{"id":413611,"date":"2020-02-03T12:00:31","date_gmt":"2020-02-03T19:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=413611"},"modified":"2020-02-03T12:00:31","modified_gmt":"2020-02-03T19:00:31","slug":"2020s-vision-the-shift-in-swimming-culture-rippling-out-to-corporate-classrooms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2020s-vision-the-shift-in-swimming-culture-rippling-out-to-corporate-classrooms\/","title":{"rendered":"2020s Vision &#8211; The Shift In Swimming Culture Rippling Out To Corporate Classrooms"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>\u201cI was stuck, where a lot of people get stuck, thinking that by feeling like this or blaming other people, it would somehow change the outcome &#8230; Maybe 18 months to two years after the race I had a significant realisation that I was\u00a0was making a conscious decision to focus on what I\u2019d missed out on, instead of the incredible experience and achievement that I now take pride in. It just took me a bit of time to gain some perspective and realise it was actually the most incredible experience of my life and I&#8217;m so fortunate to have competed at a home Games. To feel privileged rather than unfortunate was a major shift.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>So says <strong>Lizzie Simmonds<\/strong>, former European Champion and Olympic teamster for Britain<strong>,<\/strong>\u00a0raising awareness of mental health, healthy outlooks and her new role as a &#8216;performance champion&#8217; sharing lessons learned in swimming with company workforces and others embracing a &#8216;healthy minds, healthy staff, healthy culture and company&#8217; philosophy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Take the Director\u2019s Cut, writes <strong>Craig Lord<\/strong>: draw back, upwards and let the lens pan out to a panoramic view of a swim meet. What do you see and hear? Yes there are, lanes full of swimmers, coaches on the deck giving instructions, officials, kit, water bottles, conviviality, rivalry, the processes on the pathway to goals set, the cheers, the crowd, smiles and sometimes tears, the flags, the blocks, goggles and the scoreboard seen through them &#8211; and the thing Americans more than others call a psyche sheets.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>To others, that\u2019s the start sheet, the lists and line-ups of swimmers, their entry times, the information a swimmer needs to know which lane in which heat he or she will race in &#8211; and who\u2019ll be racing next to them. Psyche sheet?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The name indicates that it\u2019s more than \u201ca ranking of swimmers by event and time\u201d described in several swim lexicons. It\u2019s a tool to help the swimmer \u201cpsyche\u201d themselves up for the effort ahead, be that one of self-improvement, getting your hand to the wall before anyone else &#8211; or both.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The mind is not as visible as at a swim meet but it\u2019s just a big a presence as the hand and arm that pull, the leg that kicks, the hip that drives, the core that counts.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>In our 2020s Vision series, we took up the second theme in a year-long look at the challenges ahead for the sport of swimming in the decade ahead when we considered the topic of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2020s-vision-dr-shane-gould-on-swimming-culture-after-a-lifetime-of-learning\/\"><strong>Shane Gould\u2019s doctorate: \u2018swimming culture\u2019<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0That\u2019s to say, the ideas, customs, and social behaviour of swimmers and others involved in what they consider to be \u2018swimming\u2019. The mind is key, in positive and negative ways that require deeper understanding.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><i>The qualities of the champion as perceived far and wide leave little room for consideration that the Olympic champion rocketing down the pool might actually be going through hell. No, not the &#8216;no pain,-no gain&#8217; stuff, rather the mental-health issues<\/i><strong style=\"font-style: italic;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/ian-thorpe-writes-about-depression-in-new-autobiography\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Ian Thorpe<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/grant-hackett-reveals-story-behind-recent-personal-struggles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Grant Hackett<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/michael-phelps-awarded-the-morton-e-ruderman-award-in-recognition-of-mental-health-advocacy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Michael Phelps<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/allison-schmitt-continues-to-grow-as-counselor-with-eyes-still-set-on-tokyo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Allison Schmitt<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/susie-oneill-breaks-down-watching-her-failure-to-beat-misty-hyman-in-sydney-olympics-200-fly-final\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Susie O&#8217;Neill<\/a><\/strong><i>, as well as coaches such as <\/i><a style=\"font-style: italic;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/mental-health-issues-driving-coaches-out-of-sport-says-olympic-mentor-leigh-nugent\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Leigh Nugent<\/strong> and academics such as <strong>Marte Bentzen, of The Norwegian School of Sport Sciences<\/strong><\/a><i>, \u00a0have raised. <\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>Of late, USA Swimming has acknowledged mental health as a critical aspect of swimming culture overlooked for too long. The very raising of awareness in all the \u00a0above marks a significant shift in culture in the sport of swimming.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><em>Each experience in the list above is unique yet red threads are tangible,\u00a0including one labelled &#8216;Career Transition and how to look back on a career in a healthy way before finding new purpose and motivation in life&#8217;.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><i>Here,\u00a0<\/i><span style=\"font-style: italic; color: #008080;\">Lizzie Simmonds,<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-style: italic; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<strong><i>in her new role as a Vitality performance champion, <\/i><\/strong><\/span><strong><i><span style=\"color: #000000;\">t<\/span>alks to guest writer\u00a0<\/i><span style=\"font-style: italic; color: #008080;\">Matt Davies <span style=\"color: #000000;\">about <\/span><\/span><i>aspects of &#8216;swimming\u00a0culture&#8217; that are at last being drawn into the\u00a0light to the\u00a0benefit of swimmers and many others beyond the pool. \u00a0<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_127356\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-127356\" data-attachment-id=\"127356\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2020s-vision-the-shift-in-swimming-culture-rippling-out-to-corporate-classrooms\/elizabeth-simmonds-scotland-2015-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/elizabeth-simmonds-scotland-2015-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"960,640\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"elizabeth-simmonds-scotland-2015-1\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;elizabeth-simmonds-scotland-2015-1&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy: Ian MacNicol&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/elizabeth-simmonds-scotland-2015-1-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/elizabeth-simmonds-scotland-2015-1.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-127356\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/elizabeth-simmonds-scotland-2015-1-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"elizabeth-simmonds-scotland-2015-1\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-127356\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lizzie Simmonds &#8211; Photo Courtesy: Ian MacNicol<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Lizzie Simmonds<\/strong>, in common with many elite level athletes, followed a familiar path to success: focus, determination and sacrifice, as the script of champions would have it.<\/p>\n<p>She was European 200m backstroke champion, claimed medals for Britain and England at World short-course and Commonwealth levels, \u00a0won 13 British titles and broke British, Commonwealth and European records in an illustrious career that spanned 15 years from performance director <strong>Bill Sweetenham<\/strong>&#8216;s &#8220;Smart Track&#8221; squad to international podium.<\/p>\n<p>Simmonds was 17 when she raced at her first Olympics, Beijing 2008, four years out from a home Games in London. Lots of highs &#8211; and\u00a0inevitable lows along the way. Both shaped her, not just in the swim but in life, too &#8211; but only after reflection and a process of steadily being able to look back on her career and see it in new light. She says:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe biggest lesson that I learned in resilience and navigating disappointment was the London Olympics in 2012. I came fourth (200m backstroke) and for a long time I saw it as a failure and really struggled with it.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cIt had been an amazing experience and undoubtedly the highlight of my life. I competed at a home Games with the crowds cheering for me, but I still saw the race as a failure and it really painted my reflection of that competition.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Simmonds kept her thoughts to herself, even at a time &#8211; or perhaps because of a time &#8211; when she was continuously provided with praise and support.\u00a0She said:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI just didn\u2019t know how to get out of that headspace. I was stuck, where a lot of people get stuck, thinking that by feeling like this or blaming other people, it would somehow change the outcome. That\u2019s just not realistic and you can&#8217;t go back in time.\u00a0Maybe 18 months to two years after the race I had a significant realisation that I was\u00a0was making a conscious decision to focus on what I\u2019d missed out on, instead of the incredible experience and achievement that I now take pride in.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Simmonds realised that she was responsible for making this choice, a key mindset shift she carried into the rest of her career and now life beyond racing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt just took me a bit of time to gain some perspective and realise it was actually the most incredible experience of my life and I&#8217;m so fortunate to have competed at a home Games,\u201d Simmonds explained.\u00a0\u201cTo feel privileged rather than unfortunate was a major shift.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Four years after London, Simmonds fell just shy of making the time cut for the Rio Olympics, her status as Britain No1 not enough to secure her selection: she\u00a0won the 200m at British trials (in 2:09.24) but was second behind Georgia Davies in the 100m, the medley relay berth gone too.<\/p>\n<p>Simmonds might have quit right there and then\u00a0but Simmonds waited until after her third and final appearance at the Commonwealth Games in 2018 before hanging up her cap and goggles for good.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_127355\" style=\"width: 280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-127355\" data-attachment-id=\"127355\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/the-week-that-was-fort-lauderdale-approves-27-million-bid-for-ishof-pool-renovations\/elizabeth-simmonds-scotland-2015\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/elizabeth-simmonds-scotland-2015.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2048,1328\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"elizabeth-simmonds-scotland-2015\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;3.2.20 elizabeth-simmonds-scotland-2015&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy: Ian MacNicol&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/elizabeth-simmonds-scotland-2015-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/elizabeth-simmonds-scotland-2015-1024x664.jpg\" class=\" wp-image-127355\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/elizabeth-simmonds-scotland-2015-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"elizabeth-simmonds-scotland-2015\" width=\"270\" height=\"193\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-127355\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lizzie Simmonds &#8211; Photo Courtesy: Ian MacNicol<\/p><\/div>\n<p>She was 27 and her teammates had jokingly started to call her Grandma. In retirement, Simmonds was faced with a new and entirely different set of challenges.<\/p>\n<p>She said: \u201cThere are definitely challenges with identity. You class yourself as an elite athlete for so long and then suddenly you can&#8217;t call yourself one anymore. You start asking \u2018who am I?\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019d had a very single defined purpose for a long time and suddenly I had lots of perhaps slightly lesser purposes in very different directions, but I didn\u2019t feel as motivated to any of those things.\u00a0When you leave a sport, you almost do feel like you&#8217;re losing that [identity], but it will always be a part of my story.\u00a0No one will ever take away the fact that I went to two Olympic games. I will always be an Olympian.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Simmonds now switches her attention away from her own success, utilising the experience she has gained to help others, both in and out of sport. She\u00a0spends much of her time performance consulting, often mentoring young athletes as well as working with schools, clubs and sports organisations.<\/p>\n<p>Her work has just been extended to the corporate sector: Simmonds\u00a0has teamed up with the health insurance company Vitality and the workplace wellbeing programme it set up in 2018 just as the swimmer&#8217;s career was drawing to a close. The aim of the scheme is to help businesses build healthier, more engaged and productive workforces.<\/p>\n<p>As one of the scheme&#8217;s &#8216;performance champions&#8217;, Simmonds delivers workshops to workforces.\u00a0\u201cAs athletes, we really have to optimise every aspect of our health and wellbeing. You have to optimise your nutrition, your mental health, psychology, sleep and recovery,&#8221; says Simmonds.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI think initially when I go in and talk [to company workers], people don&#8217;t think they will be able to relate as they&#8217;re not an elite athlete and can&#8217;t put themselves in that mindset.\u00a0Actually, the physiological responses that we get as human beings are exactly the same.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Despite the differences, people experience exactly the same type of stress or anxiety.\u00a0The best part of the work is when people get that \u2018aha\u2019 moment, that moment of \u2018oh my god that completely applies to me and that\u2019s going to impact my life\u2019.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cMost people cannot relate to competing at the Olympic Games and dealing with that pressure, but they can relate to standing in front of an interview panel or promotion panel or giving a presentation that they&#8217;re not used to doing.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Simmonds speaks to a number of people in widely varying occupations in her role with Vitality. No two sessions are quite the same.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSometimes we talk about high pressure and high stress. Others want to talk about nutrition and how to manage it if you&#8217;re sat at your desk all day,\u201d Simmonds said.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cOthers want to talk about exercise or about mental health and making sure you get time away from the office and get some headspace.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2>Perception of Failure<\/h2>\n<p>Simmonds uses her own experience to help change perceptions of &#8220;failure&#8221;.\u00a0She said:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cFailure is a very negatively charged word and people are often very scared of failing, but the reality is that success &#8211; including sporting success &#8211; comes from a series of mini failures.\u00a0It\u2019s strange that we try to avoid failure at any costs. The reality is that without it, we\u2019d likely live a very average life. It can be very powerful to take that fear away from people.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Simmonds is among drivers of a programme now in its second year. For the swimmer turned thinker, the sport in which she excelled has much work to do yet when it comes to shifting culture in the interests of improving mental health. She says:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI still do think that there&#8217;s more that needs to be done in understanding why athletes are so vulnerable.\u00a0There are many athletes coming out of sport with devastating mental health problems and there has to be a lot more support in that area.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA lot of it is from the individuals, not necessarily from society, coaches or staff. It\u2019s often the athletes that cannot admit this openly.\u00a0They live in a world where showing physical dominance and performing better than everyone around them is what they do. To be vulnerable is just not an option.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Simmonds believes there is a need to continue to build channels of communication for athletes, leading them to good guidance if they are experiencing problems. That may have been lacking in the past, she believes, but there are signs that the sport is now heading in the right direction.<\/p>\n<p>In this first quarter of the new decade and 2020, we will consider the following themes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The Athlete Voice <\/strong><em>(a theme that will run throughout the year)<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Swimming Culture \u2013 what is it?<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Gender Vs Sex: a waking nightmare for women\u2019s sport?<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>The Athlete Voice:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2020s-vision-the-athlete-voice-matt-biondis-mission-to-enrich-educate-swimmers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Matt Biondi\u2019s Mission To Enrich &amp; Educate Swimmers<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2020s-vision-the-athlete-voice-alliance-not-union-aims-to-take-isl-model-to-multi-sports-games-of-magic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u2018Alliance\u2019 Not \u2018Union\u2019 Aims To Take ISL Model To Multi-Sports \u2018Games Of Magic\u2019<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"alternate selected\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2020s-vision-athlete-voice-needs-coach-voice-of-experience-reason-objectivity-says-rudd\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"item-title\">Athlete Voice Needs Coach Voice Of Experience, Reason, Objectivity, Says Rudd<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2020s-vision-athlete-voice-lessons-from-pro-sports-as-swimmers-frame-their-future\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"item-title\">\u00a0Lessons From Pro-Sports As Swimmers Frame Their Future<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Swimming Culture:<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2020s-vision-dr-shane-gould-on-swimming-culture-after-a-lifetime-of-learning\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dr. Shane Gould On Swimming Culture After A Lifetime Of Learning<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Do you have a contribution to make, a topic to suggest within the frame of the themes we are looking at this quarter? 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