What is Swim 21?
The Amateur Swimming Association (ASA) is the governing body for the sport of swimming in England. Swimming clubs affiliating to the ASA must comply with its rules and the laws of swimming.
To ensure that affiliated clubs offer quality swimming programmes the ASA has developed a swimmer and club development model called Swim 21 which provides a benchmark against which clubs can measure themselves.
Clubs that achieve all of the standards are then accredited with ‘Swim 21′ status.
In 2007 Edlington ASC were accredited as a Swim 21 Teaching Club and have been successful in gaining this year on year.
How Are Clubs Assessed?
Action plans from the club go through a process of self-assessment against a range of ‘elements’ and the club are required to score themselves against this criteria.
Following this the assessment and evidence is submitted to an ASA assessment panel for their consideration.
What are the standards?
There are four levels for accreditation:
- Teaching (Club develops basic swimming skills)
- Skill Development (Club develops technical skills in a training environment)
- Competitive Development (Club runs a programme that produces District level swimmers)
- Performance (Club runs a programme that produces National level swimmers)
Within each level the elements for assessment are grouped into four areas:
- Swimmer development
- Coach Development
- Club Administration
- Partnerships