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Dave Durden might just be the best swim coach on planet Earth. Our Sponsors: BRATTER PA IMMIGRATION LAW : Exclusive immigration representation of athletes, entrepreneurs, artists, investors, and entertainers. SWIM ANGELFISH: Receive the tools and skills needed to teach swimmers with autism, physical disabilities, anxiety, sensory and motor conditions with Swim Angelfish, the global leader in adapt...

Samantha Arsenault won an Olympic gold medal as part of the 4x200 Free Relay in Sydney. Winning gold wasn't enough and afterwards, she spiraled into a deep, dark place. Samantha tells her story of how she overcame this from the help of Greg Harden and how she came to understand her true self and heal her relationship with herself. This interview is about her journey to understanding her inner self...

Will Texas be able to take down Virginia or will they make it 3 in a row? Is Stanford ready to pounce? Who will be the meet's most outstanding swimmer?   Kate Douglass? Maggie Mac Neil? Lydia Jacoby? Gretchen Walsh? Alex Walsh? Torri Huske? Claire Curzan? Katharine Berkoff? Special guests  @KyleMillis  and  @TheSwimsuitGuy  800 Free Relay 11:00 200 Medley Relay 12:30...

At the NSW State Championships in Sydney, Australia, Kaylee McKeown broke Regan Smith's 200 Meter Long Course Backstroke World Record. She swam a 2:03.14!  Visit Sonny's website for merch and custom training plans! 29.34 1:00.73 (31.39) 1:31.84 (31.11) 2:03.14 (31.30) Our Sponsors: BRATTER PA IMMIGRATION LAW : Exclusive immigration representation of athletes, entrepreneurs, artists, investors...

Swimming fast is great, but lasting the distance is what separates the good from the great. Find out how to make the switch from short course to long course swimming with these tips. Our Sponsors: BRATTER PA IMMIGRATION LAW : Exclusive immigration representation of athletes, entrepreneurs, artists, investors, and entertainers. SWIM ANGELFISH: Receive the tools and skills needed to teach swimmers w...

Matt Kredich is one of the world's greatest swim coaches. He is currently preparing his Women & Men at the University of Tennessee for NCAA Championships set to start next week. Our Sponsors: BRATTER PA IMMIGRATION LAW : Exclusive immigration representation of athletes, entrepreneurs, artists, investors, and entertainers. SWIM ANGELFISH: Receive the tools and skills needed to teach swimmers wi...

Grant House is in the house and Arizona State swimming is on fire.  Our Sponsors: BRATTER PA IMMIGRATION LAW : Exclusive immigration representation of athletes, entrepreneurs, artists, investors, and entertainers. SWIM ANGELFISH: Receive the tools and skills needed to teach swimmers with autism, physical disabilities, anxiety, sensory and motor conditions with Swim Angelfish, the global leade...

In 2021, Hockey Australia appointed Bernard Savage as its new High Performance Director, who has extensive experience in successful Australian high performance sporting environments; including, 16 years with Swimming Australia as a Performance Scientist and High Performance Sports Manager. 3 Key Takeaways: 1. Sports science plays an important role in swimming, combining physiology and biomechanics...

Catalin Preda is a Romanian professional high diver. In this episode, Brett digs into Catalin's journey to becoming a professional athlete. He started his journey to becoming a high diver at the age of seven with swimming lessons and found out about the world of professional high diving while working on a cruise ship. He has since competed in the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series since 2009 and i...

Brett and Sonny talk about swimming with Joni Kopelev .  Every Monday morning, Brett and Sonny discuss what's been going on in the world of swimming. They end with a Q&A session. Catch up with the top swimming stories across the globe. Get The Swimnerd Newsletter emailed to you every Monday morning. Our Sponsors: BRATTER PA IMMIGRATION LAW : Exclusive immigration representation of athlete...

Today's American Swimming Coaches Association talk comes from the 1995 World Clinic in New Orleans. Hall of Fame Coach Nort Thornton discusses the importance of asking better questions and not taking too much for granted in order to find better ways of doing things. Nort coached at Cal Berkeley from 1974 to his official retirement in 2007 where he won two national titles in back to back years in 1...

Tanica Jamison, a proven winner & uber competitive recruiter, has led the University of Houston to two conference titles in her first two years, furthering the Cougars streak of 9 in a row. Prior to UH, Tanica coached the Texas A&M women's team from 2011-2021. As a result of Jamison's efforts, Texas A&M has placed in the top 10 seven times in the NCAA Championships, including two...

Brett, Sonny, and Nate talk about swimming.  Every Monday morning, Brett and Sonny discuss what's been going on in the world of swimming. They end with a Q&A session. Catch up with the top swimming stories across the globe.   Get The Swimnerd Newsletter emailed to you every Monday morning:  https://www.swimspam.com/ Our Sponsors: BRATTER PA IMMIGRATION LAW : Exclusive immigratio...

Don Swartz got his start as a club coach in 1967 when he worked with George French at the Ladera Oaks Aquatic Club in Northern California as an age group coach. After living in Davis, California, he moved to Marin County to become the Head Coach of the Marin Aquatic Club. From 1970 to 1976, he coached a number of swimmers who went on to make the Olympic, World Championship, and Pan-American teams....

The following talk was presented by Gregg Troy & Larry Shofe at the 1995 World Clinic in New Orleans . Gregg Troy was the Head Coach and Larry Shofe was the Senior Coach of the Bolles School Sharks in Jacksonville, Florida.  At the time of this talk, the Bolles School had produced 20+ Olympians, 22 Florida State Championship Teams, 3 National Prep Championship Teams, 7 Junior National Cha...

Chris Plumb, the Head Coach and of Carmel Swim Club and Carmel High School, shares his journey of becoming a successful coach and his philosophies on how to become successful. This is a revisit from Episode 135. 3 Key Takeaways: 1. Successful coaches are those who put themselves in situations to learn and ask the right questions.  2. Simple skills, such as push-offs, need to be practiced over...

Every Monday morning, Brett and @TheSwimsuitGuy discuss what's been going on in the world of swimming. They end with a Q&A session. Catch up with the top swimming stories across the globe.   Get The Swimnerd Newsletter emailed to you every Monday morning.  Our Sponsors: BRATTER PA IMMIGRATION LAW : Exclusive immigration representation of athletes, entrepreneurs, artists, investors, a...

Men's 4x100 meter freestyle relay at the 2000 Summer Olympics was held on September 16, 2000 at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre in Sydney, Australia.  The Australians won an Olympic gold medal for the first time in 36 years, and they did it in front of their delirious home fans. Australians Michael Klim (48.18), Chris Fydler (48.48), and Ashley Callus (48.74) won the gold medal i...

Matt Eversmann joined the US Army's 75th Ranger Regiment and was part of the famous Black Hawk Down mission. He was a poor college student and joined the Army to get his life back on track. He found that the standards in the Ranger Regiment were much higher than he expected. He was given great authority and responsibility and found it to be a compelling opportunity. In this interview you will lear...

Every Monday morning at 8AM EST, Brett and Sonny  discuss what's been going on in the world of swimming. They end with a Q&A session. Catch up with the top swimming stories across the globe. Get "This Week in Swimming" emailed to you every Monday morning. Our Sponsors: BRATTER PA IMMIGRATION LAW : Exclusive immigration representation of athletes, entrepreneurs, artists, investors, and ent...

The voice of swimming puts a few American coaches on his Mount Rushmore of swim coaches. Learn from 80+ of the best swimmers and coaches in our sport on the AnyQuestion app. Ask them ANY QUESTION you want. Bob Bowman, Emma McKeon, James Gibson, Adam Peaty, Mel Marshall, Kim Brackin, Ryan Murphy, Emily Seebohm, Ray Looze, Lydia Jacoby, Abbey Weitzeil, Michael Bohl, Summer McIntosh, Dave Durden, and...

Who are some Aussie swimmers to watch out for heading into the Paris Olympics in 2024? Cam McEvoy talks about Flynn Southam .  Learn from 80+ of the best swimmers and coaches in our sport on the AnyQuestion app. Ask them ANY QUESTION you want. Bob Bowman, Emma McKeon, James Gibson, Adam Peaty, Mel Marshall, Kim Brackin, Ryan Murphy, Emily Seebohm, Ray Looze, Lydia Jacoby, Abbey Weitzeil, Mich...

Learn how to optimize your training and swim faster with Fundamentals of Fast Swimming by Gary Hall ! Discover the key principles of physiology, discover how to develop a more effective program, and get the latest strategies, information, and resources all in one comprehensive resource. Learn from 80+ of the best swimmers and coaches in our sport on the AnyQuestion app. Ask them ANY QUESTION you w...

This week's ASCA Talk comes from Hall of Fame Coach, Don Swartz . These come out every other Wednesday. Chuck Warner believes it might just be the best talk in ASCA history! Coach Don Swartz discusses the concept of a "quantum leap" in performance, both in the scientific and colloquial sense, and explores the three key ingredients necessary for achieving such a leap. Key takeaways: 1. A quantum le...

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