The Ultimate Coaches Experience

The Ultimate Coaches Experience promises to be a CPD like no other. This World Class experience is a unique and exciting opportunity to observe high performance sport up close and personal, with exclusive access to team participation areas. World Class coach mentor and six-time Olympic Coach, Ian Armiger, will be leading the experience. Each day will be action packed with a range of CPD experiences from 1pm-8.30pm, including a talk from a World Class coach.

The day 1 talk will feature club coach Sean Balmer, former club coach to Olympic Medalist, Luke Greenbank. Sean will explore the subject of laying the foundations for future success.

The day 2 talk will feature coach Mel Marshall MBE, coach to 3x Olympic Champion Adam Peaty OBE. Mel will explore the journey to the top, nurturing the person and the athlete.

The day 3 talk will feature Ian Armiger, the hugely experience international coach. Ian will explore how to win, by creating the culture that you want in your programme.

Important Booking information:

We are using a booking partner to simplify the process and digitalise everying, but this is the first time we’ve used it for a coaches event so you will need to register once.

1. If you can sign up for a profile at Swimming Events here - https://swimming.events/

2. Activate your account via email.

3. Enter your profile and ‘add swimmer’ (which in this case will be yourself).

4. Once that’s done, click book via the link below and you will be able to login and purchase a space.

5. On your swimming events profile you can also add medical and emergency contact information so there are no further forms to fill in before the event.

This will be the Ultimate Coaching CPD and spaces are limited, so don’t miss out. A full schedule for each day can be found below the booking links.

• Day 1: Saturday 27/05/2023
• Day 2: Sunday 28/05/2023
• Day 3: Monday 29/05/2023

Full schedule is as follows: 1pm Arrival (Lea Valley VeloPark*)

1-2pm Registration and networking

2-3pm Guest Coach Talk

3-3.30pm Q&A and networking

3.30-4pm Break and move to London Aquatic Centre

4-4.15pm Poolside brief with Ian Armiger

4.15-6.15pm Behind the scenes tour, networking and group Q&A

6.15-6.45pm** Comfort break and take seats for finals

Super Finals commence and will last 90 minutes

*We are using the meeting facilites at the VeloPark, however this includes free parking until 4pm. Coaches can then move cars if they have driven across to the shopping centre car park. The VeloPark is approximately a 15 minute gentle walk from both the International Station and the London Aquatics Centre through the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.

**For the Monday Super Finals, these start 15 minutes earlier so please be seated by 6.30pm.