Off the Blocks is a free, online resource developed by British Swimming and available to all teachers & coaches working with swimmers within Britain.
The resource includes video examples of elite Male & Female swimmers, plus age group Male & Female exemplars, as well as downloadable factsheets for coaches to use on poolside.
Coach Development Resources
Coach online Discussion- Training Models
Regional Swimming Conference 2020 – Event Report
UK Coaching Conference – Report – Dan Pilbrow
Comparison 2020 Championship QT to British Summer Nationals
Swimming Development Conference 2019 – Coaches Report
Stirling Visit – Alex Pinniger
Supporting Champions Conference 2019 Write Up – Kevin Pickard
UK Coaching Research Conference Write Up
Coach Development – Dan Pilbrow 2018 – Ellesmere Titans
Coach Development – Dave Champion 2018 – Swim Ireland Conference and Edinburgh University Visit
Coach Development Opportunities
For all development opportunities please note that lane coaches and lead coach opportunities will be offered only to coaches that engage with the county, regional or national pathways. This in line with Swim England’s National Talent Team policy on coach selection.
Regional Development Camps – The region offers a number of development camp opportunities each year. Every year there will be three camps in the Autumn targeting 12 year olds (as as of end of year) and there are lane coaching opportunities at these camps as well as open invitation for coaches to come along and observe.
County Development Camps – Each county offers three development camps that run across the year. Contact your county via their website for more information.
Most of the East Region counties also have conferences that comprise some coach development opportunities as well as other volunteering targeted courses. Again please contact your county for further information.
We would also encourage coaches to visit other programmes on a semi-regular basis in order to share ideas and develop links with more coaches in their immediate area. Some of our programme visits have had follow up reports produced. These can be found on the left of this page under ‘coach development resources’.
To support more reports being created for the region’s coaches to view, we have a programme called ’12 for 12 club visits’. We fund this programme with the view that if we can get 12 clubs visits a year and subsequently 12 reports generated annually for our website, this will benefit coaches everywhere. To find out if your club is eligible to access this funding please see the policy below.
12 for 12 Club Visits – Funding Policy (August 2019 Update)
For more information contact the Regional staffing team.
