Westhill District Planning Meeting - 2008 and Beyond
A planning meeting was held on Wednesday 27th February from 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm at the Holiday Inn, Aberdeen West.
There was a fantastic turnout of over 100 parents and swimmers who spent over an hour looking forward to the future of swimming in Westhill.
The meeting heard from Jim Cameron, Head Coach, who outlined where the club is now, how it got there and set the scene for looking ahead.
Katherine Ross, former Head Coach of the club, facilitated a session for those attending. Participants plotted on a graph the direction they wished to take the swimmers in the future. Having gained overall agreement that the membership wished to progress rather than standstill or go backwards, groups were formed to discuss what progressing swimming in Westhill means for parents and swimmers. The group discussions were wide ranging and covered a variety of topics and issues. The summary of the feedback received is detailed below.
The committee have agreed to look at the options available to take forward the members’ vision for the swimmers. The options need to deliver this vision. It is intended to have further information available by the Annual General Meeting in May.
Feedback from the Discussion:
What does this mean?
- Pool Time – More Needed
- Communication – The Committee needs to communicate the help that is needed and facilitate
- Finance – the pool time will cost money
- Head Coach – Jim Cameron leaves in the summer
- Parent Commitment
- Volunteers
Issues
- Community Club – how is this retained?
- Pool Time for Westhill
- Health Concerns - some concern re overtraining
- Transition - how do swimmers progress?
- Structure of Training
What does this mean for swimmers?
- Belief
- Motivation
- Improvement
- Commitment
- Resources in Place
- Opportunity
- Targets and Goals
- Education
- Want to do It ! ! ! ! !
- Smaller Groups for training
- Similar Level – training with swimmers of a similar level
Requirements To Achieve this
- More Pool Time
- Quality Coaches
- Less Crowded training
- Competition Programme – appropriate to level
- Training with your peers
- Training Programme
- Leadership
- Go For It !
To give you the chance to have your say, please download and complete the questionnaire below and return to moirglkch@supanet.com by 24th March.
Questionnaire (Word - 35kb)