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No 2 - December 2010 FEATURES 10 2010 Commonwealth Games Wrap 19 John Fowlie: The Man Behind Alicia Coutts 29 Swimming’s Family Ties 32 Professional Indemnity Insurance And Its Relevance to Swimming Coaches 10 & Swimming and Water Safety Teachers CONTENTS 44 Australia’s Other World Champions 45 Danny Rumsey’s Down Syndrome World Championship 55 Watery Transition 57 Coaches Must Avoid Potentially Abusive Situations HIGH PERFORMANCE 40 Analysis and Review of Competitive Swimming Performances 46 Burnout: The ‘Overtraining’ Syndrome in Swimming 54 Fact Sheet - Multivitamins and Minerals 40 YOUTH DEVELOPMENT 36 Ask Your Peers 48 Strength Training for Junior and Age-Group Swimmers DEVELOPING THE SWIM INDUSTRY 22 Evie Grace Ewart Remembered 24 Access to Water Space 37 Swim Australia™ Teacher of Adolescents and Adults Course 38 Creating and Sustaining Winning Coaching Teams 36 REGULARS 8 From the CEO's Desk 21 The Swimmer 34 ASCTA Notice Board 52 Swim Australia 58 Event Calendar 24 Swimming in Australia Publisher: Photography Acknowledgements to: Swimming Australia/Delly Carr Sportshoot Photography, Swimming Australia, ASCTA, ASCTA Swim Australia, Illawarra Mercury, John Wallace, Down Syndrome Down Under Swimming Association, 50 Wild Rd, Crohamhurst, QLD, 4519 All copy is subject to acceptance by the publisher. 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[email protected] www.ascta.com Editor: Andrew McKellar Cover Photo: Brian Stehr in action at the 2010 Telstra Australian Swimming Championships Designer: Mondo Production SWIMMING IN AUSTRALIA 7 FROM THE CEO'S DESK Ross Gage ASCTA Chief Executive Officer ANOTHER YEAR HAS COME, BUT NOT COMPLETELY GONE. AS I PEN THIS, THE WORLD SHORT COURSE CHAMPIONSHIPS WILL COMMENCE LATER IN THE DAY IN DUBAI. TRUSTING THE AUSTRALIAN SWIM TEAM WILL NOT BE MEET WITH THE ‘TRIALS’ OF DELHI AND DELIVER TO THEIR USUAL VERY HIGH STANDARDS. Regulars THE COACHING AND SUPPORT STAFF WILL LEAD THEM MAGNIFICENTLY. Only yesterday I attended the first Meeting of New services are being developed for Premium Swimming Australia Limited’s (SAL) Coaching Members. They will receive free and exclusively 2 Accreditation Review Management Advisory DVDs. One covers the presentations at the recent Committee (replaces CARC). WA based coach Paul high quality WA Swim Coaches Conference; the other Bruce (also ASCTA Treasurer) has been appointed a series of stroke drill clips compiled by Dr Ralph Chairman. With the extensive review of the Bronze Richards. Coach Accreditation course now completed, this On the ground, we recently held our biggest media Committee will lead the upgrading to ensure the entry event by far. Swim Australia’s SwimSAFER program’s level coaching qualification remains the world leader. “Evie Grace Ewart Remembered – SwimSAFER” ASCTA is also working with SAL to better service the campaigned was launched at the Cook and Phillip sport in this country. At the ‘big picture’ level, ASCTA Aquatic Centre in Sydney. Media coverage was huge and the Stakeholders are actively participating in ... nationally on television, in newspapers and on radio. SAL’s Governance Review. This wide-ranging project, Sarah Murdoch, volunteer MC, did an amazing job. facilitated by the Australian Sports Commission and Finally, if you haven’t pencilled in the KPMG, has enormous potential ramifications. asctaCONVENTION 2011 yet (incorporating Swim With SAL’s High Performance program and Australia’s SwimFEST) – do so now. Dick Shoulberg, Community Sport Development (CSD) program the USA’s most successful long-term Club Coach has receiving new additional funding from the ASC, been secured; as have, for the learn-to-swim stream, ASCTA will be working with both these Units to see Jan Emler and Kendra Walker from Texas. how our programs can best dovetail with theirs (and On behalf of the ASCTA Board and Staff, I wish all the State Swimming Associations). Resources cannot readers a Merry Christmas period and a happy, safe be wasted! and prosperous 2011. A wonderful example of collaboration has seen SAL provide 3000 3-DVDs sets to ASCTA to distribute to its Members. The DVDs were an excellent initiative from the CSD – aimed at various levels of swimmers and their parents. ASCTA has gone even further with Swimming Queensland: partnering in the distribution of its ground breaking “Growing Up In Lycra” DVD; and in the development, production and distribution of the forthcoming equivalent for males. 8 SWIMMING IN AUSTRALIA Features THERE ARE NO LOSERS IN THIS RACE. These kids may not become Olympic champions, but they’re well on their way to a happy and healthy life. Simply getting out there, joining in, and being an active part of the community will do more for your wellbeing than just about anything else. That’s why we’re proud to sponsor swimming from its grass roots all the way up to the very top. The Official Wellbeing Sponsor of the Australian Swimming Team australianunity.com.au SWIMMING IN AUSTRALIA 9 2010 COMMONWEALTH GAMES WRAP Ian Hanson Hanson Sports Media DESPITE VARIOUS HURDLES THAT DISRUPTED MOST TEAMS IN AUSTRALIAN MEDAL THE LEAD UP TO THIS YEAR’S COMMONWEALTH GAMES IN DELHI, STANDINGS – SWIMMING AUSTRALIA AGAIN DOMINATED PROCEEDINGS IN THE POOL, COMMONWEALTH GAMES 1990-2010 WINNING 54 MEDALS – 22 GOLD, 16 SILVER AND 16 BRONZE. GOLD SILVER BRONZE TOTAL Features On the gold medal comparisons of the last Alicia’s extraordinary performances saw her 2010 22 16 16 54 six Commonwealth Games teams since 1990 rewarded with the honour of being named 2006 19 18 17 54 in Auckland, the 2010 team ranked fourth as the Australian flag-bearer for the Closing behind Manchester (27 gold), Victoria (25 Ceremony. 2002 27 13 8 48 gold) and Kuala Lumpur (23 gold). She returned home to be crowned the And it was one of the Dolphins true quiet Australian Swimmer of the Year – joining 1998 23 14 11 48 achievers, Alicia Coutts, who was the toast such luminaries as Glen Housman, Hayley of the town.