Patience, guidance and strategy.

Three words which Collingwood High Performance Manager Bill Davoren uses to improve the swimming program in the Holden Centre. After a game, you’ll find the Magpies in the pool. They’ll return numerous times during the week, even venturing to the open waters of Port Phillip Bay. It’s a contrast to the open expanses of the MCG, but a vital ingredient to making the players better.

Aiming to help reduce accidental drowning worldwide, Speedo has launched Swim Generation, a global initiative that works towards a world where everyone everywhere has the right to be able to swim. In development by Speedo International since 2011, Swim Generation already supports life-saving projects around the world, and has helped partner organisations to reach over 600,000 people to date.