Fit4Swimming Discounts

amy-joe-swim-news-reviewsFor those of you that have attended our camps, you will have been given a discount code to use on a swimming kit website called Fit4Swimming.

Unfortunately, we are no longer able to be linked with this company due to circumstances beyond our control, and so I am afraid that the discount code/website will no longer work. We have only now, in January, found this to be the case, and we apologise for any inconvenience that any of you may have had when attempting to place orders over the last month. Hopefully we will link up with another company in the future so that we may offer swimmers an added bonus to being part of our camps, and will post an update on here when we do so that those swimmers who have attended our camps can get in touch with us to collect a code.

Again, we are sorry for any inconvenience caused.

Christmas Swim Camp at Welbeck Defense College.

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Just before Christmas, Swim Swift Elite held their 4th successful Swim camp for competitive swimmers from around the country to attend. After the swimmers getting to know each other in the gym, we made sure that they were all stretched out, and their core & other important muscles were activated & warm before getting in the pool, a great way of preventing those unwanted niggles or even injuries. With 17 swimmers attending the camp, everyone had individual pointers when working on drills for Freestyle, tumble turns, the underwater phase, and Freestyle breakouts.

Everyone did a fantastic job, we had a great time working with you all.

Thank you for attending, and we hope to see you on our future camps, keep an eye on the website and social media pages. Thank you also to the staff at Welbeck Defense College in Leicestershire who allowed us to hire their wonderful facilities for the second time, everything ran very smoothly.

Worcestershire County training Day.

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November the 15th was the first of two days that we have kindly been asked to spend with those swimmers chosen to be a part of the Worcestershire County swim team. During this day long master-class, we looked at Butterfly and Backstroke in the pool. The focus was also on general conditioning and injury prevention in the gym, and coping with nerves, busy training regimes, and motivation during the classroom session.

Despite some swimmers competing that evening, everyone gave all their efforts during all sessions, and hopefully took away some helpful tips to incorporate into their own training. We look forward to working with everyone again in January for the second day of County training with Swim Swift Elite, thank you for asking us to be a part of your program.

Ulverston Swimming Club – The Otters.

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November took us up to Ulverston swimming Club in Cumbria! We had a great time working with two different groups of swimmers both senior & junior, with Starts, Butterfly, and Freestyle being the order of the day.

Fantastic talent from such a small area, and after speaking to the swimmers, a great deal of dedication too. We were made to feel very welcome, and Paul is not only a great coach, but was a keen photographer for the evening with many great photo’s of the swimmers in action. The local press, North-West Evening Mail were even there to cover the event.

We also chatted to the swimmers and coaches about our own career’s & journeys towards the London 2012 Olympic Games, and some of the challenges that most swimmers will come across at some point. Not only that, but about how we chose to deal with them, and not before the swimmers were refuelled by hot dogs and GB decorated fairy cakes that parents and coaches had ready for them! Thank you to everyone at Ulverston for inviting us to your club and being so welcoming.

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Swim Camp December 2015

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How about an early Christmas present this year! Come and join Swim Swift Elite on our One day swim camp at Welbeck Defense College in Leicestershire on the 20th of December. Learn from two Olympians about the importance of great technique whilst trying some exciting drills, and improve your skills both in and out of the pool. You’ll even get a free Swim Swift Elite swimming cap!

For more information, please look at our ‘Swim Camps’ page, or contact us with any questions. Limited spaces available, book yours now!

Amy joins the British Para-triathlon team staff.

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After qualifying as an ITEC Level 4 Soft Tissue Therapist in April 2015, Amy has landed herself a fantastic position working with the British Para-triathlon team. When away on teams, not only is she working in conjunction with the Physiotherapist as a soft tissue therapist, but is there to generally support the team, and also be a handler for one of the male PT1 athletes during transitions. So far, Amy has attended their European Championships in Geneva, their Paralympic test event in Rio de Janeiro ready for next year, and is due to attend their World Championships in Chicago in September. It’s fantastic to be part of such a friendly, cohesive, and successful team.

Orion Swimming Club

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We recently visited Orion Swimming Club for the second time. It was great to see everyone again, and work on some new skills too. After chatting with the swimmers, coaches, and parents about our journey towards being Olympians, and overcoming some challenges to get there, we looked at starts from the block, followed by some tough drills for Backstroke starts. orion-swimming-clubEvery 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!

 

 

 

 

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Warley WASPS September 2015

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Our second club visit to Warley Wasps began with a land training session focusing on activation, injury prevention, correct movement patterns and core strengthening. After the swimmers were thoroughly warmed up we headed into the pool to examine Breastroke technique and efficient swimming. We also practised the new rule changes on Breastroke pull outs, and Backstroke to Breastroke medley flip turns. Having completed all this we also ran though drills and skills for Freestyle and some fantastic demonstrations from Amy. It was a hugely enjoyable visit and we can’t wait to see the guys again!

Our 3rd Abingdon Swim Camp

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Swim Swift Elite’s 3rd Swim Camp was held at Abingdon School this August and was a huge success, and due to it’s popularity and high demand sold out. Over the two days we focused on how to abingdon-swim-club-3amove 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!

The motivational presentations, sharing of our own stories from beginners to Olympians, race tactics, the importance of land training and nutrition was of great inspiration and value to the swimmers in attendance.

Thank you to all who joined us on our Summer Swim Camp. A lot of effort was put which made it an enormously enjoyable experience for all!

Soundwell Swimming Club – 27th August 2015

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We recently visited swimmers at Soundwell swimming club to work on their starts & turns. Once being allowed back in the pool after a fire alarm, we looked at aspects such as your positioning on the block and how to get the most power out of your start, to the most efficient position to be in on both your touch and tumble turns. Many of the drills were new to the swimmers, however everyone gave them a go and did a great job. We also ran through a land circuit with exercises important for swimmers, and made sure that we were getting some snappy reactions with drills both in and out of the pool.