Wasps Swim 21 Revalidation
It has now been a full year since Whitchurch Wasps received Swim 21 accreditation. In the intervening period the Club has continued to develop and become more professional in its approach. The Club has now submitted its 2007 Swim 21 validation and annual review and has already received very encouraging and enthusiastic comment from the ASA.
So what is Swim 21 and why is it so important?
Swim 21 is the ASA's Club Development model - a planning tool, based on the principlesof Long Term Athlete Development, enabling clubs to help athletes, teachers, coaches and administrators to achieve their full potential. It focuses particularly on the needs of athletes - striving to provide them with the best possible support and environment.
Swim 21 Accreditation is a 'Quality mark'. It recognises nationally and regionally the clubs that are committed to providing safe, effective and quality services for the benefit of their members.
Clubs work steadily towards the attainment of a series of outcomes all of which are seen as essential if the right level of support is to be provided at each stage of an athlete's development.
Some of the ASA’s positive comments regarding our submission are listed below:
“I believe your approach to competition is excellent and is in line with the advice given by performance coaches”.
“It will be interesting to see if your change of policy regarding training times has any long-term effect on the development of your swimmers and retention in the sport. I do agree that it is important for young swimmers to be able to maintain other interests whilst training.”
To read our 2007 Swim 21 validation, annual review and action plan click on the links below.