SWIMMING in AUSTRALIA – July-August 2002 CONTENTS SWIMMING in AUSTRALIA is published six times annually. Working with Children Check for Volunteers (The Fast Copy Deadline January-February 15th January Lane) ................................................................................ 1 March-April 15th March Keeping the Boys in Swimming (Greg Cronauer) .......... 5 th Train Harder – Recover Faster (Rick Curl & Edmund May-June 15 May July-August 15th July Burke)............................................................................... 7 th Qualifications Procedures – Swimming: Athens 2004 September-October 15 September November-December 15th November Olympic Games.............................................................. 11 Improve Your CORE Strength (Wendy Weinberg Weil) 12 Advertising Rates (inc. GST) The Great Debate: Overload or Underload? (Ron Johnson) ........................................................................................ 17 1 Issue 3 Issues 6 Issues The Torch is Ours (George Block) ................................. 20 $ $ $ Swimming Psychology (Craig Townsend)..................... 25 Full Page 600 1,300 1,850 Recovery Based Training – An Alternate Method of ¾ Page 500 1,100 1,500 Athlete Preparation (Wayne Goldsmith)......................... 33 ½ Page 300 750 1,200 Hydration (Martin Mackay) ........................................... 40 ¼ Page 200 500 900 Believe You Can ACHIEVE (Pamela LeBlanc)............ 41 Banner 4cm x 1col 55 Learn to Swim................................................................ 43 Overuse Injury (Martin Mackay).................................... 48 NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS Cramps (Martin Mackay) ............................................... 48 T.T.T. What is it? (Martin Mackay)............................... 49 All copy is subject to acceptance by the publisher. All Setting & Achieving Specific Goals (Martin Mackay) .. 50 advertisers must ensure that their advertisements Letters to the Editor........................................................ 50 comply strictly with the requirements of all Federal Do we produce winners at too young an age? (Peter Legislation. The publisher reserves the right to reject Ruddock) ........................................................................ 51 copy without giving any reason or explanation. Do we train our young swimmers the correct way? (Peter Ruddock) ........................................................................ 51 COPYRIGHT ISSUE FROM THE PUBLISHER Oceania Open Water Swimming Championships (Chris Guesdon) ........................................................................ 52 As more and more articles with invaluable technical The Creation of Velocity with Recovery on Freestyle and research data have and will be published through (Mark Creswell) ............................................................. 53 our Magazine for our Members to read and use, it is FINA News .................................................................... 55 timely to mention Copyright infringements. AUSSI Masters Swimming Rules .................................. 61 Common Threads of Successful Swimming Technique The ASCTA Magazine (SWIMMING in AUSTRALIA) (Marshall Adams)........................................................... 65 Publisher strongly advises all concerned that any The Croc’s on the top of OZ (Mark Davies) .................. 75 attempts to reprint articles or excerpts from contents Short Medley Concept (Shev Gul).................................. 77 is prohibited without the written permission of the Breakthrough Swimming Book Review (Peter Ruddock)78 publisher and author. Any infringements of copyright WSCA Newsletter.......................................................... 79 will be dealt with accordingly. Views expressed in articles are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the Editor or the Board of ASCTA. Mailing Address ASCTA, PO Box 824, Lavington NSW 2641 Email [email protected] Web Site www.ascta.com Membership Enquiries Phone: 02 6041 6077 or Fax: 02 6041 4282 ASCTA Insurance Brokers 1300 300 511 SWIMMING in AUSTRALIA – July-August 2002 DEFINITION OF ‘PARENT’ WORKING WITH CHILDREN A ‘parent’ of a child is the child’s mother, father CHECK FOR VOLUNTEERS or other adult with parental responsibility for the Reproduced from The Fast Lane: child. Queensland Swimming Newsletter A person standing in the place of a parent of a child on a temporary basis is not the parent of the The Commission for Children and Young People child. is committed to protecting children from harm and A parent of an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander promoting their wellbeing. child includes a person who, under Aboriginal An important child protection initiative of the tradition or Torres Strait Islander custom, is regarded Commission is the Working with Children Check. as the parent of the child. The Working with Children Check is a detailed HOW DO I APPLY? assessment of a person’s suitability to work with The organisation … i.e. the volunteer children under the age of 18, based on the person’s coordinator/manager … is responsible for applying to criminal history. the Commission for a suitability check for volunteers From 1st May 2002, the Commission for Children before their appointment or engagement. and Young People Act 2000 (Qld) requires all The volunteer coordinator must see original volunteers working in specific child related documents proving the applicant’s identity. employment to undergo a criminal history check. Documents, which can be used as proof of People who fail to comply with the Act can be identification, are on the application form. One of the penalised. documents sighted must show the applicant’s signature … e.g. driver’s licence, passport. WHO NEEDS TO APPLY? Volunteers working with children must be Volunteers must complete their personal details checked if they work in… on the application form and consent to the criminal history check. • Out of home residential facilities When the Commission receives the application, a • School boarding facilities criminal history check is sought from the Queensland • Schools Police Service and other Police Services in Australia. • Churches, clubs and associations providing This includes a check for any charges and services or conducting activities mainly convictions occurring in Australia no matter when directed towards children they occurred. • Child counselling and support services Additional information about the person’s • Private teaching, coaching or tutoring. criminal history may also be sought from the courts, WHO IS EXEMPT? police and prosecuting authorities. The following volunteers are not required to under On the basis of the person’s criminal history, the the check… Commission will assess the person’s suitability for • Children under 18 who are volunteers working with children. • Parents who volunteer to provide services or If an applicant is suitable, a notice is issued to conduct activities at their child’s school them in the form of a blue plastic suitability card. • Parents who volunteer to provide services or The suitability card is valid for two years and is conduct activities through a church, club or transferable across certain child-related employment, association, if their child is involved in the whether as a volunteer, paid employee or self- same or similar service or activity. employed. Once people have a ‘blue card’, they are MINIMUM LENGTH OF SERVICE not required to undergo employment screening for Volunteers must have a criminal history check if another two years, unless there is a change in their they work within a 12-month period… criminal history. • At least once a week over one month, or If an applicant is deemed unsuitable, a negative • At least once a fortnight over two months, or notice is issued by the Commission. This prohibits • At least once a month over six months. the applicant from working in the listed child-related Volunteers working on a “short term” or “one- employment. off” basis are not required to have a criminal history If an applicant has a criminal history, it does not check. necessarily mean he or she will be deemed unsuitable. Before a negative (unsuitable) notice is issued, the applicant may provide a submission ~~~ 1 ~~~ SWIMMING in AUSTRALIA – July-August 2002 addressing the criminal history and suitability for they work. After being told, the organisation must not child-related employment. continue to engage that person without applying to The Commissioner assesses the submission and the Commission for a further suitability notice. the nature and circumstances around the offence/s Failure to do so will result in an offence. The only before making a final decision. information the volunteer is obliged to tell the If an applicant is considered unsuitable, that organisation is that a change in criminal history has person is given notice of the decision and reasons for occurred. the decision. He or she has a right to have the OTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THE Commissioner’s decision reviewed by the Children WORKING WITH CHILDREN CHECK Services Tribunal. For more information about the Working with A notice that a person is unsuitable is valid Children Check for paid employees and people indefinitely unless it is cancelled by the Commission carrying on child related businesses see one of the or on successful review by the Children Services sources below. Tribunal (administered by the Department of Justice Commission for Children & Young People and Attorney-General). Queensland Government