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
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.
Friday Jul 24, 2020
Friday Jul 24, 2020
We sat down with Bobby Guntoro, who was officially the Associate head coach at NC State until Wednesday morning when he announced he'd be taking the head coach position at his alma mater, UNC Wilmington. Bobby shared some of his favorite memories from his 8 years in Raleigh, and what made NC State so special. My personal favorite was how he and Ryan Held handled the fall of 2018 after Held had had an off nationals and not made the Pan Pac team.
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Music: Otis McDonald
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Thursday Jul 23, 2020
Thursday Jul 23, 2020
We sat down with TAC Titans Lance Norris, Charlotte Hook, and Claire Curzan as well as coaches Bruce Marchionda and John Payne to discuss how they’re spending their time during the pandemic. From the sounds of it, the club itself is keeping extremely busy, with dryland and yoga workouts being sent regularly as well as maintenance to the facility and staff reading becoming part of the routine.
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Originally published May 7, 2020.
Thursday Jul 23, 2020
Thursday Jul 23, 2020
Guy also gives his description of winning his world championship title in the 200 free and the world titles Britain has won in the 4x200 free really (2015, 2017) and 4x100 medley relay (2019). Guy breaks down how the British team has built a culture of relay performance and putting an emphasis on medaling in as many as they can.
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Music: Otis McDonald
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Wednesday Jul 22, 2020
Wednesday Jul 22, 2020
Olympic and World Champ Caeleb Dressel took some time out of his busy day to let us know what he's spending his quarantine doing. Dressel is one of the few who is still able to swim on a daily basis (as of when this interview was conducted) at a pool in a neighboring town, for which Dressel is grateful. But even though he might not be pushing it to the max in the pool, Dressel isn't taking a break.
Training is Dressel's favorite part of swimming; he loves the grind. So one thing he's doing to challenge himself (besides doing "Core-intine workouts") is challenging himself in numerous ways to say no. He's seeing how disciplined he can be in numerous aspects of his life, from phone time to diet to sleep.
If you want to get to know a more personal side of Caeleb Dressel, check out his podcast with former Florida swimmer Ben Kennedy here.
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Originally published April 6, 2020.
Wednesday Jul 22, 2020
Wednesday Jul 22, 2020
Olympic superstar Dara Torres drops in on this Gold Medal Minute (30 minutes) takeover of the SwimSwam Podcast. Dara is legend, the first swimmer to compete in five Olympic Games (1984, 1988, 1992, 2000 and 2008), and the oldest swimmer to make an Olympic Team, which she did at the age of 41. On the Olympic stage Dara earned twelve medals — four gold, four bronze, four silver — tying her with teammates Jenny Thompson and Natalie Coughlin for the most Olympic medals won by a woman.
GMM presented by SwimOutlet.com
Tuesday Jul 21, 2020
Tuesday Jul 21, 2020
Andy Kershaw is currently the head coach for the University of Miami women’s swim team. Kershaw explained that the coronavirus pandemic has motivated him to keep coaching even more, and he’s been working non-stop to do what he can to keep his team engaged from home. Kershaw has also been a member of the US Olympic team for the last 2 Games (2012, 2016) as a team manager, snd shares his experience being a part of Team USA.
Tuesday Jul 21, 2020
Tuesday Jul 21, 2020
We sat down with Olympic medalist and world champion Katie Hoff, who has stayed busy during this quarantine. Not only has her TikTok game been on point, but she has also started a new dryland swim program, Synergy Dryland. Hoff talks us through how she came to appreciate swim-specific training outside of the pool in her later years of the sport, and how dating a football player (now her husband) helped her change her perspective.
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Music: Otis McDonald
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