NISCA "Between the Lane Lines" Podcast

In this episode of Between the Lane Lines , Highland Park High School swim and dive coach Jason Pullano shares his coaching journey from a burned-out high school athlete to leading one of Texas’ top programs. Jason reflects on early lessons learned as a young head coach in Granbury, his transition into district-level education leadership, and ultimately his return to the pool deck at Highland Park...

Coach Pierce shares how a transformational high school mentor, Coach Curt, inspired him to start coaching at 20 and still guides his decisions today. He defines culture leadership as shaping people first and swimmers second, illustrated by his team’s family response to a tragic accident and by his children’s books that teach servant leadership. In practice he keeps all levels engaged with tiered c...

In this episode of Between the Lane Lines , Kyle sits down with longtime coach and past NISCA president Mark Jedow. With more than 30 years of experience leading high school and collegiate programs, Mark shares his journey from a summer league swimmer to coaching multiple UIL state championship teams and guiding athletes to national and international competitions. Mark reflects on the mentors who...

NFHS Director of Sport Sandy Searcy talks about her background, her role at the NFHS, and how rules get formed

Live at the NISCA Convention, Kyle interviews Coach Mark Onstott about his career

Shannon Danaher from Moravian started a program from scratch and now has 4 programs part of her co-op swim program.  We talk about what it takes to start from scratch

Eve Julian talks about going to back to your old high school to coach and being able to coach your own kid(s)

Take a dive with Texas High School Swimming legend, Kevin Murphy, as he discusses the policies and procedures that have built Southlake Carrol Highschool into a 13x state championship program during his tenure. Coach Murphy shares a "10 days out" practice with us where he goes over the structure and expectations for going into a big midseason meet.   Coach Murphy is the Southlake Carroll High...

Mike Rose talks about his 39 years of HS Coaching and the pieces that make up a successful program

Take a dive with Connecticut High School Swim Coach, Lee Schwartzman, as he discusses his annual BPOTY (Best Practice of the Year) tradition set! The set is designed to encourage athlete's the blindly set a "Fast" bar and then coax them into reaching, striving, and encouraging one another to not just meet the bar, but to exceed the bar!   Lee has been coaching for 28 years.  He has been...

Coming out of the  COVID pandemic, Where is NISCA going? Check in with NISCA president Tim Sirios Host: Kyle Bedalov

Take a dive with Texas High School Swim Coach, Jesse Cole, as he discusses a middle of the season "Reset" practice designed to engage athletes intellectually, break poor practice habits, and design resistance training that will help athletes to FEEL fast.   Jesse has over 35 years of teaching and coaching experience in the state of Texas. He has coached 11 state swimming championship teams, o...

How to work with Olympian/National Record Holders and learn to Swim on the same team Hosted by Kyle Bedalov

Mental training encompasses every aspect of our coaching philosophy and practice--much more than meditation.  5 elements of Mental Training: Visualization, Confidence Building, Championship Mentality, Team Culture, Failure Episode Host: Kyle Bedalov