Elements and Performance Criteria
- Identify needs and requirements of swimmers and program.
- Analyse the requirements of competitive performance for the activity or discipline in swimming.
- Use approved assessment methods to develop profiles for each individual, subgroup and group participating in the program.
- Outline objectives for the program, and each phase within the program, according to swimmer's profiles and through negotiation with swimmers and support personnel.
- Develop a program.
- Develop a performance strategy to meet the identified needs and requirements of the swimmer or team.
- Select drills, activities and games that address the identified needs and requirements according to best practice principles of swimming and aquatic activities.
- Establish fixed points of the program and identify and document periodisation within the program.
- Identify strengths and weaknesses of the opposition.
- Develop individual and team tactics to match the performance strategy and the opposition profile according to swimming rules, policies and regulations.
- Identify resource requirements for the program according to relevant legislation and organisational policies and procedures.
- Schedule and document all aspects of the training program according to organisational policies and procedures and best practice principles of swimming and aquatics activities.
- Identify potential constraints and external influences and develop strategies to overcome these.
- Determine evaluation methods to monitor the program prior to and after implementation.
- Evaluate program.