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The British Swimming Coaches Association (BSCA) commissioned Nottingham Trent University to conduct research examining the mental health and well-being of swimming coaches in the United Kingdom. This was driven by an observation that increasing numbers of BSCA members...

A research study at the University of Bath are looking for coaches and athletes in high performance sport to share their experience of talking about weight in sport and would really appreciate hearing from you. The aim of the research is to understand the coach and...

BSCA members can make savings on tech in Dell's Spring Sale (3rd March - 1st April 2025). Members enjoy over 20% off limited-time savings on Dell's simplest PC portfolio & more for the AI era, such as: Dell laptops: Designed for play, school & work Dell Pro...

The British Swimming Coaches Association has been recognised by State of Swimming with a Fair Play Award for its advocacy in supporting coaches facing injustices in the sport. The award acknowledges BSCA leaders, office-bearers, and coaches who have endured...

Coaches, participants, parents and clubs are being given an invaluable opportunity to play an active role in shaping the future of coaching in aquatics. Swim England is to launch a new coaching strategy in 2025 and the views of the aquatics community will be at its...

BSCA members can make savings with Dell Technologies in Dell's Black Friday - the biggest sale of the year! The sale is now live and running until the 8th December. Save up to 40% on top tech during the Black Friday Sale and BSCA members get an additional up to 20%...

Three year wait for justice sees Amanda Booth & Fabian Whitbread have all concerns upheld and BSCA role vindicated in landmark ruling On 5th April 2021, five professional coaches employed at that point by the City of Oxford SC (COSC), all resigned at once...

The British Swimming Coaches Association (BSCA) is proud to support ICCE Global Coaches Day, celebrated on 25th September 2024, as part of European Week of Sport. This day recognises the incredible dedication and influence of sport coaches worldwide, many of whom work...

We wanted to inform our members that we have made some admin changes to how our new BSCA website communicates with our payment provider, GoCardless for our monthly and annual subscriptions. Our new BSCA website communicates directly with GoCardless for payments and...

BSCA members can make even more savings with Dell Technologies from 28 August - 26 September 2024 in the Dell Back to School Sale. Save up to 20%, in addition to your member discount. For a limited time BSCA members can obtain extraordinary savings on technology that...

Nominations for BSCA Coach of the Quarter for Quarter 3 (period July - September 2024) are now open! The Award is a general recognition for any coach be they a BSCA member or not*, for not only the performances of the swimmers they work with, but for any other aspect...

The BSCA has launched its new daily coach recognition award at the 2024 AquaticsGB Summer Nationals in Sheffield Ponds Forge (20-26 July 2024), sponsored by Arena. At the end of every "Finals session" each day we will invite nominations to be placed via a form on our...

The Annual General Meeting of the BSCA will take place on Wednesday 24th July, 30 minutes after the conclusion of the Aquatics GB Summer Nationals finals at The Quays Hotel, Victoria Quays, Furnival Road, Sheffield, S4 7YB. We are seeking nominations for the board...

The first winner of the revised CoQ award for the period April-June 2024 inc is Tom Naughton, Head Coach at Pershore Swimming Club in Worcestershire. Tom became involved like so many, as a parent helping out & giving of his time, before becoming more involved...

BSCA members can enjoy incredible summer limited-time deals throughout July with Dell Technologies. Save up to 20%, in addition to your member discount. Members are invited to Dell's Black Friday in July Event, where for a limited time, you can score extraordinary...

The Oxford Experience – a tale for the true professionalisation of the sport Overview Professional coaches operating on a full time basis in the UK became normalised in the 1970’s after Hamilton Bland returned from a Churchill Memorial funded research trip to...

From StateofSwimming.com Olympic gold-medal-winning coach Dave McNulty has been awarded MBE (Member of the British Empire) in the King’s Birthday Honours List (2024).  McNulty is honoured for services to swimming, one month before his fourth Olympic Games as Head...