Newly crowned Sport Wales Coach
of the Year 2012, Billy Pye, started his career as a coach in local Bridgend
swimming club, this year Billy saw his swimmers return from the London 2012
Paralympic Games with 11 medals in tow, including two golds and two world
records.
I first got involved in
coaching, as a Head Coach at Cynffig Swimming club in Bridgend, then I moved on
to Assistant Head coach at Bridgend County Swim Squad, this was followed by becoming
Head Coach at the same club. In 2003 I made the move to my current role as Head
Coach at British disability Swimming, based in the Swansea High Performance
Centre.
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Pye is Sport Wales Coach of
the Year 2012 |
Being a coach doesn’t come easy
and if I was to give one piece of advice to aspiring coaches, it would to, ‘be
patient with swimmers, take advice from your peers, be a good listener and a
great motivator’.
The London 2012 Paralympics games
have had such an impact on not just the general public’s perception of disability sport but sport in general. I truly believe that we will have a
lasting legacy with young people getting involved in sport.
There isn’t much rest following
London, my next focus is going to be the World Championships in Canada in
August 2013. For 2014-2015, I am going to be focussing on the World and European
Championships, and the 2014 Commonwealth games in Glasgow. Then obviously my long
term aim is going to the next Paralympic games in Rio 2016.
Follow Billy on Twitter @Billypye2012
