Abbie Lockett

Swim Coach

I swam for the City of Salford Swimming Club from 1998-2007 and competed at national level. My largest competition was the British Championship trials for the 2002 Commonwealth Games as part of the 4 x 200 FC team and I also competed at the ASA National Championships. I very much enjoyed swimming and I am still involved in the sport; I still swim for leisure and occasionally for  small competitions and my partner is currently part of the Great Britain Olympic swimming squad. As well as pool swimming I also enjoyed swimming open water. I swam in open water competitions at the Salford Quays once a year and competed in a few Aquathlons (swim and run) for the Greater Manchester Youth Games, where in both types of competition I gained top 3 medals. As I specialised in distance freestyle in the pool I found that open water swimming was highly enjoyable and also challenging.

I currently swim coach for Worsley Swimming Club, Salford City Leisure and City of Salford Swimming club. I specialise in all four strokes.

I work with young children from 5 years of age up to 10 years of age on technique improvement, older children and young adults aged for 8 to 13 working on training for competition, and adults working towards competing in open water competitions and triathlons. I try to give each swimmer the right training within the time scale available to meet the needs to each individual and work with their goals in swimming for the future. With City of Salford I work on competition practise, stamina building and technique development in order to get the best out of our swimmers. Coaching for the City of Salford has given me experience working with very talented swimmers and elite swimmers. I enjoy the challenge of creating difficult, enjoyable sets to push the swimmers to get the best results.