Following the fascinating discussions with our three practitioners (see episode 10, 11 and 12) from nutrition, psychology and strength and conditioning, today's discussion is a chance for a Regional Development Programme athletes to ask anything swimming related to the Regional Talent Officer and Regional Head Coach. 

The ISL is mentioned in the discussion - find out more here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czbUkBnMDcg

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Our final Q&A in this three-part series and we are talking all things nutrition with Jasmine Campbell. 

The presentation that precedes this Q&A can be found here: https://youtu.be/4q5Maa1MxIc

In the discussion, Jasmine mentions two books, both by Anita Bean. You can find all of Anita's books on her website. 

As part of the national resources during lockdown, Jasmine has also done some Youtube videos, which can be found on Swim England's channel. 

You can contact Jasmine through her website and follow her on Twitter. 

Following on from our digital development camp programmes this year, we have three great Q&A's to share with you. This is the second of three shows, all of which you can find on our podcast landing page. 

Today we are talking psychology and we're in discussion with Helen Davis of Think. Believe. Perform. 

The presentation preceding this Q & A can be found here https://youtu.be/b9FVShHl83U.

Some recommended books from the discussion were:

The podcast recommendations were the Sport Psych Show Podcast and 80% Mental Podcast

Helen's website is https://www.thinkbelieveperform.co.uk

You can find Helen on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram

Following the success of a digital camp delivery model this year, we offered an open question and answer session for every single 2008-born swimmer and their parents in the East Region. Today's discussion is with Fiona from Performance Herts and the questions are live from budding swimmers around our six counties. 

The presentation that preceded this discussion can be found here: https://youtu.be/LkyHW3rHzQE

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What is it like being a swimming parent? What is it like juggling siblings, a job and the huge commitment swimming entails? In this discussion we interview Caroline Peaty, mother of the swimming legend Mr Adam Peaty. She shares some fascinating insights into her journey and offers some wonderful tips for parents who are navigating their own routes through the swimming world.   Make sure you subscribe to our podcast to keep up to date with all our new resources and they go live.

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As part of our Introduction to series for coaches, Ben Negus from City of Peterborough shares some time with us to reflect on coaching swimmers on Butterfly.

You can follow Ben, Swim England East Region and The East Region Swimming Coaches Network on Twitter. 

The notes to accompany this podcast can be found on our coaching pages on our website. 

Our seventh show is with Tom Suckling, a part time coach with Ware Swimming Club. Tom's full time profession is as a learning disability nurse  within mental health services and he's currently working at a hospital in Hertfordshire. He's got some great tips on staying engaged, healthy and positive in these difficult times. 

On this episode we speak to Gordon MacLelland, The CEO of Working With Parents In Sport. He's got some great insights for us to help support parents in these difficult times. If you want to know more about the range of resources WWPIS has, head over to www.parentsinsport.co.uk or interact with him on twitter through his tag @_WWPIS.