Our next generation of swimmers converge on Canberra for Kaizen Camp

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Swimming Australia, September 30, 2015

On Sunday a 35-strong squad of Australia’s most talented age group swimmers embarked on the annual Kaizen Talent Camp at the National Training Centre in Canberra, and will remain there until Saturday 3 October.

The squad is attending a week-long camp under the direction of Swimming Australia’s Performance Pathway Manager Jamie Salter and head coach, Olympian and Olympic team coach Glenn Beringen and a group of 17 coaches and 12 staff.

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With the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games on these young swimmer’s horizons it is only appropriate the Talent Camp be named ‘Kaizen’, a Japanese work philosophy meaning continuous improvement.

The talented squad made up of 16-male and 19-females has been selected based on their individual performances at the National Age Championships, gaining recognition as top contenders for future Australian Swim Teams.

Nine swimmers and two coaches progressed from last year’s inaugural Kaizen Camp onto the highly successful 2015 World Junior Championships and the Commonwealth Youth Games Teams.

Salter says it’s encouraging to see young athletes and coaches progressing through from the from the Kaizen Talent camp and onto National teams.

“We’ve seen nine athletes and two coaches progress on from the camp last year to the Junior Worlds and Commonwealth Youth Games teams where they won six of the 19-medal haul,” Salter said.

“Statistics like this show that the Swimming Australia’s Pathway Performance Program is making an invaluable contribution to the development of our next generation of swimmers and coaches.”

The aim of the camp is to focus on skill development both in and out of the pool with Skill Acquisition experts Damian Farrow and Derek Panchek at the helm.

In addition to this the selected athletes will spend some time focusing on self-management from a physiotherapy and sport sciences perspective.

Swimming Australia, 2015 Kaizen Talent Camp Squad:

First Name

Last Name

Swim Club

State

Male Athletes

     

Michael

Boult

Hutchins Collegiate

TAS

Ethan

Dorrian-Nancarrow

Dapto

NSW

Caiden

Gill

Traralgon

VIC

Jake

Kersten

TSS

QLD

Leon

MacAlister

Carlile

NSW

Health

MacLeod

MLC

VIC

Ethan

Mcaleese

Rockingham

WA

Bryan

Poon

St Peters Western

QLD

Nathan

Robinson

St Peters Western

QLD

Zac

Stubblety-Cook

East Brisbane

QLD

Louis

Townsend

Rackely

QLD

Lachlan

Vane-Tempest

Mingara

NSW

Braga

Verhage

West Coast

WA

Elijah

Winnington

Bond

QLD

Thomas Partick

Wotton

Playford

SA

Nathan

Zhu

Trinity

NSW

Female Athletes

     

Molly

Batchelor

Melbourne Vicentre

VIC

Sarah

Beale

Acacia

QLD

Mikaela

Cornelissen

Traralgon

VIC

Claire

Coten

Perth City

WA

Rebecca

Cross

Tuggeranong Vikings

CBR

Abby

Duncan

Norwood

SA

Breana

Gilroy

Tuggeranong Vikings

CBR

Julia

Hawkins

Nunawading

VIC

Freya

Jetson

Launceston Aquatic

TAS

Sarah

Johnson

Chandler

QLD

Sienna

McDonald

Castle Hill

NSW

Kaylee

McKeown

Pelican Waters

QLD

Bethan

Mounfield

Fleurieu

SA

Natasha

Ramsden

Abbotsleigh

NSW

Mikayla

Smith

Nunawading

VIC

Katie

Strachan

Abbotsleigh

NSW

Alice

Stuart

TSS

QLD

Kara

Svenson

Plane Creek

QLD

Acacia

Wildin-Snedden

St Peters Western

QLD

Staff List

Team Leader

     

Jamie

Salter

 

QLD

Head Coach

     

Glenn

Beringen

 

QLD

Coach Mentors

     

Leigh

Nugent

 

VIC

Stephan

Widmer

 

QLD

John

Fowlie

 

NTC

Coaches

     

Cory

Bampton

Swimming SA

SA

Dean

Bryant

Nunawading

VIC

Dean

Gooch

Traralgon

VIC

Elisha

Hunt

Plane Creek

QLD

Damien

Jones

Rackley Swim Club

QLD

Phil

McIllwraith

Dapto

NSW

Rachel

Rickards

Hutchins College

TAS

Will

Scott

Rockingham

WA

Josh

Smith

River City Rapids

QLD

Lea

Speechly

Abbotsleigh

NSW

Kim

Taylor

Mingara

NSW

Shaun

Curtis

Norwood

SA

Nick

Veliades

MLC

VIC

Staff

     

Carolyn

Morrison

 

WA

Val

Chan

 

CBR

Sport Science Support

     

Jess

Corones

Sport Science

QLD

Damian

Farrow

Skill Acquisition

VIC

Derek

Panchek

Skill Acquisition

CBR

Koji

Honda

Performance Analysis

QLD

Nick

Smith

Performance Analysis

QLD

Tomas

Thapper

Psychologist

QLD

Elaine

Tor

Performance Analysis

VIC

Amelia

Treloar

Physiotherapist

 

Steve

Smith

S&C Coach

NSW

Job

Van Duijnhoven

Performance Analysis

NSW

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