Scottish Swimming Conference Chris Spice 13 September 2014
Who are we now
Glasgow 2014 – Olympic Events
Glasgow 2014 – Olympic Events
Benchmark meet Season’s Best comparisons
The Moment of Truth • • • •
Stepping up in the Arena – building a mental script Attitude is your choice and your responsibility The Champion’s Choice: Go on or give in? Fighter or victim? The Arena is complex and challenging for all athletes: – Champions deal with it – Losers react to it (OMG!)
Berlin 2014 – ELC Gold
Silver
Bronze
Total
1
Great Britain
6
6
5
17
2
Denmark
6
0
1
7
3
Hungary
5
3
5
13
4
France
3
3
1
7
5
Italy
3
1
7
11
6
Sweden
2
5
1
8
7
Spain
2
3
2
7
8
Germany
2
3
1
6
9
Poland
2
1
1
4
10
Serbia
2
0
0
2
11
Netherlands
0
3
1
4
12
Russia
0
2
1
3
• Percentage of team that swam a Season’s Best - 47.6% • Percentage of team that swam a Personal Best - 38.1%
Stand out summer… 2014 Personal Bests CWG AND Euro’s Adam Peaty – 100 Breaststroke Ross Murdoch – 100 Breaststroke Jaz Carlin – 800 Freestyle Adam Barrett – 100 Butterfly Jay Lelliott – 1500 Freestyle Stephen Milne – 1500 Freestyle
Welcome to the new normal‌
Critical success factors 2015+ 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
Focus on process of racing (not outcomes: time, medal etc) Racing and learning (practice race routines, different tactics) Coaching our coaches (world class modelling/behaviours) Innovation (warm-up, tapering, mental rehearsal) Identifying and developing potential (calculated risk taking) Technical priorities (focused windows, syllabus) Performance Planning (racing models, critical evaluation) Building our performance culture
PERFORMANCE PLAN ATHLETE NAME HERE
WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO WIN
PLANNING PROCESS
NEEDS & PRIORITIES
EXECUTE, MONITOR & REVIEW
PERFORMANCE PLAN ATHLETE NAME HERE
PERFORMANCE PLAN
WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO WIN? PROJECTED TIME TO MEDAL IN RIO 2016
CURRENT RACE MODEL
PLANNED RACE MODEL
PERFORMANCE PLAN
NEEDS & PRIORITIES VIEW
PERFORMANCE PLAN
PLANNING PROCESS PLANNING OUTPUT
ACTIONS
PERFORMANCE PLAN
EXECUTE, MONITOR & REVIEW VIEW
Culture matters… Central to all that we do in high performance sport Nothing without strategic vision Dynamic process - individual, cross/intra-programme Define your non-negotiables and enforce them ruthlessly Leadership to back it up – build ‘social capital’ Live it and breath it – ‘character in action’
Innovate or be overtaken… “Most people with my kind of track record don't look to change. But I always felt I couldn't afford not to change. We had to be successful - there was no other option for me and I would explore any means of improving….” Alex Ferguson – Harvard Business Review, 2013