Off The Blocks Swimming Podcast

This week on the podcast Shannon and i discuss the post Olympics merry-go-round that happens within the coaching ranks and the flow on effect it has onto our elite athletes. We also talk about opportunities for coaches to make changes, take risks and even move to coach overseas leading into LA2028. We talk about the Aussie team as well, who needs to take a break for a while to freshen up, and who...

The Olympic A team are back together as Bobby Hurley and Meagen Nay join us to go through all of the triumphs and tears that were the Paris Olympic Games in the pool. We discuss Michael Phelps and his disappointment in team USA results over the 9 days, and what that means for the direction of the team leading into LA 2028 and a home games. Adam Peaty and Phelps have called out WADA on their stance...

Bobby Hurley and i talk all about the amazing action from Paris on night 6 and 7 finals. Including Leon Marchand and his 4 Gold medals with todays 200 IM performance, as well as our own Kaylee McKeown and going back to back doubles winning the Women's 200 Back. Cam McEvoy wins the first Gold medal for an Aussie male in 50m Freestyle, and we congratulate him and his coach Tim Lane on the incredible...

Shannon and I couldn't wait until next week to discuss all of the history making moments of Night 5 Finals action. From the unbelievable 46.40 NEW WORLD RECORD from Pan, and Kyles courages Silver medal which make 3 Olympic Podiums in a row. Or the greatest female sprinter of all time Sarah Sjostrom upsetting the Aussie party and winning Gold at her 4th Olympic Games. What about Leon Marchands mome...

Bobby Hurley and i go through all of the action in the pool from Paris in Nights 1 and 2 of finals competition. We discuss Kaylee McKeown's amazing 100m Backstroke title defence going back to back, as well as Dan Wiffens impressive 800 Free gold medal. We touch on the massive night French star Leon Marchand has ahead of him with the 200 Fly and 200 Breast double against stars Milak in the fly, and...

Shannon gives us his thoughts on all the action so far in the pool at Paris 2024 Olympics, including all of the exciting close finishes we have seen. We discuss the slow pool theory, how to combat it and how it is actually making the racing more exciting with finishes coming down to a touch. Don't Miss it

Bobby Hurley and i go through all of the action in the pool from Paris in Nights 1 and 2 of finals competition. We discuss Leon Marchand and his dominating win in the Men's 400 IM which got the home crowd loud and proud. Italian Breaststroke star Martinenghi and his upset win over Breaststroke legend Adam Peaty in the Men's 100 Breast. Speaking of upsets, Torri Huske beating home her USA Teammate...

This week on the podcast, Shannon and i talk all about the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. Shannon gives us his tips for Athletes and Coaches during these Olympics, including getting enough sleep, not letting the big name stars around you in the village be a distraction and even being cautious of too much bed hopping. Yes we really cover it all haha. We go through the relay events in Paris and Shannon g...

The countdown is almost over and now, IT'S SHOWTIME. With the 2024 Paris Olympic Games about to kick off in 2 days time, we have assembled two Aussie Swimming Legends in Former World Record Holder Bobby Hurley, and 2 Time Olympian Meagen Nay to take you through all of the action you can expect over the next 9 days of competition. Time for the boys, as Meagen, Bobby and myself talk all about the am...

The countdown is almost over and now, IT'S SHOWTIME. With the 2024 Paris Olympic Games about to kick off in 2 days time, we have assembled two Aussie Swimming Legends in Former World Record Holder Bobby Hurley, and 2 Time Olympian Meagen Nay to take you through all of the action you can expect over the next 9 days of competition. Starting with the girls, Meagen, Bobby and myself talk all about the...

This week on the podcast, Shannon come to us once again LIVE from Canet over in France as the Australian Olympic team set up camp there on the road to Paris in July. Shannon takes us behind the scenes on what a staging camp looks like in the third week as the team prepare to move on, and Shannon prepares to fly home. Shannon talks to us about the handover between home coaches and team coaches duri...

This week on the podcast, Shannon come to us once again LIVE from Canet over in France as the Australian Olympic team set up camp there on the road to Paris in July. Shannon takes us behind the scenes on what a staging camp looks like in the second week with training ramping up, and what the coaches are looking for over the next few weeks. We discuss balancing training schedules of all the team, a...

This week on the podcast, Shannon come to us LIVE from Canet over in France as the Australian Olympic team set up camp there on the road to Paris in July. Shannon takes us behind the scenes on what a staging camp looks like, and what the coaches are looking for over the next few weeks. Shannon and women's clothes, Shannon and wine tours, Bronte's progression while she has been in camp and a whole...

The Shannon Rollason Podcast is back and Shannon is fired up and ready to go. This week on the podcast, Shannon and I look back at his week in Brisbane at the Australian Olympic trials for Paris. Shannon talks to us about the good, the bad and the ugly when it comes to the program, production and overall feel of the meet itself, as well as gives us a great insight into his own week as a coach with...

Welcome back to Off The Blocks Swimming Podcast for 2024, this week we are taking a look the 2024 Australian Olympic Trials for Paris up in Brisbane with none other than former World Champion and World Record Holder Bobby Hurley, and World Aquatics Expert Commentator Bobby Hurley. Bobby Hurley and I look back on the rest of the week up in Brisbane at Olympic trials including the team announcement....

Welcome back to Off The Blocks Swimming Podcast for 2024, this week we are taking a look the 2024 Australian Olympic Trials for Paris up in Brisbane with none other than former World Champion and World Record Holder Bobby Hurley, and World Aquatics Expert Commentator Bobby Hurley. Bobby Hurley and I look at the week of action from Brisbane so far including Arnies amazing WR in the 200 Free and her...

SPECIAL BONUS EPISODE In this special bonus episode, Shannon takes us back to his 8 Olympic trials preparations and gives us some great stories of the past. Stories of triumph, tears, laughter and some very fast swimming.

The Shannon Rollason Podcast is back and Shannon is fired up and ready to go. This week on the podcast, Shannon and I look through the massive week of racing up in Brisbane at the Olympic Trials. All the big names are racing and Shannon casts his eye over the field to give us his thoughts on which athletes and events are going to be red hot. We discuss all the big races and Shannon gives us his ra...

The Shannon Rollason Podcast is back and Shannon is fired up and ready to go. This week on the podcast, we look at the the ultimate men's 200m Breaststroke Olympic final off the back of the passing of one of the greatest breaststrokers of all time UKs David Wilkie. During this episode Shannon also gives us great insight into what makes a great 200m Breaststroker, as well as how the event and strok...

The Shannon Rollason Podcast is back and Shannon is fired up and ready to go. This week on the podcast, due to the success of the men's 100 Freestyle and women's 400 Freestyle episodes, we do our ultimate men's 1500m freestyle Olympic final list. And this is by far the hardest final to put together so far. We also discuss Summer McIntosh and her amazing WR in the 400IM, the Canadian Men's under th...

The Shannon Rollason Podcast is back after a few weeks off for Australian Age and Open Championships, and Shannon is fired up and ready to go. This week on the podcast, Shannon and i go through the news and notes in the swimming world including the sad passing of coaching legend Jon Urbanchek. Shannon tells a great story of his time meeting Jon over the years which gives a great insight into the m...

The Shannon Rollason Podcast is back after a few weeks off for Australian Age and Open Championships, and Shannon is fired up and ready to go. This week on the podcast, due to the success of the men's 100 freestyle episode, we do our ultimate women's 400m freestyle Olympic final list, and look at who we think would make it to THE BIG FINAL over the history of female swimming in the 400m. Some we a...

The Shannon Rollason Podcast is back after a few weeks off for Australian Age and Open Championships, and Shannon is fired up and ready to go. This week on the podcast we discuss Nationals up on the Gold Coast, what teams and swimmers caught Shannon's eye, as well as his own athletes including Bronte Campbell and her calf injury update. We also do our best to discuss the drama surrounding the Chin...

Welcome to The Shannon Rollason Podcast, a swimming podcast like no other. The Shannon Rollason Podcast is back in 2024 and on a new home here on the Off The Blocks Swimming Podcast network. This week Shannon is away and sitting in the hot seat with me is Newcastle High Performance Centre Head Coach and friend of the podcast Sander Ganzevles. Sander and i discuss Adam Peaty's return to form with a...

Welcome to The Shannon Rollason Podcast, a swimming podcast like no other. The Shannon Rollason Podcast is back in 2024 and on a new home here on the Off The Blocks Swimming Podcast network. This week Shannon and I put together our Ultimate Men's 100m Freestyle Olympic final, bringing together some of the BIGGEST names in men's sprinting history.  We also discuss Kyle Chalmers preparation for Pari...