COMPLETE ATHLETE PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE AT AQUAPARK
Five Days to Help Your Swimmer Train Smarter, Race With More Confidence and Take Greater Ownership of Their Performance
A five-day experience for competitive swimmers aged 11+, combining technical swimming development and race skills with mental performance, Flow, recovery and personal performance planning.
Led by Petro van Rensburg, Adrian Goate and Tracey Hemphill
16–20 December 2026 | AquaPark, Pietermaritzburg
Residential athletes arrive 15 December
Early Bird available until 18 October | Residential and Day Athlete options | Flexible payment options available.
VIEW RESIDENTIAL & DAY ATHLETE OPTIONS
The Performance Experience
Five days designed to help swimmers understand more about how they perform — not simply add more kilometres to their training.
Across the experience, athletes will work on the technical and race skills that matter in the pool, while also developing the confidence, focus, self-awareness and performance habits that influence how they train and compete.
The aim is for every swimmer to leave with practical tools they can use back in their normal training environment — and a clearer understanding of what helps them perform at their best.
Swimming Performance
Develop greater awareness of how they move, race and execute skills in the pool.
Technical awareness and efficiency
Starts, turns, underwaters and breakouts
Race execution and pacing
Applying skills under pressure
Mental Performance & Flow
Build practical tools to stay focused, composed and respond better when things don’t go to plan.
Confidence and focus
Handling pressure and mistakes
Flow and Flow Ready
Performance habits and self-awareness
Recovery, Ownership & Growth
Help athletes understand the habits and decisions that support consistent performance.
Recovery and mobility
Sleep, hydration and performance habits
Reflection and goal setting
Ownership and personal performance planning
Swimming performance, race execution and mental performance brought together by three experienced coaches — each contributing a different part of the athlete’s development.
Petro van Rensburg
Head Coach, Westville Swimming Club
More than three decades in high-performance swimming as both an athlete and coach. Petro has coached swimmers to major international competition and will focus on technical development, race execution and high-performance preparation.
Adrian Goate
Founder & Head Coach, Aqua Athlete | Swimming South Africa Open Water Coach
More than two decades across competitive swimming, endurance and open-water coaching. Adrian brings practical technical coaching, race skills and athlete development into the pool environment.
Tracey Hemphill
Head Coach, Aqua Athlete KZN| Mental Performance Coach | Founder, Complete Athlete
Competitive swimming coach, mental performance coach and founder of Complete Athlete. Tracey will focus on confidence, pressure management, Flow, self-awareness and helping athletes take greater ownership of their performance.
Choose Your Athlete Experience
Residential Athlete
Full five-day programme, plus five nights’ accommodation and meals at St Charles College. Residential athletes arrive on 15 December and depart after the programme on 20 December.
Day Athlete
Full five-day programme from 16–20 December. Day athletes attend the complete daytime experience and bring their own food.
Travelling from outside KZN?
Airport transfers will be available between King Shaka International Airport and St Charles College at an additional cost.
Planned transfer timing: approximately 14:00 on 15 December from King Shaka, with athletes expected back at the airport at approximately 14:00 on 20 December.
Please contact us before booking flights so we can coordinate travel arrangements.
Residential Athlete
Early Bird: R8,500
or 3 monthly payments of R2,833.33
Standard price: R8,950
Early Bird available until 18 October 2026
15–20 December 2026
Includes:
- Full five-day Performance Experience
- Five nights’ accommodation at St Charles College
- Meals included
- All swimming, mental performance, Flow, recovery and performance-planning sessions
SECURE RESIDENTIAL PLACE
Day Athlete
Early Bird: R5,500
or 3 monthly payments of R1,833.33
Standard price: R5,950
Early Bird available until 18 October 2026
16–20 December 2026
Includes:
- Full five-day Performance Experience
- All swimming, mental performance, Flow, recovery and performance-planning sessions
- Full daytime programme
Day athletes bring their own food.
SECURE DAY ATHLETE PLACE
Frequently Asked Questions
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Questions? We’re here to help.
Coaching, Programme & Athlete Experience
For questions about the coaching programme, athlete suitability, swimming, mental performance or what your athlete will experience:
Tracey Hemphill
Elite Swimming Coach | Mental Performance Coach
[email protected]
083 399 1205
Bookings, Administration & Payments
For questions relating to registration, bookings, payments, accommodation administration or general event logistics:
Rowan Hemphill
Complete Athlete - Operations
[email protected]
083 600 7331
