Inside with Brett Hawke

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April 22, 2021 #154 Josh Watson
Josh Watson is a former Australian backstroker who placed 4th in the 100 Back at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. He became the 200 Backstroke Short Course World Champion at the 1999 Hong Kong World Championships.

Josh is the self proclaimed poster boy for someone who just can't hang up their swimsuit. He called it quits, and came back more than once. His transition from being an elite athlete to not being an elite athlete took a toll on him including his first marriage. Josh had to come to grips with who he is -- and an elite athlete is just one part of him.

He currently resides in Atlanta, GA working for Atomic Athletes. Josh has also started his own business helping athletes transition into life after sport.

Enjoy!
00:00 Intro
00:15 Destro Swim Towers
00:45 Swimnerd Live Virtual Scoreboard
01:15 Where are you coming from?
02:30 Moving to USA for Atomic Athletes
04:50 Connor McGregor fan?
06:30 Where did it start for you?
08:00 Competition amongst friends
09:52 Greg Salter
12:00 Age Group Breakthrough
13:20 "No One Remembers an Age Group Champion"
14:50 3rd at 1996 Olympic Trials
17:45 1999 SC World Championships
20:00 Laurie Lawrence
23:15 Build up to 2000 Sydney Games
32:10 Transitioning to Real Life
35:45 Lenny Krayzelburg
41:00 Elle Macpherson
44:00 Massive Letdown
49:15 Matt Welsh
53:45 Doing what's best for you
01:00:00 Athens 2004
01:01:30 Hanging it Up
01:04:54 Transitioning is Tough
01:14:28 Being a Girl Dad
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1 hr 17 min
April 19, 2021 #153 Laurie Lawrence
Laurie Lawrence is a living legend; undoubtedly, the most passionate swim coach the world has ever seen. Laurie has helped coach, guide, and support Australia at 8 Olympic Games.
In 1956, his father became the manager of Trobruk Pool where the Australian Olympic swim team held training camps. He grew up as a kid being around the very best: Forbes Carlile, Dawn Fraser, and Murray Rose, just to name a few. This was his introduction to the sport of swimming.
As a coach, over 30 swimmers have made the Olympic team under Laurie, including Champions Duncan Armstrong, Jon Sieben, and Stephen Holland.
Laurie has just recently wrote and self published his own book entitled, "Stuff the Silver, We're Going For Gold!".
00:00 Intro
00:15 Destro Swim Towers
00:45 Swimnerd Live
01:16 Laurie Lawrence how are you doing?
03:05 "Stuff the Silver, We're Going For Gold!"
04:35 Trobuk Pool, Australian Olympic Team Camp
08:06 1964 Australian Rugby Team
10:20 Two Ways to Win
12:00 Visiting USA, Don Gambril
13:15 Sherm Chavoor, Debbie Meyer, Mike Burton
16:15 Flipp Darr, Gary Hall Sr.
17:15 Steve Holland, Rick DeMont, John Kinsella
22:10 Mark Schubert & Brian Goodell
23:50 Justin Limberg
29:20 Jon Sieben 40x50's Butterfly
30:20 Bob Bowman: "What's your best workout?"
32:00 Fostering a Racing Mentality
33:40 Jon Sieben's Robe
38:30 Duncan Armstrong
39:55 Is there a tough sprinter?
41:00 Bloody knuckles
42:40 Duncan's Extra Training
53:00 Laurie's Memorabilia
57:30 The Kids Alive Do Five
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1 hr 5 min
April 15, 2021 #152 Jeremy Linn
American Jeremy Linn won Silver in the 100 Breast at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta. He was also part of Team USA's World Record breaking 4x100 Medley Relay that captured Gold -- his fastest split ever.
While at the University of Tennessee, he won 4 NCAA titles and held the 100 Breast record for a decade.
He's been a long time coach with Nation's Capitol Swim Club getting to start NCAP West out in Warrenton, Virginia from scratch. NCAP is one of America's premier swim clubs with over 2,000 kids at 11 sites.
Enjoy!
00:00 Intro
00:15 Destro Swim Towers
00:45 Swimnerd.Live
01:15 Welcome
02:45 Jeremy's Value System
05:15 What do you believe in? Make a list.
07:00 Empowering kids to make choices
08:30 Why Breaststroke?
10:50 Harrisburg Swim Club with Ed Fraser
11:15 Anita Nall, Kristy Kowal, Brendan Hansen, Michael Norment
12:05 Tennessee, John Trembly
13:09 Message to kids looking to swim in college
16:45 National Team, Pac-Pacs
17:15 Jon Olsen, Grateful Dead
18:50 Making the 1996 Olympic Team
32:50 NCAA's after 96 Olympics
34:15 Steve Lundquist
38:14 Being an underdog
39:05 Confidence
41:30 How to carry yourself
43:00 Getting 9th in Prelims at 2000 OT's
45:00 Jeremy the Swim Coach
47:00 Communication
48:00 College?
50:45 Communication with College Coaches
51:40 Chasing Adam Peaty
55:43 Developing Low Stroke Count
58:20 Aerobic Development for Breaststroke
59:50 Timing in Breaststroke
01:02:38 Dolphin Kick in Breaststroke
01:03:55 OT Predictions
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1 hr 7 min
April 12, 2021 #151 Andrew Baildon
Andrew Baildon is a 2x Olympic swimmer (1988 & 1992) from Australia, making his first team at just 16 years old. In 1990 he won multiple gold medals at the Commonwealth Games in Auckland, shooting him to stardom in Australia.

In 1996, along with his wife Karen, opened the Andrew Baildon Aquatic Centres. They now have 60 swim instructors teaching over 5,000 swim lessons a week in Queensland.
Andrew is also currently on the Board of Directors at Swimming Australia.
00:00 Intro
00:15 Destro Swim Towers
00:45 Swimnerd Virtual Scoreboard
01:16 Big Influence on Brett
02:00 Australian sprinting history
03:00 1988 First Olympic 50m
03:15 Matt Biondi
05:25 What was sprinting like in 1988?
10:35 Commonwealth Games Auckland
14:00 Be In The Moment
15:30 Denis Cotterell Hitchhiked to 1988 Trials
22:00 What Brett learned from Andrew
24:30 Losing his sister, Kate to breast cancer
25:40 Met wife Karen, created a swim school
28:30 What does it mean to be on the board of Swimming Australia?
29:30 Moving the sport forward
31:30 International Swimming League
32:30 Cody Simpson
34:45 COVID in Australia
37:00 His own kids swim
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38 min
April 08, 2021 #150 Bill Pilczuk
Bill Pilczuk is the Head Coach of the Men's and Women's Swimming & Diving teams at The Savannah College of Art and Design. Bill is the reigning NAIA Coach of the Year. The Women's team has won 3 straight NAIA Championships.
As a swimmer, Bill was a dragon slayer. He became World Champion in the Men's 50 Free at the 1998 World Championships in Perth, Australia, taking down the greatest sprinter of all time in Alex Popov.
He used the money he won to pay off his Auburn school debt.
Bill has a fantastic sense of humor which really comes out in this interview.
Enjoy!
00:00 Intro
00:15 Destro Swim Towers
00:45 Swimnerd Live Virtual Scoreboard
01:16 Where are you coming from?
01:30 The Savannah College of Art & Design
2:07 Episode 1(x)50
02:45 How'd you get into swimming?
03:30 Cape May, New Jersey
04:00 Miami-Dade Community College
07:30 Transfer to Auburn
08:05 Won JUCO Nats in 21.1
10:00 Lane 8 Group
12:10 Mike Bottom, Asst. Coach
15:45 What did you do well?
18:35 Never made the SEC team
19:00 FIGHT
20:00 Last Chance Meet 19.7
21:00 Swim Off vs. Jon Olsen
23:30 Popov puffing a cig
24:30 41 Strokes
26:30 Getting 3rd at 96 Trials
29:00 Goal was to travel the world
29:30 Brett becomes Bill's Training Partner
34:00 World Championships 1998
36:00 Alexander Popov
37:30 Yoav Bruck: "Bill you know you can win this."
38:30 Track Start
40:30 Bill's Routine
47:00 Stop Breathing
47:50 Missing the Olympic Team again
49:10 Back injury
51:25 Current Swimmers
52:00 Giving Back to the Swimming Community
53:00 Making Physiology Based Changes
54:00 Documenting Swimming History
55:00 From Beach Lifeguard to America's Best
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57 min
April 05, 2021 #149 Kim Vandenberg
Kim Vandenberg won an Olympic bronze medal as part of Team USA's 4x200 Free Relay at the 2008 Games in Beijing. She qualified and swam at 5 straight US Olympic Trials, capturing the dreaded 3rd place in the 200 Fly 2 times.
Kim is a mentor for Rise Athletes, a Fitter & Faster coach, a serious Yogi, world traveler, and small business owner. On top of all that, she is a graduate student studying Psychology at Pepperdine University with aspirations of receiving her doctorate and opening up her own practice in the future.
She once won French Nationals and believes the 200 Free is way harder than the 200 Fly.
Enjoy!

00:00 Intro
00:15 Destro Swim Towers
00:45 Swimnerd Live Virtual Scoreboard
01:18 Kim Vandenberg where are you coming from
02:10 LA vs. NY
02:45 How'd you get into swimming?
04:00 Doubles at 12 Years Old
06:00 You were a 50 Freestyler!?
06:45 Ron & Don Heidary
07:15 Why UCLA? Cyndi Gallagher.
08:30 Freshman Year
09:00 Greg Meehan, Assistant Coach
10:40 Dana Kirk, Mary Decenza, & Kaitlin Sandeno
11:10 Going Pro After College
12:15 Training with Club Wolverine, Bowman, Phelps
12:45 Won 200 Fly at Nationals, signed with Speedo
13:15 Klete Keller
15:25 Competing in 5 Olympic Trials
21:50 Qualifying in 2008 for the Olympics
23:30 200 Free
25:20 3rd Place in 200 Fly
31:30 All these different coaches
32:45 2012 Olympic Trials Heartbreak
37:20 Was the 200 Fly your baby?
39:45 Being a Mentor
42:15 Proud Olympian
43:15 Kim's Future
44:20 Team USA Invincibility
45:45 Favorite Place
46:15 Favorite Food

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47 min
April 01, 2021 #148 Todd DeSorbo
Todd DeSorbo is the Head Coach of the Men's & Women's Swimming & Diving Teams at the University of Virginia. The UVA Women just took home their first ever NCAA Championship while the Men's team placed 9th.
A tax accountant before getting into coaching, Todd has gone from UNCW to NC State to UVA. Brett and Todd discuss taking the leap to become a head coach, what UVA is doing the very best at, the art of double tapering, and Eddie Reese's retirement.
00:00 Intro
01:20 Welcome
02:00 Congratulations
04:00 Todd's Vision of UVA
06:45 How'd you know it was time to leave NC State?
09:00 Management Component
11:30 Work Life Balance
14:07 What is UVA doing the best?
18:00 Not coaching Paige Madden
21:00 Balancing 2 Teams: Men & Women
22:15 The Art of Double Tapering
32:00 Recruiting is the Life Blood of Any Program
34:50 Eddie Reese
39:05 Next Head Coach of Texas?
40:00 Todd's Goals
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43 min
March 29, 2021 #147 Roland Schoeman
Roland Schoeman is a 4-time Olympian from South Africa. At the 2004 Olympics in Athens, Roland won a Bronze (50 Free), a Silver (100 Free), and a Gold (4x100 Free Relay). Regarded as having the best start in swimming, Roland was the first human to break 23 in the 50 Fly LCM.
00:00 Intro
00:15 Destro Swim Tower
00:45 Swimnerd Pace Clocks
01:15 Roland Schoeman Intro
02:45 How'd you get into swimming?
08:30 Gavin Ross
10:45 ASU, Iowa State, Arizona
15:00 Transitioning to America
17:20 Backed into a Corner
19:35 Losing his Father
23:25 Summer with Mike Bottom & Nort Thornton
24:15 "There's more than 1 way to skin a cat." - Frank Busch
25:15 Tough conversation with Frank
27:50 Brett could never beat Roland
29:00 Commonwealth Games 2002: The Ready Room
34:00 2004
39:55 Gary Hall Jr.
42:30 2005 Montreal; 50 Fly World Record
47:15 Rivals
47:30 Ryk Neethling
50:20 Why are you still swimming?
55:15 "My Worst Enemy"
56:15 Life After Swimming
57:45 Write a Book
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59 min
March 25, 2021 #146 Sarah Dunleavy
Sarah Dunleavy is currently the college recruiting director for the Sierra Marlins Swim Team. Sarah's collegiate experience includes stints at Kentucky, Pitt, and California. She swam at Purdue. Brett and Sarah discuss in depth about women in swim coaching, their struggles, and how we can do a better job retaining women coaches.

00:00 Intro
00:15 Destro Swim Towers
00:40 Swimnerd Live: the best way to live stream your swim meet
01:00 Sierra Marlins
03:00 Sarah Dunleavy Bio
04:15 Why coaching?
06:00 Swimming at Purdue
07:00 John Klinge's Influence
09:10 What challenged you?
10:15 Trial & Error at Illinois State
11:45 What do you gain from listening to this podcast?
14:30 Having a woman on your coaching staff
15:40 Shortage of women in coaching
22:45 University of California
23:40 Roles at Cal: Compliance, Recruiting, Coaching
25:00 Struggling Personally, Mental Health
32:00 The Cost of Coaching College Swimming
34:00 College Recruiting
37:00 Plans to get back into college coaching?

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41 min
March 24, 2021 NCAA's with Cathy Durden (CAL) & Maxime Rooney (TX)
A special episode talking about NCAA Division I Swimming Championships featuring Cathy Durden (Senior VP of Fan Acquisition for Cal Men's Swimming) and Maxime Rooney.
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33 min