Inside with Brett Hawke

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March 22, 2021 #145 Chad Le Clos
Chad Le Clos is one of the greatest racers of our lifetime. At 20 years old, he shocked the world by taking down Michael Phelps in the 200 Fly at the 2012 Olympic Games. He is a 4x individual Olympic medalist in 3 separate events including a Silver in the 200 Free behind Sun Yang.
00:00 Intro
01:30 Stuck in South Africa
02:30 Training at 4 Facilities
06:00 Specialize in 1 Event?
07:45 Olympic Inspiration: 2004 4x100 Free Relay
08:55 Michael Phelps
10:00 Coach Graham Hill
11:15 Bert Le Clos
14:20 Winning 2010 Commonwealth Games
16:15 How'd you beat Michael Phelps?
20:00 Toughness
23:45 50's Fly with a Sponge
25:25 200's Fly in Practice?
27:05 Looking Around During the Race
29:50 Responding to L's
34:05 Life After Winning Gold
36:30 Energy Standard
37:45 Phelps is Back
38:40 Silver in 200 Free
39:50 Sun Yang
40:30 Ryan Cochrane
43:15 Shadow Boxing in front of MP
45:30 Sport shouldn't be personal
48:30 Mentality in the Ready Room
50:30 Keep on Swimming
51:15 Behind the Blocks
53:20 James Gibson
54:30 2021 Tokyo Olympics
55:45 Chad Le Clos Swim Academy
57:00 Mare Nostrum 2009

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Artwork photo courtesy of Mine Kasapoglu. Follow her on Instagram.

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58 min
March 18, 2021 #144 Bill Kirby
Bill Kirby is an Olympic gold medal winning swimmer from Australia. He was part of the 4x200 Free Relay that won in 2000. They broke that relay's World Record 3 different times (1998, 2000, 2001).
Bill has recently moved back to Perth and opened up a swim school & swim team: Kirby Swim.
This episode is chuck full of amazing stories -- Bill has an outstanding memory. Test sets, kick sets, Alexander Popov, Michael Klim, Ian Thorpe, Grant Hackett, Todd Pearson, Don Talbot, and on and on!
Enjoy!
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00:00 Intro
01:45 Where are you coming from?
02:00 Kirby Swim in Perth
02:30 How was/is COVID?
04:20 How'd you get into swimming?
05:00 First love was Surf Life Saving
06:05 The backyard swim school instructor
07:00 City of Perth Swimming Club: Shelley Taylor-Smith, Neil Brooks, Dean Peters
08:50 100 Fly National Champ at 17
09:30 Trip to Sweden
10:30 Don Talbot: "You don't think you can win a medal here do you?"
14:30 Where did you see yourself?
16:58 Test Set: 7x200's
19:30 What were your strengths?
21:00 Leading up to Sydney
23:00 Gennadi & Popov Story Time
28:00 Breaking the 4x200 Free Relay World Record
32:15 2000 Sydney Trials
34:30 Leaving Hackett off the Relay
37:00 Swimming is Objective
39:00 Anchoring
40:45 What's Ian Thorpe like in the Ready Room?
42:00 Did winning Gold change your life?
43:45 2001 Final Year of Swimming
46:30 Don Talbot: Australia Can Be the Best
48:15 Wrapping Up
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49 min
March 15, 2021 #143 Arthur Albiero
Arthur Albiero has been the Head Coach of the Men's and Women's Swimming & Diving Teams at the University of Louisville since 2003. When he took the job, the men's team had half of a scholarship. The pool was in a basement. The team had no culture of winning. Fast forward 18 years and all that has been turned around.
Born and raised in Brazil, Coach Albiero has an amazing swimming story. At 12 years old he got the opportunity to attend Don Gambril's swim camp at the University of Alabama. He walked on at Cal State Bakersfield, swimming for the legendary Ernie Maglischo. His first job coaching was at Kenyon College under Hall of Fame Coach Jim Steen.
Arthur has had major success at U of L, recently winning the Men's ACC Championship by just 2 points. According to Coach Albiero, those two points were years in the making.
He was named to Team USA's coaching staff for the 2016 Rio Olympics and served as Head Coach for Pan Pacs in 2018.
Up next: Tokyo.
Enjoy!
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00:00 Intro
01:06 Arthur Albiero 18th Season at Louisville
03:00 Fastest ACC Meet in History
03:50 How with a restricted season did you swim so fast?
05:45 Guys Stepping Up
07:15 Why this team, why now?
08:45 2 Points Built on Years of Points
09:55 Coaching Your Kids
15:45 How did you get to America?
16:00 Don Gambril Swim Camp
18:00 Cal State Bakersfield & Ernie Maglischo
19:10 Oakland University
19:40 1st Job: Kenyon College & Jim Steen
20:45 Louisville Head Coach at 29 yrs old
24:00 How do you take down Cal & Texas?
29:05 21x50's LCM going SC Goal Time
33:10 Representing Team USA
36:20 What Brazil is missing: YOU!
41:00 Why Louisville?

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48 min
March 11, 2021 #142 Teri McKeever
Teri McKeever is in the 29th year of being the Head Coach of the Women's Swimming & Diving Team at the University of California. She served as the Head Coach of the U.S. Olympic women’s swim team at the London Olympics. Teri is, "regarded as one of the most accomplished swimming mentors in the United States, if not the world."
00:00 Intro
01:20 Teri McKeever Bio
02:30 How have you been so successful for so long at 1 place?
05:10 Early Struggles
08:15 Be the Best Teri McKeever
09:00 Asking for help is a sign of strength.
12:45 Women's Summit
13:35 What makes a great swimmer?
17:00 Sarah Dunleavey
17:15 What's changed the last 10-15 years?
20:10 Being a Female Coach of a Female Team
22:45 "If I was a female I'd be going to swim for Teri."
24:45 Authenticity
25:15 Time Management Lessons
28:40 No Scholarship Increases?
30:00 Common Courtesy From Recruits
32:55 What things do you do for yourself?
37:40 What separates you?
40:20 Training to Perform not Training to Train
41:45 What separates Dana Vollmer and Natalie Coughlin?
43:40 What's the thing that is driving you?
47:00 Congrats on your Pac 12 Championship
47:15 How do you feel about NCAA's?
51:15 How do we keep women in coaching?

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56 min
March 08, 2021 #141 Zach Apple
Zach Apple is one of Team USA's premier 50/100/200 Freestylers. He won the 100 and 200 Free at the World University Games in 2019 and was part of Team USA's World Champion 4x100 Free Relay in Gwangju that same year.

Corona came. Zach didn't touch the water for 3 months. Then he ripped a 48.5 in practice after just 2.5 months of doing singles.

Zach's story is very much about being a late bloomer -- not realizing tech suits were a thing until he was 16 years old...

00:00 Sponsors
01:20 Intro
02:30 Where did it start for you?
04:15 Making Districts as a Sophomore in HS
05:25 Greater Miami Valley YMCA in Ohio
07:00 College Recruiting Process
07:50 Western Kentucky, Claire Donahue
08:30 20.3/44.5/1:38 Senior Year
09:00 Western Kentucky Suspends Swimming Program
09:45 Kirk Grand the Auburn connection
10:40 Walking on Auburn's deck for the first time
12:00 Take Advantage of Your Situation
13:15 Coach Chris Bushelman: Set Lofty Goals
14:20 "I think you can go 1:31, 1:30 point."
15:45 "I value the effort."
18:15 Kyle Darmody and lengthening your stroke
20:10 How do you swim the 50, 100, and 200 equally well?
21:35 "I didn't ask a lot of questions about training."
22:25 100 LCM Free is just the bread and butter.
23:20 100 Free Race Strategy
24:05 Back End 50's
24:55 2016 Olympic Trials/2017 US Nationals Breakout Meet
26:15 Beating Caeleb Dressel and Ryan Held in Prelims
28:45 Winning 100 Free at WUG's
29:30 What have you done to improve since going 47.6?
31:00 Didn't touch the water for 3 months
32:45 Going 48.5 after 10 weeks of singles
33:30 Improving his underwater dolphin kick
34:45 Doing things with intention
35:45 Buying in 100%
37:20 The 100 Free is a 2 Horse Race
38:10 How to split the 100 Free to go 46
39:10 How do you balance your freestyle out?
40:30 Don't over kick the first 50
42:30 Mental Work, Visualization

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46 min
March 04, 2021 #140 Sarah Sjöström
Swedish superstar Sarah Sjöström is the reigning Olympic Champion in the Women's 100 Butterfly.
00:00 Introduction
01:30 How's the elbow?
04:55 "It was devastating."
07:20 Recovery Timeline
07:55 Mental Approach
11:20 Ben Wildman-Tobriner
14:05 Sarah's Swimming Journey
16:20 Olympic Success 3rd Time Around
17:35 Sweden's 1st Olympic Gold Medal Female Swimmer
17:55 Handling Pressure with a Psychologist
22:10 Breaking the World Record in the Olympic Final
22:54 YAHTZEE! 24:20 What are you thinking behind the blocks?
25:00 100 Fly Race Strategy
30:00 Timing in Butterfly
31:00 Building Speed & Power vs. Endurance in Fly
31:45 Get Straight Into The Catch (50 Fly stroke)
33:00 Sprint Kicking Almost Every Practice
33:45 How can you hold 6 World Records in 2 Strokes?
37:00 How do you go under 52?
41:00 Being an Ambassador for the ILS
42:30 Swimming is my Job
43:45 James Gibson & Energy Standard

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Artwork photo courtesy of Mine Kasapoglu. Follow her on Instagram.
Also, watch her interview with Brett! Episode 134! She can rip down a mountain on skis or a snowboard...Turkish national champion!
46 min
March 01, 2021 #139 Dr. Gary Hall Sr.
Dr. Gary Hall Sr. won 3 Olympic medals (2 Silvers, 1 Bronze) in 3 different individual events (400 IM, 200 Fly, 100 Fly) at 3 consecutive Olympics (1968, 1972, 1976). A retired ophthalmologist, Dr. Hall founded The Race Club with his son, Gary Hall Jr.. They've been teaching people to swim faster with camps, content, and more since 2003.
"I love teaching I've always loved teaching and I want to I want to take this further but I want to try to do it in a way that that I'd like to do it which is more science based and really kind of bring the science into the sport and that's what we've tried to do." - Gary Hall Sr.
00:00 Sponsors
01:13 Intro Episode 139 Dr. Gary Hall Sr.
03:13 History of the Race Club
07:30 Gary Hall Jr.
11:00 JUST HAVE FUN
11:30 Garden Grove, Sammy Lee
13:40 Jon Urbanchek
15:00 Flip Darr, 400 IM
16:40 Holding Bob Webster's gold medal
18:00 Mexico City
21:30 Indiana University & Doc Counsilman
24:45 Marge Counsilman
26:20 Mark Spitz
31:55 200 Fly World Record
34:10 Mark Spitz 100 Fly Get Out Swim
36:30 Gary Jr. Pan-Pacs 1995
38:05 400 IM to 200 Fly to 100 Fly
40:45 1976 USA Men's Olympic Swimming Team
41:05 Why the science of swimming?
42:40 Technology in Swimming
49:00 Work with The Race Club
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52 min
February 25, 2021 #138 Chris Fydler
Chris Fydler is a 20x Australian National Champion, 3x Olympian, and Olympic Champion. He was one of the four Australians strumming guitars after beating Team USA's 4x100 Free Relay at the 2000 Sydney Games. That victory, in front of the home crowd, snapped 36 years of American dominance in the event. The same relay that Ian Thorpe nearly missed because he ripped two suits...
Currently, Chris is the Managing Director of Sydney based software company, Tambla. He also serves as President on the Board of Directors of New South Wales Swimming.
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1 hr 3 min
February 22, 2021 #137 Trevor Freeland
Trevor Freeland grew up in Philadelphia swimming for Jim Ellis and PDR (the Philadelphia Department of Recreation or Pride, Determination, Resilience). He helped the University of Virginia win their first ACC Championship in 1987. Trevor has had an incredible business career with Deutsche Bank. In this episode, he explains to Brett how swimming, his mother, Jim Ellis, and Mark Bernardino shaped him into the businessman he is today.
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47 min
February 18, 2021 #136 Ray Looze
Ray Looze is the Head Coach of the Men's and Women's Swimming & Diving teams at Indiana University. He's been a mainstay on Team USA's coaching staffs as of late: 2017 & 2019 World Championship Coach, 2018 Pan Pacific Head Coach, and 2016 Olympic Assistant Coach.
Brett and Ray discuss...
Do you still coach? How do you stay a coach rather than becoming a manager?
Blake Pieroni. Zach Apple.
Getting 3rd at Olympic Trials.
Blake not making the A Final at Olympic Trials in the 200 Free. "What are you going to do now Blake?"
Cody Miller talking to Michael Phelps at Olympic Trials.
Having one of your athlete's win Olympic gold.
Lily King, Yulia Efimova, and doping.
How does Indiana win an NCAA team title?
Are NCAA Championships going to happen? How about the Tokyo Olympics?
2021 USA Swimming Olympic Trials are going to be very different. How do you swim fast at Olympic Trials?
And more!
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42 min