CHRIS SPICE: How we turned British Swimming into a winning machine at Tokyo 2020... from creating a culture of self belief to identifying talents like double gold medallist Tom Dean
Chris Spice is the successful British Swimming's national performance director Team GB had their most successful Olympics in the pool with eight medals It is a stark turnaround since London 2012, when they only managed three Spice sheds light on how the Team GB setup has turned its fortunes around By Chris Spice For The Daily Mail
Published: 22:30 BST, 1 August 2021 | Updated: 21:56 BST, 2 August 2021
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One of the reasons I took the job of national performance director in 2013 was that I could see we could swim fast but we couldn’t swim fast when it matters. So there was a whole programme around how to swim fast in the arena and not be nervous.
At London 2012, only 20 per cent of our team swam a season’s best. I thought that was something we could fix. We brought in people from outside of swimming, who gave a different perspective across sports science and leadership.
We have been able to build a culture of belief and self-confidence. You can’t give someone self-confidence but you can create an environment where they build it. We have had seven years of that.
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