Ben Proud is a World Champion sprinter from Great Britain. Last summer he placed 5th in the 50 Free at the Tokyo Olympics. At the 2016 Rio Games, he was 4th. He is a member of the Energy Standard swim team in the ISL, swimming for James Gibson. Ben grew up in Malaysia the first 17 years of his life. He swam on the swim team but didn't take it seriously until meeting Francis Kiu, who changed everything for him. Coach Kiu is now the Head of Performance Swimming at British International School of K...
Dec 01, 2021•56 min
Konstantin Grigorishin is the founder of the International Swimming League and the Energy Standard swim team. Enjoy! Support Our Sponsors: AQUAVOLO DRAG SOX : Build power and strength in the water with Drag Sox made by AquaVolo. Use code "brett" at checkout and receive 10% off. 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...
Nov 30, 2021•10 min
Kosuke Hagino is a 4x Olympic medalist from Japan. He won the Men's 400 IM at the 2016 Rio Olympics in a blistering 4:06.05. Recently retired from the sport, Kosuke finished his career placing 6th in the 200 IM at a home Olympics in Tokyo. He was coached by Norimasa Hirai and Takayuki Umehara. 00:00 Swimming Sponsors 03:30 Hello Kosuke Hagino 03:45 Commentating World Champion 04:15 Kosuke Kitajima 05:40 London Olympics 07:05 Michael Phelps 08:30 Ian Thorpe 09:55 Cultural differences 12:30 Always...
Nov 29, 2021•1 hr 9 min
Enter the #50KickChallenge ! Brett, Nate, and Sonny talk about swimming. Actually, Sonny's wifi was horrible at his hotel in Eindhoven so he couldn't make it. We pulled in Retta Race instead. Support Our Sponsors: AQUAVOLO DRAG SOX : Build power and strength in the water with Drag Sox made by AquaVolo. Use code "brett" at checkout and receive 10% off. SWIM ANGELFISH: Receive the tools and skills needed to teach swimmers with autism, physical disabilities, anxiety, sensory and motor conditions wi...
Nov 27, 2021•44 min
Anastasia Gorbenko is an 18 year old professional swimmer from Israel. She holds nearly every Israeli swimming national record and was the first female to ever swim in an Olympic Final (100 Back, Tokyo). An extremely versatile swimmer, Anastasia is the reigning European Champion in the Women's 200 IM, both long course (2020) & short course (2021). Currently, she swims for the LA Current of the International Swimming League (ISL). She just won her first Skins race against Alia Atkinson in the...
Nov 26, 2021•41 min
"There was a section on breaststroke which I think if you coach, or if you know somebody that coaches, or if you know somebody that knows somebody that coaches, have them listen to Dave Salo for 15 minutes talk about breaststroke because I think there is just a lot of really, really good stuff that literally any coach can emulate in terms of just communicating about the stroke. He's got good words that he says about breaststroke and you can take those words and you can use them in your practice ...
Nov 24, 2021•17 min
Hungarian László Cseh is one of the most decorated swimmers in the history of our sport: six (6) Olympic medals, seventeen (17) World Championship medals, and forty-eight (48) European Championship medals. Michael Phelps was his kryptonite. Cseh finished 2nd behind him in 3 events at the 2008 Olympics, earning 3 silver medals in the 200 IM, 400 IM, and 200 Fly. In 2014, after a coaching change from György Turi to Zsolt Plagányi , his focus shifted to shorter events. Enjoy! 00:00 Swimming Sponsor...
Nov 22, 2021•55 min
Gregg Troy spent 20 years coaching swimming at The Bolles School (1977-1997) and another 20 years at the University of Florida (1998-2018). He's been a part of four Team USA Olympic coaching staffs including being named Head Coach of the 2012 London Olympics. Coach Troy has coached nearly six dozen Olympians including Anthony Nesty, Ryan Lochte, and Caeleb Dressel. Enjoy! 00:00 Swimming Sponsors 03:30 Hello Gregg Troy 04:00 Coaching Caeleb Dressel 08:00 Capacity & Skills 09:50 Planning 11:00...
Nov 19, 2021•34 min
Chase Bloch is the Assistant Coach of Men's and Women's Swimming & Diving at the University of Southern California. He was born and raised in Hawaii, moving to Southern California when he was 11. Chase was an All-American swimmer at USC and now has 8 years under his belt coaching at his alma mater. Chase is cool, calm, and collected. The tattoo on his left forearm keeps him grounded: "livin the dream". Enjoy! 00:00 Swimming Sponsors 03:30 Hello Chase Bloch 05:00 Elephant in the Room 08:30 Ch...
Nov 18, 2021•53 min
Brett, Nate, and Sonny talk about swimming. Support Our Sponsors: AQUAVOLO DRAG SOX : Build power and strength in the water with Drag Sox made by AquaVolo. Use code "brett" at checkout and receive 10% off. 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...
Nov 17, 2021•43 min
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 ...
Nov 15, 2021•2 hr 5 min
Bruno THE Fratus stops by to workout while Brett, Nate, and Sonny talk about swimming. Support Our Sponsors: AQUAVOLO DRAG SOX : Build power and strength in the water with Drag Sox made by AquaVolo. Use code "brett" at checkout and receive 10% off. 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 :...
Nov 10, 2021•58 min
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 Wh...
Nov 08, 2021•50 min
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 0...
Nov 04, 2021•59 min
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. Support Our Sponsors: AQUAVOLO DRAG SOX : Build power and strength in the water with Drag Sox made by AquaVolo. Use code "brett" at checkout and receive 10% off. SWIM ANGELFISH: Receive the tools and skills needed to teach swimmers with autism, physical disabilities, anxiety, sensory and motor conditions with Swim Angelfish,...
Nov 04, 2021•41 min
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) Support Our Sponsors: 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 certi...
Nov 01, 2021•13 min
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 ...
Nov 01, 2021•44 min
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......
Oct 28, 2021•1 hr 13 min
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 Support Our Sponsors: THE MAGIC 5 : Custom fitted goggles that are tailor-made for your exact face. You shouldn't feel you are wearing goggles. Use code BRETTHAWKE20 at checkout to receive 20% off. SWIM ANGELFISH: Receive the tools and skills needed to teach swimmers ...
Oct 27, 2021•39 min
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 ...
Oct 25, 2021•1 hr 29 min
Coleman Stewart is a professional swimmer for the Cali Condors. He grew up in York, PA swimming for Erik Posegay at North Baltimore Aquatic Club. He developed his underwater kick at NC State with Braden Holloway and became NCAA Champion in the 100 Backstroke. Most recently, he broke the World Record in the 100 SCM Backstroke in a regular season ISL meet in Naples, Italy. His goal was to show up in better shape than most and win a lot of money. His freestyle is pretty good, too. Coleman finished ...
Oct 22, 2021•58 min
Tatjana Schoenmaker won the 200 Breaststroke at the Tokyo Olympics in World Record time. The South African became the first woman to ever break 2:19. Her goal heading into the Games was to make a Final. Tatjana walks Brett through all her thoughts and feelings from her Olympic learning experience. She is coached by Rocco Meiring , who was on Episode #191. Enjoy! 03:30 Life after Gold 05:45 Penny Heyns 07:00 Rocco Meiring 09:15 Did you expect to win? 11:15 Missed Olympics by .01 14:00 100 Breasts...
Oct 18, 2021•38 min
At the 2012 London Olympics, Tyler Clary won the 200 Backstroke. Nine years later, he underwent successful open heart surgery to fix a leaky aortic valve. For every pint of blood his heart tried to pump, ½ a pint flowed backwards. He won Olympic gold with a heart operating at only 70% efficiency. Unbelievable. Enjoy! Support Our Sponsors: THE MAGIC 5 : Custom fitted goggles that are tailor-made for your exact face. You shouldn't feel you are wearing goggles. Use code BRETTHAWKE20 at checkout to ...
Oct 14, 2021•1 hr 12 min
Tom Shields is the 2009 Huntington Beach Pier Swim Champion. Also, a 2x Olympic Champion for the United States of America. He joins us LIVE from Budapest to talk about breaking the American Record in the Men's 50 Fly this past week at the FINA World Cup Series. This was a best time for him by a few tenths. We talk about training underwater, being addicted to racing, his love for short course, and being left off of several SC World Championship teams based on LCM qualifications. Coleman Stewart, ...
Oct 13, 2021•50 min
Marko Malvela is a 5x Olympic Swimming Coach from Finland. He currently coaches 3 of the 5 Finnish swimmers that competed in Tokyo. This includes Ari-Pekka Liukkonen (been together for 16 years), Mimosa Jallow , and Fanny Teijonsalo (who has been a guest on Dive Inside LIVE). Marko's group also includes Finnish National teamers Teemu Vuroela and Susanne Hirvonen . Marko is an expert in Biomechanics and Sport Psychology. He talks about grouping athletes into four different body types, coaches hav...
Oct 11, 2021•57 min
Jacco Verhaeren was just recently appointed the High Performance Director for French swimming leading into the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. He spent the last year helping the German Swimming Federation and the 8 prior to that leading Swimming Australia. And before that, the Dutchman coached Pieter van den Hoogenband, Inge de Bruijn, and Ranomi Kromowidjojo. Enjoy! 00:00 Swimming Sponsors 03:30 Hello Jacco Verhaeren 04:00 German Swimming 05:00 French Swimming 08:00 Early Coaching Career 12:45 Coa...
Oct 07, 2021•1 hr 31 min
David Curtiss, USA National teamer and NC State freshman, announced today that he has inked deals with TYR and GoSwim. David finished 6th at 2021 US Olympic Trials in the 50 Free. He is one of Team USA's up and coming sprint studs. He joins Katie Ledecky, Simone Manuel, Michael Andrew, Beefy T Shields, and more as TYR sponsored athletes. GoSwim , created by Glenn Mills , is a video library of the world's best swimmers teaching you the best stroke technique and drills to make you a better swimmer...
Oct 07, 2021•36 min
South African teenager Matthew Sates joins us on the LIVE show to discuss his WJR breaking swims in Berlin! At the first stop of the FINA World Cup in Berlin, Matt Sates broke 2x SCM World Junior Records: the Men's 200 IM (23.90/28.45/32.21/26.89) and 200 Freestyle (23.58/25.93/25.63/25.51), breaking Daiya Seto and Kliment Kolesnikov's records. This summer, at the Tokyo Olympics, Sates placed 13th in the 200 IM and 32nd in the 100 Fly. He swims for Wayne Riddin at Seals Swimming Club in Pieterma...
Oct 06, 2021•48 min
Last week we went LIVE at the UVA Orange vs. Blue intrasquad meet. We got to sit down with Head Coach Todd DeSorbo and talk to some of the team's leaders, including alumni and Olympian, Paige Madden . Meet Matt Brownstead , Matt King , Noah Nichols , and Sean Conway on the Men's side. Meet Alex Walsh , Kate Douglass , and Emma Weyant on the Women's side. If you missed the live stream, it is on our YouTube channel. Anna Keating KILLED the commentating at the beginning of the show. As did 3rd year...
Oct 05, 2021•52 min
Laura Sogar didn't make the Olympics in swimming, but does have the guts to get on stage and tell jokes. The 2013 NCAA Champion in the Women's 200 Breast for the University of Texas, Sogar no longer swims but she does make people laugh. She does two weekly podcasts, both with plenty of humor. Check them out here: She Does Stand Up, Too? Risque Business News Follow her on Instagram . 00:00 Swimming Sponsors 05:00 Stand Up Comedy 08:30 Bluefish, Rhode Island 12:30 Chemical Engineering 14:30 Podcas...
Oct 04, 2021•58 min
