Today on the SwimSwam Breakdown, we are discussing the Asian Games so far, UVA's SCM Pro Am Meet in October, and Shaine Casas coaching high school.

🛒 Elsmore Swim Shop — ElsmoreSwim.com | Code SOCIALKICK for 20% off 👕 Tall Slim Tees — TallSlimTees.com | Code SOCIALKICK for 20% off Support the Podcast: https://socialkickswim.com/shop The College Swimming League CEO joins us to break down the prize money, broadcast deals, and the format for the 2026 launch. We are looking at the specifics of the new College Swimming League. With 12 teams competing across 8 meets, this setup is built specifically for television audiences rather than

Send us Fan Mail Jack Roach has spent a lifetime learning from coaches—and helping coaches and athletes learn from one another. In this conversation, Jack reflects on his time leading USA Swimming’s National Junior Team, where he helped create developmental experiences that connected young swimmers with senior athletes and brought coaches into a broader web of relationships. But his philosophy extends well beyond any particular program: coaches shouldn’t simply provide answers. Their job is t...

The Night Swim boys are back with another packed episode covering some of the biggest and most controversial conversations in swimming.Dax and Elvis break down the backlash surrounding the Sydney Sweeney ad, discuss hazing in college swimming, and talk about Caeleb Dressel’s move to St. Augustine and what it could mean for the next chapter of his career. They also dive into peptides and performance enhancement in swimming, including concerns about accessibility and drug testing.Then, they get into

Early short-course times can feel stuck, and sometimes that is completely normal. Renee and Rochelle break down what a swim plateau really means, why September times do not define the season, and how to tell a normal training rebuild from a real red flag.They also cover the early-season meet-entry scramble, the proposed TEAM USA Act, the new College Swimming League, Lehigh men's swimming's suspension pending a hazing investigation, Golden Goggles nominees, Yu Zidi's 200 fly performance,

What: Ignite Freshwater Swim FestWhere: Lake Pupuke / Pupukemoana, AucklandWhen: February 13–14, 2027Scott Rice is back on Swim Chats this month to talk about a brand-new swim event coming next summer: the Ignite Freshwater Swim Fest! It will be a fun weekend for the whole family in February, offering a range of swim distances to suit all abilities (250m to 10km), live music, food stalls, the first NZ Doggy Swim Champs (a 100m swim with your pawsome pal), a 4x500m relay, three national swim

Season 3, Episode 6: Social Media & Sports — with Dr. Valerie GruestOne spelling note first: the transcript reads "Valerie Gruest" consistently throughout, except one self-introduction moment where it's transcribed "Gruost" — almost certainly an ASR mishearing. I've used Gruest everywhere; worth a quick double-check against her own bio before this goes out.Dr. Gruest — a Northwestern alum, 2016 Olympic swimmer for Guatemala, and now an assistant professor of strategic communication at New Mexico

Season 3, Episode 5: Creating a Successful Club (Part 1)Wayne Goldsmith and Glenn Mills lay out what actually goes into building a swim program that lasts — not the technique, the decisions underneath it.In this episode:Identity first — why "who are you, and what do you stand for" has to come before drills, technology, or drylandThe warm-up as an X-ray — how Wayne reads a club's culture in five minutes on deckBuilding a staff that completes you, not one that just agrees with youFacilities and

In this episode of The Weekly Freestyle, Alex is joined by Luke Withers to chat about the new swimming season, the Arena League, and some of the big events coming up in the swimming world.They also discuss the LA 2028 and Brisbane 2032 Olympics, the upcoming World Championships in Budapest, and the challenges of swimming in Brisbane’s crocodile-filled river!The pair also look ahead to an exciting British Channel swim relay, including the team’s preparations, the 10-day window, and the possibility of

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Angharad Evans has had a heck of a summer, raking in 7 medals across the Commonwealth Games and European Championships. This included double individual gold (100/200 Breast) at Comm Games in Glasgow and Gold (100 Breast) and Silver (200 Breast) in Paris at Euros. Evans has not had a linear progression up to this point, and we dive into that journey in today's podcast. In 2021, at age 18, Evans came to the USA to train and study at the University of Georgia. Prior to her arrival, Evans hadn't visited

Today, we are previewing the upcoming 2026 Asian Games in Tokyo, which start on Sunday, September 2026.

Welcome to episode 350 of the Löw Tide Böyz - A Swimrun Podcast!You just wrapped your A-race for the season. Maybe it was ÖTILLÖ Swimrun World Championship, maybe it was your local A-race, and now you are standing there wondering what to do with yourself. We get this question a lot, and after our own trip to the World Champs, we figured it was time to lay out exactly what we do once the race is over.This is another edition of our ad hoc Swimrun 201 series, where we get into the more advanced corners

What do you do when the body that carried you to Olympic Legend Status changes in the blink of an eye? How do you stop comparing yourself to the athlete you used to be and build unshakeable mental resilience in the face of life-altering obstacles? In this episode, six-time Olympic gold medalist Amy Van Dyken sits down with Kelly Palace to share how she completely redefined her identity, athletic drive, and relationship with her body after a traumatic 2014 ATV accident left her paralyzed from ...

The Asian Games are kicking off in Tokyo, and some of the fastest swimmers on the planet are ready to throw down! From Pan Zhanle looking to back up his 100m Freestyle World Record to Qin Haiyang facing massive Japanese breaststroke pressure, we are deep-diving into the races you absolutely cannot miss.In this episode of the Propulsion Swimming Podcast, Dan and I break down our top swimmers to watch, including 31-year-old veteran Xu Jiayu throwing down lifetime bests, Olympic silver-medalist

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...

In this GMM takeover of the SwimSwam podcast we have Virginia Head Coach Todd DeSorbo. DeSorbo sits at the center of the most powerful women’s training group in swimming, led by Gretchen Walsh and Kate Douglass. We’ve already gone deep with both women. In this conversation, DeSorbo helps swim fans fill in the gaps, getting granular on training, tapering, and more coach-led details. We start with Douglass’ remarkable 2026 progression in the 50 free, going from 24.21 at the Fort Lauderdale Open to

Kaylee McKeown returns to Unfiltered Waters, and Katie Hoff Anderson catches her in the middle of the hardest year of her career. Kaylee is a five-time Olympic gold medalist, a world record holder and a world champion, and at the time of this conversation she is back to five swim sessions a week at 4K with no intensity and a heart rate monitor tucked into her cap. Glandular fever pulled her out of the Commonwealth Games and the Pan Pacific Championships and left her watching the rest of the w...