THE INCROATIA SWIM CAMP 2018
Age Group Swimmers: August 26 – 30
9 sessions, accommodation at Hostel Link and all meals
The INCroatia Swim Camp marches on into the third year, applications now open for Youth Swimmers!
Standard procedure: the sooner you book, the less you pay.
Check out videos from previous years and apply!
http://www.incroatia.co/croatia-swim-camp/
‘March 2018 SWIM CAMP!
Great news! We have our first swim camp of 2018 at Wellbeck Defense College in Leicestershire, come and join us!
The camp will be held on the 24th & 25th March and will cover all 4 strokes over the 2-day camp, including live demonstrations.
There will also be land based sessions focusing on pre-pool work and injury prevention, and classroom sessions where swimmers will be able to get involved and ask Amy and Joe any questions they may have.
The camp will cost £75 per day, and you will get a free Swim Swift Elite swim cap. You will be able to attend either one or both days.
If you would like to sign up for the camp or would like any more information, please get in touch either by email at info@swimswiftelite.co.uk or by phone on 07815 021591.
It will be here before you know it so secure your place soon! We hope to see you there!’
We were lucky enough to be invited to speak at Norfolk ASA regional development day in November about our journeys & experiences leading up to the London 2012 Olympic Games, and the trials, tribulations, and also fantastic highs we faced along the way. We spoke to around 25 swimmers, and some parents & coaches, hoping to motivate the young swimmers to shoot for the stars and not be afraid to do something different with the aim of reaching their goals. Best of luck to everyone there, we hope to see you all again in the future.
This was another new venture for us. When we were contacted to run a CPD course for teachers and coaches, helping them “update their subject knowledge and make lessons more relevant, varied and effective”. We analysed each stroke through a variety of drills and demonstrations which the teachers and coaches were encouraged to try in the water. These practical sessions were then followed up with some video analysis in the classroom, showing above and underwater videos of Amy and Joe demonstrating all four strokes, starts and turns, highlighting what makes each discipline as efficient as possible. We really enjoyed working with a different audience who all gave us thanks and brilliant feedback. We are already looking forward to future CPD course and a working relationship with Independent Coach Education!
The next course is Wednesday 18th January.
This was Swim Swift Elites first international swim camp!
This was truly an international camp as we had swimmers from Croatia, Slovenia & the UK attending. We teamed up with InCroatia and Olympic Silver medallist Michael Jamieson to run and unbelievable week’s camp at the beautiful location of Rijeka. InCroatia were a fantastic company to work with, they were extremely well organised and had fantastic rapport with all the swimmers. Bringing Michael on board was a brilliant decision, his long and highly successful career made him such an inspirational figure for the swimmers. Our combined swimming expertise was a massive positive influence on the swimmers, which was reflected in their attitudes to training, technical improvements they made throughout the week and their eagerness to attend another of our swim camps!
Check out our video here!
Roll on 2017 & our return visit for out Easter Swim Camp!
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!
We recently visited swimmers at Leicester Sharks swimming club, where the focus was on starts from the block, and Freestyle technique. Every swimmer was so attentive and gave it 100% when trying out some new and exciting drills. We even got some parents and coaches involved! Swimmers were encouraged to ask any questions they had about the new drills, as well as asking any questions they had in the classroom. We looked at topics such as how to deal with nerves when racing, to our Olympic story, and we had lots of pictures at the end too. We loved working with everyone who attended, thank you for inviting us to your club.
This full day starts and turns masterclass went tremendously. We had swimmers from Bristol North, Gloucester, Cirencester, Cinderford, Dursley, Lydney, and Tewkesbury attend. The swimmers completed two pool sessions, a land training session, and were also given the fantastic opportunity to listen to the motivational journeys of both Joe and Amy during a classroom session. Every swimmer learnt many new skills, and had great fun at the same time. We would like to thank Gloucestershire ASA for inviting us to be part of these swimmers development, and also Malvern College for allowing us to use their fantastic facilities.
We look forward to day 2 with swimmers from the south of Gloucestershire at Millfield on the 14th of June!
