Welcome to Swimming Gold 2026

Welcome to 2026 and welcome to Swimming Gold.

This 12 months I’ve made a dedication to do much more video. There’s a variety of Ai generated textual content on the market – and a variety of it’s garbage. So in response, I’ve determined it’s time for me to document movies most days and attempt to assist extra coaches, extra lecturers, extra swimmers and extra swimming dad and mom all over the world.

I imagine our sport is at a cross-roads.

There’s no option to spin it: in lots of locations all over the world, the variety of youngsters in organized, aggressive swimming is on the decline because it has been for nicely over a decade.

We can look blame a variety of issues for this decline…Covid…Pool closures…the price of being concerned within the sport…Meet codecs… and 100 different issues, however in the long run – as coaches and as lecturers – let’s concentrate on one factor – the one factor WE can management: how can we do what we do higher.

If you’re nonetheless standing on the finish of the pool yelling numbers at youngsters for 2 hours morning and night time 5 days per week and questioning “Where have all the swimmers gone?” – that is the 12 months to re-think and alter the way in which you coach.

I strongly imagine the way forward for this sport is within the arms of coaches and lecturers.

If we do what we do higher, if we coach with power, ardour, enthusiasm, engagement and if we do all we are able to to encourage the hearts and minds of each child we coach, this sport will develop and flourish for one more 100 years.

If we don’t – if we stand again and look ahead to extra swimming pools to be constructed, for the Federations to alter Meet codecs, for the game to change into cheaper to be concerned with – my mates – we’re in hassle.

Let’s make 2026 the 12 months once we seize maintain of the future of this outstanding sport, raise our teaching on daily basis in each factor we do to extra-ordinary ranges and collectively encourage each youngster on the planet to fall in love with the expertise of being in and round water.

We can do it!