{"id":427312,"date":"2020-04-15T10:13:27","date_gmt":"2020-04-15T17:13:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=427312"},"modified":"2020-04-15T10:24:21","modified_gmt":"2020-04-15T17:24:21","slug":"swim-poll-of-the-week-do-you-think-the-wsca-fina-should-work-together-for-the-sport-of-swimming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/swim-poll-of-the-week-do-you-think-the-wsca-fina-should-work-together-for-the-sport-of-swimming\/","title":{"rendered":"Swim Poll of the Week: 88% Want FINA To Work With World Coaches On Structured Swim Calendar"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is the Swim Poll of the Week for Wednesday April 15, 2020, sponsored by Strechcordz Swim Training Products<\/a>. In our last poll, we wanted to know: Do you think the World Swimming Coaches Association and FINA should work together and determine a structured season for the swimming calendar?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Growing demands from many of the world\u2019s top swimmers to drop plans to host the Fukuoka 2021 World Championships either immediately after the new July 23-August 8, 2021 dates for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games or in September-October 2021 are just one side of a pincer-movement of pressure building win the FINA leadership, Swimming World has learned.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0World Swimming Coaches Association (WSCA)<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0has written to colleagues on the in-house\u00a0FINA Coaches Commission<\/strong>\u00a0to ask it to back the views of an organisation representing more than 14,000 coaches worldwide.<\/p>\n

It is understood that there is now support within FINA for WSCA\u2019s proposal after the organization\u2019s president George Block<\/strong>\u00a0wrote:<\/p>\n

\u201cFrom the 14,000 WSCA members, even the thought of having a World Championships, post-Olympics, is ludicrous. It looks to most of us like [the sport is being] asked to choose between 2-weeks post-Games and 8-weeks post-Games. To most of us, that seems like a false choice.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

He urges the FINA Coaches Commission to \u201chelp FINA to see this [the disruption caused by the coronavirus pandemic) as an opportunity, rather than a problem\u201d adding:<\/p>\n

\u201cWe see this as an opportunity to de-clutter the international schedule, create co-branding strategies with FINA, and use this as the opportunity to re-think international swimming, rather than focus on short-term finances.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a chance to bring the many new and traditional meet hosts to the table \u2013 under the guidance of the coaches \u2013 to rebuild a quadrennial schedule.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In a three-point plan, the WSCA, with backing from some key figures within FINA, urges the international federation and the ISL to return to the negotiation table and set aside \u201cignoring coaches\u201d and \u201coverreaching on their schedule\u201d. The coaches urge FINA to:<\/p>\n