Training Of Swimmers
A THREE-YEAR pro- . gramme of concentrated training in Australia for leading swimmers from the Dominion is advocated by Mr G. S. Brockett, manager of the 1954 New. Zealand junior team in Australia, in his report to the New Zealand Amateur Swimming Association. Mr Brockett proposes that swimmers selected on performance and ability to accept hard training schedules should be sent to Australia for two or three weeks’ training under a leading coach. Swimmers of lesser
calibre but with good potential could be brought together for a two or threeweek training school in New Zealand under a first-class coach, preferably from overseas. An essential requirement of Mr Brockett’s recommendation is that all swimmers should arrive at the training schools well prepared and in first-class physical condition. “This appears to me to be the only positive approach that we can make in our endeavours to come close to world standards,” he says.
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Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30466, 13 June 1964, Page 11
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