Off The Blocks Swimming Podcast

Welcome back to Off The Blocks Swimming Podcast as we kick off Season 6 with a bang, as this week we talk with Canadian National Team Coach and Elite Coach with CAMO Nation Greg Arkhurst In this podcast we talk to two time Olympian Greg Arkhurst about his journey from being an athlete and competing in the 2000 Sydney Olympics and the 2004 Athens Olympics, through to being an elite level coach in C...

Welcome to our OTB Headlines podcast where i am joined every week by Former World Champion and World Record holder, Australian swimming legend and Superstar commentator Bobby Hurley to discuss and go through all things topical and newsworthy in the world of swimming. This week we talk about Junior Worlds right now in Israel where the Junior Aussie Dolphins are smashing it at the moment. From Flynn...

Welcome back to Off The Blocks Swimming Podcast as we kick off Season 6 with a bang, as this week we talk with Aussie Dolphin and STAR of the 2023 Fukuoka World Swimming Championships Sam Short In this podcast Sam talks to us about his amazing World Champs including his incredible win to become WORLD CHAMPION in the Men's 400 Free on night 1, setting the tone for what was to come for the Dolphins...

Welcome to The Shannon Rollason Podcast, a swimming podcast like no other. The Shannon Rollason Podcast is back in 2023 and on a new home here on the Off The Blocks Swimming Podcast network. This week Shannon and I discuss his time coaching in Edinburgh. We go through his decision to head over, his first impressions and what it was like working closely with Chris Jones and Matt Trodden. Shannon ta...

Welcome back to Off The Blocks Swimming Podcast as we kick off Season 6 with a bang, as this week we talk with Aussie Swimming Legend Bronte Campbell In this chat Bronte and I talk about her road to Paris 2024, and how training is different now these days for her than most of her career. Training under Shannon Rollason down at the AIS, and how much she is enjoying the challenge right now of gettin...

Welcome to our OTB Headlines podcast where i am joined every week by Former World Champion and World Record holder, Australian swimming legend and Superstar commentator Bobby Hurley to discuss and go through all things topical and newsworthy in the world of swimming. This week we talk about the upcoming Junior World Swimming Championships in Israel. We go through the Aussie team list and discuss s...

Welcome back to Off The Blocks Swimming Podcast as we kick off Season 6 with a bang, as this week we talk with newest member of the Australian Dolphins Swim Team Kai Taylor. In this podcast we chat with Kai about his amazing Olympic trials result from lane 8 in the Men's 200 Free to qualify for his first World Champs event. We discuss how the day had it's ups and downs from heats to the final, and...

Welcome to The Shannon Rollason Podcast, a swimming podcast like no other. The Shannon Rollason Podcast is back in 2023 and on a new home here on the Off The Blocks Swimming Podcast network. This week Shannon and I discuss his visitors to the AIS this week Matt Ballin and Lee Briars from the Brisbane Broncos, what he learned from their time down in Canberra and how coaches can learn a lot from oth...

Welcome back to Off The Blocks Swimming Podcast as we kick off Season 6 with a bang, as this week we talk with Channel 9 NRL and Swimming Commentator Matthew Thompson After a hugely successful week commentating the 2023 Swimming World Champs along side Ian Thorpe and Giaan Rooney, we get Matt on to discuss his enjoyment of calling the swimming and the differences between Rugby League and Swimming...

Welcome back to Off The Blocks Swimming Podcast as we kick off Season 6 with a bang, as this week we talk with Olympic and World Champion and World Record Holder, Ariarne Titmus. In this podcast Ariarne talks to us about her incredible World Champs in Fukuoka. We go through her blistering world record, and the race of the century. We discuss race tactics and swimming with more intent. Ariarne talk...

Welcome to The Shannon Rollason Podcast, a swimming podcast like no other. The Shannon Rollason Podcast is back in 2023 and on a new home here on the Off The Blocks Swimming Podcast network. This week Shannon and I are joined by Australian Head Coach Rohan Taylor, as we discuss the amazing team performance in Fukuoka. Rohan give us his thoughts on the Dolphins results including the incredible Auss...

Welcome to our OTB Headlines podcast where i am joined every week by Former World Champion and World Record holder, Australian swimming legend and Superstar commentator Bobby Hurley to discuss and go through all things topical and newsworthy in the world of swimming. This week we talk about the Aussie v USA rivalry, off the back of Cate Campbells comments on tv. Whether those comments were warrant...

Welcome back to Off The Blocks Swimming Podcast as we kick off Season 6 with a bang, as this week we talk to 3 time Backstroke World Champion and Female swimmer of the meet Kaylee McKeown. Favourite of the podcast, Kaylee joins us again to talk about her amazing success in Fukuoka at the 2023 Swimming World Championships. We go through all the success of her 50/100 and 200m Backstroke golds, as we...

Welcome back to Off The Blocks Swimming Podcast as we kick off Season 6 with a bang, as this week we talk to NSW Swimming's, Newcastle Performance Hub Head Coach Sander Ganzevles. In this podcast we get to know all about Sander's journey from being an elite swimmer himself and growing up in the Netherlands, to how he transitioned into coaching. We go through Sander's coaching pathway so far, learn...

Welcome back to Off The Blocks Swimming Podcast as we kick off Season 6 with a bang, as this week we talk to Channel 9's Swimming Stats Guru David Clark about all things 2023 Fukuoka World Champs. David is a fan favourite on The Shannon Rollason Podcast and this week he joins me following his successful coverage with fellow broadcasters Matthew Thompson, and Aussie Swimming Legends Ian Thorpe and...

Welcome to The Shannon Rollason Podcast, a swimming podcast like no other. The Shannon Rollason Podcast is back in 2023 and on a new home here on the Off The Blocks Swimming Podcast network. This week Shannon and I go through what was a phenomenal performance from the Aussie swim team at the 2023 Fukuoka World Swimming Champs last week. We go through the amazing world records, Shannon's lane 1 con...

Join us as we go LIVE on pool deck at the 2023 World Swimming Championships in Fukuoka, with World Aquatics commentator and Off The Blocks favourite Bobby Hurley. Bobby gives us his thoughts immediately following night 3 of finals which saw some phenomenal racing. An upset in the men's 200 free with Romanian star David Popovici missing the medals as England go 1-2 with Matt Richards and Tom Dean....

Welcome to The Shannon Rollason Podcast, a swimming podcast like no other. The Shannon Rollason Podcast is back in 2023 and on a new home here on the Off The Blocks Swimming Podcast network. This week we discuss the controversy coming out of the US trials around the massive amount of DQ's in Breaststroke events. Why are they being DQ'd? Can they be avoided? How should we be using technology in swi...

Welcome back to Off The Blocks Swimming Podcast as we kick off Season 6 with a bang, previewing the 2023 Fukuoka World Swimming Championships with none other than former World Champion and World Record Holder Bobby Hurley. Bobby Hurley and I preview the upcoming world champs and the mouth-watering superstar match ups that are coming our way starting Sunday 23rd July in Japan. Bobby will also be co...

Welcome to The Shannon Rollason Podcast, a swimming podcast like no other. The Shannon Rollason Podcast is back in 2023 and on a new home here on the Off The Blocks Swimming Podcast network. This week as we get closer to 2023 World Swimming Championships in Fukuoka, Japan, Shannon and I are joined by swimming statistician and historian David Clark once again, as we look back at the rich history of...

Welcome to The Shannon Rollason Podcast, a swimming podcast like no other. The Shannon Rollason Podcast is back in 2023 and on a new home here on the Off The Blocks Swimming Podcast network. This week as we get closer to 2023 World Swimming Championships in Fukuoka, Japan, Shannon and I are joined by swimming statistician and historian David Clark once again, as we look back at the rich history of...

Welcome to The Shannon Rollason Podcast, a swimming podcast like no other. The Shannon Rollason Podcast is back in 2023 and on a new home here on the Off The Blocks Swimming Podcast network. This week Shannon and I look back at 2003 Barcelona World Champs on the 20 year anniversary. This was Shannon's first Long Course World Champs on the Australian team, and he takes us through his memories of bi...

Welcome to The Shannon Rollason Podcast, a swimming podcast like no other. The Shannon Rollason Podcast is back in 2023 and on a new home here on the Off The Blocks Swimming Podcast network. This week Shannon and I look back on the Aussie trials for World Champs in a few weeks. Shannon talks so us about how his team went down in Melbourne, as well as some big races from other athletes that caught...

Welcome to The Shannon Rollason Podcast, a swimming podcast like no other. The Shannon Rollason Podcast is back in 2023 and on a new home here on the Off The Blocks Swimming Podcast network. This week Shannon and I preview this weeks 2023 Australian Swimming World Champs Trials down in Melbourne, as the best Aussie swimmers battle it out to be on the plane to Japan. During this chat, Shannon casts...

Welcome to The Shannon Rollason Podcast, a swimming podcast like no other. The Shannon Rollason Podcast is back in 2023 and on a new home here on the Off The Blocks Swimming Podcast network. This week Shannon and I continue our discussion on transitioning your program from a top age group to a top open age program. Shannon takes us through his 4 year plan which started in 2000 and carried onto 200...