Teams Development

You can’t buy a Football Premiership.

Read the title of this article.

Now read it again.

Read it one more time.

Now, just to be sure you get it - You can’t buy a football premiership!

Here’s why.

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Swimming as a Team AND Achieving Individual Goals

How Being Part of the Team Can Help You Achieve Your Own Swimming Goals

On the surface, swimming seems like an individual sport: One swimmer, one lane. Everyone swims their own race using their own tactics and their own strategies.

But it is an individual sport wrapped inside a team environment.

You train in a team. You all dress in team gear. You work with the same coach. You all train at the same pool.

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Developing a Successful Age Group Swimming Program

Starting a club program and making it successful is a tough job. There are many issues to be considered and many obstacles to overcome. In general these can be classified into the following categories:

  • Athletes
  • Facilities
  • Competition
  • Budget
  • Club Environment / club committee / club politics / club parents
  • Support (employed assistants and volunteers

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Creating a Winning Club Culture

Excellence, Environment, Everything, Everyday, Everybody

Every swimming team has a unique culture.

Some teams have a culture of fun, enjoyment, family and friends. Some teams have a culture of hard work, discipline, dedication and training. Some teams are based at schools, colleges and Universities and their culture is a reflection of the culture of the institution.
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