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Bill Woodhouse

I learnt to swim in the murky water of the Swan River amongst the jellyfish and other detritus at Crawley Baths. It was the principal venue for inter school swimming prior to Beatty Park being built in 1962. Till that time, we trained for water polo [Dolphins Club] and shared the pool with Olympians David Dixon and Tom Hoad. Post school and Uni, pool swimming was lost for 40 years in the interests of work and family. In 2009 I happened upon a happy group of senior swimmers calling themselves Stadium Snappers. In my first tryout I struggled to swim 50 metres. However, I realised encouragement, support and especially good coaching technique is the way to improvement. Good technique is my focus as a swimming coach; making corrections where I see it so that swimmers get maximum return for effort, with minimum chance of injury and enjoy the experience of swimming along the way.

Barry Green

Anne Edmondson

Mark Anderson

Tricia Summerfield

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I first did some fun coaching in the ocean with students at a high school in PNG in 1972. In 1994 I joined Stadium Masters (then known as Superdrome Snappers) and began the Level 1 coaching course in 1997 qualifying in 1998 and have continued coaching since then. As Director of Coaching on the Masters Swimming WA Board for ten years I contributed to a major revision of the coaching course making it simpler and more accessible. When I retired from a policy position at the Department of Sport and Recreation, I initiated the Wednesday morning training session which has helped to attract new members and has become the best attended Snappers squad. In earlier years I served as secretary, president and captain but now my focus is coaching, and I enjoy seeing our swimmers develop and improve.

Mark has been an MSA qualified Coach for around 4 years and, when he is not travelling, coaches our Tuesday evening session. He is not recognised for his patience or bedside manner – indeed one of his common mantras is NO GAIN WITHOUT PAIN – some might even say he has sadistic tendencies. However, for some reason they keep coming back for another dose! Although Mark has little interest in competing, he has a keen interest in swimming technique and particularly in efficient freestyle, which tends to form the core of the training sessions.

I became a Masters coach in 2021, after studying during Covid lockdown in 2020. I have been involved in masters swimming since 2008 and have been totally hooked since then. To keep up to date with coaching techniques I watch videos online, not only those posted by Masters Swimming, but others by coaches all over the world. I was born and grew up in England, where I learnt to swim and swam competitively at club level. I came to live in Australia 33 years ago.

In England I trained (with the Amateur Swimming Association) to become an instructor (1976) and subsequently coached juniors, and adults in the masters section of the City of Oxford Swimming Club (which I established). In early 2007, I retired to Perth, joined Stadium Snappers and qualified as a coach in 2012. I have continued to coach at the club. My main aim in coaching is to encourage swimmers to achieve their potential. I have swum competitiveley from an early age and hope to continue doing so.