Transcript Southampton Diving Programme

Active Nation Diving
Programme
The Quays
Southampton
The Vision
The VISION for the Active Nation Diving
Programme, Southampton is :
To deliver a high quality programme that
caters for divers and pre-divers at all stages
of development and with different
aspirations and aptitudes. The programme
will promote enjoyment and encourage
participants to commit to the sport
The LTAD Pyramid
Training
To
win
Training
to
compete
Training to train
Learning to train
FUNdamentals
The Programme
Pyramid
Elite
Junior
Elite
Squads
Age Group
Squads
Skills Squads
TID
Lesson scheme
Tasters
Numbers
(these are subject to change)
Elite
15
Junior
Elite
Squads
20
Age Group
Squads
30
Skills Squads
45
TID
60
Lesson scheme
330
Tasters
300
Selection Criteria
Represent
GB
Competing at
National Junior Elite Level
Competing at National
Age Group Level
Skills – competing at National
Skills Level
Anyone who would like to try diving
(TID divers are chosen from ~ 2000
school children)
Training Offered
Elite
Up to 9 sessions
Junior
elite
Squads
6 sessions
Age group
Squads
4 sessions
Skills squad – 3 sessions
TID – Initially 2 hours, up to 4.5h by end
of year 1
Lesson scheme - 1x30 min lesson for 6
weeks
Tasters - 1 x free 30 min lesson
The Sharp End
Our part in British Diving since
1999
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4 Olympians, 12 Senior National Team members, 15 Junior National
team members leading to:
Junior Europeans – 2 x gold, 6 x medals
Junior Worlds – 1 x gold, 2 x medals
European Champions Cup – 2 x gold, 3 x medals
European Championships – 2 x bronze medals
Commonwealth Games – 2 x gold, 1 x silver, 1 x 3rd
World Series – 4 x gold, 2 x bronze, 8 x finalists
World Cup – 1 x silver, 2 x bronze, 16 x finalists
World Championships – 1 x bronze, 7 x finalists
Olympic Games – 1 x silver, 7 x finalists
Current Senior International divers
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Peter Waterfield – Olympic silver medallist, World bronze
medallist, Commonwealth and European Champion
Stacie Powell – Double Olympic finalist, 4th in the World
2010
Max Brick – Commonwealth Champion
Chris Mears – Olympic finalist 3m individual and 3m
synchro
Gary Hunt – World Cliff High Dive Champion
2010/2011/2012
Current Junior International
Divers
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Rosie Medlock – Junior European Bronze medalist
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Bethany Watts – National silver medalist
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Georgie Wingrove – National silver medalist
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Sarah White – National silver medalist
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Lauren Grinstead – National bronze medalist
Our programme coaches
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Lindsey Fraser – Diving Development Officer for Active Nation,
Director of coaching for Southampton Diving Academy, British
Olympic diving coach
Xinde Zhang – Chinese diving coach employed by British diving to
help our quest for medals in 2012
Jack Clewlow – former International diver, Senior coach
4 additional coaches who work with the England programme
2 coaches on 20 hour per week contracts working at the base of the
programme
11 x level 2 diving teachers
23 x level 1 diving teachers
16 x ‘helpers’
Training for funded senior athletes
provided in Southampton
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British diving fund The Quays at Southampton for 20
hours of facility use per week for the four funded divers
Physio, pilates, S&C and massage = 6 hours per week
Weekly meeting with LF = 1 hour
Regular meetings with psychologist, and performance
lifestyle = ~3 hours per month
Total hours = 28 hours a week
Sports Science Support
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Monday – Massage for Peter Waterfield
Tuesday – S&C andPhysio for senior and junior
divers
Wednesday – Massage for senior divers, physio
for junior divers
Thursday – Massage and pilates for senior
divers
Friday – Physio and S&C for seniors, S&C for
juniors
High performance centres till
2012
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4 HPC – Leeds, Sheffield, Plymouth,
Southampton
Provide World Class Facilities (pool, dryland,
sports science support, coaches)
Funded by British Diving
Lead the way in new initiatives
Maintain and improve performances at National
& International level
Mentoring system