Ripple Effect Coaching Program

The Ripple Effect Coaching Program is a program supported by:

The Ripple Effect Coaching Program is a brand-new initiative from Swimming WA that will provide long-lasting benefits to the coaching workforce as we move towards the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic cycles. Swimming WA recognises the crucial role that coaches play in the development of athletes and aim to elevate athlete performances through supporting the capability of the program coaches.

Program Aim: Support the development of coaches working with developing athletes, through targeted investment and mentoring activities

Program Structure: The program will take the form of three distinct phases:

Development of coach action plans
Swimming WA investment to the value of $1000 per coach into coach action plans
Ongoing mentoring and "value-add" activities

Program Benefits:

Opportunities to grow your professional network
Mentoring support from subject matter experts
Significant funding and support towards meeting your professional development
Actionable learnings to elevate the daily training environment

Swimming WA have engaged the services of Andrew Lyttle PhD to lead the program.

For enquiries regarding the program please contact Matt Nelson: pathways@wa.swimming.org.au

Ripple Effect Coaching Program Details

Program Lead

Andrew Lyttle, PhD

Andrew is currently Biomechanics National Network Lead at the Australian Institute of Sport, a system-wide role working with Biomechanists within the high-performance sport system. He was previous Lead Sports Biomechanist at the Western Australian Institute of Sport (for 19 years) and worked across many sports, notably Swimming and Athletics. Included within this time was his position on the 2005 World Championships and 2006 Commonwealth Games teams. In addition to various leadership roles within the Australian sport system, he has co-created and implemented numerous research and technological innovation projects. Included is work on computational fluid dynamics through to markerless motion analysis techniques; with a focus on bridging the research or technology spheres to the daily training environment.