Nikki Kett Steps Away, Self Care and WORKOUTS!

In this one, we address the decision by Nikki Kett to leave coaching at the University of Michigan before turning to our own suggestions for taking care of yourself in a coaching career.

Stick around for the end where we go through the following workouts:

Erik’s Workout:

Joel’s set:

Whitewater Pain Train

16 x 100 on 1:05. 

Four in a lane. 1st person leaves on 60 second and third five a part 

Four stays on side.  

On the next 60 1st person dives in, the original leader is now second leaving on the interval (:05) 2nd person goes on :10, third is :15 and last person hops out. 

Keeps repeating. Interval can change to whatever - math gets harder on those 

So more people in a lane less breaks

My Workout:

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.

News: Sjoestrom, Meet Cancellation, Costs of Swimming

Today on the podcast I am joined by Joel Rollings and Erik Wiken to discuss the news. We talk about the recent news that Sarah Sjoestrom broke her arm, the cancellation of multiple college national championship meets.

Finally, we talk about the cost of club swimming and drinking coffee.

News: Olympic Trials, NCAAs and Austin Surhoff

This week on the news, Joel Rollings and Erik Wiken join once again to talk through the biggest stories of the week.

We talk about the announcement of a split Olympic Trials, and the implications for swimmers, coaches and clubs.

Then we turn to Greg Earhart’s letter about the possibility of an NCAA championship at the end of the year.

Finally, we discuss Austin Surhoff’s recent podcast where he talks about the 45 minute workouts that have propelled him to lifetime bests in the 50 and 100 free:

A Little Slice of Middle America: Erik Wiken

This week, Erik Wiken brings homespun, midwestern values to the Swimbrief podcast. We talk about what it's like to be a swim coach in Lincoln, Nebraska. We talk about hiring, socializing as a coach and the pitfalls and advantages of new online communities.

Of course, we also talk Omaha, Nebraska as a loyal Olympic Trials host and why people should be excited to come back in 2020.