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:
Kyle Johnson is a swim coach, I guess. I called him up and tried to get to the bottom of it. Listen to find out how I ended up interviewing who said that his big goal when he got into coaching was to be like Mark Schubert.
Have you ever listened to one of my many podcasts with Sarah Ehekircher and wished that she could ask me the questions? Well then I have the podcast for you. After many times getting her to bare her soul for all of you, this time she is the one probing.
We go all the way back to 2008, the first interactions I had with USA Swimming and what motivated me to pursue the topics I pursue.
Trever Gray asks a two part question that we take most of the runtime to discuss. What was one of my most-read books as a kid? Why were Duke Kahanamoku and Doc Counsilman ahead of their times? Was a John Naber interview the first time I felt the heat online?
That and more on this 100th episode with Trever Gray asking the questions. Plus, Olympic Darkhorse.
As part of celebrating the 100th episode of the Swim Brief, I allowed former guests to come on and essentially turn the tables. They guided the conversation, they asked the questions and I was on the hot seat.
In this edition, Nico Messer asks me about my recent trip to ISCA and what the whole point of this podcast is. Enjoy:
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:
Today I’m joined by Michael Schuber. The two of us bonded (if you could say that) over a job we both applied to but he ended up getting. Later he shared with me an intriguing theory about behavioral psychology and USRPT.
We also get into his own trajectory as a coach and swimmer, coaching while being a dad, and wanting to call your mom when you can’t. Enjoy:
Hopefully just in time for season start ups, a conversation with Trever Gray about some considerations you should take into account.
Also, a discussion of the wonderful filmography of Gerard Butler:
Welcome back to the podcast Sarah Ehekircher. After a long hiatus, Sarah and I get together to discuss a couple of pretty significant investigative pieces that are in the works.
We then follow that up by discussing conversations she’s had with a USA Swimming Board member, USA Swimming head Tim Hinchey and why neither seems willing to do the right thing.
As promised last week, here’s the podcast recorded with swimming agent and all around sport enthusiast Cejih Yung.
I think Cejih has a clear sense of what swimming is as a business, and I mean that in the most positive way possible. For the sport to thrive, the value of what we’re doing needs to be connected to those who can support it, and Cejih has done just that for a group of top level professional swimmers in the US.