Off The Blocks Swimming Podcast

On 15/04/2022 We were fortunate enough to sit down with 4 time Australian coach of the year, and one of the best in the business Stephan Widmer, this is part 2 of our chat. In this part two podcast Stephan talks to us about some of the amazing swimmers he has had the pleasure of working with like Libby Trickett, Christian Sprenger, Melanie Schlanger and Jess Schipper among many others. We also get...

On 15/04/2022 we had chat with 4 time Australian coach of the year, and one of the best in the business Stephan Widmer. In this part one podcast Stephan talks to us about last years Tokyo 2020 Olympic games and how he saw the swimming in the pool, as well as Joseph Schoolings performance following his Gold medal in 2016. We go through his early days in Switzerland as a swimmer and then transitioni...

On 17/08/2020 we had a chat with one of the greatest swimming coaches of all time, a man who has mentored over 68 Olympians during his career so far, the one and only coach Gregg Troy. While we take a break through the holidays, we thought it was a great time to look back and listen to one of the great coaching minds we have had the fortune of having on the podcast. Even if you heard it the first...

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all of our listeners, and while Shannon and I are spending some time with family, we thought it was a good time to revisit our episode on Sprint Freestyle from our early days. Shannon takes us through his thoughts on developing Sprint Freestylers within your program, and transitioning their talent and potential through to open level, as he did with Jodie Henry...

Shannon is back after a BIG week at NSW State Age Champs and there is plenty to talk about including the 30 World Records we saw tumble at Short Course World Champs. We get into Jordan Crooks 19.90 and re watch the incredible swim, as well as discuss Gretchen Walsh and her amazing 9 World Records. We go through the Aussies performances as well and who Shannon thought stood out from the Green and G...

With NSW Sate Age Champs on this week, Shannon is busy supporting his athletes on pool deck so we thought it would be a great chance to go back in time and revisit his one on one chat with newly appointed Head Coach of Aquatics GB Steven Tigg. In this chat you will get many take always from both Steven and Shannon as they discuss their successes as coaches and the learning opportunities that lead...

Shannon is back fresh from Japan with plenty to chat about including the Blues success in Tokyo, NSW State Age coming up and plenty more

With Shannon away for another week in Japan with the NSW Team it's time for another special guest host and this week it is non other than St Peters Western Age Group Head Coach Cam Gledhill. In this podcast Cam and I give our flowers to the retiring Aussie swimming legend Emma McKeon, and talk about what Female Aussie sprinting looks like over the next 4 years leading into LA 2028. Cam gives us so...

With Shannon off to Japan with the NSW team, this week we have a special guest host helping fill his chair and it's none other than one of NSW and Australia's best coaches, and Manly Head Coach Justin Rothwell. In this podcast we discuss his success at Manly Swim Club, as well as his own history with Shannon and working with him over the years. We discuss successful team culture and Justin gives u...

This week on the Podcast we discuss more coaching movement with Peter Bishop heading over to the Netherlands, as well as the who is the new coach of Belgium swimming. We discuss standards within your team, on the back of the NRLs West Tigers handing breach notices to 5 players who have not been complying to the standards set and agreed upon. Shannon gives us his take and why it's best to move peop...

The Shannon Rollason Podcast Episode 87 - Quotes For The Whiteboard

This week on the podcast, Shannon and I discuss the big news that NSW Swimming is sending a team over to race in Japan for the first time in 5 years. Here Shannon's thoughts, and how this all came about. We also discuss the World Cups and the first stop in Shanghai, how much did the swimmers make and what was the competition like in the pool. Shannon's set of the week is back, and it's not what yo...

Welcome back to the Shannon Rollason Podcast for another week. This week with prize money in swimming going up and the upcoming World Cups having up to 1 Million USD up for grabs, should elite Aussie swimmers be paying for their own support staff, much the same as Golfers or Tennis players have to? It's a great topic of conversation and one that I'm sure will have divided opinions. Shannon also ta...

Back from holidays and ready to go, Shannon and i get stuck into 2024 Australian Short Course Champs.  How did his team go?, what did he learn from the week? And of course we discuss Kaylee's amazing World Record in the Women's 100m Backstroke. We discuss the influx of international coaches to Australia in the lead up to 2032, and what's positive about it and what are some of the potential negativ...

This week while Shannon is enjoying is well earned week off tasting wine in Adelaide after another successful Australia Short Course Champs, we look back and revisit a great chat Shannon and I had back in 2022 with International Swimming Hall Of Famer and one of USA best ever coaches David Marsh. Shannon and David discuss his recent success with the Men's Cal Bears team at the NCAA's, as well as t...

This week on the Shannon Rollason Podcast, Shannon and I gear up for Australian Short Course Champs next week in Adelaide. We talk about the change in QT for making the World Champs team, as well as what we can expect from the week not long removed from Paris 2024. We talk about Glasgow hosting the 2026 Comm Games, how exciting it is to see the games continue, as well as The Shannon Rollason Podca...

This week on the podcast we sit down with the newly crowned Swimming Australia Olympic Program Swimmer and 9 time Olympic medallist Kaylee McKeown. Kaylee talks to us about her amazing Paris 2024 experience and how she went back to back in the Women's 100 and 200m Backstroke events. We discuss what it took both Mentally and Physically going from the 200m Backstroke final into the 200m IM semi fina...

This week we have the absolute honour of sitting down with one of the best to ever do it Mr Bob Bowman. Shannon and Bob talk all about Paris 2024, Leon Marchands amazing Olympic games as well as Bobs other athletes who performed well over the week as well. We talk about college swimming, and Bob's transition to Texas as well as what Bob is still learning about at this stage in his legendary coachi...

This week Shannon and I  sit down with Australian Dolphins Head Coach Rohan Taylor to discuss all things Paris 2024, including the teams success, and what he learned from the experience that he'd like to take forward looking ahead. We discuss LA 2024, and Rohan gives his advice to coaches around what to look for if you have aspirations of getting swimmers on the team. Whether its in your programmi...

Former World Record Holder and Expert Commentator Bobby Hurley and I sit down with Olympic Gold Medal winning Australian coach Tim Lane. Tim talks to us about his work with Cam McEvoy and that 50m Freestyle Gold medal winning performance from Paris, how they got there and of course what the experience was like for him as a coach over at the games. We also talk to Tim about how he transitions his c...

This week on The Shannon Rollason Podcast, Shannon and I look back at the weekends NSW State Short Course Champs and some of the super fast swimming we saw in the pool. Shannon also gives us his thoughts on his own athletes performances over the 3 days. We discuss Junior Pan Pacs in Canberra and the USA teams dominance with 44 medals in total. Where Australia did well, and where we can improve loo...

Off The Blocks is back for a new season and what better way to kick off than with the KING and 3 time Olympian      Kyle Chalmers. Kyle sits down with me to look back on a massive Paris Olympic Games and the road he was on to get there including, change of coach and program, back injury and pain management and finding confidence. We talk all about his incredible Men's 100 Free Final where he place...

This week two of Australia's greatest ever coaches sit down and talk all things Paris Olympics when coaching legend Michael Bohl sits down with Shannon for a chat. Bohly takes us through his thoughts on his teams performances in Paris, including Kaylees 200 IM and where he feels she can still improve and be even faster. The two discuss coaching and programming for Kaylee also, looking at some of t...

Welcome back to the Shannon Rollason Podcast for another week. This week we talk Junior Pan Pacs in Canberra, and NSW State Short Course coming up. Shannon talks to us about his chat with Patrick Miley, coach and Dad of the team GB legend Hannah Miley. He tells us about how improvements can be made in the race model, and pacing areas. We get into a chat about how the greats of any sport think diff...