Canadian Heritage committee  No, it does fall under the NCCP. Swimming does have a branch in there. For example, the first part of your level 1 program could be with coaches from any sport. There's a second part of the course that branches off and touches on swimming, but as I said, it's maybe for a weeken

Canadian Heritage committee  I think it's a great idea. We have that in place right now at our club. We have a brand-new head coach, who has a ton of coaching experience, but he's never been a head coach before, so this year we are working with a man by the name of Clifford Barry. He is Victor Davis's old co

Canadian Heritage committee  I think so. There are two different ways of teaching swimming, either through the Red Cross program, or by trying to get to the Olympic Games. I would like it to be tied more to swim clubs. Right now, these two teaching methods are really separate. Towns hire lifeguards to teach

Canadian Heritage committee  To produce the best results, I think the funds should be focused on the coaches. Everywhere in Canada, I think, not only in Quebec, parents will pull their kids and jump from club to club on a yearly basis. We experience it a lot where we live, but I think it happens everywhere.

Canadian Heritage committee  I don't know, but.... Whether that's true or not for hockey, I really think that's the way it should be for swimming, at least up to a certain age. When you're 16, 17, or 18 and you want to decide where you want to swim, by all means, go right ahead. But I think we're missing th

Canadian Heritage committee  Where we're from, being a lifeguard in the summer is really fun. Kids who swim in an indoor or outdoor pool all want to become lifeguards, but it remains a summer job. It's the same for the trainers who teach kids aged 8 or 9. The job gives them a bit of pocket money while they a

Canadian Heritage committee  We hope they become coaches.

Canadian Heritage committee  No, there aren't that many places to go. For most kids, if they're lucky enough to get a scholarship and go away to school on scholarship and get an education, oftentimes they'll put the education to use, we hope, after swimming is done. Swimming, unfortunately, is just not a car

Canadian Heritage committee  I just think the fan base isn't there.

Canadian Heritage committee  That's a great question. In Canada, to dream that we're ever going to be like the likes of hockey is so unreasonable. Right now that's where all the kids want to be, and what they want to watch. Most swimmers are actually just athletes. We try our best to just develop an athlet

Canadian Heritage committee  This might a be a touchy subject for some in the room, but if we talk about developing elite athletes, parents also, especially where we are, are a big problem.

Canadian Heritage committee  They want results right away, so they're going to go to whatever club is producing the fastest kids at 12 years old. Meanwhile, who cares how fast your kid is at 12 years old? If we look at the top ten swimmers at 25 years old versus those who were the top ten swimmers 15 years

Canadian Heritage committee  I think it's going to take a big financial backing from the cities, or even the boroughs that the clubs are in. Something's got to give. I know for us, not only are we fighting for full time, we're paying a ridiculous amount of money just to rent that pool space that we're luck

Canadian Heritage committee  Eventually when they get to a certain level with the NCCP, only certain coaches are actually qualified. You always have to be graded, sort of, by another coach; you're always evaluated. To obtain a level 3 or level 4, you're going to be evaluated by a level 4 coach, let's say. Un

Canadian Heritage committee  It is always a question of money. There is not enough money to retain women. If a woman leaves coaching primarily because she wants to start a family, we will need more money to retain her. Actually, it is likely that, under those circumstances, men are earning much higher wages