Prescot Squad - an Introduction

British Swimming states that an effective swim training scheme for elite swimmers requires the following:

  1. To achieve their best, each swimmer must train a minimum number of hours per week.
  2. 4 to 16 hours per week are required, building progressively as the swimmer develops.
  3. All involved in swimming from parents to swimming pool centre management need to be educated in LTAD principles to allow the best outcomes for all swimmers to be achieved.
  4. Swimming is predominantly aerobic, so each session needs to be 2 hours in length to be effective
  5. Evening sessions need to finish by 7.30pm at the latest, to allow 10 hours rest before resuming training at 6.00am the next morning

Prescot star Alex Dunk celebrating with the GB 200m Freestyle relay team after winning European Junior Championship Gold

Prescot Squad

The training program Prescot Swimming Club runs and delivers aspires to these requirements.

This is occurring with success at the moment with several swimmers competing at National level including some National age-group champions and many more of the squad's swimmers compete at Regional and County level, not to mention their commitment to representing their own clubs.

Pools that the Squad use

Knowsley Leisure & Culture Park, Huyton
Queen's Park Health & Leisure, St Helens