Wharton helps swimming post a first
SWIMMING: With the assistance of Wharton's Sarah Rowell, British Swimming has become the first national governing body to sign a sports science Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with UK Sport and the three Home Country sport institutes (HCSIs) to try to ensure that it is successful at the 2012 Olympics. The purpose of the MoU is to set out and agree, between the English, Scottish, Welsh Institutes of Sport and UK Sport, the framework within which all of the key partners will operate to impact on the success of British Swimming during the build-up to the London Games.
The key element of the MoU is a sports science, sports medicine partnership designed to provide swimmers and coaches with a world-class service as a vital component of daily training and national team environments. The MoU will have a direct impact on British Swimming's intended network of Intensive Training Centres as well as performance clubs through the provision of a vibrant, challenging, performance orientated culture. It will be underpinned by the continuous development of skills for practitioners and coaches involved within British Swimming.
British Swimming's work in establishing an MoU will also benefit other governing bodies as UK Sport and the HCSIs look to implement agreements across other sports based on the collaborative efforts and good practice shown in relation to swimming.
