{"id":462801,"date":"2021-02-23T00:30:34","date_gmt":"2021-02-23T07:30:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=462801"},"modified":"2021-02-22T18:04:43","modified_gmt":"2021-02-23T01:04:43","slug":"sean-balmer-on-virtual-meets-leadership-in-lockdown-and-tokyo-bound-luke-greenbank","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/sean-balmer-on-virtual-meets-leadership-in-lockdown-and-tokyo-bound-luke-greenbank\/","title":{"rendered":"Sean Balmer On Virtual Meets, Leadership In Lockdown And Tokyo-Bound Luke Greenbank"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Sean Balmer<\/strong> &#8211; former coach to world relay champion <strong>Luke Greenbank<\/strong> at <strong>Cockermouth Swimming Club<\/strong> &#8211; knows only too well the fragile state of swimming in Britain.<\/p>\n<p>England has been in a national lockdown since early January although prime minister <strong>Boris Johnson<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/swim-england-ceo-nickerson-has-mixed-emotions-after-pool-reopening-dates-are-announced\/\">announced on Monday<\/a> outdoor pools and lidos plus open water venues will be allowed to open from 29 March in the first wave of easing restrictions after schools resume on 8 March.<\/p>\n<p>Five weeks later, from 12 April, indoor pools can reopen for individual use or within household groups but over-18 club swimmers will have to wait until at least 17 May to train together once more.<\/p>\n<p>However, much irreversible damage has been done.<\/p>\n<p>Double Olympic silver medallist <strong>Duncan Scott<\/strong> posted on social media that <strong>Alloa Leisure Bowl<\/strong> \u2013 where he first began training under <strong>Steven Tigg<\/strong> \u2013 was to shut and asked people to sign a petition in an attempt to reverse the decision.<\/p>\n<p>That was in response to <strong>James Guy<\/strong> highlighting that <strong>Halifax Pool<\/strong> would not reopen once lockdown restrictions had been lifted, the four-time world champion saying: \u201cThis is what\u2019s happening to our future generation of athletes. Another pool closing. #KEEPPOOLSOPEN.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"oembed-wrap\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is what\u2019s happening to our future generation of athletes! Another pool closing. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/KEEPPOOLSOPEN?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#KEEPPOOLSOPEN<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VpLYHLhXmf\">https:\/\/t.co\/VpLYHLhXmf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; James Guy (@Jimbob95goon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jimbob95goon\/status\/1363150820678713348?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 20, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>The question of the legacy of covid and the lockdowns across England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales looms large but there\u2019s no doubt that many club swimmers have been lost to the sport.<\/p>\n<p>There are multiple reasons why. Permanent pool closures will mean no access for many, there may be a loss of interest and motivation as well as the financial implications of covid for parents and caregivers to name but three.<\/p>\n<p>England\u2019s third national lockdown began in early January with indoor pools remaining closed until at least 12 April following Boris Johnson\u2019s announcement of the roadmap out of restrictions in England.<\/p>\n<p>Many clubs across the country have continued to work with their swimmers to incentivise and motivate them while also continuing the club community &#8211; among them Balmer at the club in the north-west of England.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_462818\" style=\"width: 328px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-462818\" data-attachment-id=\"462818\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/sean-balmer-on-virtual-meets-leadership-in-lockdown-and-tokyo-bound-luke-greenbank\/sean-balmer\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Sean-Balmer.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"400,400\" 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=\"Sean Balmer\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Sean Balmer&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy:&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Sean-Balmer.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Sean-Balmer.jpg\" class=\" wp-image-462818\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Sean-Balmer.jpg\" alt=\"Sean Balmer\" width=\"318\" height=\"318\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Sean-Balmer.jpg 400w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Sean-Balmer-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Sean-Balmer-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Sean-Balmer-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 318px) 100vw, 318px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-462818\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy: Sean Balmer<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Balmer sent a light-hearted tweet during the first lockdown asking if people would be interested in a virtual meet and in his own words was \u201cgobsmacked\u201d at the response from around the world.<\/p>\n<p>Clubs from as far afield as the United States, Slovenia, Italy, Ireland and Hong Kong all showed interest along with many in Britain.<\/p>\n<p>The league was named the <strong>Youth Internet Swim League<\/strong>, the YISL, and once pools reopened after Lockdown 1 in England, meets started to happen.<\/p>\n<p>Such was the league\u2019s popularity that more clubs subscribed than there were lanes available although nature continued to take its course as Balmer told Swimming World:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cHong Kong Stingrays had lockdown, the California clubs had fires so they couldn\u2019t take part; Nu Wave Swimming in Louisiana had a typhoon go through and were shut out.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cColorado had a high snow fall and if there\u2019d have been pestilence and a plague of locusts we\u2019d have had the lot.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe important thing is we got in and competed. Nu Wave Swimming had to do short-course yards so we said just convert it.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Among the competition was a performance that stood out to Balmer in the women\u2019s 100 free.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201c54.8! Then we looked at the name, Alyssa Marsh. That\u2019s (Team Elite Aquatics head coach) Dave Marsh\u2019s daughter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt got me thinking: hold on a second, we could find the next Michael Phelps here.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo me and another coach and a web designer came up with the concept of VMeetSwim.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3>VMeetSwim Offers Community, Rankings And Incentivisation<\/h3>\n<p>And so <strong>VMeetSwim<\/strong> \u2013 a platform for virtual competition at vmeetswim.com\u00a0&#8211; was born with the strapline:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cVirtually race, Virtually anyone, Virtually anywhere. Linking the global swimming community virtually!\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Given pools are shut, all the competitions at present are land-based and geared towards swimmers including a 3k run, a 25k bike ride and a range of challenges including 50 burpees with streamline jump, 50 press ups with hand lift, 50 squat jumps into streamline and 50 straight-leg sit ups.<\/p>\n<p>Ranking lists incentivise the swimmers, keeping them motivated and part of the club community.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_462817\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-462817\" data-attachment-id=\"462817\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/sean-balmer-on-virtual-meets-leadership-in-lockdown-and-tokyo-bound-luke-greenbank\/vmeetswim\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/vmeetswim.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"400,400\" 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=\"vmeetswim\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;vmeetswim&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy:&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/vmeetswim.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/vmeetswim.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-462817\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/vmeetswim.jpg\" alt=\"vmeetswim\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/vmeetswim.jpg 400w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/vmeetswim-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/vmeetswim-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/vmeetswim-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-462817\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy: VMeetSwim Twitter<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Once pools are open in the UK, socially-distanced meets will recommence with clubs from around the world with a simple method of registration by the coach.<\/p>\n<p>The competition can be created by the club and made private or open to all other clubs and events can be added at the discretion of the home club.<\/p>\n<p>Timing will generally be manual by coaches or parents if they\u2019re present and electronic timing will be used if available.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not anticipated that officials will be used unless the club has got them with a fundamental emphasis on a trust-based system.<\/p>\n<p>Balmer said:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cDQs are at the discretion of the home club based on trust: I don\u2019t want to cheat, if one of my kids touches with one hand I\u2019ll DQ them and everybody I know would do the same.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt isn\u2019t sanctioned by governing bodies and it\u2019s trust-based across the world so Swim England will never put in place a system to race Hong Kong Stingrays or Nu Wave in New Orleans, nor will Swim USA.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The meet can be a combination of water and land-based competitions and include events like 400m timed kicks.<\/p>\n<p>Balmer explains:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cAs a coach I want to know who can do the fastest 400 fly kick; I want to know the fastest 400 breaststroke.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLuke (Greenbank) did the 400 backstroke in 4:02 when he was 16. I reckon no-one can do that.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>So too is there a financial incentive for clubs and swimmers with the objective to return significant funds into the system.<\/p>\n<p>For Balmer, it\u2019s about thinking outside the box and something that can continue post-covid.<\/p>\n<p>He added:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cIt\u2019s trying to create a community as well: say there\u2019s a 15-year-old in America and they set a spectacular time and I\u2019ve got a kid and they\u2019re neck and neck. They can contact each other on Instagram, they can talk about it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can build education into it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor instance, Luke is an exceptional kicker: if Luke had been there at the time (we are doing this) a fellow coach would be like \u2018woah what are you doing?\u2019 and then you post video on the website.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlso, there\u2019s an obligation on coaches to share. There are organic improvements by all: the kids get better and their rivals have to.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3>Hemmings&#8217; Leadership During Lockdown<\/h3>\n<p>He likened it to what he called \u201cthe (coach) <strong>Dave Hemmings<\/strong> approach of showing everybody what\u2019s he doing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hemmings, who is based at the <strong>National Centre Loughborough<\/strong>, numbers <strong>Abbie Wood, Molly Renshaw, Siobhan O\u2019Connor<\/strong> and the <strong>Litchfield brothers, Max and Joe,<\/strong> among his charges.<\/p>\n<p>He has been proactive during lockdown posting skills and technique video on social media while encouraging his swimmers to record messages of encouragement for non-elite athletes.<\/p>\n<p>Balmer said:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThat\u2019s leadership. We know they can get in the water, we know we can\u2019t get into the water but we still aspire to be them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe whole group were incredibly humble, incredibly empathetic to the situation, incredibly grateful for what they had because they are training, it was just a nice touch.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019ll lose coaches out of this as well. I know from my own coaches, a lot of them have gone into their shells.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen we\u2019ve gone back, they\u2019ve all appeared back, we\u2019re flooded on poolside.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut the longer it goes on, the more difficult it is for people to come back, the more difficult it is for swimmers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSam Greenbank, national champion in 2019, would have had the chance of going to European juniors 2020.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s obviously not happened so the chance of going to European juniors 2021? It\u2019s debatable whether it will take place.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf he doesn\u2019t have a chance of going to European juniors this year, the next person\u2019s he\u2019s got to beat is Luke.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe does the same events as Luke (50-200 backstroke) and his junior years have gone so he\u2019s now four, five seconds away from what he needs to be doing on a 100 &#8211; let alone forget the 200s because Luke is so far ahead.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div id=\"attachment_462816\" style=\"width: 375px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-462816\" data-attachment-id=\"462816\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/sean-balmer-on-virtual-meets-leadership-in-lockdown-and-tokyo-bound-luke-greenbank\/cockermouth\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Cockermouth.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1280,960\" 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=\"Cockermouth\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Cockermouth&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy:&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Cockermouth-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Cockermouth-1024x768.jpg\" class=\" wp-image-462816\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Cockermouth-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"Cockermouth\" width=\"365\" height=\"261\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-462816\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy: Sean Balmer<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Balmer continued:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThe reason Luke isn\u2019t winning world championships is because he\u2019s never had any competition really. If he\u2019d have had competition he would have been even better.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen he won his first senior nationals I said to him and Chris his dad: Luke might be the best backstroker this country has ever had and will still never make anything. I said that\u2019s the worry for me because he hasn\u2019t got competition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo this is driving that competition, the behaviours, the things that you want to see kids doing; kids getting up and going out for a run because I\u2019m only third on that grid and I know I can be top.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPractising things you want them to practise.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3>Joy As Greenbank Heads To Tokyo<\/h3>\n<p>Greenbank was<a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/peaty-scott-wilby-and-greenbank-confirmed-as-first-four-swimmers-on-team-gb-for-tokyo\/\"> one of four British swimmers pre-selected to Team GB for Tokyo<\/a> along with <strong>Adam Peaty, James Wilby<\/strong> and <strong>Duncan Scott<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Balmer said he was \u201cchuffed silly\u201d when he heard the news, saying: \u201cWhen he comes he just mixes in with everybody: he\u2019s just a normal kid.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChats to the little uns, he just inspires them. He\u2019s not a big guy either.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_383917\" style=\"width: 407px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-383917\" data-attachment-id=\"383917\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/peaty-scott-wilby-and-greenbank-confirmed-as-first-four-swimmers-on-team-gb-for-tokyo\/luke-greenbank-200-back-final-2019-world-championships_1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/luke-greenbank-200-back-final-2019-world-championships_1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1500,1002\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;ILCE-7SM2&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1564117458&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1250&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0015625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"luke-greenbank-200-back-final-2019-world-championships_1\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;5\/21\/21&lt;br \/&gt;\nluke-greenbank-200-back-final-2019-world-championships_1&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy: Becca Wyant&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/luke-greenbank-200-back-final-2019-world-championships_1-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/luke-greenbank-200-back-final-2019-world-championships_1-1024x684.jpg\" class=\" wp-image-383917\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/luke-greenbank-200-back-final-2019-world-championships_1-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"luke-greenbank-200-back-final-2019-world-championships_1\" width=\"397\" height=\"284\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-383917\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy: Becca Wyant<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Greenbank won bronze in the 200 back at the <strong>2019 World Championships<\/strong> in Gwangju before leading off the British 4&#215;100 medley relay that claimed the title with a thrilling anchor leg from Scott.<\/p>\n<p>Not that it was clear from the outset that Greenbank would go on to be a world champion set for the Olympic stage.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cNo, quite a long way from it. He was a good lad but what made the difference with Luke was he didn\u2019t like getting beaten.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think he was second or even third at counties in the 100 back at 11.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI got loads of coaches texting me (when Luke was selected) saying\u2019 top job, coach\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI always talk massively highly of Luke on everything \u2013 he\u2019s a huge gentleman, he\u2019 do anything for anybody. He is just such a lovely person.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sean Balmer &#8211; former coach to world relay champion Luke Greenbank at Cockermouth Swimming Club &#8211; knows only too well the fragile state of swimming in Britain. 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