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Former Team GB Water Polo academy player Alice Shields claims authorities must do more to protect young prospects mental health, not just in water polo, but sport as a whole. Alice was selected by the South-West water polo under-17 squad at just 12 years old and then represented Team GB’s under-19 squad, however the pressure […]
Former regional swimmer Lucia Hooper reveals swapping her costume for boxing gloves has improved her mental health. Hooper found interest in the combat sport when she began studying at Loughborough University earlier this year. “It is an extremely sporty university so I was interested into doing a ‘different’ sport,” she said. “Something along the lines […]
Emmie 21 has been swimming almost all her life but hadn’t swum competitively since the pandemic however since moving to university she’s decided to jump back into the pool. Up until the age of 18, Parsons said she would train 8-9 times a week, training every single day and saying that she would “prioritize swimming […]