Please can all swimmers in my squad (and their parents) watch the video below please and then read the rest. Every session I write will aim to use as little equipment as possible. As previously recommended, if you're able to get your hands on a rowing machine…

This weekend will be the first 'main' weekend of County Championships 2020 down here in Sussex. We've already completed the 800m and 1500m events and now we're in to the busy weekends. As a coach I'm quite confident that we're going to go well and despite most…

The very last Saturday before Christmas of 2019 saw us travel to Pavilions-in-the-Park in Horsham for Atlantis' first-ever 'Duel in the Pool' event. And what a night it was too! The idea was relatively simple - a gala that was more ISL-y. But it was more than…

Rarely does a day go by where I don't learn something new, it's wonderful. From new things in my day job as a Web Developer right through to the sport of Swimming I'm often gaining new knowledge and I'm sure that this is what stops my brain from dying - it's r…

For decades swimming has been pretty much the same way... ever since before I was a child it's sort of always sort of been the same. If you did well you swam at counties. If you swam a bit better than that you went to Regionals (well, Districts which were then…

Over the years I've seen all sorts of foods brought onto poolside that swimmers (or their parents) thought would be excellent. My favourite face-palm came from finding that one of my sixteen year old swimmers had brought 24 Cornish Pasties onto poolside to kee…