Glenn Smith, Great Britain Swim Coach & Swimming Consultant

With almost 30 years of professional Swimming Coaching experience, Glenn Smith has been instrumental in supporting, coaching and identifying the talents of some of Britain’s most successful swimmers – including double Olympic Champion & Double Bronze Medalist Rebecca Adlington OBE, as well as Paralympic Champions Sam Hynd and Ollie Hynd MBE.  Glenn was also instrumental in guiding the career of Charlotte Henshaw MBE – Paralympic Silver & Bronze medalist in swimming, and now Paralympic Champion in Para Canoe.

Glenn has also coached & worked with numerous able-bodied National Qualifiers through his long, illustrious career as a swim coach, with his swimmers medalling at Age Group, Youth and Senior level.  Through his tutelage, Glenn’s swimmers have also been placed on various International Teams,  as well as securing places on the highly regarded British Swimming World Class Programmes and Swim England Development programmes.

To hear more about Glenn’s coaching journey and learn more about his coaching philosophy, make sure to check out his blog page.

“Throughout my career as a swimming coach, my coaching philosophy that’s steered my actions has always been to inspire my athletes as well as being their eyes to see what they don’t, giving sound instruction to help them improve and to encourage them to go the extra mile in training and competition. I believe in going beyond what’s expected to create success. There aren’t any easy doors to open in performance sport. Working with athletes such as Ollie Hynd MBE, Charlotte Henshaw MBE, Sam Hynd and a host of other national competitors has inspired and driven me to strive for excellence and my hope is to share what I’ve learnt with others Clubs, Squads and individual athletes.”