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Bill Wadley, Klete Keller and Compliments to Swimswam

Swim Brief News Roundup Trying a new non-guest show where I comment on some stuff in the swimming news. This week the revelations about Bill Wadley, ASCA's response, Klete Keller and the people bothering you about it and some compliments to Swimswam.

Plus, that Danish TV show everyone is talking about.

https://swimswam.com/olympic-gold-medalist-in-us-capitol-during-clashes-video-appears-to-show/

https://swimswam.com/bill-wadley-resigns-as-asca-ceo/

Swim Brief: Ricki Clausen

This week on the podcast I talk to Ricki Clausen. If that name is unfamiliar to you, I really hope you listen. Ricki is a coach I met during my time in Denmark, but we didn't really hit it off until I had one foot out the door back to the US

If you want to know what swimming is like in another country, if you're interested in hearing the strengths and weaknesses of another system, if you're interested in a discussion of professionalism in coaching, this is a podcast for you. Enjoy:

Hannah Burandt

Happy holidays, enjoy this podcast with Hannah Burandt. Hannah and I met last year, and since i’ve become a huge fan of what she’s doing. We talk about her journey to becoming the head coach of Cleveland State University, who mentored her and how along the way, and how she learned that too much was good enough:


Kim Foster Carlson

This week on the Swim Brief I am joined by Kim Foster Carlson. She’s authored a new book with a great theme that I think really resonates with a lot of people in the swimming world and beyond.

The book is called “Good Enough: How to Overcome Fear of Failure and Perfectionism to Lead Your Best Life” and through the podcast we chart a course through her own life growing up a competitive swimmer to being the mother of two high level swimming athletes as well as a child with special needs:


Coaching Wellness

This week I am joined by Matt Sprang. Matt and I go about a decade back, and we reconnected in Florida last month. He was there to talk about coaching wellness, and I thought that he had a message worth amplifying.

We talk about his own journey to prioritizing his own mental and physical health while dealing with a pretty tough situation in his club: