SWIMMING PERFORMANCE SQUAD
As the competitive element of the LUSWP swimming programme, our Swimming Performance Squad offers a variety of opportunities for swimmers who have competed with their home clubs from county level right up to and including national level. The Performance Squad train every day of the week, across 10.5 hours of pool time and an extended gym programme including weight-based sessions and a weekly circuit training session.
As the competitive element of the LUSWP swimming programme, our Swimming Performance Squad offers a variety of opportunities for swimmers who have competed with their home clubs from county level right up to and including national level. The Performance Squad train every day of the week, across 10.5 hours of pool time and an extended gym programme including weight-based sessions and a weekly circuit training session.
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The Performance Squad operates in partnership with Preston Swimming Club's Top Squad with several weekly sessions combined and led by Head Coach, Paul Davison. In additional to this, the Performance Squad is also supplemented within sports science support.
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Each year the Performance Squad compete at the three core University meets: the BUCS Short Course Championships, the BUCS Long Course Championships and the BUCS Team Championships (Championship Division). All BUCS competitions involve a weekend visit to the Ponds Forge International Sports Centre, Sheffield. It is an immense experience to swim at a high-level competition, testing yourself against the nation’s best student swimmers, whilst providing a great opportunity to bond with your teammates and develop friendships in a sporting environment.
The BUCS meets are raced alongside the Lancashire County Championships, the North West Swimming Championships, Swim England National Winter/Summer Championships and the British Summer Championships. Performance Squad swimmers also have the opportunity to swim in the annual Manchester International Meet, local open meets and University lead charity galas. Finally there is the Roses Varsity meet against the University of York, one of the most exciting competitions of the year. We have had many recent successes in all of these events, breaking numerous club records and enjoying our own swimmers competing against Olympians in the BUCS finals.
Performance Squad Training Hours:
Monday: 19:30 - 21:30
Tuesday: 18:00 - 20:00
Wednesday: 07:00 - 09:00
Thursday: 19:45 - 21:45
Friday: 07:00 - 08:00
Saturday (Land Circuits): 15:30 - 16:30
Sunday: 20:30 - 22:00
N.B. Training hours do not include the gym and strength and conditioning programme
To view the club records, click here.
