Coach bill sweetenham, with his vast international experience, and john atkinson, young and enterprising, share their wellthoughtout philosophy on organizing, training, and preparing swimmers for highlevel competition. Swim coaching bible, volume i, the dick hannula, nort. Bill sweetenhams faster swimming tips admin october 23, 2017 dr. The swim coaching bible, volume i dick hannula, nort.
Or you have quality teaching and you produce swimmers, from the ground up. Sweetenham has spent his career developing worldclass swimmersfirst for australia, then for. Top 20 tips for coaches applying for leadership roles from don talbot and bill sweetenham when bill met don several years ago, john atkinson, now the performance head of swimming canada. Bill sweetenham, the controversial head of british swimming, tells sean ingle that regrets and fear of losing are just two of the spurs that drive him. Coaches, its time to make room alongside that classic for a new resource. Developing young distance swimmers by bill sweetenham 2001. In addition to taking national teams to the height of international success, sweetenham continues to lecture, publish, and conduct clinics all over the world. Swimbc, along with swimming canada, the cscta, and bcsca, is pleased to announce a oneday seminar with bill sweetenham on the topic the podium coach of 2024, on saturday, may 31, 2014, at the richmond olympic oval details in the. Australian swimming coaches and teachers association. Bill sweetenham has served as head coach of national swimming teams at 5 olympic games for 3 different countries, and has coached swimmers to success at 9 world championships and 8 commonwealth games. Developing young distance swimmers by bill sweetenham. Sweetenham performance consulting about bill sweetenham. The swimming for all, swimming for life programme will provide standard criteria to teach swimming on a global scale this is the specific goal of this manual and will be mostly carried out in those countries on the five continents where the need is most urgent. Bill sweetenham calls on worlds swimming feds to rise up.
Controversial british performance director bill sweetenham has been accused of bullying the countrys elite group of swimmers. Bill sweetenham, international swimming hall of fame honor coach and mentor to generations of champions and. Bill sweetenhams faster swimming tips swimming science. Bill sweetenham with the essentials of swim starts and turns, to finetune your swimmers. Bouws president, world swimming coaches association. Bill sweetenhams test sets for age and youth level swimmers. If it hasnt been in the last six months, go and book a funeral home, youre ready. Essentials of starts and turns in swimming youtube. On 3 september 2007, british swimming announced that bill sweetenham had stood down as npd citing personal reasons.
Bill progressed from country to city, to elite level coaching. Whether youre a coach looking to build or supplement your program or a swimmer seeking to improve your technique and time, youll benefit from swim coaching legend bill sweetenhams proven methods for improving performance in the backstroke, butterfly, breaststroke, freestyle, and individual medley. For more than a decade, top coaches have turned to one resource time and time again. Championship swim training bill sweetenham pdf download. One day i will say it face to face, thank you mr bill sweetenham. The swim coaching bible offers you an allstar, international cast of swimming experts sharing their knowledge on producing the most successful individual athletes and teams in the sport. Specifically, the swim coaching bible covers the key principles of coaching and program administration, conducting. Here are my selections for best books for swimming coaches. Bill was made a member of the order of australia in january 1989.
This book is the starting point of my dream to prepare and qualify swimmers to the olympics, it has all that i needed to prepare my season after season in a proven way to make the complete swimmer. He swam competitively for a short period before turning to coaching at an early age. I also run into a lot of bills exswimmers, former coaching colleagues, former staff and. Championship swim training is a well organized and comprehensive description of all aspects of competitive swimming presented in meticulous detail. Sweetenham is the coach behind the australian swimming success and the recent edition of this book has a foreword by ian thorpe. About for books championship swim training by bill sweetenham. Born in the united kingdom, where he swam competitively before starting a coaching career in 1985, atkinson was a team coach at the national and club level in australia from 1995 to 2000. He has coached australian, british, hong kong and argentinian national. Bill sweetenham and bob gillett inducted into the isca. To me, swimming short course is like playing putt, putt. He was voted australian coach of the year three times and has coached 63 swimmers in international competitions to 27 medals in four olympics and seven world championships.
I highly recommend this book to all coaches working with competitive swimmers the world over. A new book to be published at the end of february entitled international leadership. I would say of the swimming technique books i looked at, this was one of the best for competitive pool swimmers and a better place to start than. Collecting the wisdom, insights, and advice from the sports legendary instructors, the swim coaching bible immediately established its place in the libraries of swim coaches around the globe. This book is sure to be a classicone that swimming coaches reach for again and again. After working with over 40 olympians, bill sweetenham shares his faster swimming tips for creating faster swimmers world wide. Bill sweetenham consultant swim sweetenham linkedin. Parents guide to competitive swimming the swimming expert.
Top 20 tips for coaches who want to be leaders from don. Bill sweetenham, a coach prolific in australian swimming history, has called for an overhaul in leadership in response to the nations performance in rio. Championship swim training, book by bill sweetenham. Bill sweetenham and bob gillett were inducted into the international swim coaches association isca hall of fame at a ceremony in clearwater beach thursday night during iscas 7th annual hall. Championship swim training by bill sweetenham, john d. Interview with bill sweetenham, national performance. Swim coaching bible volume 2 one of the swim coach classics, swim coaching bible, volume 2 was put together by dick hannula and nort thornton, who collaborated with some of the top swim coaches on the planet, sharing workouts, training tips, periodization strategies, sets, and much more. I bought an older edition but its a very good competitive swimming book. Leave a comment filed under drill, swimming techniques, training video. Uncomplicated coaching by bill sweetenham 2003 prev. Bill william sweetenham was born in 1950 in australia and grew up in a small country mining town. He has coached australian, british, hong kong and argentinian national swimming teams.
About bill sweetenham sweetenham performance consulting. A journey into the mind of a man training to swim across. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Whether youre a coach looking to build or supplement your prog. Bill william sweetenham was born in 1950 in australia and grew up in a. The making of champions by bill sweetenham 2012 american. I was also fortunate enough to be coached by three of the most talented and experienced swimming coaches in the world julie dyring, bill sweetenham and leigh nugent. Tales of torture but bill sweetenham is the father figure who moulded hong kongs robyn lamsam as a swimmer and a person. Bill sweetenham has reached the pinnacle of his profession as one of the worlds top swimming coaches whose expertise has helped hopefuls. Beginning with sweetenhams five golden rules for swimming that apply to all swimmersregardless of their backgroundchampionship swim training is. Buy championship swim training by atkinson, john, sweetenham, bill, thorpe, ian isbn.
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