Sport Pack v2 · board candidate

Swimming Development Pack v1

Unites water safety, swimming skills, race context, recovery and para swimming in one pathway.

It supports the child; it never ranks, selects or predicts talent.

Explore the journey All sports

Equal pathways

01 · Choose your view

One scientific model, five understandable experiences.

Historical early-childhood age reference; actual placement uses developmental observation.

Active Start

Professional approval

Water entry, breathing, floating and exit awareness; Water confidence and expressing limits.

Family

  • Ask what they learned and enjoyed most today.
  • Track safe participation and desire to return instead of result, score or selection.
Load does not progress during rapid growth, recurring pain, marked fatigue or declining enjoyment.

02 · Competency progression

What are we introducing, developing or consolidating?

TECHNICALIntroduce

Sport-specific foundation

Discusses effort, enjoyment and small progress before results.

COGNITIVEIntroduce

Decision and play context

Discusses effort, enjoyment and small progress before results.

PHYSICALIntroduce

Movement capacity

Discusses effort, enjoyment and small progress before results.

PSYCHOLOGICALIntroduce

Whole-child development

Discusses effort, enjoyment and small progress before results.

SAFETYIntroduce

Safe participation

Discusses effort, enjoyment and small progress before results.

03 · Session builder

A repeatable child-first session.

Explore and play

A learning- and enjoyment-led session adapted to the child's needs.

  1. 1. Welcome and wellbeingListen to the child's energy, pain and motivation.
  2. 2. Prepare through playPrepare fundamental movements through enjoyable sport-linked play.
  3. 3. Discover the skillOffer the task with different challenge options.
  4. 4. Apply in playUse decision-making and cooperation in a modified environment.
  5. 5. Recover and reflectSettle breathing; ask about enjoyment, learning and the next wish.

04 · Play and competition context

The environment grows with the child.

No separate format is required for this stage.

Sport-specific safety locks

Pain, fatigue and enjoyment lock

Risk: Recurring pain, rapid growth, sleep disruption, fear or declining enjoyment.

Action: Stop load progression, record a safety observation and speak with the child.

Refer to an appropriate health professional if symptoms persist and await explicit clearance to return.

Safeguarding and boundaries

Risk: Unsafe adult conduct, bullying, privacy violations or coercion.

Action: Safely remove the child and start the dedicated safeguarding incident workflow.

Escalate to the safeguarding lead and, when required, authorities according to P0–P4 triage.

Water supervision and drowning risk

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Risk: Unsupervised water, fatigue, panic or depth beyond ability.

Action: Stop activity and provide qualified supervision and safe exit.

Use the facility emergency action plan and emergency services when required.

Open-water environment control

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Risk: Current, temperature, visibility, weather and water-quality risks.

Action: Do not start or immediately end the activity when conditions are unsafe.

The local facility/federation safety lead decides.

05 · Evidence and governance

Every rule has a visible source decision.

Long-Term Development in Sport and Physical Activity 3.0

CURRENT

Sport for Life · 2019 · Internationally adaptable

Development is a child-centred long-term process and is never reduced to chronological age.

Official source

Long-Term Athlete Development Strategy

HISTORICAL

Swimming Canada · 2008 · Canada

The document's stages, competencies and stakeholder structure shape the candidate sport pack.

Long-Term Athlete Development Information for Parents

HISTORICAL

Canadian Sport for Life · 2013 · Canada / locally adaptable

Families receive clear actions, cautions and conversation prompts at every stage.

Growth-aware child sport safety synthesis

LOCALLY_ADAPTABLE

Çocuk Gelişim · 2026 · Türkiye

Pain, rapid growth, fatigue, sleep disruption or declining enjoyment stop load progression.

Child development support, not athlete selection

REJECTED

Çocuk Gelişim Ürün Güvenliği · 2026 · Türkiye

Children are never ranked by sport suitability, talent or potential scores.

Long-Term Athlete Development Strategy — historical numeric dosage

HISTORICAL

Swimming Canada · 2008 · Canada

Old age, session, duration, match or competition volumes are historical context only.

Türkiye Yüzme Federasyonu yarışma ve branş yapısı

LOCALLY_ADAPTABLE

Türkiye Yüzme Federasyonu · 2026 · Türkiye

Equipment, facility, competition and safety rules are connected to current Turkish season rules.

Official source

Two-gate governance

CANDIDATE

○ Science Board○ Field Board

Personal enrolment and locked numeric rules remain unavailable until independent Science Board and Field Board approvals are complete.