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British Swimming has announced changes to the format and structure of its National Centres based in Bath and Loughborough.<\/p>\n

David McNulty<\/strong> is appointed National Lead Coach in Bath while Mel Marshall<\/strong> is appointed National Lead Coach in Loughborough. And they will be supported by Jol Finck<\/strong> as National Coach in Bath and Dave Hemmings<\/strong> as National Coach in Loughborough.<\/p>\n

Each National Lead Coach will coach and monitor their own group as well as take a leadership role for the Centre and for wider World Class Swimming Programme activity while National Coach appointments will run their own groups.<\/p>\n

British Swimming National Performance Director Chris Spice<\/strong> is looking forward to working with the new team structure as the sport strives for continual performance improvement.<\/p>\n

\u201cI welcome these critical appointments to the future of the sport and am delighted that we have been able to retain and attract such a high-level of world class coaches in our programme,\u201d said Chris Spice<\/strong>. \u201cThese four key coaching roles have a major part to play in the overall programme as we work towards the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the coaching appointments we have a great mix of coaches that are proven at the very highest standard with champions and medallists at Olympic, World, European and Commonwealth level, and those on an upward trajectory.\u00a0 We believe they are ideally suited to lead our National Centres as performance hubs.<\/p>\n

\u201cTheir appointments complete a strategy stretching back nearly three years and is designed to ensure we chase those constant improvements and marginal gains that become determining factors in our pursuit for success on the international stage.\u201d<\/p>\n

All coaching appointments will report to and work closely with British Swimming Head Coach Bill Furniss<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The restructure is part of a long-term strategy which began in 2014 when the National Centres were launched around a philosophy of service to all programme athletes.<\/p>\n

At the time of launch it was agreed that the National Centre structure and staffing would remain the same, to minimize any potential disruption to athletes, before a review of coaching and sports science and sports medicine services took place post Rio 2016.<\/p>\n

From January 1st 2017<\/span> the National Centres will expand their operations from their current focus on resident athlete groups to become true performance hubs for programme-wide activity involving all national programme athletes both inside and outside of the centres.<\/p>\n

As a result British Swimming coaching and sport science and sport medicine (SSSM) roles based at the National Centres have been changed to reflect the new direction in the Tokyo 2020 cycle.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe role of the centres will shift to service the needs of the wider programme, from the start of next year, and this review and restructure will enable us to meet these performance needs,\u201d explained Spice.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe changes and appointments made will enable coaches to spend more time coaching athletes while sport science staff will offer greater support to a wider network of programme swimmers.\u201d<\/p>\n

The National Centres, as \u201cperformance hubs\u201d, will host national programme events such as national team development and technical-based camp activity, Head2Head camps, coach development and will be world-leading centres for swimming sport science and sport medicine.<\/p>\n

All sport science and sport medicine support staff (SSSM) located at the centres will have a national role rather than be responsible solely for athletes based at the centres and designated area Leads will ensure a more focused provision across the UK. It is envisaged staff will travel to service key programme athletes within the UK.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis summer British Swimming achieved a best Olympic performance since 1908 but we shouldn\u2019t be satisfied with that,\u201d said Spice. \u201cWe can\u2019t stand still, we must move forward and we believe this new structure gives us the best platform for this.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have made significant performance gains over the past four years but Tokyo will be an even greater challenge. These National Centres, plus those that we invest in partnership with Scottish Swimming and Swim Wales, will now be at the very heart of the World Class Swimming Programme as we work towards 2020.\u201d<\/p>\n

British Swimming Coaching Appointments<\/u><\/p>\n

David McNulty<\/strong> \u2013 National Lead Centre Coach, Bath<\/p>\n

Jol Finck<\/strong> \u2013 National Centre Coach, Bath<\/p>\n

Melanie Marshall<\/strong> \u2013 National Lead Centre Coach, Loughborough<\/p>\n

David Hemmings<\/strong> \u2013 National Centre Coach, Loughborough<\/p>\n

Press release courtesy of British Swimming.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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