Inside with Brett Hawke #239 Kaylee McKeown on her backstroke technique, mental game, and taking aim at IM
Australian Kaylee McKeown is the reigning Olympic champion in the 100 and 200 Backstrokes. She is the fastest in history in the 100 LCM Back, 57.45. Last month she dropped 58.3/2:04.6 at Victorian Open Champs.
Seeded first going into Tokyo, she pulled out of the 200 IM to focus on her backstroke swims. Kaylee recently made the move to Griffith University to swim with legendary swim coach Michael Bohl where IM is now a major focus. She just learned how to do the back-to-breast crossover turn.
This is a technical heavy episode with Kaylee talking about her backstroke catch, training for the 200 Backstroke, how she develops her mental game, how she holds water on her kick, and more.
It’s Mck-Q-N, not Mck-cow-n.
00:00 Bratter PA, Immigration Law
00:04 Hello Kaylee McKeown
02:30 Injury before Olympics
03:50 What makes you special?
03:40 Hypermobile
04:30 Backstroke catch
10:00 Beine Genetic Sports Performance
11:30 31.5's
11:55 Backstroke sets
13:34 Steam train home
16:00 Developing your mental game
16:45 Backstroke kick
21:29 Destro Machines
21:48 Vasa Trainer
22:13 Double Olympic Champion
23:15 3 Olympic Records in a row
25:15 Why not the 2IM?
28:00 Worst stroke
28:30 Crossover turn
29:55 Sister Taylor
30:45 Australian World Champ Trials
31:05 Swim Angelfish Adaptive Swim Lessons
31:40 Michael Bohl
33:58 Cody Simpson
35:40 Australian Women's Swimming
37:55 Happy swimmer is a fast swimmer
39:10 Sponsorships
41:00 Freestyle
45:13 Swimnerd Live Virtual Scoreboard
Thumbnail photo courtesy of Wade Brennan, Australia's finest swimming photographer. Follow him on Instagram!
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