This week I wanted to take state of a couple of really important topics in Positive Psychology and where we are the moment.
Things have been rough for a lot of us. That has necessitated a lot of pessimism to grind through some of the worst parts of the last year. Right now, however, is a big opportunity to start to turn some of that boat around ourselves:
Today on the Swim Brief we make our official NCAA Women’s meet predictions. Surprise, there was a lot of buzz about Virginia.
Before that, we revisited Bob Bowman’s decision to redshirt his entire ASU team: was it a good move or did his competitors get a leg up by going ahead this year?
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”:
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.
Today on the Swim Brief I'm joined by English swim coach Rick Hall. Rick has most recently coached with Hackney Swim Club in London.
Rick and I discuss his upbringing in the coaching world, and how a lockdown both at home and abroad gave him the opportunity to put some ideas about how to teach swimming down on the page.
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.
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.
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:
This week to do the news I’m joined by my friends Erik Wiken and Joel Rollings to bring our group text to life. We talk TYR Pro Series, Swimswam’s coverage of a swimmer leaving Auburn, and what Masters swimmers can learn from the great Tom Brady:
This week on the podcast I talk to my boss Paul Donovan. A lot of people have been asking about this interview and I think if you like this podcast, you're really going to like this one.
We talk about some of the reasons he's gone beyond Ireland to pursue coaching, as well as some nitty gritty about season and workout planning. Finally, stick around for the lightning round at the end where we compare Irish and Danish soccer players.
Also if you prefer watch the youtube version: