Season 4 Ep 29, We chat with Olympian and two time Olympic medallist Aussie Speed machine and NY Breaker, Matt Temple.

In This Podcast we discuss his time over in Italy so far competing in Season 3 of the ISL with his team the NY Breakers, and how much Europe are loving the mullet.

We also get into making his first Olympic team and how special that was with his teammate and fellow Olympic medallist Brendon Smith.

We go through his experience in Tokyo and how much he loved being a part of the Aussie relays being a part of two Bronze medal teams, as well as his individual events including the Men's 100 Butterfly where he finished 5th in the final.

All that and a whole lot more, you won't want to miss

Season 4 Ep 28, we are joined by owner and founder of one of the best dryland exercise programs in the country helping combine gymnastics core principals with swimming movements and fundamentals called Swimnastics, Kirsten Norden.

In this podcast Kirsten explains to us all about SwimNastics and it's origins, which is doing such tremendous work in the swimming community right now all around the world. We go through all the pro's for swimmers and coaches who are using  SwimNastics as a part of their program via zoom.

We also get into the importance work life balance, and mental health and how big of a role being healthy and happy plays in how successful your work can be. Some great conversation that can apply to everyday life, not just swimmers.

Dont Miss This Episode, One Of The Best Chats in 140 Podcasts

Season 4 Ep 27, We chat with Olympic Gold medalist from Tokyo and Team GB member Anna Hopkin

In this podcast, Anna and I discuss her success in Tokyo with making the finals in the Women's 100 Freestyle and seeing the progression of the GB Women's 4x100 Freestyle relay team as they finished 5th at the Olympic Games.

We get into the incredible performance of herself and teammates, Kathleen Dawson, James Guy and Adam Peaty in the Mixed 4x100 Medley relay, where team GB came away with the Gold medal and a world record.

We also talk about her coach Mel Marshal and what impact she has had on her swimming career and helping her achieve the ultimate success in Tokyo.

All that and a whole lot more

Season 4 Ep 26, we chat with Swimming Australia and Swimming Queensland young gun Ella Ramsay.

In this podcast we discuss Ella's love for swimming and following in her fathers footsteps (2000 Sydney Olympian Heath Ramsay). We discuss training in such a successful environment with her team St Peters Western under Dean Boxall and Maxine Seear.

We go into her incredibly successful 2021 Australian Age Champs and walking away with 14 medals in total, as well as her experience at the Olympic Trials in Adelaide and finishing 4th in the 200 IM.

We talk about her coaches Dean and Maxine and how much they have helped lift her confidence and take her swimming to the next level, as well as what it's like to train with Australian Team Members like Ariarne Titmus, Mitch larking, Elijah Winnington and Mollie O'Callaghan 

All that and a whole lot more

Season 4 Ep 25, we chat to AIS Performance Hub Head Coach, and a man who has done it all when it comes to Swimming Coaching Shannon Rollason.

In this podcast we chat about Shannon's success with Olympic Champ and former world record holder Jodie Henry as well as Alice Mills and many other athletes up at Chandler when they had that tremendous success between 2001 and 2004. We get into a key to that success and Shannon's thoughts around reverse periodisation as well.

We go through his time coaching in Europe, where he spent time in Denmark and the UK and what he learned from his time overseas. As well as his current success as AIS Performance Hub Head Coach and getting Jess Hansen on the Australian Olympic Team for Tokyo.

Yes sir it's a long one, but with such a great story teller like Shannon, and so many fantastic pieces of coaching advice all the way through it, this is one you will not want to miss.

In this ISL Season 3 chat, Off The Blocks Expert Analyst Bobby Hurley and I go through all the action from matches 3 and 4 of the regular season.

We discuss Match 3 and the impressive Energy Standard victory, as well as Sarah Sjostrom and Siobhan Haughey's super fast racing. We discuss stand outs from each teams, and if there is a gap starting to develop already between the top teams and those who may miss the semi finals.

We go through Match 4 and Caeleb Dressels MVP performance in another dominant display from the Cali Condors in their win, as well as LA Current and Australia's own Madi Wilson and her amazing performances so far making her and ISL Star who's stocks continue to rise.

We preview the next two matches coming your way this week, as well as a whole lot more

Season 4 Ep 24, we chat with one of NSW and Australian Swimming's fastest rising stars of the pool, West Illawarra Swim Club's own Sydney Brown.

In this chat we discuss how Sydney has been going during lockdown, as well as how much she enjoyed watching the Aussie during the Olympics in Tokyo.

We get into her awesome 2021 Australian Age Championships results, both individually and with her relay team in West Illawarra Swim Club. Sydney tells us about her coach James as well and how much he has helped her swimming career as well as the tremendous team culture the club has built.

All that and a whole lot more

Former World Record Holder and World Champion and Off The Blocks Expert Analyst Bobby Hurley helps me go through all the action in the first 2 Matches of the ISL Season 3.

We discuss the strong rosters that both Energy Standard and Cali Condors have, as well as the great effort from Toronto Titans in their first match.

Bobby does a tremendous job explaining some of the rules around the ISL concept for all the new comers to this fantastic concept, as well as have a look at some of the teams we haven't seen in action yet including London Roar.

We also discuss the success of the Aussie Paralympic team in Tokyo, and the financial incentive disparity between Olympians and Paralympians in our country.

Enjoy 

Season 4 Ep 23, We chat with Team GB most decorated athlete from a single Olympic games Duncan Scott.

In this podcast we talk to Duncan about his phenomenal performances in Tokyo, including his individual medals and being on the dais with teammate Tom Dean, as well as the electric swim Team GB produced in the Men's 4x200 Freestyle to win Gold and dominate the field. We discuss race plans, and training leading up to the games as well.

We get into Season 3 of the ISL and him racing again for the London Roar, as well as answering some Google questions that clearly the whole world have been trying to find out about the Scottish superstar.

All that and a whole lot more

Season 4 Ep 22, we talk with a man helping change the dialogue we use around mental fitness and well being with his phenomenal organisation Gotcha4Life, Mr Gus Worland.

In This podcast, Gus talks to us about how Gotcha4Life was started, struggles around mental fitness in todays climate and how we can identify them in others and in ourselves, reaching out and talking to a friend about how your feeling, as well as changing the way we think about being a man in 2021. Its a fantastic chat and one i am very proud of, this isn't a podcast just for swimmers, this is a podcast for everyone.

Hope You enjoy

Head to the Gotcha4Life website below for more details on this amazing group of people.

https://www.gotcha4life.org/