Just a warning to everyone that after the Yorkshire's there is likely to be a lot of squad moves. The training scheme is becoming stronger and stronger as there are more and more great swimmers coming through the squads. Therefore places in the squads have to be prioritised and given to those swimmers who achieve the squad standards.
Just a reminder that for C Central the squads expected attendance for each age is 5 sessions a week for 9 year olds, 6 for 10 yrs and 6/ 7 for 11 years up. Nearly all of you do meet the standards to keep your place in the squad, however swimmers that do not meet the minimum requirements are leaving their place in the squad open for somebody else who can come into the group and meet the standards.
The City of Leeds Training Scheme is an elite programme providing a pathway to the top. Not everybody will make it, but in order for everyone to fulfill their potential each group is given a certain amount of training hours a week which swimmers must attend which follows the Long Term Athlete development plan for competitive swimming.
If you leave morning training early you will not be attending the correct number of hours, missing vital metres and missing out on key parts of the weekly plan. As coaches we do appreciate everybody has to work to earn a living and some of you do need to leave early in order to arrive at work on time.
At the moment our squad finishes at 6.30am, if swimmers get selected to move up they will be expected to swim until 6.45am and then 7.00 am. I have been asked to pass on the message that anyone who is seen to be leaving morning training before the workout is finished and cannot make arrangements to stay in until the end of the session, they will not be taken into consideration for move ups into the National Age Group Squad.
Kevin
