Olympic and Paralympic Coaches Visit Exmouth Swimming Club

​Swimmers, coaches and volunteers from Exmouth Swimming Club have been able to experience Olympic and Paralympic level training during a recent visit by senior coaches from Aquatics GB, the governing body, for Olympic and Paralympic swimming, Para Swimming, diving, artistic swimming, water polo, and open water in Great Britain.  The unique opportunity saw 5 members of the coaching and management team visit the Exmouth club to run training, coaching and workshop sessions.

During the day, coaches from the club were able to spend time with Jacquie Marshall, Performance Pathway Lead for Para Swimming, to brush up on the most up to date techniques to support performance swimmers in their training and development.  At the club’s evening training sessions, the junior and youth swimmers received a special strength and conditioning land training session with the Head of Physical Performance & Support Science and Medicine Lead, Daniel Waddingham.  In his role, Daniel has overseen the physical development of many of GB’s Olympic and Paralympic gold medallists.
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After an intense physical session, the swimmers were back in the pool being coached by Jacquie to develop their competitive swimming, using similar training techniques as the UK’s top swimmers.