SNSW Performance Centres

Through a four-way partnership between, Swimming NSW, Swimming ACT, Swimming Australia and the ACT Academy of Sport, the ACT Performance Centre will provide a transition High Performance program for swimmers to develop from talented Age Group Swimmers to the National Team.

The key components of the ACT Performance Centre will include:

• Lane Space
• Sports Science and Sports Medicine Support (SSSM)
• High-Performance Coach

The ACT Performance Centre will provide a high-performance training environment based at the Australian Institute of Sport for identified athletes transitioning from age group to open level competition, and athletes with potential for National Team selection. This service is extended to athletes residing in the ACT and regional NSW. Athletes accepted into the program will retain their ‘home club’ identity.

Shannon Rollason

The ACT Performance Hub is headed by internationally acclaimed coach, Shannon Rollason. Shannon brings with him a wealth of expertise, experience and proven performance success. During Shannon’s successful career to date, he has placed 38 swimmers on National Teams with 6 swimmers achieving World Record Performances, including Jodie Henry (AUS) in the 100m Freestyle and Rikke Molle Pedersen (DEN) in the 200 Breaststroke. Some of Shannon’s achievements to date include:

• 4-time Olympic Coach: 2004 (AUS), 2008 (AUS), 2012 (AUS), and 2016 (DEN)
• Coached swimmers to 23 Gold, 17 Silver and 15 Bronze medals at Olympic and World Championships across all 4 strokes
• 9-time World Championships Team Coach
• 4-time Australian Coach of the Year: 1999, 2001, 2002 and 2004
• Head Coach Australia Institute of Sport
• Head Coach National Training Centre, Denmark
• Elite Performance Swim Coach, University of Edinburgh

Eligibility to train at the ACT Performance Centre may be defined, but not limited by, the below criteria:

• National Age and Open Finalists
• 16 years and over* (including university-aged students): This program is open to ACT and regional NSW athletes that have transitioned, or are transitioning, from age group swimming to open swimming. Consideration is also offered to those who reside outside the ACT and regional NSW.
  *Swimmers outside of this age bracket may be considered on a case by case basis.
• Collaboration with the athlete’s home coach: To be accepted into the ACT Performance Centre program, consultation and collaboration with the athlete’s home coach and the ACT Performance Centre Head Coach is essential.
• Recommendations from the NSW Technical Lead: The NSW Technical Lead may, from time-to-time, have conversations with home coaches to create opportunities for their athletes to move into the ACT Performance Centre program.
• Hub Coach Discretion: Final athlete acceptance into the ACT Performance Centre program is ultimately approved by the Head Coach in consultation with the NSW Technical Lead. Athletes must be able to recognise and acknowledge the key identified areas for development and must be willing to commit to addressing them in a daily performance environment.
• Training Agreement: For anyone training at the centre, a training agreement must be entered into that outlines the program, as well as the conditions in which athletes train at the AIS facility. A monthly training fee is payable to the program. 100% of income derived from training fees are returned by way of program activities, as outlined by the Head Coach.

For more information relating to the ACT Performance Hub, please contact:

• Leigh Nugent, NSW Technical Director
• Shannon Rollason, ACT Performance Centre Head Coach

Through a three-way partnership between Swimming Australia, the NSW Institute of Sport and Swimming NSW, the NSW Olympic Park Performance Hub is an innovative and dynamic performance environment for athletes, coaches and performance staff.

The Hub enhances and supports the club-based daily performance environment for nationally identified athletes and targeted local talent.

Swimming NSW talent camps will utilise the NSW Olympic Park Performance Hub in camps and development opportunities.

The aim of the NSW Olympic Park Performance Hub is to provide a high-performance coaching environment for athletes residing across the Sydney metropolitan area. Athletes accepted into the program will retain their ‘home club’ identity with the goal of optimising performances nationally and internationally.

Adam Kable

Having coached high-performance athletes since 2011, Adam Kable leads the Olympic Park Performance Hub's coaching team. He is a four-time consecutive winner of the NSW Swimming Coach of the Year award and has guided athletes onto each and every Australian swimming team, including the Olympic Games, World Championships, Pan Pacific Championships, Commonwealth Games, World Cup events, and more. In 2019 alone, the NSWIS coach guided one athlete to a world-record performance and a world championship gold and silver medal. Adam holds a Degree in Physiotherapy and a Masters of Coaching.

Recent coaching appointments include:

• 2019 World Championships Australian Team Coach
• 2018 Pan Pacs Australian Team Coach
• 2018 Commonwealth Games Australian Team Coach
• 2017 World Championships Australian Team Coach
• 2016 Junior Pan Pacific Championships Australian Team Coach
• 2015 World Junior Championships Australian Team Coach
• 2015 Australian Rio Protocol Camp Coach
• 2014 FINA Youth Program Mentor Coach
• 2014 Lead Coach Australian National Talent ID Squad
• 2013 Australian Youth Olympic Festival Australian Team Coach

Eligibility to train at the NSW Olympic Park Hub may be defined, but not limited by, the below criteria:

• Swimming Australia Categorised Athletes or Athletes that have achieved the following criteria:
  • A performance equal to, or faster than, top 8 plus 3% of the 2019 Swimming Australia benchmark time for i) female athletes 20 years and above, or ii) male athletes 21 years and above.
  • A performance equal to, or faster than, top 8 plus 5% of the 2019 Swimming Australia benchmark time for i) female athletes 19 years and under, or ii) male athletes 20 years and under.
• Transitioning age group swimmers: This program is open to athletes that have transitioned, or are transitioning, from age group swimming to open swimming.
• Collaboration with the athlete’s home coach: To be accepted into the Olympic Park Performance Hub program, consultation and collaboration with the athlete’s home coach and the Olympic Park Performance Hub Head Coach is essential.
• Recommendations from the NSW Technical Lead: The NSW Technical Lead may, from time-to-time, have conversations with home coaches to create opportunities for their athletes to move into the Olympic Park Performance Hub program.
• Hub Coach Discretion: Final athlete acceptance into the Olympic Park Performance Hub program is ultimately approved by the Head Coach, in consultation with the NSW Technical Lead, NSWIS High-Performance Manager & SNSW CEO. Athletes must be able to recognise and acknowledge the key identified areas for development and must be willing to commit to addressing them in a Daily Performance Environment (DPE).
• Training Agreement: For anyone training at the Hub, a Training Agreement, and Medical and Musculoskeletal screening will need to be completed prior to accessing the Olympic Park Performance Hub training facility. Training Agreements will be reviewed biannually, aligned with the NSWIS Swimming Program Period.

For more information relating to the Olympic Park Performance Hub please contact:

• Leigh Nugent, NSW Technical Director
• Adam Kable, NSW Olympic Park Hub Head Coach

The partnership between NSWIS, Swimming NSW and the University of Newcastle cements our collective regional strategy to provide better access to world class facilities and training environments in regional areas.

The NUsport Performance Centre enhances and supports the club-based daily performance environment for nationally identified athletes and targeted local talent.

The NUsport Performance Centre has given swimmers in the Newcastle region a pathway to representative swimming and will mean they will be able to continue their training without having to leave the region.

The aim of the NUsport Performance Centre is to provide swimmers a pathway to national and international level swimming, and to support the growth and development of local coaches.

Athletes accepted into the program will retain their ‘home club’ identity with the goal of optimising performances nationally and internationally.

Sander Ganzevles

The NUsport Performance Centre is headed by elite swimmer, PhD candidate and internally-recognised coach, Sander Ganzevles. Sander began his swimming career as an elite swimmer in the Netherlands. After finishing his career in the water in 2004, Sander started his journey as a sport scientist. In 2010 Sander brought sport science into practice for the Royal Dutch Swimming Federation under former Australian Dolphins Head Coach Jacco Verhaeren, where he coached youth and senior teams, including Dutch Olympian Arno Kamminga when he broke the National Record in the 200m breaststroke. 

Sander has a proven record of successfully bringing swimming stakeholders together to work towards a common cause, having held leadership roles at the German Swimming Federation's National Training Centre, and more recently as Head Coach of the Cairns Stingrays SC, where he was also elected coach representative for the Far North Queensland Swimming Association.

Swimmers and coaches interested in joining the NUSport Performance Centre program should contact Head Coach Sander Ganzevles or complete the enquiry form.

Eligibility to train at the NUSport Performance Centre may be defined, but not limited by, the below criteria:

• 18 years and over* (including university-aged students): This program is open to NSW athletes that are aged 18 years and older.
• National Age and Open Finalists: This program is open to swimmers who have qualified into Finals at Australian Age Swimming Championships or Australian Swimming Championships.
• Collaboration with the athlete’s home coach: To be accepted into the NUsport Performance Centre program, consultation and collaboration with the athlete’s home coach and the NUsport Performance Centre Head Coach is essential.
• Recommendations from the Regional Coaching Director or NSW Technical Lead: The Regional Coaching Director or NSW Technical Lead may, from time-to-time, have conversations with home coaches to create opportunities for their athletes to move into the NUsport Performance Centre program.
• *Hub Coach Discretion: Final athlete acceptance into the NUsport Performance Centre program is ultimately approved by the Head Coach, in consultation with the NSW Technical Lead, NSWIS High-Performance Manager and Swimming NSW CEO. Athletes must be able to recognise and acknowledge the key identified areas for development and must be willing to commit to addressing them in a Daily Performance Environment (DPE).
• Training Agreement: For anyone training at the centre, a Training Agreement, and Medical and Musculoskeletal screening will need to be completed prior to accessing the NUsport Performance Centre training facility. Training Agreements will be reviewed biannually, aligned with the NSWIS Swimming Program Period.

For more information relating to the NUsport Performance Hub please contact:

• Leigh Nugent, NSW Technical Director
• Sander Ganzevles, NUsport Performance Centre Head Coach