I Don't Get It

I Don't Get It

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I Don't Get It episodes

  • S2E19 - USA Nationals Recap

    (0:00) Welcome in
    (1:20) Global Observation: World record alert
    (5:30) Hanging with the Texas pro group
    (8:00) USA World Championship Trials recap
    (21:40) Swimming fast rhetoric, mindset, and coaching challenges 
    (32:25) Oregon Swimming athlete shoutout
    (36:35) Limitations inspire creativity
    (38:30) Closing thoughts

    40 min
  • S2E18 - Longterm Club Planning, Progressive Skill Development, & Interrogating "Doing More"

    (0:00) Welcome in
    (1:40) Long haul truckers and swim coaches
    (5:30) Bill Belichick shout out and coach book club
    (9:20) Long term planning: Team ethics and shared values
    (11:00) USA Swimming Development process: a critical viewpoint
    (17:05) The pitfalls of setting measurements as targets
    (23:30) From fundamentals to finesse
    (31:00) Progressing movement qualities in training
    (34:20) Race relevant training strategies: teach, coach, and train to a higher yield
    (43:00) Humming along
    (47:30) Doing “more”
    (55:30) Skill development in isolation
    (59:05) Coloring within and outside of the lines
    (1:02.00) Less or more effective vs. right or wrong
    (1:06.15) Closing thoughts

    1 hr 9 min
  • S2E17 - Creating & Utilizing Coaching Systems

    (0:00) Welcome in
    (1:10) The Coach as a Systems Architect
    (6:00) Seeking mentorships
    (10:05) Anecdotes and the Instagram firehose
    (12:30) Creating our coaching systems
    (19:45) The Parametric training model
    (28:30) Intervention vs. Interpretation
    (32:10) Goodhart’s Law
    (34:30) “Bringing it home with legs”
    (41:10) Coaching a feedback culture
    (48:20) Enhanced Games: The Price of Integrity
    (54:00) Closing thoughts

    54 min
  • S2E16 - How to create the Next Generation of USA 200 Freestylers

    (0:00) Welcome in
    (5:00) USA International 200 Free Performance Trends and ideas for improvement
    (14:50) Fingerprints of early specialization
    (17:30) The Farm Strong Demographic
    (26:00) Connoisseurs of High Velocity Moments - Hidden opportunities
    (31:15) How much is enough?
    (43:15) Kyle’s advice on training density
    (51:00) Culture building
    (53:00) Closing thoughts

    56 min
  • S2E15 - Recapping the TYR Pro Series & our Interview w/ Gavin Jones

    (0:00) Welcome in
    (2:55) TYR Pro Series wrap up
    (7:40) Men’s 200 Free race analysis: tracking towards LA 2028
    (16:15) Men’s 200 IM: Tik-Tok Marketability
    (23:25) The Incredibles: USA Women
    (24:30) Gretchen Walsh: Leaving room for peak performance and 100 Fly World Record     
    (32:45) Katie Ledecky: What can we say…?
    (37:20) Ledecky v. McIntosh: 400 Free
    (45:10) Gavin Jones: Follow up and listener impact
    (51:00) Closing thoughts

    53 min
  • S2E14 - Gavin Jones

    (0:00) Welcome in + Guest Introduction
    (4:15) Gavin Jones: from age group through college swimming
    (8:30) Managing your own college search as a high school athlete
    (15:00) Swim/life balance in NCAA Division 3
    (19:40) “Swim your best race” and competing at the 2024 Olympic Trials
    (27:00) The importance of growth mindsets for athletes
    (36:50) What’s next?
    (42:00) Gavin’s advice for aspiring collegiate swimmers
    (45:00) Closing thoughts

    48 min
  • S2E12 - Stroke 50s Added to the Olympics, ISCA, & a College Pathway Primer

    (0:00) Welcome in, Shout outs and College Pathway Primer
    (5:10) ISCA Championship Meet recap and the Travel Meet experience
    (14:00) Highlights from Nate
    (20:00) The Race Story revisited
    (23:00) Semi-original ideas
    (28:45) BREAKING NEWS: 50’s of stroke added to LA 2028 Olympic Games
    (37:00) Other Olympic event suggestions
    (39:30) SCY to LCM transition considerations
    (48:00) “Last Day, Fast Day”

    50 min
  • S2E11 - Men's NCAA Championship Recap

    (0:00) Welcome in + Travel itinerary
    (3:00) NCAA Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships recap
    (7:10) Fastest meet in the world, marketing, and “Save Non-Revenue Sports”
    (11:45) Fantasy draft results
    (13:30) NCAA Record recap and storylines
    (24:00 Bob Bowman and notable recognitions
    (44:00 Closing remarks

    47 min

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Competitive Swim Coaches Nate McKay and Kyle Johnson discuss their careers, philosophies, and their shared experience within the sport.