LoveSwimming Podcast

This week I talk to Will Philpot the head coach of Crawley Swimming Club. We discuss the different schools of thought in what to do this year with the summer break. Do you just train straight through because of the time we had off during Covid? Do you reduce the volume? Or do you stop all together? We go over these different options and the benefits and drawbacks of each. We also discuss the mental and physical side of recovery that is needed to better enhance athlete development. If you want to

This week I talk to Jo Corben the director of Aqua Academy Swim School based in Gosport. We talk about what learn to swim means to her and how she facilitates water education for children learning to swim under Aqua Academy. We also discuss the business side of running a private swim school and how they differ from swim schools run at leisure centres. Lastly we finish off by discussing the fundraising efforts achieved by Jo Corben and her team to raise needed funds to pay for upgrades of their main

This week I talk to Chris Lee the Head of National Development at Plymouth Leander Swimming Club. Chris discusses the ins and outs of youth swimming from the ages of 15yrs-18yrs and how this period bridges the gap between age group and senior swimming. We also talk about how to implement individualised programming for youth athletes within club environments, on a big and small scale as well as the social and educational side of youth swimming in and out the pool. Remember to join the LoveSwimming

The host of the LoveSwimming Podcast Clive Marquis talks to Portsmouth Northsea coach Sam Redman about performance environments. Sam has coached many national level swimmers and some have even competed on the world stage so creating performance environments is something Sam can do with excellence. In the podcast Clive and Sam discuss how important environment is in not only creating fast swimmers but great people too, as well as how racing in training can push athletes to a whole new level. Remember