Inside with Brett Hawke

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 As A High Diver

09:40 - Performing On Cruise Ships

15:05 - Being Introduced To Red Bull

18:57 - Visualization and Compartmentalization

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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.

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00:00 Good morning! 00:30 Israeli Joni Kopelev 00:50 State of Swimming in Israel 03:30 Arizona State Swimming 03:50 Chase Kalisz, Regan Smith 05:45 Grant House, ASU's Leader 06:20 TYR Pro Swim Series Fort Lauderdale 08:55 Ilya Kharun 09:30 Abbey Weitzeil 10:00 Ahmed Hafanoui 11:00 Siobhan Haughey 13:00 Summer McIntosh 14:15 American Men Backstroke 15:15 Katie Ledecky 17:00 Shaine Casas 21:20 Meiron Cheruti 24:54 Ilya Kharun going to Arizona State 29:19 Paris 2024 Men's 50 Free Podium 34:00 NSW Championships 35:20 Cate Campbell is Back! 38:00 UK axing the 50's 40:40 Secrets to a fast 50 Backstroke 42:30 Q&A

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 with current and former Cal swimmers.

Don't forget to sign up for the World Clinic this year. September 6th through 9th in Dallas, Texas.

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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 team captain at the University of Texas and a Big 12 Freshman and Newcomer of the Year in 2000. She also won the program's Leadership Award in 2001 and 2002 and was named an All-American in both 2001 and 2002. In 2003, she was honored as the team's Most Valuable Player.

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00:00 - Welcome to Tanica Jamison! 

08:45 - Transitioning To A New Conference 

16:10 - Managing Talent and Potential 

19:07 - Being An Assistant vs. Head Coach 

26:55 - Competitive Recruiting 

29:11 - Five-Year Plan 

30:58 - Advice To Younger Coaches

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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 mark in the 400-meter freestyle race at the World Championships in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, in 1973. He was the first person to do this.

The Marin Aquatic Club had a lot of high school All-Americans and usually finished in the top 10 at the AAU National Championships. Don was on the Board of the ASCA and spoke at a number of World Clinics for the ASCA. He was a coach on the teams for the 1975 World Championships and the 1977 dual meets in East Germany and Russia for the national teams.

Don started the Creative Performance Institute in 1977. For eight years, it was his main job to teach coaches and athletes about the mental side of sports. In his workshops, he talked about things like setting goals, taking risks, dealing with anxiety, and visualizing. Many high school, club, and college teams were among his clients. He also worked in Canada, Mexico, Venezuela, Sweden, and Ireland, all of which are in other countries.

His dedication is best shown by saying, "My goal is to be the best coach I can be by continuing to grow." As a coach, I'm still getting better. Since I no longer coach in a vacuum, every week my skills improve."

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00:00 - Welcome Don Swartz! 

01:00 - The Quantum Leap 

12:22 - Individual Differences 

8:00 - Paradigm Shift in Swimming 

26:03 - Reflect, Experiment, and Evolve 

34:54 - Goal Setting and Accountability 

41:46 - Taking Risks To Be Successful

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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 provides an overview of the qualities and characteristics of a successful assistant coach, as well as advice on how to evaluate a potential assistant coaching position. Plus, advice on how to hire and manage assistant coaches in a swim program.  

Key takeaways from Coach Larry Shofe: 

1. Unselfishness is an important attribute of an assistant coach. 

2. It is important to evaluate the job security, responsibilities, and location of a potential assistant coaching position. 

3. A successful assistant coach should have a good relationship with the head coach, gain their trust and respect, and be willing to put in the same hours as the head coach.

Key takeaways from Coach Gregg Troy:

1. Understand the goals of assistant coaches and give them opportunities to achieve them. "Let them work."

2. Make sure to be clear about expectations and responsibilities. 

3. Look for loyalty, dependability, a caring attitude, and a willingness to learn in assistant coaches.

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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 for adaptations and maintenance.

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