

Inside with Brett Hawke
Brett Hawke
Take an intimate look inside the minds of swimming's highest achievers with one of the world's best swim coaches, Brett Hawke.
Episodes
Mentioned books

Mar 1, 2022 • 31min
SPECIAL EPISODE: Andrii Govorov
Ukrainian World Record holder Andrii Govorov is 50/50 Russian and Ukrainian. The war has displaced much of his family and friends and even put some of them at odds with one another. Andrii talks about what is happening and how he is helping.
Support Our Sponsors:
BRATTER PA IMMIGRATION LAW: Exclusive immigration representation of athletes, entrepreneurs, artists, investors, and entertainers.
SWIM ANGELFISH: Receive the tools and skills needed to teach swimmers with autism, physical disabilities, anxiety, sensory and motor conditions with Swim Angelfish, the global leader in adaptive swim. Get certified online today!
BEINE WELLNESS BUILDING: Individualize your nutrition with personalized plans. Eat, supplement, and recover based on your genetics.
VASA: Essential dryland for stronger, better, faster swimmers. Save 10% using the code "brett" at checkout!
DESTRO SWIM TOWERS: Save $150 per double swim tower by using the code "brett" at checkout!
SWIMNERD: Big and small digital pace clocks, virtual scoreboards, and live results.
Subscribe & Listen:
Apple Podcasts
Google
Spotify
YouTube
Produced by: SWIMNERD
#swimming #ukraine #peace

Feb 28, 2022 • 53min
#234 Clark Smith on his up & down career, future in the Marines
American Clark Smith is an Olympic gold medalist (Men's 4x200 Free Relay, 2016 Rio Olympics) and soon to be United States Marine.
Even though he grew up in Denver, Clark was destined for Texas. His Dad swam at Texas. His Mom swam at Texas (and got 5th in the 200 Back for Team USA in the '84 Olympics).
His college career was a bit crazy. As a Freshman, he didn't even qualify for NCAA's. The following year, he won the 500 Free at NCAA's. He didn't get a 2nd swim his Junior year but as a Senior was part of what some call the greatest race in NCAA history: the 1650 Freestyle. Which, he won in American Record time.
As a clinician for Fitter & Faster, he is regarded as one of the best, consistently receiving high praise from parent reviews. He is headed to Officer Candidate School (OCS) to serve in the United States Marine Corp.
Oorah!
00:00 Bratter PA, Immigration Law
00:04 Hello Clark Smith
01:00 Fitter & Faster
03:45 Parents swam at Texas
05:00 6 foot 9
07:00 University of Texas
08:49 Kathleen Hersey & Ricky Berens
09:30 Michigan
10:09 Freshman year
12:00 Michael McBroom
14:15 Eddie takes the blame
14:39 Vasa Trainer
15:03 Destro Swim Towers
15:30 Sophomore year
18:00 Recruiting
19:45 DQ'ed
21:00 Switching to the 1650
22:00 Hardest trainer ever?
23:30 Genetic Gifts
26:00 Thorpe's stroke
27:00 Junior year
29:56 Swim Angelfish
30:33 Greatest Race in NCAA History
36:00 2016 Olympics
38:10 Retiring
38:55 Townley Haas
41:50 20 20 20 recovery set
44:00 Superior Swim TIming
44:37 Marine Corp
52:07 Swimnerd Live Results
Support Our Sponsors:
BRATTER PA IMMIGRATION LAW: Exclusive immigration representation of athletes, entrepreneurs, artists, investors, and entertainers.
SWIM ANGELFISH: Receive the tools and skills needed to teach swimmers with autism, physical disabilities, anxiety, sensory and motor conditions with Swim Angelfish, the global leader in adaptive swim. Get certified online today!
SUPERIOR SWIM TIMING: Run a swim meet with ease from your laptop. SST is fully compatible with Hy-Tek and Team Unify as well as Colorado, Daktronics, and Omega touchpads. Tell them Brett sent you!
VASA: Essential dryland for stronger, better, faster swimmers. Save 10% using the code "brett" at checkout!
DESTRO SWIM TOWERS: Save $150 per double swim tower by using the code "brett" at checkout!
SWIMNERD: Big and small digital pace clocks, virtual scoreboards, and live results.
Subscribe & Listen:
Apple Podcasts
Google
Spotify
YouTube
Produced by: SWIMNERD
#swimming #texas #teamusa

Feb 26, 2022 • 5min
Sophie Hansson breaks 57 in the 100 Breast, walks you through her race with Alexis Wenger
Sophie Hansson of the NC State Wolfpack won ACC's for the fourth time in a row taking down UVA's Alexis Wenger by just .04. They became just the 3rd (56.72) & 4th (56.76) women ever in history to break 57 seconds in the 100 Breaststroke.
Sophie walks you through the race and how the heck she touched Alexis out.
The best race of ACC's!
Support Our Sponsors:
BRATTER PA IMMIGRATION LAW: Exclusive immigration representation of athletes, entrepreneurs, artists, investors, and entertainers.
SWIM ANGELFISH: Receive the tools and skills needed to teach swimmers with autism, physical disabilities, anxiety, sensory and motor conditions with Swim Angelfish, the global leader in adaptive swim. Get certified online today!
SUPERIOR SWIM TIMING: Run a swim meet with ease from your laptop. SST is fully compatible with Hy-Tek and Team Unify as well as Colorado, Daktronics, and Omega touchpads. Tell them Brett sent you!
VASA: Essential dryland for stronger, better, faster swimmers. Save 10% using the code "brett" at checkout!
DESTRO SWIM TOWERS: Save $150 per double swim tower by using the code "brett" at checkout!
SWIMNERD: Big and small digital pace clocks, virtual scoreboards, and live results.
Subscribe & Listen:
Apple Podcasts
Google
Spotify
YouTube
Produced by: SWIMNERD
#swimming #ncstate #collegeswimming

Feb 25, 2022 • 34min
#233 Alex Walsh, 2022 ACC Swimmer of the Meet UVA Swimming
Alex Walsh, Tokyo Olympic silver medalist in the 200 IM, continued her progression in the short pool at ACC's in multiple events. She swam the 2nd fastest time in the 200 Breaststroke (2:03.02) and was named ACC Swimmer of the Meet. She was also a relay monster, helping to destroy the NCAA record in the Women's 400 Medley Relay.
She wasn't going to swim the 200 Breast at NCAA's but now she is reevaluating her final event.
00:00 Bratter PA, Immigration Law
00:04 Hello Alex Walsh
02:10 200 Breaststroke
03:30 400 Medley Relay
05:40 Meet Warmup
07:30 Coffee
08:53 What do you eat at a meet?
11:44 Adaptive swim lessons
12:21 Superior Swim Timing
12:58 Sleeping strategies
16:52 Speed + Endurance
19:30 Blaire Bachman
21:15 What makes Todd DeSorbo great?
23:48 How do you get better in 3 weeks?
26:15 Defending NCAA Championship
28:25 Vasa Trainer
28:50 Destro Machines
29:09 NCAA events
30:37 Picking relays
33:07 Good luck
Support Our Sponsors:
BRATTER PA IMMIGRATION LAW: Exclusive immigration representation of athletes, entrepreneurs, artists, investors, and entertainers.
SWIM ANGELFISH: Receive the tools and skills needed to teach swimmers with autism, physical disabilities, anxiety, sensory and motor conditions with Swim Angelfish, the global leader in adaptive swim. Get certified online today!
SUPERIOR SWIM TIMING: Run a swim meet with ease from your laptop. SST is fully compatible with Hy-Tek and Team Unify as well as Colorado, Daktronics, and Omega touchpads. Tell them Brett sent you!
VASA: Essential dryland for stronger, better, faster swimmers. Save 10% using the code "brett" at checkout!
DESTRO SWIM TOWERS: Save $150 per double swim tower by using the code "brett" at checkout!
SWIMNERD: Big and small digital pace clocks, virtual scoreboards, and live results.
Subscribe & Listen:
Apple Podcasts
Google
Spotify
YouTube
Produced by: SWIMNERD
#swimming #UVA #collegeswimming

Feb 24, 2022 • 38min
Dive Inside LIVE w/ Sophie Hansson
Brett and Nate talk about swimming with special guest Sophie Hansson!
Support Our Sponsors:
BRATTER PA IMMIGRATION LAW: Exclusive immigration representation of athletes, entrepreneurs, artists, investors, and entertainers.
SWIM ANGELFISH: Receive the tools and skills needed to teach swimmers with autism, physical disabilities, anxiety, sensory and motor conditions with Swim Angelfish, the global leader in adaptive swim. Get certified online today!
SUPERIOR SWIM TIMING: Run a swim meet with ease from your laptop. SST is fully compatible with Hy-Tek and Team Unify as well as Colorado, Daktronics, and Omega touchpads. Tell them Brett sent you!
VASA: Essential dryland for stronger, better, faster swimmers. Save 10% using the code "brett" at checkout!
DESTRO SWIM TOWERS: Save $150 per double swim tower by using the code "brett" at checkout! VASA: Essential dryland for stronger, better, faster swimmers. Save 10% using the code "brett" at checkout!
SWIMNERD: Big and small digital pace clocks, virtual scoreboards, and live results.
Subscribe & Listen:
Apple Podcasts
Google
Spotify
YouTube
Produced by: SWIMNERD
#swimming #ncstate #breaststroke

Feb 23, 2022 • 12min
Writing sprint swimming sets with Herbie Behm
Sprint coach Herbie Behm: you only need 6-8 x 50's in practice to train for the 100 yard freestyle.
In this clip, Coach Behm reveals some of his favorite sprint swimming sets and how his main 50's set has evolved over time.
Also some interesting insight into Ryan Held's efficiency not allowing him to take a 2nd breath and what he learned from that experience in the 100 Free at SC World Championships.
Support Our Sponsors:
BRATTER PA IMMIGRATION LAW: Exclusive immigration representation of athletes, entrepreneurs, artists, investors, and entertainers.
SWIM ANGELFISH: Receive the tools and skills needed to teach swimmers with autism, physical disabilities, anxiety, sensory and motor conditions with Swim Angelfish, the global leader in adaptive swim. Get certified online today!
SUPERIOR SWIM TIMING: Run a swim meet with ease from your laptop. SST is fully compatible with Hy-Tek and Team Unify as well as Colorado, Daktronics, and Omega touchpads. Tell them Brett sent you!
VASA: Essential dryland for stronger, better, faster swimmers. Save 10% using the code "brett" at checkout!
DESTRO SWIM TOWERS: Save $150 per double swim tower by using the code "brett" at checkout! VASA: Essential dryland for stronger, better, faster swimmers. Save 10% using the code "brett" at checkout!
SWIMNERD: Big and small digital pace clocks, virtual scoreboards, and live results.
Subscribe & Listen:
Apple Podcasts
Google
Spotify
YouTube
Produced by: SWIMNERD
#swimming #swimcoach #sprinting

Feb 21, 2022 • 60min
#232 Sara Isaković's Mental Training Program for Swimmers
Sara Isaković is a 3x Olympic swimmer from Slovenia. At the 2008 Olympics, she became the 2nd woman to break 1:55 in the 200 Free, winning the Olympic silver medal in the process.
Sara swam and studied Psychology and Performance Psychology at the University of California. She is a published researcher and author of the mental training program for swimmers, "Between Two Lanes".
Use code "brettisbest" at checkout and save 25%!
00:00 Bratter PA, Immigration Law
00:04 Hello Sara Isakovic
01:00 Do pilots need mental training?
03:30 3x Slovenian Olympian
04:00 Athens Olympics
04:48 Choked under pressure
07:04 Mental Training Program for Swimmers
08:30 M.A. Performance Psychology
10:20 Between Two Lanes
12:00 Vasa Trainer
12:24 Destro Machines
12:45 Thinking negatively in stressful situations
15:35 Walking out in front of home crowd
20:05 Lead up to Beijing
24:40 Lane 4 Olympic Final
25:45 Missing the wall
28:05 Warmup Freakout
30:52 Swim Angelfish
31:30 Cesar Cielo in Macau
35:20 Teri McKeever
36:45 Managing your thoughts
41:25 Superior Swim Timing
42:00 Winter jacket
47:30 Judging
49:15 I missed my taper
51:30 Self regulation
53:40 Between Two Lanes
59:18 Swimnerd Live Results
Support Our Sponsors:
BRATTER PA IMMIGRATION LAW: Exclusive immigration representation of athletes, entrepreneurs, artists, investors, and entertainers.
SWIM ANGELFISH: Receive the tools and skills needed to teach swimmers with autism, physical disabilities, anxiety, sensory and motor conditions with Swim Angelfish, the global leader in adaptive swim. Get certified online today!
SUPERIOR SWIM TIMING: Run a swim meet with ease from your laptop. SST is fully compatible with Hy-Tek and Team Unify as well as Colorado, Daktronics, and Omega touchpads. Tell them Brett sent you!
VASA: Essential dryland for stronger, better, faster swimmers. Save 10% using the code "brett" at checkout!
DESTRO SWIM TOWERS: Save $150 per double swim tower by using the code "brett" at checkout! VASA: Essential dryland for stronger, better, faster swimmers. Save 10% using the code "brett" at checkout!
SWIMNERD: Big and small digital pace clocks, virtual scoreboards, and live results.
Subscribe & Listen:
Apple Podcasts
Google
Spotify
YouTube
Produced by: SWIMNERD
#swimming #swimcoach #mentaltraining

Feb 21, 2022 • 30min
Jordan Crooks smashes SEC debut in 18.53/41.44 and 45.33 100 Fly
Jordan Crooks is a freshman at the University of Tennessee. In his SEC debut, he won the 50 Free in 18.53 beating out Olympic gold medalist, Brooks Curry. Jordan also captured 2nd in the 100 Free in 41.44 (behind Brooks' 40.99) and 3rd in the 100 Fly in 45.33.
He is from the Cayman Islands.
00:00 Hello Jordan Crooks
01:30 19.3 to 18.5
02:00 Vols coaching staff
02:45 Cayman Islands
03:45 Beating Dressel's 100 Free Record
04:30 Fraser Bros
04:45 Tennessee
07:30 What's working?
09:15 Practice schedule
10:30 200 work??
11:00 100 Butterfly
11:45 Gym work
14:15 19.3 to 18.8 to 18.5
16:30
18:00 Power in the gym
19:00 Power in the pool
20:00 Power towers, racks, & chutes
22:05 100 Free Race Strategy
24:00 Breathing pattern in the 100 Free
24:50 50 Free vs 100 Free technique
25:30 Pull or Kick
Support Our Sponsors:
BRATTER PA IMMIGRATION LAW: Exclusive immigration representation of athletes, entrepreneurs, artists, investors, and entertainers.
SWIM ANGELFISH: Receive the tools and skills needed to teach swimmers with autism, physical disabilities, anxiety, sensory and motor conditions with Swim Angelfish, the global leader in adaptive swim. Get certified online today!
SUPERIOR SWIM TIMING: Run a swim meet with ease from your laptop. SST is fully compatible with Hy-Tek and Team Unify as well as Colorado, Daktronics, and Omega touchpads. Tell them Brett sent you!
VASA: Essential dryland for stronger, better, faster swimmers. Save 10% using the code "brett" at checkout!
DESTRO SWIM TOWERS: Save $150 per double swim tower by using the code "brett" at checkout! VASA: Essential dryland for stronger, better, faster swimmers. Save 10% using the code "brett" at checkout!
SWIMNERD: Big and small digital pace clocks, virtual scoreboards, and live results.
Subscribe & Listen:
Apple Podcasts
Google
Spotify
YouTube
Produced by: SWIMNERD
#swimming #collegeswimming #caymanislands

Feb 17, 2022 • 53min
Dive Inside LIVE w/ Kira Toussaint & Kyle Sockwell
Brett, Nate, and Sonny talk about swimming with special guests Kira Toussaint and Kyle Sockwell.
We talk about SEC's, ACC's, and Tennessee Women's swimming. Kate Douglass, Ellen Walshe, and Jordan Crooks.
The Dutch Swimming Federation telling their swimmers to not compete in the ISL. Kira Toussaint explains the letter they received.
Australian Brendon Smith headed to train with Michael Bohl.
Kieren Perkins' shoes are filled by Tracy Caulkins Stockwell. Tracy is an American legend winning the 200 & 400 IM plus the 200 Fly plus two relays at the 1984 Olympics. She took the 200 IM World Record from 2:15 to 2:14 to 2:13.
Townley Haas retires.
Happy Birthday Rowdy Gaines!
Support Our Sponsors:
BRATTER PA IMMIGRATION LAW: Exclusive immigration representation of athletes, entrepreneurs, artists, investors, and entertainers.
SWIM ANGELFISH: Receive the tools and skills needed to teach swimmers with autism, physical disabilities, anxiety, sensory and motor conditions with Swim Angelfish, the global leader in adaptive swim. Get certified online today!
SUPERIOR SWIM TIMING: Run a swim meet with ease from your laptop. SST is fully compatible with Hy-Tek and Team Unify as well as Colorado, Daktronics, and Omega touchpads. Tell them Brett sent you!
VASA: Essential dryland for stronger, better, faster swimmers. Save 10% using the code "brett" at checkout!
DESTRO SWIM TOWERS: Save $150 per double swim tower by using the code "brett" at checkout! VASA: Essential dryland for stronger, better, faster swimmers. Save 10% using the code "brett" at checkout!
SWIMNERD: Big and small digital pace clocks, virtual scoreboards, and live results.
Subscribe & Listen:
Apple Podcasts
Google
Spotify
YouTube
Produced by: SWIMNERD
#swimming #collegeswimming #dutchswimming

Feb 14, 2022 • 1h 7min
#231 Lydia Jacoby, 100 Breaststroke Olympic Champion
Alaskan Lydia Jacoby shocked the world by winning the Women's 100 Breaststroke at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. With a Leisel Jones esque stroke, Lydia back halfed the 100 Breast, breaking 1:05 for the first time and beating world record holders Lilly King and Tatjana Schoenmaker in the process.
00:00 Bratter PA, Immigration Law
00:04 Who is Lydia Jacoby!
03:30 Make the team??
09:30 Alaska living
11:57 Swim Angelfish
13:35 Training plan
14:50 How do you keep your hips up in the water?
15:55 Breaststroke technique
18:00 SC vs. LC
20:50 Training sets
22:00 Arena
23:20 US Olympic Trials
28:18 Back half swimmer
29:37 Performing under pressure
32:06 Vasa Trainer
34:00 Swimming for 2nd
35:00 Hawaii training camp
36:50 Staying on track
32:30 Destro Swim Towers
44:03 Superior Swim Timing
46:50 Ready Room Olympic Final
49:30 Women's 100 Breast Tokyo
51:45 Something special
53:15 100 Breast World Record
54:00 Goggles in your mouth
01:00:00 Swimnerd Live
01:02:10 Snow River String Band
01:05:30 Why Texas?
Support Our Sponsors:
BRATTER PA IMMIGRATION LAW: Exclusive immigration representation of athletes, entrepreneurs, artists, investors, and entertainers.
SWIM ANGELFISH: Receive the tools and skills needed to teach swimmers with autism, physical disabilities, anxiety, sensory and motor conditions with Swim Angelfish, the global leader in adaptive swim. Get certified online today!
SUPERIOR SWIM TIMING: Run a swim meet with ease from your laptop. SST is fully compatible with Hy-Tek and Team Unify as well as Colorado, Daktronics, and Omega touchpads. Tell them Brett sent you!
VASA: Essential dryland for stronger, better, faster swimmers. Save 10% using the code "brett" at checkout!
DESTRO SWIM TOWERS: Save $150 per double swim tower by using the code "brett" at checkout! VASA: Essential dryland for stronger, better, faster swimmers. Save 10% using the code "brett" at checkout!
SWIMNERD: Big and small digital pace clocks, virtual scoreboards, and live results.
Subscribe & Listen:
Apple Podcasts
Google
Spotify
YouTube
Produced by: SWIMNERD
#swimming #swimcoach #breaststroke