How can a phone screen help bring more swimmers, volunteers and supporters to a community lido? In this episode of Lido Lovers, Celia is joined by Brightlingsea Lido lifeguard and social media expert Ollie to explore how Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and podcasting can turn everyday poolside moments into powerful community stories. From the Human Fruit Machine’s 5 million TikTok views to behind-the-scenes volunteering, fundraising and heritage storytelling, discover what makes people stop...

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In this episode, we will explore the different tools swimmers can use to address fear when it shows up. The goal is not to completely eliminate fear, but to prevent it from taking over. Want support beyond these preview episodes? The Swim Mindset Collective Founding Member program gives competitive swimmers season-long mindset training for $149.

In this episode, we will explore the first of the four challenges: FEAR. We will look at how to recognize it, how it affects you and how it differs from pressure and nerves. Want support beyond these preview episodes? The Swim Mindset Collective Founding Member program gives competitive swimmers season-long mindset training for $149.

This week we’re celebrating the people who give the lido its heartbeat: our swimmers. From early morning rituals and chilly starts to friendship, resilience and community spirit, we’re diving into why regular swimmers matter so much — not just to the pool, but to the whole life of the lido. I’ll be joined by two of our early morning regulars Lisa and Karen to talk about what gets them through the gate before most of us have had our first cup of tea, what keeps them coming back, and what the l...

On this week's episode we wrap our review of the amazing European Champs. This week's episode focuses on the best performances in the pool across Europe.We see Sara Curtis transform backstroke - will others follow suit? Could Leon break the world record in his tenth best event?!

Send us Fan Mail This week on SwimScape - The Podcast, we sit down with Auckland open water swimmer Troy Rangi, who shares his inspiring journey as a swimmer with special needs and how he discovered a passion for the open water. From his first experiences in the water to becoming a regular competitor on New Zealand's open water swimming scene, Troy talks openly about what draws him back to the ocean, the challenges he has overcome, and the personal rewards that swimming brings. Troy has been ...

Three Key Learning Points:* In a 100 metre short course race, 50 metres of it is affected by walls.* Dive starts, turns and finishes are not skill work sitting beside your training. They are half the race.* Every dive is a race dive. Every turn is a race turn. Build it into what you’re already doing.Short course racing.Some people love it. Some people not so much.But when I talk to coaches about their short course plans, their programs and their workouts, they nearly always go one of two ways.The

Every swimmer knows the feeling: the finish is close, but the body is tired. This episode explores endurance, mental strength, training, setbacks, and the powerful decision to keep moving when the final meters feel like the hardest ones.

Swimming may appear simple, but every movement in the water requires balance, timing, breathing, and control. This episode explores how swimmers learn to work with the water instead of fighting it, and why patience and consistency are at the heart of becoming a better swimmer.

Swimcast No. 363 brings Northern Lights Swim Club updates for the week of August 31, 2026, plus our training focus on backstroke technique, turns, starts, and building an aerobic base. In this episode: • Labor Day weekend practice schedule • South vs. Service volunteer timers — September 10 • NLSC Intrasquad Meet — September 12 • Championship eligibility reports • Arena team partnership and SwimOutlet team store • Weekly Drop: backstroke technique, turns, starts, and aerobic development Lea...

If you've ever battled crippling race anxiety, felt air-starved mid-race, or wondered how to fall back in love with swimming, this on-deck conversation with 25-year-old coach and former collegiate swimmer Geffen Chang is a must-listen. Geffen opens up about overcoming panic attacks in the 400 IM, his go-to stretch for breaststroke groin pain, and the mental shift that helped him step onto the blocks purely for himself. Inside this episode, you’ll discover: Race-Day Panic Attacks & Air Hun...

In this episode of Unfiltered Waters, Elizabeth Beisel and Todd Anderson, Katie Hoff's husband, fill in a week before she gives birth, sitting down with Olympic medalist Katie Grimes ahead of the Pan Pacific Championships. She's coming off a national title in the 1500 free, but at Pan Pacs she's skipping that race for the 10K open water, an event she hasn't swum in two years and chose to bring back herself. So why give up your best event for one that takes almost two hours and offers no secon...

The Lifeguard Olympics came to Brightlingsea Lido — and it was every bit as dramatic, competitive and chaotic as you’d hope. Join guest host Will as the Blues celebrate victory, the Reds plot their comeback, and both teams show why lifeguarding is about so much more than strong swimming. Listen now for teamwork, tactics, water confidence and plenty of laughs. #LidoLovers #BrightlingseaLido #LifeguardOlympics #WaterSafety #Lifeguards #OutdoorSwimming #LidoLife #Teamwork #HappySwim...

By Wayne GoldsmithThree Key Learning Points:* Coach’s Eye is a learnable skill, not a talent some coaches were born with.* Look, scan fingers to feet and feet to fingers, then stand back and look again.* Swimming is a technique-driven sport - yet technique is the thing coaches talk about least.Coach’s Eye.And no, not coach’s eye strain from twenty years of squinting at sunlight bouncing off water. (Although that’s real too and it’s a hazard of the job nobody warns you about.)I mean Coach’s Eye.

By Wayne GoldsmithThree Key Learning Points:* Propulsion is Newtonian, not aeronautical. Reach out, grab the water, pull straight through.* S-patterns, keyholes and question marks are obsolete - they just haven’t been told yet.* There is no perfect technique. Every swimmer is different - every technique is different.There are a million things written about swimming technique every week.Go to Google. Go to Gemini. Go to Chat. Go to Claude. Go to any of the online swimming or triathlon forums.You will

in this episode of Lido Lovers which has a health and wellbeing flavour, I explore the benefits of aquacise at Brightlingsea Lido. I look at how water-based exercise can support joints, mobility, confidence, strength, mood and social connection before chatting with Julie Wheeler, the Lido’s brilliant aquacise and Lido Little Dippers teacher, about what happens in a class and how beginners can get started. Aquacise is really good fun so I am hoping after hearing this some of ...

In this episode of Lido Lovers we shine the spotlight on Cafe Lido, the Brightlingsea Lido's much loved cafe. More than a place to grab a coffee, it's a warm, friendly hub that brings swimmers, volunteers, dog walkers, families and locals together. We explore the unique role cafes play in lido culture, how they support the core business and why they are essential to visitor experience. There will be a chat with Niamh and Rosie two members of the cafe team about life behind the cou...

Two-time Olympic Gold Medalist Ryan Held sits down with host Kelly Palace in an on-deck interview at the Pegasus Masters meet in Dallas, Texas. Since retiring from professional swimming, Ryan has relocated to Prosper, Texas, stepped into the joys of fatherhood, and transitioned his relationship with the pool through Masters Swimming. What happens when you strip away the pressure of professional contracts, intense college training regimens, and the constant stress of making international teams...

This week we head poolside at Brightlingsea Lido to find out what lifeguarding really involves beyond the whistle and suncream. With two much-loved senior lifeguards, we talk vigilance, teamwork, public myths, near-chaos and the unique joy of keeping one of Brightlingsea's best-loved places safe. This episode is warm, witty and very local. Take 20 minutes, feel inspired and maybe ... take the plunge.