Kick Set

This episode features Chuck Batchelor, head coach at Bluefish Swim Club. Chuck talks about his career in swimming leading up to Bluefish, his experience coaching high level young athletes, how he advocates for his athletes leading into college, the journey of coaching Elizabeth Beisel and how he continues to celebrate his love for food despite dietary restrictions!

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This episode features Arthur Albiero, head swimming coach at the University of Louisville. Arthur talks about his journey in swimming, his experience coaching at the NCAA level and how he has worked to grow his program.

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This episode features Tim Hinchey, President & CEO of USA Swimming. Tim talks about his path that led him to USA swimming, the exciting things happening in our sport and where we are going in the future.

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This episode features Gregg Troy who was the 2012 USA Men’s Olympic Team head coach and 2017 U.S. World Championship team assistant coach. Coach Troy recently retired as the head coach of the University of Florida men's & women's swimming teams. Coach Troy will talk about his experience in the sport and share his perspective on various topics in swimming.

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G Ryan is a former National Team athlete and recent graduate from the University of Michigan. They swam outside of the traditional gender binary, while identifying as trans, non-binary and genderqueer. G shares their story and talks about how to create a safe and inclusive environment for all athletes, coaches and administrators on your team.

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In this episode of Kick Set, Olympian Allison Schmitt talks about her journey in the sport of swimming and brings awareness to the importance of mental health.

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This episode features Olympian Brendan Hansen. Brendan is now the head coach of Austin Swim Club and the general manager of Austin Aquatics & Sports Academy. Brendan will talk about his experience as an elite athlete in the sport, his coaching goals and perspectives and how he built his program from the ground up.

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This episode features Lindsay Mintenko who is the USA Swimming National Team Managing Director. Lindsay will talk about her experience in the sport as an athlete from the age group level to the 2000 & 2004 Olympic Teams, the importance of a work-life balance for everyone, especially coaches, and the exciting changes we can expect as we move forward to the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.

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This episode features Allison Beebe who is the High Performance Coach at Santa Clara Swim Club. Allison will talk about her creative coaching ideas, mentorship in the sport and her experience coaching elite athletes like Olympian Simone Manuel.

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In this episode of Kick Set, we'll be joined by Greg Meehan, Director of Women's Swimming at Stanford University, as he touches on the impact sports had on his life growing up in Philadelphia, the importance of relationship building and mentorship and other topics coaches are dealing with in and out of the pool today.

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