Inside with Brett Hawke #245 Cameron van der Burgh on breaststroke, commodities trading, & teaching confidence
South African Cameron van der Burgh won gold in the Men's 100 Breaststroke at the 2012 Olympics and silver four years later in Rio. He helped move breaststroke forward with a high tempo and focus on the shorter events. Over his career he won 10 LCM World Champs medals and 8 SCM World Champ medals in the 50 & 100 Breaststrokes.
Now a commodities trader in London, Cameron still gets in the water 3-4 times a week. Don't be surprised if you see him in a Masters meet soon enough.
In this episode, Brett and Cameron talk about how he changed breaststroke, how he trained breaststroke, and how to teach confidence.
00:00 Bratter PA, Immigration Law
00:04 Hello Cameron van der Burgh
01:00 Commodity Trading
06:30 Life after swimming
10:00 Advice to swimmers
12:00 Starting over again
16:15 Grant Hackett
19:30 Not allowed in the pool
22:00 Breaststroke legends
24:30 Teaching confidence
26:30 Self talk
31:10 Changing breaststroke
33:30 Out in 18 strokes
35:15 Training breaststroke
41:30 Being South African
42:45 Adam Peaty
44:20 Passing on the Kickboard
47:00 Barnes Masters Swimming Club
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