Regional Age Group - Notice Board

Thursday, 22 April 2021

Morning Training & Session Requirements

Hi All,

Just a reminder that early morning training will resume as normal on Monday 26th April.

Regional Development, a guide to your morning sessions can be found below.

Monday Am: - Any swimmers aged 9+. Also open to swimmers who train in Kevin's lanes; however, these swimmers should prioritise a Thursday am over a Monday if possible.

Thursday Am: - Any swimmers aged 10+ who train in Kevin's lanes.

Please remember, as a member of Regional squad it is an expectation that you will commit to the minimum number of sessions for your age group found in the following table.

This level of commitment will give you the best possible chance in achieving and maintaining the squad performance membership standards.

MALE

Age	Workouts	Weekday PM Workouts	Weekday AM Workouts	Weekend AM Workouts
8 Years	3-4	3-4	0	0
9 Years	4-5	3	1	0-1
10 Years	5-6	3-4	1	1
11+ Years	6-7	4	1	1

*This is a guide

FEMALE

Age	Workouts	Weekday PM Workouts	Weekday AM Workouts	Weekend AM Workouts
8 Years	3-4	3-4	0	0
9 Years	4-5	3-4	1	1
10+ Years	6-7	4	1-2	1

*This is a guide

'I am building a fire, and every day I train, I add more fuel." – Mia Haam.

Keep up the hard work J

The Regional Team

Monday, 19 April 2021

The Leeds Sports Awards are back!

The 18th Annual Leeds Sports Awards are back.

For the first time, the Awards will take place live on Leeds TV on 27th May between 18:30 and 20:00. The live show can be seen on Sky Channel 117, Virgin Channel 159 and Freeview Channel 7. Hosted by Tanya Arnold, the live show will celebrate the sporting achievements of those in the city during 2020 and acknowledge the community endeavours of so many.

2021 Awards

2020 was a challenging year for everyone, with sport particularly badly affected at entry level. Despite the difficult circumstances, there were some fantastic sporting performances from the city's professional teams and athletes. Even more important was the incredible effort of people and organisations from across the city who kept communities active. This community spirit is recognised with two new awards - the Inspirational Community Champions, for both under and over 18's.

The nomination process is now open so don't miss out on your chance to nominate your favourite sporting stars and teams together with the unsung community heroes of 2020. Just click here to get started. From your nominations, a panel of judges, representing sport across the city, will determine the winners and these will be revealed live on the Awards show.

The closing date for nominations is midnight on Sunday 2nd May.

Armley Leisure Centre - Shoes

Dear Parent/Guardian,

We have been asked to ensure that swimmers remove their shoes before entering the changing area at Armley Leisure Centre. This request has come from the leisure centre management team who have said that dirt/mud is being brought onto poolside.

Can you please ensure that your child is aware of this and that they remove shoes before entering the changing area and that shoes are not put back on until reaching the exit point.

Thanks in advance for your support.

Kind regards,

STS Coaching Team

Friday, 9 April 2021

Return to the Water

Hi All,

We are looking forward to welcoming back the Regional Squads back next Monday evening. We hope the swimmers are as excited as we are to be back in the pool! We are extremely proud of you all for attending the Zoom workouts each week throughout lockdown and for managing to stay focused through these uncertain times.

I know there will be a lot of different feelings amongst the group as we approach the start of diving back into the pool. It is fine to feel anxious about the return as this shows excitement in getting back to what you love doing. There will be no pressure over the next few weeks as training builds back up slowly. The fantastic work you have done with David over the last 3 months will have helped maintain your fitness and strength levels whilst there has been no swimming.

At the moment there are no competitions planned, however Swim England have just released plans to hold a summer 'Festival of Swimming', and they are also bringing back the 'Level X Racing' which will give us all something to look forward to and work towards.

We would like to share with you, the training plan for the first two weeks back. You will notice that there are no Monday or Thursday morning's the first 2 weeks back, this is to allow everyone to focus mainly on getting back their feel for the water.

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.

The session arrival times will be the same as they were before lockdown and they are likely to stay like this until June 21^st when hopefully, the restrictions get lifted.

I know everyone will be excited to see each other again next week but please remember to be socially distant when waiting for your coach to collect you and whilst on poolside.

The changing room areas are still closed, and swimmers must arrive beach ready to get changed on poolside.

Please remember to bring your masks. It may be worth having a spare mask in your bag just in case you forget. Swimmers who fail to bring a mask will not be allowed to enter the building. Masks must be worn at all times until it is time to enter the water.

On that note enjoy your last 2 days off and we will see you all on Monday.

Regional Development swimmers please note I will be away at the Olympic Trials in London with City of Leeds swimmer Izzy Goodwin from Tuesday 13^th – Saturday 17^th April. If you have any issues in my absence, please email Sharon Barraclough (Sharon.barraclough@leeds.gov.uk). I will be sending the sessions through and you will have the following coaches taking you whilst I am away. Work hard and have fun! J

Wednesday 14^th April – Sharon, Jacob & Ella

Thursday 15^th April – Lyn & Sharon

Friday 16^th April – Lyn, Jacob & Ella

Saturday 17^th April – Callum & Joe

Best regards,

Kevin, Craig, Emily, Sharon & Joe

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.

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."