We were lucky enough to be invited to work with swimmers and teachers twice this week at Splish Splash swim school in Ashby. We looked at Freestyle with one group, and starts & tumble turns with the other. All swimmers pushed their boundaries to have a go at some new and sometimes difficult skills, but did it with a smile on their face. We also had a short classroom session where swimmers, teachers and parents were told all about our journeys towards the Olympic Games, with the opportunity to ask any questions they had. They heard about the ups and downs of our careers, and how the important thing is to work hard and believe in yourself!
Everyone got the chance to see Commonwealth, European, and World medals.
Our cheeks also got a good workout with plenty of photographs and selfies afterwards! Thank you for having us at Splish Splash, we had a blast!
Every swimmer there gave their best effort at these drills and came away with a good understanding of what we are looking for from a Backstroke start. Finally, we finished up by looking at touch turns, and a head to head 25m freestyle race between Joe and 5 of the swimmers!
move efficiently through the water on all four strokes. The swimmers related land training, injury prevention and core activation left a few of our swimmers with a sore core and abs by the morning of day two!
combine our skills and knowledge and deliver three different session to the athletes. Race transitions, core strengthening and open water swimming skills. All three clubs met at Welwyn Garden City for this fantastic full days event, learnt lots and had the opportunity during a lengthy Q&A session with the 3 Olympians to gain an insight into their elite level competitive lifestyles.
