Off The Blocks Swimming Podcast

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 the Rugby League State of Origin NSW v QLD and things we can learn and adapt to swimming as coaches.  We discuss transitioning from a successful age group program into a success...

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 some listener questions as we do another round of Ask Shannon Anything. In this podcast we discuss what other sport Shannon would coach if he could, what country he would lik...

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 back from our break to discuss all things Sydney Open, including Bronte Campbell's big return to competition after 18months. We go back and discuss Australian Age and Open Champs fr...

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 Bronte Campbells decision to train for the Paris Olympics 2024 and to partner up with none other than the host of the podcast himself Mr Shannon Rollason. Shannon takes us throu...

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 Australian Age and Open Championships on the Gold Coast, Shannon and I are joined by swimming statistician and historian David Clark as we look back at the rich history of the Aus...

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 Australian Age and Open Championships on the Gold Coast, Shannon and I follow up our first episode on tapering (1 year ago) with another chat on the best ways to LAND YOU PLANE an...

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. (Apologies for the poor audio quality on my part, had the microphone volume down too low, rookie error) This week, off the back of Kaylee McKeown's phenomenal 200m Backstroke World Record at NSW State Open Cha...

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 the art of coaching athletes and being master motivators. Shannon takes us through some of his best coaching moments of motivating and getting the best out of his athletes, as...

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 technology in swimming, whether that's training aids or the future of competitions and should we be looking to constantly be progressing and going faster. Shannon talks to us...

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 what we have been up to during our time away from the microphones. We look back at World Short Course Champs in Melbourne, NSW State Age Champs from December, and discuss the...

Special treat for all those missing Off The Blocks Swimming Podcast   Welcome to The Shannon Rollason Podcast, a swimming podcast like no other. This week Shannon is joined by 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 their take on what makes USA swimming th...

Special treat for all those missing Off The Blocks Swimming Podcast   Welcome to The Shannon Rollason Podcast, a swimming podcast like no other. In this episode Shannon takes us through his philosophies and training methods when it comes to the stroke most people have a love hate relationship with Breaststroke. From development to elite racing, Shannon talks us through what he looks for in identif...

Special treat for all those missing Off The Blocks Swimming Podcast   Welcome to The Shannon Rollason Podcast, a swimming podcast like no other. This week Shannon welcomes special guest, Australian Swimming Legend, former athlete of Shannon's squad and 2 time Olympian Tarnee White. In this rare interview with the Olympic and Comm Games Gold medallist, Shannon and Tarnee discuss her amazing career...

Special treat for all those missing Off The Blocks Swimming Podcast   Welcome to The Shannon Rollason Podcast, a swimming podcast like no other. This week on The Shannon Rollason Podcast it's all about Landing Your Planes smoothly during taper time. Here in Australia we are coming up on 2022 NSW and QLD State Age Champs this week, and this week Shannon gives us his thoughts and insights into how h...

Special treat for all those missing Off The Blocks Swimming Podcast   Welcome to The Shannon Rollason Podcast, a swimming podcast like no other. This week on The Shannon Rollason Podcast, Shannon takes us through his philosophies and programs when it comes to Sprint Freestyle. Shannon gives us an in depth look at qualities he looks for in identifying potential sprinters in your program, and the ho...

Special treat for all those missing Off The Blocks Swimming Podcast   Welcome to The Shannon Rollason Podcast, a swimming podcast like no other.   Joining Shannon this week on the podcast is Scotland's Head Coach for the the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games, and Coach of Duncan Scott the most successful British Olympian from a single Olympics in Tokyo, our special guest today is none other than...

Special treat for all those missing Off The Blocks Swimming Podcast   Welcome to The Shannon Rollason Podcast, a swimming podcast like no other. This Episode 1 and todays stories come from the Iconic 2004 Athens Olympic Games which was 17 years ago. Shannon gives us his insights into the lead up to the games including the long term goal setting that took place around winning the Women's 4x100 Free...

Season 5 Episode 9 (Part 2), we continue our 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 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 into his time with Swimming...

Season 5 Episode 8 (Part 1), we 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...

Season 5 Episode 7, we chat to Australia 2020 Tokyo Olympian for the 10km Marathon Swim, Kai Edwards In this podcast we chat to Kai about his move down Sydney to train with long-time coach Chris Nesbit at Carlile. We discuss the Tokyo hangover after the games and what lead to his decision to come to Sydney from the Gold Coast. We also discuss his Tokyo experience from his first Olympic games, the...

Season 5 Episode 6, we chat we Olympic Gold Medallist from Tokyo 2020 from the Women's 4x100 Medley Relay, and Australian Champion Chelsea Hodges. In this podcast we chat with Chelsea about where she is at right now with World Champ and Comm Games trials now just over a month away, and discuss her success at the recent NSW State Open Champs in Sydney. Chelsea takes us back to her beginnings in the...

Season 5 Ep 5, we head over to the US and chat with 3 very talented young Aussie stars who are in college competing right now for their respective teams, we have Charlie Hawke with Alabama University, Charli Brown with Arizona State and Alex Quach with Ohio State. In this podcast the 3 young stars give us their unique insight into training and competing over in the US college programs. How are the...

Season 5 Episode 4, we chat to Aussie young gun and record breaker from Bond University Flynn Southam. In this podcast we discuss Flynn's, success in the pool at such a young age and goals he and his coaches Kyle Samuelson and Chris Mooney have for the next few years and beyond. We also discuss his coaches influence on his swimming so far particularly Kyle, and what he has learnt since Olympic Gol...

Season 5 Ep 3, We sit down with the World Record Holder and now 2 time Olympic Champion in the Men's 100 Breaststroke, the man with a new book out right now "The Gladiator Mindset" Mr Adam Peaty. In this podcast we discuss his success in Tokyo and the challenges he faced this time around with Covid, a new family and now having the big responsibility on his shoulders of being the defending champion...

Season 5 Ep 2, We chat with new Bond Head Coach and 2 time Olympic coach for Australia Chris Mooney. In this podcast we discuss the big move down south to Bond University following what was an amazing 2020 Tokyo Olympic experience. What brought the move about, and what excited him about the future down on the Gold Coast. We of course get stuck into the Tokyo Olympic experience including Kaylee McK...