SUMMARY OF QUAD PLAN / CALENDAR CHANGES – 2 March 2011

NPD Michael Scott & Nat Performance Coach Dennis Pursley have kindly agreed to the BSCA placing copies of their updated Quad plan going forward onto our web site, for viewing by our members, saving you the need to trawl through other sources if it doesn’t come direct.

Updated calendar : Calendar – 2 March 2011 – Published

Quad Plan Changes : SUMMARY OF QUAD PLAN CHANGES – 2 March 2011 – Published

As these are updated the BSCA will be notified and changes posted upon the site. Only members will see the full details.

The Bureau of the European Swimming League, Ligue Européenne de Natation (LEN), this weekend awarded the hosting of the 2014 European Championships to Berlin, Germany.

The German Swimming Federation, DSV, and the City of Berlin will host the 32nd European Championships in Swimming, Diving, Synchronized Swimming and Open Water Swimming as the Bureau of the European Swimming Federation (LEN) announced this week-end after a meeting at their headquarters in Luxembourg.
Berlin already hosted the 2002 European Swimming Championships. The European Junior Championships in Swimming, Diving, and Synchronized Swimming will be carried out in Poznan (POL) in 2013.
The 14th European Masters Championships (Swimming, Diving, Synchro, and Open Water Swimming) in 2013 were allocated to the Royal Dutch Swimming Federation, KNZB, and the City of Eindhoven.

The host of the 2012 European Swimming Championships will be announced during the LEN Congress on May 14th, 2011 in Reykjavik (ISL).

Speakers are now being confirmed for this year’s event, see below:

48th Annual Swimming Coaching Conference
St John’s Hotel, Solihull, England
inc. Tudor Grange Sports Centre, Solihull; 23rd – 25th September 2011

CONFIRMED SPEAKERS

BILL FURNISS – NOVA CENTURION (2009 Coach of Year)
Key Components in great coaching (Theory & Practical)

PATRICK MILEY – GARIOCH (2010 Coach of year)
Developing the great Medley swimmer (Theory & Practical)

Jonty Skinner – British Swimming
Stroke analysis – applying the Biomechanics of stroke technique (Theory & Practical)

Bud McAllister – Swansea ITC

Mike Peyrebrune – English Institute / Loughborough / Nova
Testing & Monitoring at ‘all’ levels of the Swimmer pathway

Michael Scott – NPD British Swimming
Dennis Pursley – National Performance Coach British Swimming

Exclusive Conference, meals & accommodation package available
until 12th August “FOR FIRST 60 PLACES ONLY”
Go to http://www.gbswimcoaches.co.uk/book-conference-2011/?ref=events & book on-line
(remember to “LOG IN” to get member discount!)

Get behind the team!

The BSCA have been informed of the sad passing last Friday (19th March) of Mark Taylor, a former BSCA Executive member, who coached at the City of Coventry & in North London as Assistant Coach at the London Borough of Waltham Forest in the early 1990’s. Remembered for being very loud and bringing US team support methods to the British poolside, he was a popular and larger than life character who will be sadly missed. The BSCA wishes to pass on its sincere condolensces to Mark’s family at this sad time.

Below is an obituary the from the Houston Chronicle:

Coach embodied enthusiasm: UH swim team loses its most ardent supporter By SAM KHAN Jr.

Copyright 2011 Houston Chronicle; March 20, 2011; Courtesy of UHCougars.com

UH swimming coach Mark Taylor, was the Conference USA Coach of the Year in 2009.

Mark Taylor’s passion for the University of Houston was evident. This week was an example of his devotion, when the Cougars’ swimming coach traveled to Austin to support the diving team as it competed in the NCAA Championships.

Taylor, 50, died late Friday evening in Austin after suffering an apparent heart attack. He is survived by his wife Lorraine and their two sons, Troy and Zane.

“This is a sad and difficult day,” UH athletic director Mack Rhoades said. “We lost a family member today. Mark was a terrific coach and an even better person. He will be truly missed by the many lives he touched.

“He was a passionate man, and his enthusiasm for the University of Houston and his student-athletes was contagious to all those around him.”

Leader at many levels

Taylor recently completed his ninth season as UH’s head swimming coach. He was the winningest coach in the program’s history, and the Cougars finished in the top 30 nationally seven times under his watch. He was named the Conference USA Coach of the Year in 2009 after guiding the Cougars to a second-place finish. He coached swimming for 24 years at many levels, from high school to club to college to internationally, including Olympic experience with Lithuania in 1996.

Around UH, Taylor was known as much for his infectious personality as he was his success in the pool.

“I don’t think I’ve met someone that cared for the University of Houston as much as he did and was as enthusiastic as he was about the institution, the athletic department and the direction we’re going,” said Kevin Klotz, UH’s swimming and diving administrator and associate athletic director for compliance. “He loved being around student-athletes, loved being around swimming and diving. It was his passion, and he poured his heart and soul into it.”

Senior swimmer Andrea Kells said Taylor cared about his student-athletes’ accomplishments both in and out of the pool.

“Part of the reason he was such a good coach was because he really cared so much about us as individuals and it was always more important that we were good people,” Kells said. “He was always as happy about our academic success and personal success as he was about our success in the pool.”

Colorful representative

Taylor also was proud to represent UH. “He was never in anything but his Cougar clothes, and it was always the most important thing to him to represent the university,” Kells said.

Funeral arrangements are pending. Before Saturday’s final session at the NCAA swimming and diving championships at Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center, a moment of silence was observed in Taylor’s honor.