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Laurie Lawrence is a living legend; undoubtedly, the most passionate swim coach the world has ever seen. Laurie has helped coach, guide, and support Australia at 8 Olympic Games.

In 1956, his father became the manager of Trobruk Pool where the Australian Olympic swim team held training camps. He grew up as a kid being around the very best: Forbes Carlile, Dawn Fraser, and Murray Rose, just to name a few. This was his introduction to the sport of swimming. 

As a coach, over 30 swimmers have made the Olympic team under Laurie, including Champions...

American Jeremy Linn won Silver in the 100 Breast at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta. He was also part of Team USA's World Record breaking 4x100 Medley Relay that captured Gold -- his fastest split ever.

While at the University of Tennessee, he won 4 NCAA titles and held the 100 Breast record for a decade. 

He's been a long time coach with Nation's Capitol Swim Club getting to start NCAP West out in Warrenton, Virginia from scratch. NCAP is one of America's premier swim clubs with over 2,000 kids at 11 sites. 

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Andrew Baildon is a 2x Olympic swimmer (1988 & 1992) from Australia, making his first team at just 16 years old. In 1990 he won multiple gold medals at the Commonwealth Games in Auckland, shooting him to stardom in Australia.

In 1996, along with his wife Karen, opened the Andrew Baildon Aquatic Centres. They now have 60 swim instructors teaching over 5,000 swim lessons a week in Queensland. 

Andrew is also currently on the Board of Directors at Swimming Australia. 

00:00 Intro
00:15 Destro Swim Towers
00:45 Swimnerd Virtual Scoreboard
01:16 Big Influence on Brett
02:00 Australian sprinting history<...

Bill Pilczuk is the Head Coach of the Men's and Women's Swimming & Diving teams at The Savannah College of Art and Design. Bill is the reigning NAIA Coach of the Year. The Women's team has won 3 straight NAIA Championships. 

As a swimmer, Bill was a dragon slayer. He became World Champion in the Men's 50 Free at the 1998 World Championships in Perth, Australia, taking down the greatest sprinter of all time in Alex Popov. 

He used the money he won to pay off his Auburn school debt.

Bill has a fantastic...

Kim Vandenberg won an Olympic bronze medal as part of Team USA's 4x200 Free Relay at the 2008 Games in Beijing. She qualified and swam at 5 straight US Olympic Trials, capturing the dreaded 3rd place in the 200 Fly 2 times.  

Kim is a mentor for Rise Athletes, a Fitter & Faster coach, a serious Yogi, world traveler, and small business owner. On top of all that, she is a graduate student studying Psychology at Pepperdine University with aspirations of receiving her doctorate and opening up her own practice in the future. 

She once won French...

Todd DeSorbo is the Head Coach of the Men's & Women's Swimming & Diving Teams at the University of Virginia. The UVA Women just took home their first ever NCAA Championship while the Men's team placed 9th. 

A tax accountant before getting into coaching, Todd has gone from UNCW to NC State to UVA. Brett and Todd discuss taking the leap to become a head coach, what UVA is doing the very best at, the art of double tapering, and Eddie Reese's retirement. 

00:00 Intro
01:20 Welcome
02:00 Congratulations
04:00 Todd's Vision of...

Roland Schoeman is a 4-time Olympian from South Africa. At the 2004 Olympics in Athens, Roland won a Bronze (50 Free), a Silver (100 Free), and a Gold (4x100 Free Relay). Regarded as having the best start in swimming, Roland was the first human to break 23 in the 50 Fly LCM. 

00:00 Intro
00:15 Destro Swim Tower
00:45 Swimnerd Pace Clocks
01:15 Roland Schoeman Intro
02:45 How'd you get into swimming?
08:30 Gavin Ross
10:45 ASU, Iowa State, Arizona
15:00 Transitioning to America
17:20 Backed into a Corner
19:35 Losing his Father
23:25 Summer with Mike Bottom & Nort Thornton
24:15 "...

Sarah Dunleavy is currently the college recruiting director for the Sierra Marlins Swim Team. Sarah's collegiate experience includes stints at Kentucky, Pitt, and California. She swam at Purdue. Brett and Sarah discuss in depth about women in swim coaching, their struggles, and how we can do a better job retaining women coaches.  

00:00 Intro
00:15 Destro Swim Towers
00:40 Swimnerd Live: the best way to live stream your swim meet
01:00 Sierra Marlins
03:00 Sarah Dunleavy Bio
04:15 Why coaching?
06:00 Swimming at Purdue
07:00 John Klinge's Influence
09:10 What challenged you?
10:15 Trial & Error at...

A special episode talking about NCAA Division I Swimming Championships featuring Cathy Durden (Senior VP of Fan Acquisition for Cal Men's Swimming) and Maxime Rooney.

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Chad Le Clos is one of the greatest racers of our lifetime. At 20 years old, he shocked the world by taking down Michael Phelps in the 200 Fly at the 2012 Olympic Games. He is a 4x individual Olympic medalist in 3 separate events including a Silver in the 200 Free behind Sun Yang.

00:00 Intro
01:30 Stuck in South Africa
02:30 Training at 4 Facilities
06:00 Specialize in 1 Event?
07:45 Olympic Inspiration: 2004 4x100 Free Relay
08:55 Michael Phelps
10:00 Coach Graham Hill
11:15 Bert Le Clos
14:20 Winning 2010 Commonwealth Games
16:15 How'd you beat Michael Phelps?
20:00 Toughness
23:45 50's Fly with...

Bill Kirby is an Olympic gold medal winning swimmer from Australia. He was part of the 4x200 Free Relay that won in 2000. They broke that relay's World Record 3 different times (1998, 2000, 2001).

Bill has recently moved back to Perth and opened up a swim school & swim team: Kirby Swim.

This episode is chuck full of amazing stories -- Bill has an outstanding memory. Test sets, kick sets, Alexander Popov, Michael Klim, Ian Thorpe, Grant Hackett, Todd Pearson, Don Talbot, and on and on!

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Arthur Albiero has been the Head Coach of the Men's and Women's Swimming & Diving Teams at the University of Louisville since 2003. When he took the job, the men's team had half of a scholarship. The pool was in a basement. The team had no culture of winning. Fast forward 18 years and all that has been turned around. 

Born and raised in Brazil, Coach Albiero has an amazing swimming story. At 12 years old he got the opportunity to attend Don Gambril's swim camp at the University of Alabama. He walked on at Cal State Bakersfield, swimming...

Teri McKeever is in the 29th year of being the Head Coach of the Women's Swimming & Diving Team at the University of California. She served as the Head Coach of the U.S. Olympic women’s swim team at the London Olympics. Teri is, "regarded as one of the most accomplished swimming mentors in the United States, if not the world."

00:00 Intro
01:20 Teri McKeever Bio
02:30 How have you been so successful for so long at 1 place?
05:10 Early Struggles
08:15 Be the Best Teri McKeever
09:00 Asking for help is a sign of strength.

Zach Apple is one of Team USA's premier 50/100/200 Freestylers. He won the 100 and 200 Free at the World University Games in 2019 and was part of Team USA's World Champion 4x100 Free Relay in Gwangju that same year.

Corona came. Zach didn't touch the water for 3 months. Then he ripped a 48.5 in practice after just 2.5 months of doing singles.  

Zach's story is very much about being a late bloomer -- not realizing tech suits were a thing until he was 16 years old...

00:00 Sponsors
01:20 Intro
02:30 Where did it start for you?
04:15 Making...

Swedish superstar Sarah Sjöström is the reigning Olympic Champion in the Women's 100 Butterfly.   

00:00 Introduction 

01:30 How's the elbow? 

04:55 "It was devastating." 

07:20 Recovery Timeline 

07:55 Mental Approach 

11:20 Ben Wildman-Tobriner 

14:05 Sarah's Swimming Journey 

16:20 Olympic Success 3rd Time Around 

17:35 Sweden's 1st Olympic Gold Medal Female Swimmer 

17:55 Handling Pressure with a Psychologist 

22:10 Breaking the World Record in the Olympic Final 

22:54 YAHTZEE! 24:20 What are you thinking behind th...

Dr. Gary Hall Sr. won 3 Olympic medals (2 Silvers, 1 Bronze) in 3 different individual events (400 IM, 200 Fly, 100 Fly) at 3 consecutive Olympics (1968, 1972, 1976). A retired ophthalmologist, Dr. Hall founded The Race Club with his son, Gary Hall Jr.. They've been teaching people to swim faster with camps, content, and more since 2003.

"I love teaching I've always loved teaching and I want to I want to take this further but I want to try to do it in a way that that I'd like to do it which is more science based and really kind of bring the science into the...

Chris Fydler is a 20x Australian National Champion, 3x Olympian, and Olympic Champion. He was one of the four Australians strumming guitars after beating Team USA's 4x100 Free Relay at the 2000 Sydney Games. That victory, in front of the home crowd, snapped 36 years of American dominance in the event. The same relay that Ian Thorpe nearly missed because he ripped two suits...

Currently, Chris is the Managing Director of Sydney based software company, Tambla. He also serves as President on the Board of Directors of New South Wales Swimming.

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Trevor Freeland grew up in Philadelphia swimming for Jim Ellis and PDR (the Philadelphia Department of Recreation or Pride, Determination, Resilience). He helped the University of Virginia win their first ACC Championship in 1987. Trevor has had an incredible business career with Deutsche Bank. In this episode, he explains to Brett how swimming, his mother, Jim Ellis, and Mark Bernardino shaped him into the businessman he is today. 

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Ray Looze is the Head Coach of the Men's and Women's Swimming & Diving teams at Indiana University. He's been a mainstay on Team USA's coaching staffs as of late: 2017 & 2019 World Championship Coach, 2018 Pan Pacific Head Coach, and 2016 Olympic Assistant Coach.  

Brett and Ray discuss...

Do you still coach? How do you stay a coach rather than becoming a manager?

Blake Pieroni. Zach Apple. 

Getting 3rd at Olympic Trials. 

Blake not making the A Final at Olympic Trials in the 200 Free. "What are you going...

Chris Plumb is the Head Coach of Carmel Swim Club & Carmel High School where they have won 35 straight girls state championships and 19 boys state championships. Coach Plumb is in his 15th year at Carmel. 

Brett and Chris talk about...

Being a Learner

How do you be a better coach?

“It’s simple things over and over.” – Chris Plumb

How do you break up your training cycles for your high school swimmers?

“The Science of Winning”

5 great weeks and a deload week. 6 week blocks. Capacity (Ga...

Mine Kasapoglu is a sports photographer from Turkey trying to capture moments that make your heart skip a beat. She's been to the last 9 Olympics!   

You've definitely seen her swimming pictures before, as she has been working with the Gloria Sports Arena for a couple of years now, home to Energy Standard. She also shoots for Red Bull and is a SONY Alpha Europe Ambassador.  

Mine is also quite the athlete herself, as she was on both the Turkish National Skiing and Snowboarding Team. It was once her goal to make an...

Liliana Ibáñez is a 2x Olympic swimmer from Mexico. She holds National Records in the 50/100/200 Free -- both in SCM and LCM. Lili is one of those people that naturally radiates positivity. You can hear her smiling when she talks. 

Lili is currently training in Mexico City under Brett's guidance with the goal of making a 3rd Olympic Games. 

They talk about...

*getting better at kicking; dropping down from swimming the 200 to focus on the 50 and 100
*Steve Bultman recruiting her to Texas A&M; her mother not wanting he...

Abbie Fish is the owner and founder of Swim Like A. Fish. Abbie is a virtual swim coach and stroke technique guru for swimmers all around the world. She cut her teeth working with some of the best: USA Swimming, the Race Club, and Ritter Sports Performance. As a swimmer, she swam at the University of Georgia and was an Olympic Trials qualifier. She's obsessed with improving your stroke technique.

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Eric Shanteau is a 2x Olympian, World Champion swimmer, and cancer destroyer. He also holds the American Record for Most Times Getting 3rd at US Olympic Trials (5x) as well as the AR for Most Events Getting 3rd at OT's (4 events; 200 IM, 400 IM, 100 Breast, 200 Breast).  

Shanteau grew up swimming for Swim Atlanta and Chris Davis and was one of the four Auburn Tigers (George Bovell (Episode #111), Doug Van Wie, and Kurt Cady) that went 32-4-4 in their NCAA swimming career. That's 32 dual meet wins (and 0 losses), 4 SEC Championships, and 4 NCAA Titles -- completely undefeated...

Jordan Wilimovsky is one of America's top distance swimmers in both the pool and open water. At the 2016 Olympics he placed 4th in the 1500 and 5th in the 10K.  

He is the first American male swimmer qualified for the 2021 Tokyo Olympics in the 10K and will be swimming the mile at OT's this summer.  

Jordan is known for his insane work ethic. Brett digs into how Dave Kelsheimer (Team Santa Monica) trains him and how he approaches training every day.  

With his ticket to Tokyo already punched, he's got daily...

Last week Ben Fisher, a UC Santa Barbara Swimming alum, penned an open letter to Klete Keller that was shared on both Swimming World Magazine and Swim Swam.

"You will have your day in court. But you will also have your opportunity for redemption. Perhaps your story can be the catalyst for a real conversation on the criticality of developing the next generation of swimmers into more resilient, well-rounded individuals." - Ben Fisher 

Brett and Ben sit down to talk about why he wrote this letter, what he hopes it can achieve, and struggling...

Ky Hurst is a superior endurance athlete. Olympic swimmer, Australian Ironman Champion, and grinder for the America's Cup Challenge.

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Ranomi Kromowidjojo is a 3x Olympic gold medalist from the Netherlands. At the 2012 London Games, she swept the Women's 50 and 100 Freestyles. Now, at age 30, she heads into her 4th Olympics.    

Brett and Ranomi talk about...  
*how she mentally prepares for the biggest moments
*which do you like better the 50 or the 100?
*a deep dive into the fine points of her start
*her heavy use of video analysis  
*what keeps her motivated
*being a sprinter but not really identifying as a sprinter
*the 2012 London Olympics
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Brazilian Bruno Fratus has been one of swimming's most consistent sprint freestylers. He's broken 22 seconds in the 50 LCM Freestyle 81 times in his career. Bruno has been on the podium of the 50 Free in each of the last three World Championships (Bronze 2015 Kazan, Silver 2017 Budapest, Silver 2019 Gwangju). 

Bruno talks about...

Being bullied as a child.
His Olympic experiences in 2012 and 2016.
Gary Hall Jr. the GOAT Sprinter.
Coming to America.
Confronting Cesar Cielo in the drug testing tent at the 2012 Olympics.
Being next to Cesar Cielo in 2009 when he broke the 50...

Joseph Schooling, hailing from Singapore, is the reigning Olympic Champion in the 100 Fly. He will defend his title in Tokyo. Currently, he is back training with Sergio Lopez in Virginia.

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Michael Andrew set over 100 NAG Records as an age group swimmer. He turned pro at just 14 years old and won his first World Championship in the 100 IM at 17.

His method of training, Ultra Short Race Pace Training (USRPT), has been a bit controversial in the swimming world. Controversial in the sense that the old regime turned their noses up to it because it was the opposite of the archaic method of shoveling yardage down age groupers throats.   

In this episode Brett asks Michael...

- if he's ever thought of changing coaches<...

Erica Beine is a personal nutritionist, previously spending 13 years coaching college swimming at Purdue, Maryland, and Wisconsin - Milwaukee. 

Nowadays, using DNA testing, she helps athletes learn about their body so that you can make actionable changes in what they are eating. Because everyone is different, everyone needs an individualized nutrition plan. It is critical to proper recovery. 

Erica works with the DeLoof sisters, Kaersten Meitz and Caeleb Dressel, just to name a few. She is also the author of the cook book, "Let There Be Delicious Food." 

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Jason Calanog is the Associate Head Coach of the Men's Swimming & Diving team at Texas A&M University.  His prior experience included time at West Virginia and eight years at The Bolles School with swimmers like Caeleb Dressel, Jo Schooling, Santo Condorelli, and Ryan Murphy.  Now, at Texas A&M, his swimmers include Shaine Casas and Beryl Gastadello, just to mention a couple.  In this episode we learn who Jason Calanog is, where he came from, how he got here, and where he's headed. #BELIEVE

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Nick Folker is the Assistant Swimming Coach at the University of Hawaii. As an athlete, he represented South Africa at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. 

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Greg Meehan is the 2020 U.S. Olympic Women's Swimming Head Coach. He is also the Paul A. Violich Director of Women's Swimming at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California. 

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Garrett McCaffrey is the Head Coach of Phoenix Swim Club and one of the original founders of Swim Swam. 

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Cody Simpson is an Australian musician, artist, and swimmer.  Over the past 5 months he has been training with Brett at a country club pool outside Los Angeles. Last weekend, Cody qualified for Australian Olympic Trials in the 100 LCM Butterfly posting a time of 54.91. 

What made Cody want to get back in the pool after being out for over a decade?

What advice did Michael Phelps and Ian Thorpe give him when he began this journey?

Where did he get those quads!?

And much more. Enjoy!

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Penny Oleksiak, at just 16 years old, tied Simone Manuel for gold at the Rio Olympics in the 100 Free. She also earned silver for her performance in the 100 Fly and two bronze medals as part of Canadian relays. Fast forward four years and Penny is staring down Tokyo 2021.  

Penny talks about figuring out stardom, dealing with injuries, skipping Season 2 of the ISL, working with Michael Phelps, and much more!  

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Dr. Jordan Anderson is a Rhodes Scholar and 2x member of NCAA Swimming & Diving Champion, Auburn University. He is currently at Brigham And Women's Hospital fighting the coronavirus.

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Staciana Winfield is an Olympic gold medal winner, a PE teacher, a yogini, a longtime spokesperson for the Children's Alopecia Project, Dave Denniston's BFF, and California Golden Bear.

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