Development One Parents Meeting

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Long Eaton Swimming Club

• Development One Parents Meeting
• By Rebecca Pearson

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Topics for Discussion

• Development one coaches
• Training programme and cycle
• Lane organisation
• LESC Code of Conduct
• Aims of Development One
• Squad movements and Squad criteria
• Assessment
• Development 1a

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Coach Communication
Dave Sankey Head Coach of Age group squads
Rebecca Pearson Development One Lead Coach
Development One Coaches
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Lead Coach Becky

• Enable effective communication
• Monitor Swimmers
• Provide support for assistant coaches

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Coaches

• Sue Wilmott
• Sue Wheeldon
• Garaeth Cooke
• Lizzy White
• Martin James
• Matt Astle
• Callum Henley
• Malcolm Stray
• Ian Bexon (Development 1a)

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Day to day running

• Coaches all work to a planned 8 week cycle.
• This ensures all strokes are covered.
• Specific teaching points and drills to be
  included are set out on the plan.
• Coaches also use their professional ability to
  adapt sets to suit the needs of the children they
  have in their lane.
• Coaches communicate information about swimmers
  through the lead coach so important information
  can be passed on this includes any stroke
  corrections.

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Training Cycle
Monday Wednesday Friday Sunday
Week 1 Frontcrawl technique set. Kick with board Kick in Superman position breathing to the side with and without float. One arm breathing every 3/5 with and without float. Triple switch Full stroke breathing every 3/5 Sprints. How far can you get without breathing? Tumble turns Set 1 - Dives streamlined push off Set 2 - B/C tumble turns  Set 3 - Fly kick various positions Backstroke technique set Kick with float over chest/ on knees/ above head. Streamlined kick Add pull and arm drills / practises Develop into full stroke   Sculling Breaststroke Technique set Kick with and without board Two kicks, one pull. Two pull, one kick Layout drill Develop into full stroke.   Breaststroke starts and turns
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Set Lanes

• Ensures in the same lane each session
• Provides progression as children will be moving
  up through the lanes (movement will be based on
  assessments and coaches professional
  opinions/recommendation)
• New lane settings after each squad movement.
• Ensure continuity of coaches
• Coaches get to know the children in their
  lanes/their ability and improvements that they
  need to make.

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Code of Conduct

• When a teacher / coach is talking swimmers should
  not talk, and should look at the teacher / coach.
  Where swimmers are not doing this they will be
  told to hold the rail, and ultimately to stand on
  the side if they continue to talk.
• Swimmers are not allowed to go to the toilet
  during a set.
• Swimmers are not allowed to stop in the middle of
  a length. Any swimmer stopping at the end should
  get out and wait on the side so as not to get in
  the way of other swimmers who are still in the
  water.
• Swimmers must make every effort to move over at
  the end of the lane to allow others to finish.
• There is an expectation that swimmers will attend
  as many sessions as possilbe. It is critical to
  swimmer development. If a swimmer has been away
  due to illness they must inform their coach on
  return as to the nature of the illness.
• Swimmers are expected to arrive on poolside on
  time for each session Lateness causes a major
  disruption to the session. It is vital a swimmer
  warms up correctly in order to avoid injury. It
  is bad manners to arrive late. This applies to
  all ages!

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Aims of Development One

• Main aim is to develop the FUNdamentals
• This becomes important further up the club
  because children need to be able to hold
  technique as the develop their stamina and power.
• Children work on improving their own performance,
  achieving PBs and taking part in swimming
  events.

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Aims of Development One

• Children have achieved squad standard in a
  competitive swimming club.
• Swim lengths thus this develops stamina, use of
  the pass clock, lane rules and use of starts and
  turns.
• Children will develop a mature and positive
  attitude to training.
• Children are encouraged to become more
  independent and take responsibility for their own
  development and progression during training by
  acting on coaches feedback

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Development 1A

• Development 1A squad is now to be used as a
  stepping stone to Development 2.
• This is for children who have the technical
  ability which is considered the standard of
  development two, but still have something to work
  on or improve before moving up, such as speed,
  stamina or strength.
• Moving a child up before they are ready will do
  their stokes more harm than good as their
  technique will deteriorate.
• Some children may not need development 1a as a
  stepping stone and will go straight from 1 to
  development 2.

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Development 1a

• Work to the same 8 week cycle as development 1 to
  ensure all strokes are covered.
• Same number in a lane as Development 1
• Ian Bexon coaches Monday, Friday
• Becky Pearson coaches Sunday, Wednesday

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Competition

• Derbyshire County Championships
• March and November each year
• Entry forms for this years competition to Angela
  ASAP

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Competition

• Notts and Derby Diddy League
• Most prestigious league competition for young
  swimmers.
• All squad swimmers who are aged 9-12 on June 22nd
  are likely to be selected.
• Round 1 20th April 2008
• Round 2 18th May 2008
• Round 3 22nd June 2008
• Leicester Diddy League Details to follow

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Squad Movements

• 3 Major Movements per year in all areas
• April, July, December
• Recommendations made to Lead Coaches
• Based on Squad Criteria, Assessments and coaches
  professional opinion about how the child is
  progressing over all.
• Lead Coaches meet and arrange squad movements.

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Squad criteria

• Development 1 Squad Criteria 
• Commit to meeting the Squad Expectations
• Be deemed by the Development 1 Squad Lead Coach
  to be able to keep up with training sessions.
• Be able to use the pace clock.
• Show a commitment to work on further improving
  stroke technique.
• Be able to swim legally 25m Fly, and 50m Back,
  Breast and Free
• Have completed Level 7 of the National Teaching
  Plan
• Have reached the standard of the ASA Competitive
  Start Award
• Age 6-12.
• Demonstrate a positive attitude to training.

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Moving into development two.

• Development 2 Squad Criteria
• Be deemed by the Development Squad Coaching team
  to be able to keep up with training sessions.
• Be able to use the pace clock.
• Show a commitment to work on further improving
  stroke technique.
• Be able to swim the following legally
• 100 IM
• 50m on each of the 4 strokes
• Have reached the standard of the ASA Competitive
  Start Award
• Age 7-12.
• Demonstrate a positive attitude to training.

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Assessments

• Relates to squad criteria for development two.
• Done in the last week of the 8 week coaching
  cycle.
• Enables the coach to take an in-depth look at
  stroke technique.
• Feedback sheets are not given to parents but
  coaches will be happy to share any information
  from the assessment if you ask
• Example of assessment out, also will be put onto
  the blog, and website.

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Criteria

• All squad criteria will be available on the blog
  and also the notice boards.
• http//lesc-sw.blogspot.com/

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Questions and Comments

• Please check the Blog regularly for the latest
  club news.
• http//lesc-sw.blogspot.com/

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