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First leg against Switzerland will be live on BBC Three.
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Reward and recognise your swimming teachers and coaches by completing a nomination form below for the 2010 ASA South West Regional Workforce Awards
Taking place as part of ASA South West Learning Week from 12 to 19 September 2010, our Regional Awards Ceremony takes place on Saturday 18 September 2010 at Somerset College of Arts and Technology, Taunton.
Just download and complete the form below and click submit to enter your nomination today .its easy!
The closing date has been extended to 10pm on Friday 4 September 2010.
Richards ruled out of Under-21s trip to Portugal through illness.
29-30 January 2011 - Crystal Palace
This new competition, introduced for the first time in 2011, brings together swimmers from three regions, South West, South East and London into a zonal championships.
The 2011 meet will be hosted by London Region. The competition will be hosted by the other regions in turn in subsequent years.
Arrangements are currently being finalised. We anticipate full details (conditions and how to enter) to be completed before the end of September.
Download and unzip file below for Programme of Events and Qualifying Times
Note: The qualifying times are automatic qualifying times. Swimmers achieving these times will be accepted. A set of consideration times will be added after consultation with clubs to determine the likely level of support for this new competition.
29-30 January 2011 - Crystal Palace
This new competition, introduced for the first time in 2011, brings together swimmers from three regions, South West, South East and London into a zonal championships.
The 2011 meet will be hosted by London Region. The competition will be hosted by the other regions in turn in subsequent years.
Arrangements are currently being finalised. We anticipate full details (conditions and how to enter) to be completed before the end of September.
Download and unzip file below for Programme of Events and Qualifying Times
Note: The qualifying times are automatic qualifying times. Swimmers achieving these times will be accepted. A set of consideration times will be added after consultation with clubs to determine the likely level of support for this new competition.
Eastbourne and VCD Athletic both eye Replay victory.
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FA and Umbro agree extension to partnership until 2018.
Striker returns to Tottenham for treatment on back injury.
Tunbridge Wells dispatch Dulwich in The Cup.
1 to 6 September 2010 - University of Arizona, Tuscan
Tom Daley will aim to add the junior title to his world senior crown at the Junior World Diving Championships. The 16-year old struck two silvers in the B category two years ago and will be looking to reach the podium again after a tricep injury disrupted his European Championship and Youth Olympic Games campaigns in August.
Daley will be joined in the USA by synchro partner Max Brick, with whom the teenager finished ninth in the 10m synchro platform at the World Championships in Rome last year.
21 - 24 Aug 2010 - Toa Payoh Swimming Complex, Singapore
Tom Daley came 9th in the Youth Men's 3m springboard final (299.40 Finals to total 514.35). The event was won by China's Bo Qiu (381.35 Finals to total 607.15). Silver went to Ukraine's Oleksandr Bondar (565.35) and bronze to American Michael Hixon (341.40 Finals for 554.65).
Video interview with Qiu and Daley (2m 29s flashplayer required)
View Part 1 video of the top three from the Final below (12m 43s)
A group of 10 swimmers from British Gas ITC Bath and British Gas ITC Loughborough will prepare for the Commonwealth Games with a 10-day camp in Cyprus before joining with the rest of the Delhi-bound swimmers in Doha.
Coaches Dave McNulty and Kevin Renshaw will be leading the camp with swimmers including Olympic medallist Jo Jackson, Commonwealth Champion Caitlin McClatchey and Commonwealth Games debutant Roberto Pavoni.
The swimmers are being given the opportunity to acclimatise to the temperatures and outdoor pool before they travel onto Doha and Delhi. The ten days will be used to begin the swimmers' taper and give them the best opportunity to perform well at the Commonwealth Games.
I hate to be the bearer of bad tidings but most cricket teams fail to reach their expectations. Yours included.
It’s not because you want to fail, or that the side is untalented. It’s certainly not bad luck. These are handy excuses. Ways we use to justify our failure after the event.
But every now and again a team will put these excuses aside and learn what is really needed to perform.
These sides buck the failure trend and forget how to fail.
How do they do it? They learn how to prepare.You see, there are many different ways to succeed as a cricket team, and many ways to prepare but one thing always remains the same: The best teams know what works for them.
A professional team with time and resources to train or play every day will have a very different preparation than a club side of amateurs training once and playing a weekend game. But the common factor is each team knows what they need to do to get the best results.
Meanwhile the average teams, like yours, do what has always been done regardless of the results.
The secret of good preparation
The difficult part is working out what works.
There is no ‘cookie-cutter’ approach to practice because different players have different skills, personalities and commitments.
The dedicated family man in his early 30’s who plays Saturday afternoons and has done for 20 years will need a very different routine from the cricket-loving, ambitious teenager who plays every game he can and goes in the nets until it’s dark.
That’s why the good sides always have someone who makes sure everyone is as well prepared as they can be based on their specific needs.
Yes, even the ‘non-serious’ teams.It’s just the less serious the side, the more hidden this person is.
But he or she is there is every good team.Working out personalities and getting the most from introverts and ego-maniacs alike. Knowing how to drill the highly committed player. Finding ways to sneak extra performance from the casually disinterested but talented one.
In some teams this person is the coach.
In others the responsibility falls to the captain.
In others still a senior player takes up the role.
It can be formalised as it is in school teams with a specific coach, or it can be informal with nobody specifically named.
But always in the background that person is there. Working hard to squeeze out every drop of talent and luck in the team.
We often talk about roles on PitchVision Academy. For me, this role is as crucial to the success of your team as a demon opening bowler or a big scoring batsman because he brings up everyone in the side to a level where success is possible.
Without this person you are doomed to failure.
Who is your coach?
So my question is simple.If you are planning on succeeding as a cricket team, who is the person you rely on to get the most from you?
Are they a formal coach or is it up to the captain informally?
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