{"id":4468,"date":"2015-03-30T12:15:40","date_gmt":"2015-03-30T12:15:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/perrybeechesswimming.co.uk\/site\/?p=4468"},"modified":"2015-03-30T12:15:40","modified_gmt":"2015-03-30T12:15:40","slug":"mark-foster-to-run-half-term-swim-camps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/perrybeechesswimming.co.uk\/site\/mark-foster-to-run-half-term-swim-camps\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Foster to run half-term swim camps"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"introPara\">\n<p>One of Britain\u2019s most successful swimmers, six-time world champion Mark Foster is running a number of one-day swim camps across the country this May half term.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The swim camp is a unique opportunity for local children to be coached by some of the UK\u2019s elite swimmers and sports coaches, including Mark and World Backstroke Champion Katy Sexton MBE.<\/p>\n<p>Together they will deliver the training drills,\u00a0techniques and methods to help young swimmers achieve their potential.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"wgt-340 quote offset\"><a href=\"http:\/\/perrybeechesswimming.co.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/mark-foster.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-4469 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/perrybeechesswimming.co.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/mark-foster-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"mark foster\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"http:\/\/perrybeechesswimming.co.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/mark-foster-300x169.jpg 300w, http:\/\/perrybeechesswimming.co.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/mark-foster-512x288.jpg 512w, http:\/\/perrybeechesswimming.co.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/mark-foster-400x225.jpg 400w, http:\/\/perrybeechesswimming.co.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/mark-foster.jpg 810w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Book your child&#8217;s place at one of Mark Foster&#8217;s half term camps at<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mfsa.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.mfsa.co.uk<\/a><\/span>Children will be coached on all aspects from improving stroke technique, speed and endurance to advanced land training fitness, strength and flexibility programmes as well as motivation, self-belief, race preparation and tips on nutrition.<\/p>\n<p>The Mark Foster Swimming Academy is suited to young swimmers between the ages of 11 and 18 who either have achieved the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.swimming.org\/go\/parents\/learn-to-swim\/\">ASA Learn to Swim<\/a> Level 7 framework or are currently swimming competitively at a club, regional or national level.<\/p>\n<p>Due to the high coach to swimmer ratio which ensures each participant receives the attention they need to make a real difference to their swimming development, there are only 60 places available at each camp, so make sure bookings are made early to avoid disappointment.<\/p>\n<p>The initiative from Mark Foster has already inspired hundreds of children to achieve the best level of swimming they can, using fun and informative teaching techniques to engage both young swimmers and their parents, who are also invited to come along and observe.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"wgt-340 quote offset\">\u201cI&#8217;m excited to be helping and inspiring the next generation of swimmers.&#8221; &#8211; <em>Mark Foster<\/em><\/span>With\u00a0support from the ASA, Mark says \u201cI\u2019m excited to be helping and inspiring the next generation of swimmers.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I\u2019ve put together a team of some of the most knowledgeable people in sport to help me cram the day with the most up to date techniques, drills and methods available to swimmers so they can be the best they can be\u201d.<\/p>\n<h2>Where and when?<\/h2>\n<p>The one day camps will be running in:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bristol, Hengrove Park Leisure Centre on Wednesday 27 May<\/li>\n<li>Luton, Luton Sports Village on Thursday 28 May<\/li>\n<li>Essex, Basildon Sporting Village on Friday 29 May<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The day costs \u00a395 which includes Mark\u2019s Sporting Heroes Book and a swim cap.<\/p>\n<h2>What does the day involve?<\/h2>\n<p>The one-day camp runs from 9am to 4.30pm. Here is a basic running order:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>9:00 &#8211; 9:30am &#8211; Introduction and Meet the team<\/li>\n<li>9:30 &#8211; 11:30am &#8211; Pool training (group 1), Land training (group 2)<\/li>\n<li>11:30 &#8211; 12:30pm &#8211; Lunch &amp; Nutrition talk<\/li>\n<li>12:30 &#8211; 2:30pm &#8211; Groups Swap<\/li>\n<li>3:00 &#8211; 4:00pm &#8211; Mindset, question and answer session<\/li>\n<li>4:00 &#8211; 4:30pm &#8211; Photos and close<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>How do I book?<\/h2>\n<p>For more information and to book please visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mfsa.co.uk\/\">www.MFSA.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Spaces are limited to 60 per camp so remember to book your young swimmer\u2019s place now\u00a0to avoid disappointment.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of Britain\u2019s most successful swimmers, six-time world champion Mark Foster is running a number of one-day swim camps across the country this May half term. The swim camp is a unique opportunity for local children to be coached by some of the UK\u2019s elite swimmers and sports coaches, including Mark and World Backstroke Champion &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/perrybeechesswimming.co.uk\/site\/mark-foster-to-run-half-term-swim-camps\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Mark Foster to run half-term swim camps<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4469,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/perrybeechesswimming.co.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4468"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/perrybeechesswimming.co.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/perrybeechesswimming.co.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/perrybeechesswimming.co.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/perrybeechesswimming.co.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4468"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/perrybeechesswimming.co.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4468\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4470,"href":"http:\/\/perrybeechesswimming.co.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4468\/revisions\/4470"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/perrybeechesswimming.co.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/perrybeechesswimming.co.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/perrybeechesswimming.co.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/perrybeechesswimming.co.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}