Age Group Development Squad 1 & 2

Thursday, 1 April 2021

Return to Training & Summer Break 2021

Dear Parent/Guardian,

We hope you and your child(ren) are excited about returning to training shortly.

Training for Regional Development & Regional Performance Squads will resume on Monday 12^th April 2021. Please see below for an overview of sessions:

Week Commencing	Sessions
12^th April 2021	All PM Sessions & Saturday AM
19^th April 2021	All PM Sessions & Saturday AM
26^th April 2021	Full Training Resumes (All AM & PM Sessions)

Please also note, the Swim Training Scheme will shut down for a Summer Break from 1^st – 22^nd August 2021, inclusive.

If you have any queries about returning to training, please do not hesitate to contact Kevin or Craig.

We look forward to seeing you all again soon.

Kind regards,

The Regional Team

Friday, 26 March 2021

Regional Squad Land Training Changes

Hi All,

Please take note of the following changes to training over the Easter weekend.

Friday 2^nd April – No Land Training Zoom (Good Friday)

Monday 5^th April – No Facebook Workout (Easter Monday)

Enjoy your long weekend off over Easter 😁

So that the squad do not miss out on a Zoom workout next week we have rearranged the Good Friday Zoom session with David to take place on Monday 29^th March.

The Zoom session details were included in the email sent out.

As usual the waiting room will be open 15 minutes before the start so we can hopefully have a prompt start at 5:30pm. Please use this 15-minute log in period to check your screen name is set so the coaches can take the register, and that your camera is on and working so David can give you any feedback.

Please remember to come with a drink to hand ready for the workout.

Please can swimmers ensure that they have a working camera for Monday's session and the camera stays on for the full duration of the call. Due to safeguarding issues, we must be able to see the swimmer on each camera. Swimmers who fail to have their camera on at the start of the workout will be removed from the call.

We look forward to seeing you online.

The Regional Team

Monday, 22 March 2021

Regional Swimming Championships (50m) 2021 - Update

Swimmers and Parents/Carers will realise that it would not be possible to deliver the Regional Swimming Championships in April/May 2021 with the current social distancing rules are in place.

The indications are that the current social distancing restrictions will not be relaxed by HM Government for some time.
Although age group swimmers could be allowed to return to the pool on 12th April (not confirmed until 5th April) senior swimmers will not be returning until after the Championships would have taken place.

Clearly most age group swimmers would not be fit enough to compete in a Regional Championships two weeks after returning to the pool.

The Swim England Swimming Leadership Group are working on plans to enable competitive swimming to return as soon as conditions allow. We will keep you updated on progress.

We hope that it may be possible to hold our Regional Championships (25m) in November 2021 as planned.
I realise that this will be a disappointment to many swimmers, but the safety of our members must take priority over all other considerations.

Barry J Saunders, Swimming Manager, Swim England North East Region

Tuesday, 9 March 2021

LCC Swim Training Scheme Handbook 2021

Good afternoon all,

We hope you're all well and keeping safe.

Please find a link below to our completed and refreshed Leeds City Council Swim Training Scheme handbook, this includes everything you need to know about swimming in Leeds. Things such as squad criteria, how we implement OADF in our programme, safeguarding contacts/information and much more!

LCC Swim training Scheme Handbook 2021

Please note that the Swim Training Scheme now have a policy in place whereby if a swimmer is absent due to illness/injury for two weeks or more, they must complete a risk assessment before their return to training with their squad coach. If this is the case for your child(ren) please contact your squad coach directly or Swimming.Training.Scheme@leeds.gov.uk

Thank you for your continued support and we hope to see you all again soon.

Take care and stay safe.

Kind Regards,

STS Coaching Team

Thursday, 25 February 2021

# THROWBACK - 🏆 WINNERS 🏆

A year ago today were getting suited and booted to attend the Leeds Sports Awards 2020. A fantastic and exciting night was had by all who attended.

Leah Crisp won the Young Sportswoman of the year and The City of Leeds Swimming Club were proud to be announced the winners of the Young Team/ Club Performance award.

A reminder of the evening can be viewed by clicking the link below.

Leeds Sports Awards 2020

The Regional Team

Thursday, 18 February 2021

URGENT - SE Fees 2021 Reminder (3 days left)

Hi All,

Please see below a message from John Clayton (COL Membership Secretary).

Thank you to those parents who have now logged on and completed payment for their child's SE Renewal Fees 2021.

All squad members should have now completed payment so I can start the renewal process.

Just a reminder for those that have not yet done so, Annual Swim England fees should be paid by logging into your online City of Leeds accounts.

Swim England fees (Category 2) will be £33.25.

Please log in using the link below and follow the instructions.

City of Leeds Log In

- Log into Online Account

- On the Menu Bar click Membership Renewal

- Click on Get Started

- Click on Payment Method

- Click on Checkout

If anyone does have any problems logging into your accounts, please email Kevin (kevin.schofield@leeds.gov.uk) who will be happy to help.

Once again, all fees must be paid by 22 February at the latest otherwise swimmers will be lapsed from the SE register.

Any questions please email me at regseccolsc@btinternet.com

Best regards,

John

Thursday, 11 February 2021

Manchester International Meet 2021 - YouTube Live Stream

Good evening all,

If you're missing watching swimming, we just wanted to point you in the direction of the Manchester International Meet that starts tomorrow morning. The heats will be streamed from 9:30 and finals will kick off at 17:30.

These will all be live streamed on YouTube with the likes of Adam Peaty, James Wilby and Luke Greenbank set to all be competing over the course of the three days (Friday, Saturday and Sunday).

Enjoy your swimming fix!

Take care.

The Regional Team

Wednesday, 3 February 2021

Provisional Yorkshire Championships Dates 2021

Please regard these dates as provisional until confirmed:-

22/23 May - Ponds Forge
29/30 May - JCCS

5/6 June - JCCS

Free Team Manager 2 Course

There is a 'great opportunity' for Swim England team managers to build on the skills learned in the previous lockdowns with another free online course.

The workshops aim to further enhance the knowledge gained when completing the Team Manager 1 courses held in 2020 – putting clubs in a better place ahead of events and competitions returning.

The Team Manager 2 courses are appropriate for all those who are working with a team or club in camps and competitions, both domestically and internationally.

They cover all aquatic disciplines and will again be delivered via Zoom on two dates in February and one in March.

The requirements in order to take part in the course are:

Must hold a Swim England membership
Must have an in date DBS check on membership record
Must have an approved safeguarding certificate on membership record
Must have completed the Team Manager 1 course
Must identify as a team manager on the Club Personnel Report
Must be 18 or older.

Build on success

Claire Coleman, Swim England Head of Development, said: "We are excited to start running the Team Manager 2 courses and build on from the success of the Team Manager 1 courses.

"This additional training will help to ensure clubs are ready to go once we are back in the water again.

"For those team managers who are wanting to take advantage of this great opportunity but can't make the current available dates, please make sure that you register your interest."

A maximum of 25 places are available for each course.

If the dates above are fully booked, or you are unable to attend on those dates, you can pre-register your interest.

Friday, 22 January 2021

City of Leeds Level X Results - Series 1

Well done to all Leeds swimmers who took part in Series 1 of the Level X racing.

City of Leeds achieved a total of 72 Gold's, 92 Silvers and 88 Bronze Medals.

Full City of Leeds results can be viewed by clicking the link below.

City of Leeds Level X Results - Series 1

Well done everyone!

The Regional Team

Reminder - SE Fees 2021

Hi All,

Please see below a message from John Clayton (COL Membership Secretary).

Thank you to those parents who have now logged on and completed payment for their child's SE Renewal Fees 2021.

All members of Regional Performance should have now completed payment.

Regional Development should now complete payment before the end of the next week so I can start the renewal process.

Just a reminder for those that have not yet done so, Annual Swim England fees should be paid by logging into your online City of Leeds accounts.

Swim England fees (Category 2) will be £33.25.

Please log in using the link below and follow the instructions.

City of Leeds Log In

- Log Into Online Account

- On the Menu Bar click Membership Renewal

- Click on Get Started

- Click on Payment Method

- Click on Checkout

If anyone does have any problems logging into your accounts please email Kevin (kevin.schofield@leeds.gov.uk) who will be happy to help.

Best regards,

John

Saturday, 16 January 2021

First leaderboards for Swim England’s virtual Level X Racing have been published

The first leaderboards for Swim England's virtual Level X Racing have been published – with more than 94,000 swims clocked during the inaugural series.

More than 16,200 swimmers from 430 clubs took part in the opening event between 23 October and the end of December.

Swim England launched Level X Racing to give swimmers the opportunity to practice racing skills in their own club environments in the absence of competitions due to the coronavirus pandemic.

All times received during series one have been added to national Level X Rankings and used to generate the leaderboards.

Leaderboards showing the top 10 times for age groups from 11 years upwards, for both male and female, have now been published on the Swim England website.

Links to the leaderboards

Age Groups & Masters Leaderboards

Para-Swimming Leaderboards

The top three in each stroke and distance have been emailed with details of how to claim their medal. If you've not received the email and believe you should have, please contact levelx@swimming.org.

George Wood, Swim England sport development director, was thrilled with the response to Level X Racing.

He said: "Congratulations to everyone who has taken part in the first series of Level X Racing – and well done to those who have earned a place on the leaderboards.

"We have been overwhelmed by the response to this virtual event and it was great to see so many swimmers safely taking part and thoroughly enjoying it.

"Hopefully, even more will have the opportunity to participate in the second series when the current national lockdown restrictions are eased and we are finally allowed to get back into the water."

The second series of Level X Racing was scheduled to start on 4 January but has been put on hold due to the latest national lockdown.

Further details on when it will now begin will be issued in due course.

All Swim England category two members will be eligible to take part in the second series of Level X Racing.

Swim England is also developing Level X for artistic swimming, diving and water polo and further information will be released in the coming weeks.

Sunday, 10 January 2021

Swim England Fees 2021

Hi All,

Just to let you know that Swim England Fees for 2021 are now due.

The committee have decided that we will not be collecting any club fees this year, but Swim England fees are still due.

This simplifies matters in that there are only two categories for swimmers to fall into.

- Category 1 fees (for swimmers aged 8 and under) will be £14.70.

- Category 2 fees (for all other swimmers) will be £33.25.

If your swimmer is likely to turn 9 in the first couple of months of 2021 please renew them as category 2.

On your swimmer's online profile page please check that your child is entered for the correct SE Category. If this need changing click edit, this can then be changed between category 1 & 2, then click save.

If you have any problems, please email kevin.schofield@leeds.gov.uk and he can change it manually before you make payment.

We have a new online system this year to enable remote payment. You should now have received an email from Kevin with a link to log into your account.

The system will accept only card payments, either debit card or credit card. John Clayton (Membership Secretary) will be able to see when a payment has been made, at which point he will renew your swimmer's registration.

Annual Swim England fees can now be paid by logging into your online City of Leeds online accounts.

Please log in using the link below and follow the instructions.

City of Leeds Log In

- Log Into Online Account

- On the Menu Bar click Membership Renewal

- Click on Get Started

- Click on Payment Method

- Click on Checkout

Once again, all fees must be paid by 21st February at the latest otherwise swimmers will be lapsed from the SE register.

If anyone does have any problems please let me know, or if anyone has any membership queries please email John Clayton at regseccolsc@btinternet.com.

Best regards,

Kevin

Thursday, 7 January 2021

Lockdown 3.0 - Workout Programme

Good afternoon everyone,

I hope you're all safe and well.

Starting from Monday (11^th January) we are putting a weekly land workout programme together for all swimmers in the Leeds City Council Swim Training Scheme to follow in order to maintain fitness levels and keep engaged with one another throughout Lockdown 3.0.

Please see the timetable below.

Lockdown 3.0 - Workout Programme

An indicated time slot means a live Zoom session with our new S&C coach (David Jakeman), a "Written Session" will be provided from David and will be sent out to the selected groups and we will be bringing back our Facebook workouts too all starting from Monday. I will be sending out the Zoom details for the live S&C sessions every week so please don't lose those emails. In the meantime, please keep active using previous workouts on the City of Leeds Swimming Club Facebook page.

Keep smiling and take care.

Any questions please don't hesitate to ask.

Kind Regards,

The Regional Team

Swim Training Scheme

Good afternoon,

I hope you are all safe and well!!

As from this evening all training sessions will be cancelled until further notice.

We are currently putting a training plan in place which will be accessed via social media platforms as soon as we have the timetable worked out, we will send it out. We will be reducing fees to cover these training sessions; all this is to be confirmed over the next day or so.

Thank you

Sharon

Quote Bank!

"Kevin!, On the whole I think C Central have swum absolutely fantastic this year". Jacob Butterfield - C Central.

"Winners are not people who never fail, but people who never quit"

"I wouldn't say anything is impossible. I think that everything is possible as long as you put your mind to it and put the work and time into it". Michael Phelps.

"Train insane, or remain the same".

"Dream. Believe. Achieve".

"You can't put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get". Michael Phelps.

"I can definitely take more off my world record - a lot more. I have no doubt about that. I'm by no means putting pressure on myself, it's just the belief I have in myself ..... I'm not going to limit myself by nominating times or anything like that. I never thought I'd do 14:34 and I did. I thought I'd maybe do 14:38 or 14:39 that day, and I went nearly five seconds quicker so I don't want to limit the possibilities". Grant Hackett.

"In training everyone focuses on 90% physical and 10% mental, but in the races it's 90% mental because there's very little that seperates us physically at the elite level". Elka Graham.

"The hardest thing about climbing the ladder of success is getting through the crowd at the bottom".

"We need to create a way of working, and that's why I felt the need to set some rules. For example, we will all eat together, leave the table together - it is all about respecting each other. And being punctual is key". Fabio Capello.

"Unleash the Inner Beast!".

"Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing". Muhammad Ali.

"Many people say you are as only good as your last race, but we know we are only as good as our next race!".

"It was not the 10 work outs I did every week for four years that allowed me to overcome my competitors, it was the ones that they missed". Graeme Smith (1996).

"It's how you prepare months before in the training pool that will determine your performance at the main event. Your ruthless attendance, quality and consistency of your training will serge you forward to a result you will be happy with!"

"Winning the Gold Medal was undoubtedly the biggest day of my career, mostly because I won the way I had prepared to run it. It was a totally satisfying experience". Frank Shorter (American Athlete, Olympic Gold Medalist) (Munich 1972).

"Go into the sport because you have fun doing it, not because of 'what if's' and dreams of gold medals. That way, no matter what happens, you win". Shannon Miller (American Gymnast, two time Olympic Gold Medalist) (Atlanta 1996).

"As the years go by I train physically harder and I am always trying to go faster, further and higher. I train seven days a week and at the end of the day, I'm pretty tired but I never wish I was anyone else. If I miss a days training I feel guilty and I know I should have done it. I'm conscientious and unless I have a very good reason to, I never miss a session. It seems unfair to train for years and miss days just for the hell of it, and if I ever start to skip days, I would realise my attitude was not right and it was time for me to finish". Olympic Champion.

"Have a clear goal in your head of where you want to be and never give up!".

"Remember what doesn't challenge you, doesn't change you!"

"Not a day goes past where I don't go to bed with aching limbs ..... I have lost friends over it ..... I have lost girlfriends because of it ..... My family hates it ..... The only person that understands it wants to beat me ..... But I love it more than anything in the world!"

"Don't let the fear of losing be greater than the excitement of winning". Robert Kiyosaki.

'Winning is great, sure, but if you are really going to do something in life, the secret is learning how to lose. Nobody goes undefeated all the time. If you can pick up after crushing defeat, and go on to win again, you are going to be a champion someday'. William Rudolph (American Athlete, three-time Olympic Gold medalist) (Rome 1960).

"It's been told that swimming is a wimp sport, but I don't see it. We don't get timeouts in the middle of a race; we can's stop and catch our breath; and we can't ask for a substitution".

"We can accomplish almost anything within our ability if we but think we can".

"In 2004 , I won a bronze. This is a silver. Maybe in 2012, it will be a gold. Slowly, slowly". Eliud Kipchoge (Kenyan Athelete, Olympic silver medalist) (Beijing 2008).

"I came out here to beat everybody in sight and that is exactly what I'm going to do. Sure, I can do anything". Mildred 'Babe' Didrikson (American Athlete, two-time Olympic gold medalist) (Los Angeles 1932).

"Before the (Olympic) trials I was doing a lot of relaxing exercises and visualisation. And I think that that helped me to get a feel of what it was going to be like when I got there. I knew that I had done everything that I could to get ready for that meet, both physically and mentally". Michael Phelps. (6 Gold Medals, 2004 Olympic Games).

"Success comes with determination to get up the morning after the hardest practice of your life and do it all over again!"

"There is nothing like the smell of chlorine in the morning, and nothing like the smell of victory in the evening"

"Enjoy the journey, enjoy every moment and quit worrying bout winning and losing". Matt Biondi. (American Swimmer, eight-time Olympic Gold Medalist, Los Angeles 1984, Seoul 1988, Barcelona 1992).

"You only get one shot, go out there and do your best". Chad le Clos (200m Butterfly Champion).

"No negative thoughts cross my mind on race day. When I look into their eyes, I know I'm going to beat them". Danny Harris. (American Athlete, Olympic Silver Medallist. Los Angeles 1984).

"When I go out and race, I'm not trying to beat opponents, I'm trying to beat what I have done ... to beat myself, basically. People find that hard to believe because we've had such a bias to always strive to win things. If you win something and you haven't put everything into it, you haven't actually achieved anything at all. When you've had to work hard for something and you've got the best you can out of yourself on that given day, that's where you get satisfaction from". Ian Thorpe.

"I concentrate on preparing to swim my race and let other swimmers think about me, not me about them". Amanda Beard.

"An athlete cannot race with money in his pockets. He must race with hope in his heart and dreams in his head". Emil Zatopek. (Four Time Olympic Gold Medallist).

"If you win something and you haven't put everything into it, you haven't actually achieved anything at all. When you've had to work for something and you've got the best you can out of yourself on that given day, that's where you get satisfaction from". Ian Thorpe. (Australian swimmer, five-time Olympic gold medallist. Sydney 2000, Athens 2004).

"No matter how you feel, get up, dress up, show up and never give up!".

"Push harder than yesterday if you want a different tomorrow".

"Champions train, losers complain".

"Success isn't overnight. It's when everyday you get a little better than the day before. It all adds up." Dwayne Johnson.

"Life is full of disappointments, failures and setbacks. None of those things can permanently stop you. You have the power to overcome anything that life throws at you. There is nothing as powerful as a made up mind. Surround yourself with people who remind you that you matter, and support you in the ways that matter most to you. No person, situation, or circumstance can define who you are. Don't give up. cave in, or stop believing that it's possible. It's not over until you win."