Former Sea Cadet and Team GB Gold Medallist Oliver James gives their three ways Sea Cadets can help you have a career in sports:

1. Passion for the water – this was very relevant for me, as a rower.

2. Life skills – the problem-solving you learn and the way Sea Cadets teaches you to think really stays with you. One of the key things about competing is ignoring the outcome and focusing on the process, so going through the leadership boards was really important for me – not as the leader of the team, but as the communicator.

3. Commitment – self-discipline and seeing things through. For me, it’s been the cultural environment and values of Sea Cadets that have really helped. The people skills you learn and character traits you build are all really transferable for the future.

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