SWIMMING IN AUSTRALIA – November-December 2003 CONTENTS Coach & Child Protection (Glenn Beringen) ........ 1 ASCTA, PO Box 824, Mailing Address AUSSI Masters News ........................................... 2 Lavington NSW 2641 Coaching & Officiating – Athletics for Life (Fletcher Email [email protected] McEwen).............................................................. 2 Web Site www.ascta.com ASCTA Convention 2003 Masters Stream (Kay Cox) 6 53 Free Ideas (Allan Kopel) .................................. 8 Membership Phone: 02 6041 6077 Enquiries Fax: 02 6041 4282 Curl-Burke Keys to Excellence – The Gold ASCTA Insurance Standard (Michael J. Stott) ................................. 15 1300 300 511 Sports Medicine Australia News........................ 18 Brokers Working with Children Kit...................................20 New Drug Tests will help catch Cheats............. 21 SWIMMING in AUSTRALIA is published six times Public Health Measure s for Athletes – Tricks to annually. staying healthy (E. Nessel)................................. 21 Copy Deadline January-February 15th January Swimming Biomechanics & Injury Prevention th (J.N. Johnson, J. Gauvin, M. Fredericson) .......... 26 March-April 15 March May-June 15th May Essentials of GREAT Breaststroke (Leigh Nugent th & Terry Gathercole) ............................................ 31 July-August 15 July September-October 15th September Swim Downs: Best Practice (David Pyne).......... 34 th How much Huff & Puff? Training Endurance November-December 15 November (John Carew & David Pyne) ............................... 37 Preparation of Sprint Swimmers (Gennadi Advertising Rates (inc. GST) Touretski)............................................................ 41 1 Issue 3 Issues 6 Issues Screening (Peter Blanch) .................................... 45 $$ $ Physiotherapy & Swimming (Peter Bishop) ....... 48 Full Page 600 1,300 1,850 Mental Mastery – Applied Sport Psychology for ¾ Page 500 1,100 1,500 Swimming (Clark Perry) ..................................... 51 ½ Page 300 750 1,200 LEARN TO SWIM ............................................... 53 ¼ Page 200 500 900 The Junior Swimming Program (Craig Hardy) .......53 Banner 4cm x 1col 55 The Joy of Synchro (Sharyn Martin) ......................53 Training Principles – Today & Yesterday (Forbes NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS Carlile) ................................................................ 55 USA vs. Australia – A Historic Rivalry (USA All copy is subject to acceptance by the publisher. 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Excitement in the Harbour (Gregory Eggert) ..........61 The Countdown has started – 10th World Masters COPYRIGHT ISSUE FROM THE PUBLISHER Championships 2004 ..........................................63 FINA Calendar ....................................................66 As more and more articles with invaluable technical Fédération Internationale de Natation ..................66 and research data have and will be published Risk Management – Shocking News about through our Magazine for our Members to read and Lightning & Pools (Peter Plumridge)................... 68 use, it is timely to mention Copyright infringements. Nudgee Swim Camp Report (Geoff Butturini) .... 69 Don’t know much .............................................. 71 The ASCTA Magazine (SWIMMING in AUSTRALIA) Coaching Development & the Second Law of Publisher strongly advises all concerned that any Thermodynamics (Brent Rushall) ...................... 72 attempts to reprint articles or excerpts from contents Success in Small-Town America (Pam LeBlanc) 79 is prohibited without the written permission of the WSCA Newslette r............................................... 81 publisher and author. Any infringements of copyright Guide to a Coach’s Contract (G. Edson & J. Simon) 81 will be dealt with accordingly. Coaching Contracts (Guy Edson) ..........................83 Letters to the Editor........................................... 91 Views expressed in articles are those of the Telstra Australian Championships Program of authors and do not necessarily reflect those of Events & Qualifying Times................................ 95 the Editor or the Board of ASCTA. Fisher & Paykel Australian Age Championships Program of Events & Qualifying Times............. 97 SWIMMING IN AUSTRALIA – Novembe r-December 2003 As a responsible coach, you are required to COACH AND CHILD have the credentials of people involved in your sporting organisation checked. PROTECTION This preventative action is an important step By Glenn Beringen in creating and maintai ning a safe environment. Swim Coach, Australian Institute of Sport It helps minimise the risk for you, your Reproduced from 2003 Vol.7 Number 1 sporting organisation and – most importantly – the athletes with whom you deal directly. Coaching athletes at any level is a huge responsibility. It is important to understand I believe this is all based on common sense. that you, the coach, play a leading role in their It protects the health, safety and wellbeing of all lives. Many athletes spend more time with their coaches and athletes. coach and respective trai ning groups than they do with their families while they pursue their LEGAL REQUIREMENTS sporting dreams. (Extract from Child Protection Overview, Australian Sports Commission 2001) Athletes deserve to be in a safe, professional environment – the same situation you would Child abuse is illegal in all States and demand of a coach whose responsibility it was Territories of Australia with each having their to guide the athletic development of your child. own laws that cover the reporting and investi gation of cases of child abuse. We must provide an environment where everyone involved is safe from harassment of Mandatory reporting of child abuse (also any kind, abusive behaviour, discrimination or called ‘notification’), where some professions are victimisation. legally required to report any abuse they suspect or notice, applies in all States and So how do you ensure you are providing this Territories (with the exception of Western environment? Australia) although the professions involved are different. Let us look at a few practical tips… In New South Wales and Queensland, • Make sure you undergo Member specific-child protection and intervention Protection Training, which is usually legislation now applies to the sport and provided by government and administered recreation industry. The Victorian Government by your national or state sporting is currently developing a Working with Children association Check scheme based on the NSW and • Learn and understand what the Member Queensland legislation. The South Australian Protection Policy means and if you are not Government recently commissioned and sure about any aspect of it, make sure released a review of child protection. It is now you follow up any questions preparing legislation based on the • If you are the leader (Head Coach) of a recommendations of the report aimed at club or state-based program, ensure that improving methods of protecting children. each and every person involved either in an employed or voluntary capacity within Legislation alone is not enough to protect your program receives Member Protection children. Sporting organisations need to adopt Training. This could include people who several basic principles and implement a range are officials, masseurs and volunteering of risk-management strategies that address the parents, as well as people who serve on above points. These strate gies are listed on the Boards or Committees. ASC Website … www.activeaustralia.org/hfs. In certain States now involved in An organisation’s ability to use all these administering the Member Protection Policy, processes will depend on available resources. police checks are mandatory for volunteers and However, the most effective resource is informed paid officials who work with children in sport. people. Increasing an adult’s awareness of how abuse can happen – what to look for – and fostering a sense of responsibility for the welfare 1 SWIMMING IN AUSTRALIA – Novembe r-December 2003 of children under their care are the most effective strategies an organisation can implement. AUSSI As a coach, you are one of the most important people in the lives of our young MASTERS athletes. DON’T TAKE IT LIGHTLY. Child protection legislation makes it NEWS mandatory for sporting organisations and individuals involved in sport as a paid employee Reproduced from Vol 1 Number 2 August 2003 or a volunteer to meet certain requirements. These requirements also apply to individuals COACHING & OFFICIATING and organisations originating outside of the States with child-protection legislation in place. ATHLETICS FOR LIFE For example, if a sporting organisation sends junior players to New South Wales or Editor’s Note: Queensland for training camps, competition or Fletcher McEwen is Director, IAAF Regional other activities, those travelling with the teams Development Centre, Adelaide. This article is an may have to undergo the relevant checks. extract of a Keynote Address given at the 2002 AT&FCA Congress. If organisations