This week's American Swimming Coaches Association talk comes from Amy Parratto . At the time of this talk, Amy and husband Mike Parratto were coaching the Seacoast Swimming Association (SSA) in New Hampshire. In 2010, after 26 years at Seacoast, they moved to Indiana where they both coached at Lawrence Swim Team while their daughter Jessica trained at the USA Diving National Training Center based out of IUPUI. They finally ended up in Minnesota where they run Riptide Swim Team in Apple Val...
Mar 30, 2023•23 min
Kaii Winkler has put the swimming world on notice, popping 48.8 LCM and 41.9 SCY 100 Freestyles. He is joined with his coach, Adam Madarassy of Eagle Aquatics. They discuss how they began working together, their training techniques, and the similarities between Kaii and another successful swimmer, David Popovici. Our Sponsors: BRATTER PA IMMIGRATION LAW : Exclusive immigration representation of athletes, entrepreneurs, artists, investors, and entertainers. SWIM ANGELFISH:...
Mar 27, 2023•38 min
Will Cal use a strong last day to put this meet away? Can Arizona State pull an upset?? Our Sponsors: BRATTER PA IMMIGRATION LAW : Exclusive immigration representation of athletes, entrepreneurs, artists, investors, and entertainers. 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! BEINE WELLNE...
Mar 26, 2023•1 hr 29 min
Day 3 of Men's NCAA Championships live with swimming's most famous Hollywood star Ders from Workaholics fame and Conor Dwyer, 3x Olympic medalist. Our Sponsors: BRATTER PA IMMIGRATION LAW : Exclusive immigration representation of athletes, entrepreneurs, artists, investors, and entertainers. 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 adapt...
Mar 25, 2023•1 hr 18 min
Watch Day 2 of Men's NCAA Swimming Championships with us. Our Sponsors: BRATTER PA IMMIGRATION LAW : Exclusive immigration representation of athletes, entrepreneurs, artists, investors, and entertainers. 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! BEINE WELLNESS BUILDING: Individualize your nutr...
Mar 24, 2023•2 hr 15 min
This was an incredible show. Enjoy! Our Sponsors: BRATTER PA IMMIGRATION LAW : Exclusive immigration representation of athletes, entrepreneurs, artists, investors, and entertainers. 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! BEINE WELLNESS BUILDING: Individualize your nutrition with genetic testing a...
Mar 23, 2023•1 hr 35 min
Nic Askew is the Director of Swimming & Diving (and Tennis!) at the nation's only NCAA Division I Historically Black College and University (HBCU) team, where he has improved the program significantly. The Men’s team just dominated the Northeast Conference Championship, while the Women’s team finished 4th, both teams have rewritten the school record books, and were on the cover of Sports Illustrated. Our Sponsors: BRATTER PA IMMIGRATION LAW : Exclusive immigration representation of athlete...
Mar 21, 2023•36 min
Back at it again, talking nonsense with Sonny Trigg and special guest, Kyle Millis. Our Sponsors: BRATTER PA IMMIGRATION LAW : Exclusive immigration representation of athletes, entrepreneurs, artists, investors, and entertainers. 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! BEINE WELLNESS BUILDING: Ind...
Mar 20, 2023•59 min
This week's American Swimming Coaches Association talk comes from Olympic gold medalist, Anita Nall. Anita joined the swim team at the age of five. By age 12, she set age group records and at 14 years old notched an American record. Swimming for Coach Murray Stephens at the legendary North Baltimore Aquatic Club, she developed a technically-perfect breaststroke using the new-style stroke of the time. At age 15, only a sophomore in high school, she qualified for the 1992 Olympic team. In the proc...
Mar 15, 2023•34 min
Dave Durden might just be the best swim coach on planet Earth. Our Sponsors: BRATTER PA IMMIGRATION LAW : Exclusive immigration representation of athletes, entrepreneurs, artists, investors, and entertainers. 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! BEINE WELLNESS BUILDING: Individualize your nutrition with gen...
Mar 14, 2023•34 min
Samantha Arsenault won an Olympic gold medal as part of the 4x200 Free Relay in Sydney. Winning gold wasn't enough and afterwards, she spiraled into a deep, dark place. Samantha tells her story of how she overcame this from the help of Greg Harden and how she came to understand her true self and heal her relationship with herself. This interview is about her journey to understanding her inner self and the feelings that come with achieving her dream. Our Sponsors: BRATTER PA IMMIGRATION LAW : Exc...
Mar 14, 2023•48 min
Will Texas be able to take down Virginia or will they make it 3 in a row? Is Stanford ready to pounce? Who will be the meet's most outstanding swimmer? Kate Douglass? Maggie Mac Neil? Lydia Jacoby? Gretchen Walsh? Alex Walsh? Torri Huske? Claire Curzan? Katharine Berkoff? Special guests @KyleMillis and @TheSwimsuitGuy 800 Free Relay 11:00 200 Medley Relay 12:30 500 Free 15:00 200 IM 19:00 50 Free 23:00 Day 2 23:45 400 IM 26:00 100 Fly 28:30 200 Free 31:30 100 Breast 35:15 100 Back 37:45 400 Medl...
Mar 13, 2023•57 min
At the NSW State Championships in Sydney, Australia, Kaylee McKeown broke Regan Smith's 200 Meter Long Course Backstroke World Record. She swam a 2:03.14! Visit Sonny's website for merch and custom training plans! 29.34 1:00.73 (31.39) 1:31.84 (31.11) 2:03.14 (31.30) Our Sponsors: BRATTER PA IMMIGRATION LAW : Exclusive immigration representation of athletes, entrepreneurs, artists, investors, and entertainers. SWIM ANGELFISH: Receive the tools and skills needed to teach swimmers with autism, phy...
Mar 10, 2023•6 min
Swimming fast is great, but lasting the distance is what separates the good from the great. Find out how to make the switch from short course to long course swimming with these tips. Our Sponsors: BRATTER PA IMMIGRATION LAW : Exclusive immigration representation of athletes, entrepreneurs, artists, investors, and entertainers. SWIM ANGELFISH: Receive the tools and skills needed to teach swimmers with autism, physical disabilities, anxiety, sensory and motor conditions with Swim Angelfish, the gl...
Mar 09, 2023•5 min
Matt Kredich is one of the world's greatest swim coaches. He is currently preparing his Women & Men at the University of Tennessee for NCAA Championships set to start next week. Our Sponsors: BRATTER PA IMMIGRATION LAW : Exclusive immigration representation of athletes, entrepreneurs, artists, investors, and entertainers. SWIM ANGELFISH: Receive the tools and skills needed to teach swimmers with autism, physical disabilities, anxiety, sensory and motor conditions with Swim Angelfish, the glo...
Mar 08, 2023•1 hr 9 min
Grant House is in the house and Arizona State swimming is on fire. Our Sponsors: BRATTER PA IMMIGRATION LAW : Exclusive immigration representation of athletes, entrepreneurs, artists, investors, and entertainers. 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! BEINE WELLNESS BUILDING: Individualize your nutrition with...
Mar 07, 2023•1 hr 16 min
In 2021, Hockey Australia appointed Bernard Savage as its new High Performance Director, who has extensive experience in successful Australian high performance sporting environments; including, 16 years with Swimming Australia as a Performance Scientist and High Performance Sports Manager. 3 Key Takeaways: 1. Sports science plays an important role in swimming, combining physiology and biomechanics to maximize performance. 2. Race analysis is a necessity that can be used to inform training and pr...
Mar 07, 2023•1 hr 3 min
Catalin Preda is a Romanian professional high diver. In this episode, Brett digs into Catalin's journey to becoming a professional athlete. He started his journey to becoming a high diver at the age of seven with swimming lessons and found out about the world of professional high diving while working on a cruise ship. He has since competed in the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series since 2009 and in the FINA World Championships since 2013. 00:00 - Welcome Catalan Preda! 02:54 - Getting Your Start...
Mar 06, 2023•32 min
Brett and Sonny talk about swimming with Joni Kopelev . Every Monday morning, Brett and Sonny discuss what's been going on in the world of swimming. They end with a Q&A session. Catch up with the top swimming stories across the globe. Get The Swimnerd Newsletter emailed to you every Monday morning. Our Sponsors: BRATTER PA IMMIGRATION LAW : Exclusive immigration representation of athletes, entrepreneurs, artists, investors, and entertainers. SWIM ANGELFISH: Receive the tools and skills neede...
Mar 06, 2023•1 hr
Today's American Swimming Coaches Association talk comes from the 1995 World Clinic in New Orleans. Hall of Fame Coach Nort Thornton discusses the importance of asking better questions and not taking too much for granted in order to find better ways of doing things. Nort coached at Cal Berkeley from 1974 to his official retirement in 2007 where he won two national titles in back to back years in 1979 and 1980. He also served as a coach for the United States’ 1992 Olympic team which was littered ...
Mar 01, 2023•41 min
Tanica Jamison, a proven winner & uber competitive recruiter, has led the University of Houston to two conference titles in her first two years, furthering the Cougars streak of 9 in a row. Prior to UH, Tanica coached the Texas A&M women's team from 2011-2021. As a result of Jamison's efforts, Texas A&M has placed in the top 10 seven times in the NCAA Championships, including two third-place finishes in 2017 and 2018, and four consecutive fourth-place finishes. Jamison was a two-time...
Feb 28, 2023•39 min
Brett, Sonny, and Nate talk about swimming. Every Monday morning, Brett and Sonny discuss what's been going on in the world of swimming. They end with a Q&A session. Catch up with the top swimming stories across the globe. Get The Swimnerd Newsletter emailed to you every Monday morning: https://www.swimspam.com/ Our Sponsors: BRATTER PA IMMIGRATION LAW : Exclusive immigration representation of athletes, entrepreneurs, artists, investors, and entertainers. SWIM ANGELFISH: Receive the tools an...
Feb 27, 2023•49 min
Don Swartz got his start as a club coach in 1967 when he worked with George French at the Ladera Oaks Aquatic Club in Northern California as an age group coach. After living in Davis, California, he moved to Marin County to become the Head Coach of the Marin Aquatic Club. From 1970 to 1976, he coached a number of swimmers who went on to make the Olympic, World Championship, and Pan-American teams. Some of these swimmers set world records. One of his swimmers, Rick DeMont , broke the 4-minute mar...
Feb 21, 2023•57 min
The following talk was presented by Gregg Troy & Larry Shofe at the 1995 World Clinic in New Orleans . Gregg Troy was the Head Coach and Larry Shofe was the Senior Coach of the Bolles School Sharks in Jacksonville, Florida. At the time of this talk, the Bolles School had produced 20+ Olympians, 22 Florida State Championship Teams, 3 National Prep Championship Teams, 7 Junior National Championship Teams, and winners of the overall combined 1995 USA Swimming National Championships. This talk p...
Feb 15, 2023•30 min
Chris Plumb, the Head Coach and of Carmel Swim Club and Carmel High School, shares his journey of becoming a successful coach and his philosophies on how to become successful. This is a revisit from Episode 135. 3 Key Takeaways: 1. Successful coaches are those who put themselves in situations to learn and ask the right questions. 2. Simple skills, such as push-offs, need to be practiced over and over again to become a master. 3. Training cycles should be broken up into six week blocks to allow f...
Feb 14, 2023•49 min
Every Monday morning, Brett and @TheSwimsuitGuy discuss what's been going on in the world of swimming. They end with a Q&A session. Catch up with the top swimming stories across the globe. Get The Swimnerd Newsletter emailed to you every Monday morning. Our Sponsors: BRATTER PA IMMIGRATION LAW : Exclusive immigration representation of athletes, entrepreneurs, artists, investors, and entertainers. SWIM ANGELFISH: Receive the tools and skills needed to teach swimmers with autism, physical disa...
Feb 13, 2023•56 min
Men's 4x100 meter freestyle relay at the 2000 Summer Olympics was held on September 16, 2000 at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre in Sydney, Australia. The Australians won an Olympic gold medal for the first time in 36 years, and they did it in front of their delirious home fans. Australians Michael Klim (48.18), Chris Fydler (48.48), and Ashley Callus (48.74) won the gold medal in a time of 3:13.67 thanks to Ian Thorpe's anchor leg of 48.30, after he had lost the lead to Gary Hall, Jr. of...
Feb 08, 2023•5 min
Matt Eversmann joined the US Army's 75th Ranger Regiment and was part of the famous Black Hawk Down mission. He was a poor college student and joined the Army to get his life back on track. He found that the standards in the Ranger Regiment were much higher than he expected. He was given great authority and responsibility and found it to be a compelling opportunity. In this interview you will learn... Qualities and Distinctions Required to Join the Ranger Regiment - Matt Everman's decision to jo...
Feb 07, 2023•57 min
Every Monday morning at 8AM EST, Brett and Sonny discuss what's been going on in the world of swimming. They end with a Q&A session. Catch up with the top swimming stories across the globe. Get "This Week in Swimming" emailed to you every Monday morning. Our Sponsors: BRATTER PA IMMIGRATION LAW : Exclusive immigration representation of athletes, entrepreneurs, artists, investors, and entertainers. SWIM ANGELFISH: Receive the tools and skills needed to teach swimmers with autism, physical dis...
Feb 06, 2023•47 min
The voice of swimming puts a few American coaches on his Mount Rushmore of swim coaches. Learn from 80+ of the best swimmers and coaches in our sport on the AnyQuestion app. Ask them ANY QUESTION you want. Bob Bowman, Emma McKeon, James Gibson, Adam Peaty, Mel Marshall, Kim Brackin, Ryan Murphy, Emily Seebohm, Ray Looze, Lydia Jacoby, Abbey Weitzeil, Michael Bohl, Summer McIntosh, Dave Durden, and more! Download the AnyQuestion app here . Our Sponsors: BRATTER PA IMMIGRATION LAW : Exclusive immi...
Feb 04, 2023•3 min
