Today I’m joined by the coach of Templeogue Swim Club Brian Sweeney. We discuss the qualification of Ellen Walshe to the Olympics at the 11th hour. We go all the way back to her beginning in the club, and further than that to the dream passed down from one coach to another to coach an Olympian.
350 Degree Post Trials Takes
Looking back on US Olympic Swimming Trials to deliver some takes on what happened. I talk about how Caeleb Dressel dealt with the weight of expectations, made some obligatory mentions of Michael Andrew, and got into the coaching staff selection:
Olympic Trials Mega Preview
Read the title. It is what it says it is.
Jeremy Kipp's Kick, Brazilian Shenanigans and Athlete Expression
This week with Joel and Erik we get into the article about Jeremy Kipp purportedly kicking a water bottle into a USC Swimmer. We follow that with the wild Brazilian Olympic 4x100 relay selection, before using this article as a jumping off for touching on the red hot third rail of sports and politics.
Signe Bro
Signe Bro is a swimmer who has made an Olympic qualifying standard for Denmark and hopes to compete in Tokyo 2021.
We talk about the role her parents have played for her over her career as well as some of the ways she has learned to handle with nerves at big meets. We also talk about how she's learned to deal with more people giving her opinions on what she should do as she rises in the ranks, and pro swimming in the ISL:
Eddie Reese Retiring: Emergency Pod
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NCAA One Event, Transferring to D3 and Fike's 200 PB
This week on the Swim Brief I’m joined by Joel and Erik to react to one event of the Women’s NCAA Division 1 Championship.
We then turn to the story of a swimmer transferring from D1 Arkansas to D3 Hendrix College, before giving our thoughts on James Fike crushing personal bests in his late 30s.
From Race Pace to Work Works
Hi, this week on the podcast I decided fresh off a meet to go through how I set up my practices. I go into the history of why I had a strong bias towards race pace training way back to my own swimming career, and why I now run practice in what I would consider “high volume”:
Joel and Erik: NCAA Changes and Conference Meets
This week I’m joined by Joel and Erik to about the ongoing college conference meets, as well as the changes to the upcoming NCAA Division 1 Championships meet.
Matt Crispino
This week on the podcast I am joined by the Head Coach of Men's Swimming and Diving at Princeton University Matt Crispino. We talk about his time both as a swimmer and a coach at William and Mary, the fight to bring that program back, and his decision to step into a leadership position at Princeton.
We also discuss coaching trees and stick around for the end where I unveil my most devious lightning round yet.