In the SwimSwam Podcast dive deeper into the sport you love with insider conversations about swimming. Hosted by Coleman Hodges and Gold Medal Mel Stewart, SwimSwam welcomes both the biggest names in swimming that you already know, and rising stars that you need to get to know, as we break down the past, present, and future of aquatic sports.
Episodes
Wednesday Jul 29, 2020
Wednesday Jul 29, 2020
We sat down with Lea Maurer (Loveless), a 1992 Olympic champion and the new associate head coach at USC. We talked through Lea's impressive and extensive aquatic career, both as a championship swimmer and coach. Lea explains why she ended up leaving her dream job as the head coach of the Stanford women in 2012, and why she has now come back to the coaching game under new USC head coach Jeremy Kipp.
Tuesday Jul 28, 2020
Tuesday Jul 28, 2020
Any time I get to talk to Cody Miller is a treat, mostly because we are both dudes who like swimming and making videos. Cody was kind enough to speak with me through his last few weeks, which were packed to say the least. He's done his best to stay busy throughout this time at home, and is lucky enough that he gets to get out of the house to go workout at a crossfit gym that is still open. He also shares his take (which you can also watch here) on the impact of an Olympic postponement.
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Originally published on March 30, 2020.
Tuesday Jul 28, 2020
Tuesday Jul 28, 2020
We sat down with Milo Cavic, the legendary Serbian swimmer who almost took down Michael Phelps at the 2008 Olympics in the 100 fly. Milo recalls an interesting story from that night: as he was walking to the ready room for the final of the 100 fly, he sees his childhood friend, Aaron Peirsol. Peirsol had won a gold medal in the 100 back earlier in the meet, and Cavic goes up to congratulate him. However, Peirsol makes it a point to not let Cavic touch his gold medal. Why? Because Peirsol says in order to touch gold, you have to earn it.
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Music: Otis McDonald
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Monday Jul 27, 2020
Monday Jul 27, 2020
Regan Smith talked about how rapidly the COVID-19 pandemic escalated, from her stellar meet in Des Moines where she was signing autographs with fans and getting quite close with swimmers to nearly 2 weeks later when she couldn't even swim herself. She takes us through her family time, what she's been watching, and how she's still trying to stay at the top of her game.
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Originally published on April 3, 2020.
Monday Jul 27, 2020
Monday Jul 27, 2020
I'm so impressed that Hardy was able to develop and harness an elite-level freestyle and breaststroke and freestyle simultaneously; I don't think we've someone do it at her level since. She was a world championship medalist in breaststroke and freestyle relays... at the same meet. According to Hardy, as long as it was short, she would do it. She also claims to have never been beaten in practice by her USC breaststroke contemporaries and training partners: Rebecca Soni and Yulia Efimova. To be fair, she admits Soni mostly trained in the distance group, and when they would go head-to-head it was mostly 50's with MAYBE a 100 or two thrown in.
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Music: Otis McDonald
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Sunday Jul 26, 2020
Sunday Jul 26, 2020
A round table of my dreams, I spoke with 2 of my most esteemed colleagues: Cal Men’s head coach Dave Durden, and PhD in and out of the pool, Wyatt Hodges (my older brother). I got to hear their thoughts on how they are managing swimming right now, the cancellation of NCAA’s, and the postponement of the 2020 Olympics and Olympic Trials.
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Originally published March 25, 2020.
Sunday Jul 26, 2020
Sunday Jul 26, 2020
We sat down with Justin Wright, the 200 butterfly national champion who just moved his training base from Arizona to Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Justin talked with us about his reasons for the move, and what brought it about. He was also very candid with us about his struggles through quarantine, and how he'd found inspiration from watching anime shows. Particularly, he'd found a common thread in a few of them which he was able to apply to his own journey: the path of the warrior.
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Music: Otis McDonald
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Saturday Jul 25, 2020
Saturday Jul 25, 2020
Ashley Twichell is a swimming veteran, and one who is put into a place that most other athletes weren't by the Olympic postponement. Twichell had already made the Olympic team in open water, and was also gunning for a spot in the pool as well. When I spoke with her, Ashley talked about the importance of recognizing how the postponement affected you, and the feelings that were brought up. As she says, we are all affected by it differently, and that's ok.
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Originally published March 31, 2020.
Saturday Jul 25, 2020
Saturday Jul 25, 2020
I sat down with Jason Pullano, a high school swim coach in the Dallas area who has been utilizing his time creatively during quarantine to try to keep his swimmers as engaged as possible. Pullano is also a teacher, and what he's noticed from his peers during the COVID-19 shutdown is that if they aren't using alternative methods to keep kids' attention in online classes, the participation rate plummets. So Pullano has started creating ways to gamify daily life, from learning to swimming.
In this podcast, that comes in the form of Jason turning a swim workout into a game of Super Mario Kart. He has an entire spreadsheet for how it works; it might be worth it to watch the video on our YouTube page.
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Music: Otis McDonald
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Friday Jul 24, 2020
Friday Jul 24, 2020
Elliot Ptasnik, the head coach at the University of Hawaii, gave us an update from Honolulu about the effects the Covid-19 outbreak has had on the rainbow warriors. Elliot put a HEAVY emphasis on taking this time to build relationships and communicate with your social circles. Ptasnik spoke on finding the positives in our situation, putting positivity out there, and making sure we are staying connected and having communication while we can.
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Originally published March 29, 2020.