The greatest athletes don’t simply train their bodies, they train their minds.

Across two immersive Performance Psychology sessions, worldwide renowned performance psychologist Dr Tom Bates will introduce swimmers to the mental skills that underpin consistent success at the highest levels of the sport. After working with elite athletes across swimming, Premier League football, Rugby Union, Formula 1, Mixed Martial Arts and beyond, Tom has helped performers develop the confidence, resilience and mindset required to thrive under pressure.

Through engaging discussion, practical activities, real-world examples and taking the swimmers into the ‘mind gym’, swimmers will explore topics such as confidence, self-esteem, focus, motivation, competition preparation, dealing with setbacks and performing when it truly matters most. These sessions are designed to equip swimmers with the practical tools that can immediately enhance their training, race-day performances and everyday life.

Led by world-leading S&C coach Rob Norman, this station focuses on how the best swimmers physically prepare their bodies before racing. Swimmers will learn activation, mobility and priming strategies to ensure they feel ready to perform at their best, improving coordination, power and confidence before stepping up onto the blocks.

Experience four world-class pool sessions led by the very athletes who have stood on Olympic, World, Commonwealth and European podiums.

This is far more than technical coaching. This is an exclusive opportunity to step inside the minds of some of the fastest swimmers in the world and discover the details that have separated them from the rest of the field throughout their careers. Every session has been carefully designed to reveal the technical principles, race strategies, performance habits and training philosophies that have helped these athletes succeed on the biggest stages in world swimming.

Working closely with the AP Race team, swimmers will receive live, in-depth coaching, individual feedback and expert insight throughout every session, developing not only a better understanding of what elite performers do, but also why they do it. From the smallest technical details to the biggest race-day decisions, every session has been created to provide practical knowledge that can be immediately transferred back into your everyday training at home. 

With one dedicated session for each competitive stroke, swimmers will learn directly from specialists who have spent decades refining their craft at the very highest level:

• Butterfly - Luke Greenbank
• Backstroke - Lauren Cox
• Breaststroke - Adam Ramsay-Peaty OBE & Filip Nowacki
• Freestyle - Matt Richards MBE & Alex Cohoon

There are very few opportunities anywhere in the world to learn from a team of athletes with this level of experience in one place. The AP Race Christmas Clinic is one of them.

This clinic wraps up with a 50m time trial, where swimmers will apply their mental preparation, physical priming and warm-up strategies in a race setting. This provides a valuable opportunity to experience how effective preparation translates directly into performance.

Swimmers will have the opportunity to meet and take photos with the AP Race Athletes. This is a chance to connect with world-class swimmers and take away a lasting memory from this experience.