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Thanks to everyone who took time to nominate coaches for the Speedo BSCA Coach of the Day at the AquaticsGB Next Gen Championships at Ponds Forge Sheffield (19-25 July). COTD 25 is now closed and final awards have been presented! All of our winners are Day 1 –...

The BSCA AGM will take place on Saturday 19th July, 2025, commencing at roughly 6pm in the Quays Hotel, Sheffield. This AGM is an extremely important event this year. Following the outcomes of the NTU Research into Coach Mental Health & Wellbeing, there are issues...

The BSCA Board have agreed to offer six lucky members the chance to receive a £50 bursary towards attendance at the Aquatics GB Coaches Conference - 9th / 10th September 2025 at the Institute of Sport, Manchester Metropolitan University, as highlighted in the attached...

BSCA members can save up to 50% off software, in addition to your member exclusive BSCA hardware discounts. Dell Technologies also offers a broad range of software solutions - now available with discounts of up to 50% when purchased at the point of sale. Adding...

Following the broadcast of the Panorama episode relating to swimming clubs in England, the Board of the BSCA have reflected upon its content before saying any more. We urge all coaches involved in our sport to watch and consider the content of the programme carefully....

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...

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...