Applications due 07/21/24
Job Description:
Date posted: July 5, 2024
Location: Reykjavík, Iceland
- Breidablik Swim Club is looking for a highly motivated Asstant Swim Coach to
oversee training design. Position is a full-time salaried
position (approximately 40 hours per week, including both on deck coaching and
administrative/managerial duties).
Job:
Serve as the Assistant Swim Coach for the team’s competitive swim
program:Develop and implement comprehensive training programs
across all team/group levels tailored to the needs and
abilities of each practice group, focusing on skill
development, stroke progression, tactical knowledge, and
physical fitness. - Assessment and assignment of swimmers to training groups and appropriate goal setting.
- Coaching job for age group and elite swimmers
- Propose the competition calendar for the short course, long course, and championship seasons.
- Maintain regular and efficient communication with swimmers, parents,
- Work collaboratively with coaching staff
- Work collaboratively with the parent volunteers providing monthly progress reports regarding athlete performance.
- Provide personalized coaching and feedback to individual athletes to help them achieve their maximum potential.
- Desirable Qualifications:
3+ years coaching experience demonstrating a record of successful
leadership with both developmental and elite swimmers in technique,
race strategy, stroke mechanics, age-appropriate dryland training, swimming middle distance and distance swimming techniques and training methodologies. Strong understanding of overall
balance of training for distance and sprint, taper techniques.
Proficient in use of coaching software (e.g. XPS), Microsoft Office
(Word, Excel, and PowerPoint – or equivalent) and email.
Reliability, availability, and ethical behaviour including punctuality,
confidentiality, professionalism, positive and constructive feedback.
Desirable qualifications
- 3 years+ experience as Swim Coach at the club or collegiate level
- Experience as a competitive swimmer, preferably at a collegiate level
- Proficient in use of Meet Manager, Timing System platforms
- Proven coaching experience of five or more years and track of proven
success with both developmental and elite swimmers in technique, race
strategy, training methodologies, and results.
Work Hours: Assistant Coach is a full-time exempt position with irregular hours
including evenings and weekends. The position will also require working weekend
meets with participation in meets.
Breidablik Swim Club
The Breidablik Swim Club has guided, trained and motivated swimmers at all levels
of recreational training and competitive swimming since 1968. The Breidablik swim
club is a member of The Icelandic Swimming Association (SSÍ) that operates within
The National Olympic and Sports Association of Iceland (ÍSÍ).
The facilities include both 25m and 50m pools at two locations in the town
Kopavogur (in the Capital Region). The swimming pools are part of the infrastructure
of geothermal pools that have evolved within the unique swim loving culture in
Iceland. While we have highly successful competitive swim team, we also foster the
ideology that every person has the potential to pursue swimming lifestyle.
The team has had several participants that have won place in the national team level
and its future youth programs. During current long course season Breidablik team
members will be representing Iceland at the following international events:
– 3x Swimmers going to the Nordic Age Group Championships in June
– 1x Swimmer going to the European Junior Championships in July
We welcome the new Assistant Swim Coach to our family supportive environment in one
of the highest ranked countries in the world in terms of safety, quality of life,
happiness, pristine nature, and its valuable resources.
We encourage any enthusiastic candidate of any sex or ethnic identity to apply.
How to Apply
Please send us inquiry about this job to [email protected], before 7/21 2024
Contact Information
phone: +354 6992656
