Episode 11 - Alex Bailey
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Swim Swift Elite talks with Performance Lifestyle and Education manager at Loughborough Universities National tennis Academy, formerly Performance Lifestyle for British Swimming, Alex Bailey. We talk through his own athletic career and how it lead him to being in Performance Lifestyle (including with British Swimming), what PL is, linking academics with sport and how this can be of benefit, once again the holistic approach and what this means, the difference between junior and senior athletes and athlete centered programmes.
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