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Social Kick • Swim Culture & Stories

The Social Kick Podcast dives into the world of swimming — from Olympic legends to everyday athletes.Authentic, funny, and insightful conversations that bring the swim community together.🏊‍♂️ Hosted by swimmers, for swimmers.

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All Episodes

58:54

Charlotte Brynn

Social Kick • Swim Culture & Stories ·

2020/09/21

Bitten by a shark and kept swimming? For 11 more hours, then found the tooth in your hip?! Swam the Ice Mile, voluntarily?! All these stories and more by legendary Kiwi Marathon Swimmer Charlotte Brynn. She joins the show to talk about her experiences training and racing open water endurance events. Listen for for some great knowledge drop son best practices for racing as well as the toughest stories we have heard on competing. Charlotte was nominated as World Female Open Water Swimmer of the Year

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27:04

Sonja Wieck

Social Kick • Swim Culture & Stories ·

2020/09/20

18 time Ironman and Participant in the 2020 Eco Challenge and World's Toughest Race Sonja Wieck joins the show. Sonja talks about preparing for the race with her Ironman background, learning to swim at age 27 and 7 years, almost becoming the Ironman World Champion at Kona. We dive into the physical and mental challenges of endurance and elite sport and offer guidance on overcoming both. Watch Sonja race on Amazon Prime's Worlds Toughest Race and follow her on www.gosonja.com.

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71:40

Daniel Carr

Social Kick • Swim Culture & Stories ·

2020/09/11

In this episode, Cal backstroke stud Daniel Carr joins the show and we get into the mindset of the Cal men’s college team, some of the key workouts they do, and how Dave Durden structures season plans to peak at the right time. Daniel was a dual-sport athlete during high school and only went full time as a swimmer after his sophomore year, but he was still a highly touted recruit in the pool. Now a Pac-12 champion, NCAA finalist, and double Pan Ams gold medalist, his trajectory should have the

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67:08

Margaret Hoelzer

Social Kick • Swim Culture & Stories ·

2020/09/09

In this episode, we are joined by Margaret Hoelzer. Margaret is an Olympic medalist, and former world record-holder. Hoelzer competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics and the 2008 Olympic Games. Hoelzer grew up in Huntsville, Alabama and swam for the Auburn Tigers swimming and diving team while attending Auburn University. In 2007, Hoelzer moved to Charlotte, NC to train with Coach David Marsh. In 2008, Hoelzer relocated to Seattle, Washington and then to Fullerton, California with coach Sean Hutchison

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73:27

The Social Kick Podcast #055 - The Future of NCAA...

Social Kick • Swim Culture & Stories ·

2020/09/09

More and more schools are cutting their swim programs, including the storied University of Iowa team, who were integral in developing Butterfly in the 1930s. We discuss this story and the evolution of Butterfly, with the recent passing of the first Olympic Butterfly Champion from 1956. Then we discuss Caeleb's self analysis of his 50 skins from ISL, going deep into the affects of oxygen depravation and lactate build up. Finally we discuss Nathan Adrian's choice for a guest on our show, with

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71:27

Kathleen Baker

Social Kick • Swim Culture & Stories ·

2020/09/01

In this episode, we're joined by gold medalist Kathleen Baker. In this show, we are interrupted by doping control, as Katleen blocks off evenings on her where-about reports. While we delay her doping test, we get into her nutrition and how Celiac's disease alters her training and nutrition. After this, we discuss her favorite sets with coach David Marsh, as well as what she feels she does at an elite level for her backstroke. After this, we get into where she is hoping to improve and her current

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71:27

Karlyn Pipes

Social Kick • Swim Culture & Stories ·

2020/08/21

In this episode, we're joined by one of the greatest Masters swimmers of all-time, Karlyn Pipes. Karlyn discusses her journey in the sport of swimming, which included early success, being an Olympic hopeful, swimming at the University of Arkansas, then dropping out. She discusses her addiction to alcohol, which eventually led her to rehabilitation. After alcohol rehabilitation, she was offered a full athletic scholarship to attend California State University Bakersfield (CSUB), at the age of 35

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30:53

The Social Kick Podcast #052 - Round-Up

Social Kick • Swim Culture & Stories ·

2020/08/18

Dr. John, Bryan and Luke gather in person for the first time in months to discuss some recent news. Caeleb's Race Analysis, the value of Endless Pools, HR monitoring and other live tracking analysis are the topics discussed over a beer. Subscribe to the channel to get regular episodes, see the extracts from the shows and promos for new shows!

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85:45

Craig Beardsley

Social Kick • Swim Culture & Stories ·

2020/08/14

In this episode, we're joined by an Olympic swimmer who never went to the Olympics, Craig Beardsley. We delve into Craig's last race, missing the 1984 Olympic team, his experience with the 1980 US Olympic boycott, and differences between his training and current training. Craig dives further back to discuss the legendary training group at the University of Florida in the late 1970s and training with Randy Reese and he shares a story of him training with many Russian Olympians leading up to the 1980s

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89:09

Mike Bottom

Social Kick • Swim Culture & Stories ·

2020/08/08

For our 50th episode, we’re joined by one of the best swim coaches of all time, Mike Bottom. This conversation explores Mike’s swimming career including his experience with the 1980 US Olympic boycott, his world-beating swimmer brother Joe Bottom, where he developed his skills in psychology and the art of coaching each individual person, not just the swimmer. Mike takes us through the epic arc of his coaching career from his influence on the start of a sprint dynasty at Auburn (which he confirms is

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76:20

Jason Dunford

Social Kick • Swim Culture & Stories ·

2020/07/31

In this episode of The Social Kick, Jason Dunford joins the show to discuss his careers as an Olympic swimmer, tech startup co-founder, reporter, and rapper. A true renaissance man, this conversation explores Jason’s evolution from a young swimmer in Kenya to one of the best butterfliers in the world, his transition into business and an MBA at Stanford GSB, to his life now as Samaki Mkuu (rap star) including special guest Jabali Afrika. For a special treat, Samaki and Jabali perform live!

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85:00

Gary Hall Jr.

Social Kick • Swim Culture & Stories ·

2020/07/25

In this episode, we are joined by Olympic Gold Medalists Gary Hall Jr. We discuss Gary's early skateboarding and snowboarding interests and how we transitioned into swimming at the age of 13. He discusses his frustration with traditional high volume training and his college experience at the University of Texas. Gary then discusses his 1996 Olympic experience, diagnosis with type I diabetes, and his current views on sprint swimming training.

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74:18

Nathan Adrian

Social Kick • Swim Culture & Stories ·

2020/07/18

In this episode, we are joined by 3x Olympian and Olympic Gold Medalist Nathan Adrian. We start by discussing what Nathan has been doing during Covid-19, diving into the purchasing of his swim school. Then we talk about his experiences in the Olympics and Nathan gives his opinion on the best US Olympic male sprinter of all-time. After this, we talk about diversity in swimming and Nathan's experiences growing up in Washington. We end with an amusing game of rapid-fire questions where Nathan can't say

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83:07

Leah Martindale-Stancil

Social Kick • Swim Culture & Stories ·

2020/07/11

In this episode, we are joined by 2x Olympian and the current head coach of the Tulane Women's swim team, Leah Martindale-Stancil. Leah discusses her early swimming as a youngster in Barbados. We discuss Leah's experience at the "not a big deal" 1996 Atlanta Olympics where she placed 5th in the 50-m freestyle. We also dive into female coaching inequality and Leah's experience as a black swimmer in Barbados compared to the United States.

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73:19

Duje Draganja

Social Kick • Swim Culture & Stories ·

2020/07/10

In this episode, Duje Draganja joins the show to discuss his life growing up in Croatia, his experiences at CAL Berkeley, and his Olympic journey. Duje also touches on an elite swimmer's mindset and self regulating training.

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74:04

Tom Shields

Social Kick • Swim Culture & Stories ·

2020/07/03

In this episode, the gang is joined by Olympian Tom Shields. Tom discusses his amazing high school and college career while discussing multiple hardships along his journey. We discuss his suicide attempt, his use of cognitive-behavior therapy (CBT), and how CBT is helping him become a better swimmer.

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74:52

Katie Hoff Anderson

Social Kick • Swim Culture & Stories ·

2020/06/26

In this episode, Katie Hoff joins the show to discuss the best viral videos of swimming history, her last swimming race and career reflection, life as a youngster on the Olympic team, training 7-days a week at NBAC, some epic swim sets and how doing them breeds confidence when it’s time to race. Hope you enjoy it as much as we did!

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66:34

Maya DiRado

Social Kick • Swim Culture & Stories ·

2020/06/19

In this episode, we are joined by 4x Olympic medalist and Rio 200 bk gold medalist Maya DiRado. We chat about the best Olympic swimming upsets of all-time, Maya's last race, what she’s been up to since Rio, difficult times during her swimming career, being a professional swimmer, the disparity of women in college coaching, and finally current events and her involvement in supporting activism in the swimming community and how swimming can evolve.

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68:36

Laura Sogar

Social Kick • Swim Culture & Stories ·

2020/06/10

In this episode, we are joined by one of the best US female breaststrokers in history, Laura Sogar. Laura swam at the University of Texas where she was an NCAA champion. Laura also earned silver at the 2012 World Championships in 2012. Since college, Laura has started doing stand-up comedy to complement her work in cybersecurity. Laura joins us to discuss life after sport, similarities between swimming and stand-up comedy, and recent social events.

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75:50

Christen Shefchunas

Social Kick • Swim Culture & Stories ·

2020/06/09

In this episode, we are joined by Christen Shefchunas. Christen has twenty-two years of coaching and working one on one with women, Coach Christen speaks to women about REAL Confidence. Christen was an assistant swim coach at Michigan State and SMU before becoming the Head Coach at the University of Miami. Christen found herself back in the swimming world in 2015 working with Team Elite, a group of Olympians and National Team members as they prepared for the 2016 Olympic Trials and Olympic Games. In

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