swimming leadership programme which Sharon helped develop herself.

TONY STANGER

CHRIS JONES

HEAD OF PERFORMANCE SWIMMING AT UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH Chris is an ex-international swimmer holding the Scottish record in 200m fly before making the transition to coach and has had an excellent career thus far establishing the University of Edinburgh performance swim team in 2008, coaching at the 2013 World University Games, the 2010 and 2014 Commonwealth Games for Team Scotland and successfully placed 9 swimmers on the 2014 Scotland Commonwealth Games Team.

TALENT MANAGER AT SPORTSCOTLAND INSTITUTE OF SPORT

ALLY WHIKE

Tony joined the sportscotland Institute of Sport in June 2008 in the new position of Talent Manager. Tony has a BSc (Hons) in Applied Sports Science and an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Edinburgh and has represented Scotland and the British Lions at Rugby Union.

Ally took up the position as Scottish Performance Director in 2005 and is responsible for the development and implementation of Scottish Swimming’s Performance Plan.

Ally works closely with Graeme Wardell to ensure that coaches and swimmers are fully supported in the lead up to the games.

After retiring from Rugby in 2002, Tony worked as the Assistant Academy Manger in the Leeds Tykes England Rugby Academy with the responsibility to identify and develop talented young rugby players in Yorkshire. In 2004 he joined London Irish Rugby Club as speed and skills coach, a position held until joining the Institute in June 2008. He is an RFU level 4 qualified Rugby Coach.

CHRIS SPICE

PERFORMANCE DIRECTOR AT BRITISH SWIMMING Chris Spice is a new arrival to swimming having worked as Performance Director at the Rugby Football Union, Great Britain and England Hockey, and more recently at British Basketball. Chris took on the role of Performance Director with British Swimming in April 2013 and provides overall strategic leadership in re-invigorating the performance programme.

PERFORMANCE DIRECTOR, SCOTTISH SWIMMING

GRAHAM WARDELL

HEAD COACH, SCOTLAND AQUATICS TEAM, GLASGOW COMMONWEALTH GAMES Appointed as Scotland Head Coach for the aquatics team at the Commonwealth Games in 2012, Graham is the Performance Coach for the City of Glasgow Swim Team and has been working in the coaching profession now for nearly 30 years. Previously Head Coach at REN96 and Portsmouth Northsea, Graham has coached a number of Scottish and British Internationalists, including Robbie Renwick and Katy Sexton and is looking forward to leading the Scottish Aquatics Team into the Glasgow 2014 Games.

Scottish Swimming Awards 2014 This year is the 15th year that the Scottish Swimming Awards will be held to celebrate achievement and the community of swimming in Scotland.

The evening will commence with a drinks reception at 6.45pm, with the awards ceremony and dinner at 7.30pm.

The event will formally close at 1am.

The Awards Ceremony will take place on Saturday 13 September 2014 at Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum.

The 2014 Awards will showcase the entire aquatic community from those who have attained greatness in their discipline to coaches, volunteers and partners who support the delivery of aquatics programmes, all of whom regularly contribute to the ongoing success of our sport in Scotland.

The dress code for this year is black tie.

So extend your weekend, and be part of what will undoubtedly be, a night to remember.

The inspiring evening, hosted by broadcaster and former British swimmer, Steve Parry, will be one of celebration, with 400 people from across the country’s aquatic disciplines, stakeholders and governing bodies coming together. And with this summer Glasgow playing host to the Commonwealth Games, we envisage there will be much to celebrate!

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Friday 12 September COMMONWEALTH PANEL

An exciting opportunity to savour some of the experiences gained by our Commonwealth Panel which will be made up by a coach’s, swimmers and volunteers who were present at Glasgow 2014. The panel will be interviewed by a special guest host.

MAKING THE MOST OF YOUR POOL A swimming pool is a magnificent resource and this presentation will aim to demonstrate the magnitude of opportunities available to maximising participation, revenue and potential of a swimming pool.

WORKSHOPS

We have a huge variety of workshops for you to choose from which are both classroom and swimming pool based, you can even jump in and give some of them a try! The workshops cover just some of the current Scottish Swimming programmes and will discuss the success they have had and how you can become involved.

Workshop 1 – Early Years Learn about the Early Years Programme, the exciting outreach work that is happening in a variety of regions across Scotland. The Early Years Programme was designed to encourage swimming from the earliest opportunity and develop both baby and pre-school children’s skills in the water. The outreach initiative has seen joint working with many organisations in targeting the hard to reach participant to ensure that every child has the opportunity to learn to swim at the earliest possible stage.

Workshop 2 – Care Home Swimming Pilot This workshop will introduce this innovative pilot programme supported by the Care Inspectorate, which was set up to give older adults in care homes the opportunity to take part in swimming. It will look at the key partnerships involved and will discuss the huge benefits to the individuals who took part. This inspiring session will also address the key aspects of the planning and delivery with a view to developing the programme elsewhere in Scotland.

Workshop 3 – Adult Recreational Swimming This workshop will discuss the adult recreational swimming pathway, focussing in particular on the new adult coached sessions being delivered. It will look at the planning, delivery and marketing of these adult programmes, with the aim of creating more opportunities for adults to develop their swimming skills and to remain fit and healthy.

Workshop 4 – Pool Programming This workshop will introduce the pool programming initiative that has helped Local Authorities and Leisure Trusts across Scotland to realise the full potential of their swimming pools.

It will look at specific areas that have helped to increase occupancy and efficiency including Learn to Swim and Swimming Club pool time allocation.

Workshop 5 – Water Polo This workshop will demonstrate the reason why water polo is just so popular across all age ranges and abilities. In this workshop you will be able to observe a water polo set up in the Tollcross swimming pool, how this could be integrated across any pool type and size, and how this fits into the swimming pathway, increasing participation, retention of members and performance.

Workshop 6 – Power Swim Learn about this intensive, coached swimming class designed to fit into your lunch hour. This workshop will let you try for yourself a short Powerswim session in the pool, so come prepared to get wet! You can also watch from the side if you prefer, it will then be followed by a dry side discussion around the planning, delivery and marketing of Powerswim sessions.

Workshop 7 – Hydro Spinning Learn about this new innovative and exciting class designed to give you a full body workout. This workshop will let you try for yourself a short Hydro-spin session in the pool, so come prepared to join in! You can also watch from the side if you prefer, it will then be followed by a dry side discussion around the planning, delivery and finance of Hydro-spinning sessions.

FRIDAY 12 SEPTEMBER – Teachers, Tutors, Development Officers The Wellshot Suite 9.00am

Registration – Tea & Coffee

9.30am

Welcome – Forbes Dunlop

9.45am

Reporting Back – Sharon MacDonald

10.00am

Guest Speaker – Horst Miehe – Delivering a Quality Learn to Swim Programme

11.00am

Morning Break – Tea & Coffee

11.15am

Making the Most of Your Pool

12.15pm

Commonwealth Panel Question and Answer Session

1:00pm

Lunch

WORKSHOPS ON FRIDAY 12 SEPTEMBER 2:00pm

3.00pm

4.00pm

WORKSHOP 1 Early Years Carlane Suite

WORKSHOP 2 Care Home Swimming Pilot Altyre Suite

WORKSHOP 3 Adult Recreational Swimming Dalness Suite

WORKSHOP 5 Water Polo Swimming Pool Tank 1

WORKSHOP 6 Power Swim* Swimming Pool Tank 2

WORKSHOP 7 Hydro Spinning* Swimming Pool Tank 3

WORKSHOP 1 Early Years Carlane Suite

WORKSHOP 2 Care Home Swimming Pilot Altyre Suite

WORKSHOP 3 Adult Recreational Swimming Dalness Suite

WORKSHOP 5 Water Polo Swimming Pool Tank 1

WORKSHOP 6 Power Swim* Swimming Pool Tank 2

WORKSHOP 7 Hydro Spinning* Swimming Pool Tank 3

Closing remarks

*Delegates can either participate or spectate in these workshops.

WORKSHOP 4 Pool Programming Bradfauld Suite

WORKSHOP 4 Pool Programming Bradfauld Suite

Saturday 13 September CREATING A POSITIVE MINDSET

This presentation will discuss how creating a positive mind set within the club environment and within each athlete can assist in improving retention and performance dramatically.

BUILDING A STRONGER SUSTAINABLE CLUB

Aquatic Clubs across Scotland vary in size and structure but often share the same vision and hurdles when developing plans and overall structure. This presentation will share experiences and knowledge on the steps required to ensure the progress of a club on its route to becoming a stronger and more sustainable club.

CLUB SWIMMING IN SCOTLAND – FACT, FICTION, FUTURE

Sharon MacDonald, Director of Development, will present on the current picture of club swimming in Scotland, highlighting the strengths and weaknesses and outlining the opportunities and challenges for the future.

WORKSHOPS (Club Committee and Volunteers) We have an excellent selection of workshops available to help support and improve all aspects of swimming clubs, from governance to club development and growth! The workshops are all room based and will provide you with the information and tools you need to make yours a stronger, sustainable club.

Workshop 1 – Club Committee Governance This workshop aims to outline ideas for improving your clubs governance and provides templates and examples of best practice to encourage communication and share your views and ideas.

Workshop 2 – Funding/Direct Club Investment A workshop providing information on a selection of grant-giving programmes and other sources of funding for organisations involved in Scottish sport. We will take a closer look at a club who have been awarded Direct Club Investment and how the investment supported their programme.

Workshop 3 – Membership Growth This workshop will explore a number of exciting initiatives that clubs across Scotland have implemented to attract new members. We will discuss linking clubs to local communities and learn to swim providers and the benefits associated with this.

Workshop 4 – Membership Retention This workshop will discuss the challenges faced with membership retention and explore ideas, initiatives and innovative approaches to retain members in our sport.

SATURDAY 13 SEPTEMBER – Clubs Committee’s and Volunteers; Club Coaches and Performance Coaches 9.00am

Registration – Tea & Coffee – The Wellshot Suite

9.30am

Welcome – Forbes Dunlop – The Wellshot Suite

9.40am

Split into respective category groups Club Committee and Volunteers

9.45am

Club Coaches

Building a Stronger Sustainable Club.

Horst Miehe, The Wellshot Suite

11.00am

Performance The Development of Athletes – The Transition from Youth to Senior. Shannon Rollason The Edrom Suite

Morning Break – Tea & Coffee

11.20am

Creating a Positive Mindset.

Tony Stanger, The Wellshot Suite

A Commonwealth Games summary and Looking Forward.

Ally Whike & Graham Wardell The Edrom Suite

12.20pm

Club Swimming in Scotland – Fact, Fiction, Future.

Sharon MacDonald, The Wellshot Suite

Preparation for the Commonwealth Games and Looking Forward. Chris Jones The Edrom Suite

1.00pm 2.00pm

3.00pm 3.30pm

4.20pm

Lunch Workshop 1 Club Committee Governance Bradfauld Suite

Workshop 2 Funding for your Club Altyre Suite

Workshop 3 Membership Growth Carlane Suite

Workshop 4 Membership Retention Dalness Suite

Tea and coffee Workshop 1 Club Committee Governance Bradfauld Suite

Workshop 2 Funding for your Club Altyre Suite

Workshop 3 Membership Growth Carlane Suite

Workshop 4 Membership Retention Dalness Suite

Developing the Young Club Swimmer.

Horst Miehe Spectator Stand – Competition Pool

British Swimming – Looking to Rio 2016.

Chris Spice The Edrom Suite

Developing the Young Club Swimmer.

Horst Miehe The Edrom Suite

Swimming Skills integrated with Speed Development.

Shannon Rollason Spectator Stand – Competition Pool

Closing Remarks

Scottish Swimming National Swimming Academy University of Stirling Stirling FK9 4LA Telephone us at: 01786 466520 www.scottishswimming.com

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