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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.
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Nov 15, 2021 • 2h 5min
#207 Dave Salo on coaching philosophies, breaststroke, doping, ISL, Cody Simpson
Dave Salo is one of the world's most innovative and decorated swim coaches. He has been on Team USA's Olympic staff 3x and was just named Head Coach for SC World Championships in Abu Dhabi.
As the Head Coach of Irvine Novaquatics for 26 years (1990-2006), he coached a few swimmers you might recognize: Aaron Peirsol, Amanda Beard, Michael Cavic, and Jason Lezak.
As the Head Coach of the University of Southern California (2006-2020), he coached superstars like Larsen Jensen, Ous Mellouli, Katinka Hosszu, Jessica Hardy, and Rebecca Soni.
His list of successful athletes is a mile long.
Currently, he is the Head Coach of the Tokyo Frog Kings of the International Swimming League.
00:00 Swimming Sponsors
03:00 Hello Dave Salo
07:45 Head Coach Team USA SC Worlds
10:45 Does USAS need a Head Coach?
13:00 Dave Salo Bio
17:45 Academics
19:45 Peter Daland
22:30 Jon Urbanchek, Long Beach State
24:15 Coaching Philosophy
30:50 Sprint Salo Book
36:50 Experimenting
42:00 Rebecca Soni
49:45 Breaststroke
01:01:30 Adam Peaty
01:05:00 Coaching Women
01:09:45 College Recruiting
01:13:30 Athletes testing positive
01:24:20 XYZ
01:30:00 Swimming fast in practice
01:33:00 Larsen Jensen
01:37:00 Aaron Peirsol
01:43:30 Intl Swimming League
01:46:30 Professionalize swimmers
01:52:40 Cody Simpson
02:00:00 Salo Swim Camp
02:02:00 Coaching the Japanese
Enjoy!
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#swimming #swimcoach #sprintsalo

Nov 10, 2021 • 58min
Dive Inside LIVE: ISL Playoffs, Who is IN & Who is OUT
Bruno THE Fratus stops by to workout while Brett, Nate, and Sonny talk about swimming.
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#swimming #iswimleague #energystandard

Nov 8, 2021 • 50min
#206 Beata Nelson discusses underwater development, HAT, ISL, SC Worlds
Beata Nelson is a professional swimmer for the Cali Condors of the International Swimming League (ISL). She is the current women's money leader for ISL Season 3. She was a 3x NCAA Champion at the University of Wisconsin Madison, where she is from. Beata is sponsored by A3 Performance.
00:00 Swimming Sponsors
03:00 Happy Halloween
06:00 Butterflyer?
08:40 Shane Ryan
11:45 Underwater dolphin kicking
13:50 Minimum standards
15:20 Gym work
17:15 Power & Resistance
18:20 200's
20:00 HAT
20:30 Why UW Madison?
24:45 Disorder eating
26:40 College to Pro
31:30 Kristy Brager
33:55 SC World Champs
36:50 2 Back SCM WR
39:30 A3 Performance
42:00 LCM
44:20 Paris
Photo courtesy of Mine Kasapoglu!
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#swimming #iswimleague #calicondors

Nov 4, 2021 • 59min
#205 Bobby Guntoro from "Best Water Boy in the NCAA" to UNCW Head Coach
Bobby Guntoro is in his 2nd season as the Head Coach of the University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW). He spent the last 8 years at NC State rising the ranks from Graduate Assistant to Associate Head Coach learning from some of swimming's best coaches: Mark Bernardino, Braden Holloway, and Todd DeSorbo.
Bobby is from Indonesia. As a swimmer, he earned opportunities to swim in Australia, at Bolles, and UNCW.
Enjoy!
00:00 Swimming Sponsors
03:30 Hello Bobby Guntoro
06:00 Coaching History
09:15 Grant Stoelwinder
10:30 Indonesia
12:45 Team Philosophy
17:49 UNCW Swimming & Diving
21:20 Being a Head Coach
23:48 Scholarship breakdown
26:20 Year round swimmers?
29:30 Work vs. Rest
33:00 Right Now
38:40 Sprint Philosophy
41:15 Nate Brookerson
43:15 Held, Molacek, Ress
44:45 Maurice Green
47:00 Sharing @GuntoroB
49:45 Surfing for Practice
51:00 Individualized practices
55:00 Lifestyle Choice
58:20 Free Swim Lessons
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#swimming #wilmington #collegeswimming

Nov 4, 2021 • 41min
Dive Inside LIVE: SC European Championships, Kirpichnikova, Gunes, Lamberti, De Tullio
Brett, Nate, and Sonny talk about swimming. Mostly, SC European Championships.
Watch the show LIVE every Wednesday. Throw us some swimming knowledge in the comments section.
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#swimming #euros2021 #kazan2021

Nov 1, 2021 • 13min
Kyle Chalmers walks you through his 100 Free WORLD RECORD
Kyle Chalmers, Olympic Champion and WORLD RECORD HOLDER, stops by to chat and walk you through his newly minted Men's 100 Free SCM World Record swim.
Swimming World Cup 2021
Kazan, Russia
10/29/2021
Kyle Chalmers, 100 Free Splits:
+0.65
50 = 21.40
100 = 44.84 (23.44)
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#swimming #iswimleague #worldrecord

Nov 1, 2021 • 44min
#204 Lilly King on being outspoken, dealing with losing, skipping SC Worlds
Lilly King is the fastest woman in history over 50 (29.40) and 100 LCM Breaststroke (1:04.13). At the 2016 Olympics, her first international swim meet, she became Olympic Champion in the 100 Breaststroke and helped Team USA win the Women's 4x100 Medley Relay. She won the 50 and 100 Breast at 2017 World Champs. And yet again at 2019 World Champs. At the 2020 Olympics, Lilly earned 2x silver medals (200 Breast, 4x100 MR) and a Bronze (100 Breast).
Swimming for Ray Looze at Indiana University, she won the 100 and 200 Breaststroke 4 years in a row at NCAA Championships. She still trains for Ray at IU but she performs for the Cali Condors of the ISL. She is skipping SC World Champs for the ISL this year.
Lilly is sponsored by TYR. She wears the TYR Avictor.
Photos are courtesy of Mike Lewis.
Enjoy!
00:00 Swimming Sponsors
03:30 Hi Lilly King
04:00 Taking Breaks
05:15 Lilly's Career
06:15 SCY LCM SCM
08:35 Breaststroke Pullout
10:00 Looking Around
12:00 Annie Lazor
14:30 Raw vs. Reserved
16:00 Negativity for being outspoken
17:45 Tokyo Olympics
22:00 Competitive Family
24:20 Dealing with Losing
25:45 Confidence
27:15 Consistency in Practice
28:55 Breaststroke Pull
30:00 Streamlining
30:50 Race Analysis
33:45 Things to Improve
34:50 TYR
36:20 World SC Champs
37:00 ISL
39:00 Money
40:30 Cali Condors
41:30 Paris, LA
43:30 Big Stress
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#swimming #usaswimming #olympics

Oct 28, 2021 • 1h 13min
#203 4x Olympian Amanda Beard on the ups & downs of her storied career
Amanda Beard is a 4x Olympian (1996, 2000, 2004, 2008) and 7-time Olympic medalist (2 gold, 4 silver, 1 bronze). Just 14 years old at the Atlanta Olympics, she blasted onto the scene winning silver in both Breaststrokes and gold as part of Team USA's 4x100 Medley Relay.
She went on to have a storied career:
Bronze in Sydney in the 200 Breast.
Silver in Athens in the 200 IM!
Silver in Athens on the 4x100 MR.
Gold in Athens in the 200 Breast.
Plus, a World Record at the 2003 World Championships...
Amanda grew up in Southern California swimming for Dave Salo at Irvine NOVA alongside Jason Lezak. She swam for Frank Busch at the University of Arizona for two years before giving up her eligibility to go pro.
Today she is a small business owner in Gig Harbor, Washington teaching thousands of kids how to swim.
00:00 Swimming Sponsors
03:30 Hello Amanda Beard
04:30 Beard Swim School
10:30 Irvine, CA
12:15 Dave Salo
13:40 Lezak, Peirsol, Stitts
14:30 Summer Sanders
16:30 14 year old Olympic Champion
20:50 Mentally tough
23:00 Loving swimming
26:00 Mental health
30:00 Feminine but Strong
36:45 University of Arizona
37:45 2000 Olympic Trials
44:10 2003 Barcelona
47:55 2004 Athens 200 Breast
50:55 No pump up music
53:50 2008 Olympics
58:00 Book
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#swimming #usaswimming #olympics

Oct 27, 2021 • 39min
Dive Inside LIVE: World Cup Doha, ISL Boycott, Chalmers 45.0
Brett, Nate, and Sonny talk about swimming.
FINA World Cup Doha
Kyle Chalmers goes 45.03 in the 100 Free SCM.
Potential ISL boycott??
SC World Champs - Japan is out, Ahmed Hafnaoui is in.
Amanda Beard, Lilly King, and Bruce Gemmell
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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!
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Oct 25, 2021 • 1h 29min
#202 Bruce Gemmell, Olympic coach, talks energy zones, training Katie Ledecky
Olympic swim coach Bruce Gemmell is a coach for Nation's Capital Swim Club (NCAP), USA Swimming's premier club team with 14 locations, 1800+ athletes, and 65+ coaches. Most recently they produced three Olympians: Katie Ledecky (the GOAT), Andrew Gemmell (Bruce's son), and Jack Conger.
Bruce was an OT qualifier himself, swimming at the University of Michigan, where he learned all about energy zones and Jon Urbanchek's famous color system.
In this conversation, Brett asks a lot of questions about training Katie Ledecky and his own son, Andrew, who was training partners with her leading up to the 2016 Rio Games.
Enjoy Episode 202!
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