The Swimming 101 pre-course workbook contains nine tasks;

• Describe your coaching role
• Coaching Code of Ethics
• Managing Safety Risk in Coaching
• Long Term Athlete Development
• Swimming Science Principles
• Welcoming a Disabled Swimmer
• Teaching and Learning Principles
• Analyzing Technique
• Planning a Practice

All required resources are contained within the online workbook, and can also be found in the Resources tab of this section.

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1. INTRODUCTION AND ROLE OF THE COACH (1:30)

This module provides everyone with an overview of the weekend, what is expected of the coaches and most importantly what coaches can expect to get out of attending the Swimming 101 course.

2. LONG TERM ATHLETE DEVELOPMENT (1:30)

This module will increase the coaches’ understanding of Long Term Athlete Development (LTAD) and its immediate and long-term impact for swimmers. Activities in this module will increase the coaches’ understanding of how to apply the principles of LTAD when designing and implementing a swim program.

3. TEACHING AND LEARNING (1:00)

This module provides coaches with strategies to be more effective in teaching skills to their swimmers. Coaches understand that complex skills are best taught by breaking them down into simpler parts and using effective communication strategies to enhance the learners’ understanding. Coaches understand the need to consider children’s learning and memory abilities when coaching and the need to use a variety of techniques (e.g. auditory, visual or kinesthetic).

4. POOL SESSION #1 (1:30)

This module emphasizes safety awareness and injury prevention in the swim coaching environment. Coaches review methods to teach movement efficiency and sculling techniques. Coaches are introduced to teaching a skill by breaking it into small segments

5. ANALYZE PERFORMANCE + POOL SESSION - STROKES (4:30)

This module provides coaches with multiple opportunities to teach pre-planned stroke lessons in the pool setting, applying the knowledge from the Teaching & Learning and Analyze Performance classroom session. Coaches practice a debriefing process with their peers following each live coaching session.

6. ANALYZE PERFORMANCE + POOL SESSION - STARTS & TURNS (4:30)

This module provides coaches with multiple opportunities to teach pre-planned start and turn lessons in the pool setting, applying the knowledge from the Teaching & Learning and Analyze Performance classroom session. Coaches practice a debriefing process with their peers following each live coaching session.

7. PLANNING AND MANAGING A GROUP (2:30)

In this module, coaches develop a process for planning individual practices within the structure of a multi week program.

8. SUPPORT THE COMPETITIVE EXPERIENCE (1:00)

This module reviews the role of officials in competitive swimming, and the official rules for swimming strokes and turns.

9. WRAP UP (1:00)

Coaches will review the training and evaluation pathway and next steps in the certification process. Coaches and LF will clarify course information in a Question & Answer period. Collect feedback from coaches on the Course Feedback Form.

TOTAL COURSE HOURS: 19 hours

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PORTFOLIO TASK LIST SUMMARY:

Task 1: Emergency Action Plan

Activity: Complete the emergency action plan template for a primary practice facility where you currently coach.

Task 2: Analyze Performance

Activity: For each skill, review the video(s) then record and submit your analysis of three components;
1.Detection of error(s) – what is going wrong?
2.Analysis of root cause of error(s) – why is it going wrong?
3.Correction of error(s) – how can we correct the error?

Task 3: Multi-Week Plan

Activity: Complete a multi-week plan for the group of swimmers you coach.

Task 4: Practice Planning

Activity: Complete four practice plans - one practice from the Early, Middle and Late phases of your multi-week plan, and one substitute practice for one of the three practices that could effectively be used to replace your planned pool activities should there be an unexpected pool closure.

Task 5: Parent Communication

Activity: Prepare an agenda for a parent's meeting for the group of swimmers you coach. List the agenda items, and in point form, your key speaking messages. Also detail how you plan to let parents know about the meeting...and provide sample documents you might use to do so.  Assemble all of this into one Parent Communication document.