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Off The Blocks Swimming Podcast brings you the latest interviews from Swimming’s biggest legends of the past, superstars of the pool today and rising stars of the future. You won’t hear interviews lik... more
FAQs about Off The Blocks Swimming Podcast:How many episodes does Off The Blocks Swimming Podcast have?The podcast currently has 326 episodes available.
July 05, 2024The Shannon Rollason Podcast Episode 70 - LIVE from Canet, France Week 2This week on the podcast, Shannon come to us once again LIVE from Canet over in France as the Australian Olympic team set up camp there on the road to Paris in July.Shannon takes us behind the scenes on what a staging camp looks like in the second week with training ramping up, and what the coaches are looking for over the next few weeks. We discuss balancing training schedules of all the team, and how much Shannon is enjoying being in the Olympic team environment againWe discuss briefly the announcement of Mel Marshal as the NEW Head Coach at Griffith Uni from 2025 following the announcement of Michael Bohl taking some well deserved long service leave, And whether it was a good time to announce this or could it have waited.Don't miss this as we get access to the inner sanctum of the Australian Olympic Swim team as they prepare for the biggest Olympic Games in recent memory...more26minPlay
June 28, 2024The Shannon Rollason Podcast Episode 69 - LIVE from Canet, France Week 1This week on the podcast, Shannon come to us LIVE from Canet over in France as the Australian Olympic team set up camp there on the road to Paris in July.Shannon takes us behind the scenes on what a staging camp looks like, and what the coaches are looking for over the next few weeks. Shannon and women's clothes, Shannon and wine tours, Bronte's progression while she has been in camp and a whole lot more.Don't miss this as we get access to the inner sanctum of the Australian Olympic Swim team as they prepare for the biggest Olympic Games in recent memory...more25minPlay
June 24, 2024The Shannon Rollason Podcast Episode 68 - Shannon's Week in BrisbaneThe Shannon Rollason Podcast is back and Shannon is fired up and ready to go.This week on the podcast, Shannon and I look back at his week in Brisbane at the Australian Olympic trials for Paris.Shannon talks to us about the good, the bad and the ugly when it comes to the program, production and overall feel of the meet itself, as well as gives us a great insight into his own week as a coach with his team and helping get Bronte Campbell onto her 4th Olympic team for Paris.We touch on the US and their trials, David Popovici's amazing swims at Euros and a whole lot more...more1h 20minPlay
June 18, 2024Off The Blocks - Aussie Olympic Trials For Paris with Bobby Hurley Part 2Welcome back to Off The Blocks Swimming Podcast for 2024, this week we are taking a look the 2024 Australian Olympic Trials for Paris up in Brisbane with none other than former World Champion and World Record Holder Bobby Hurley, and World Aquatics Expert Commentator Bobby Hurley.Bobby Hurley and I look back on the rest of the week up in Brisbane at Olympic trials including the team announcement. We go back to the Women's 100m Free final and the amazing show those 8 females put on for the nation, as well as the send off the crowd and swimmers gave legend Cate Campbell following her 50m Free and missing her 5th Olympics.We discuss the Men's 100 Fly, Women's 200 Fly, Men's 100 Free, as well as the make up of this years Olympic team with balance between youth and experience.We also chat US trials, and the massive production and show they are putting on right now in America and what we could learn from that heading towards Brisbane 2032....more59minPlay
June 13, 2024Off The Blocks - Aussie Olympic Trials for Paris with Bobby Hurley Part 1Welcome back to Off The Blocks Swimming Podcast for 2024, this week we are taking a look the 2024 Australian Olympic Trials for Paris up in Brisbane with none other than former World Champion and World Record Holder Bobby Hurley, and World Aquatics Expert Commentator Bobby Hurley.Bobby Hurley and I look at the week of action from Brisbane so far including Arnies amazing WR in the 200 Free and her battle with teammate Mollie O'Callaghan. Cam McEvoys 50m Free win, as well as Australian Olympic team QTs and Bobby's thoughts on them.We look back at the week so far as well and Kaylee McKeown's amazing swims, Short and Winningtons battles in the pool and a whole lot more.We also make some predictions for the days to come, don't miss it...more53minPlay
June 08, 2024The Shannon Rollason Podcast Episode 67 - Olympic Trials StoriesSPECIAL BONUS EPISODEIn this special bonus episode, Shannon takes us back to his 8 Olympic trials preparations and gives us some great stories of the past.Stories of triumph, tears, laughter and some very fast swimming....more47minPlay
June 06, 2024The Shannon Rollason Podcast Episode 66 - Paris Olympic Trials TimeThe Shannon Rollason Podcast is back and Shannon is fired up and ready to go.This week on the podcast, Shannon and I look through the massive week of racing up in Brisbane at the Olympic Trials. All the big names are racing and Shannon casts his eye over the field to give us his thoughts on which athletes and events are going to be red hot.We discuss all the big races and Shannon gives us his race to watch of the week, and whether it will be a week for the young or for the experienced. As well as an update on his own teams chances up in QLD.Don't Miss it...more1h 40minPlay
May 31, 2024The Shannon Rollason Podcast Episode 65 - The Ultimate Men's 200m Breaststroke Olympic FinalThe Shannon Rollason Podcast is back and Shannon is fired up and ready to go.This week on the podcast, we look at the the ultimate men's 200m Breaststroke Olympic final off the back of the passing of one of the greatest breaststrokers of all time UKs David Wilkie.During this episode Shannon also gives us great insight into what makes a great 200m Breaststroker, as well as how the event and stroke has evolved over the years.All that and a whole lot more, yes including the world famous song of the week lol...more1h 20minPlay
May 23, 2024The Shannon Rollason Podcast Episode 64 - The Ultimate Men's 1500m Freestyle Olympic FinalThe Shannon Rollason Podcast is back and Shannon is fired up and ready to go.This week on the podcast, due to the success of the men's 100 Freestyle and women's 400 Freestyle episodes, we do our ultimate men's 1500m freestyle Olympic final list. And this is by far the hardest final to put together so far.We also discuss Summer McIntosh and her amazing WR in the 400IM, the Canadian Men's under the radar results from trials. Also Shannon gives some tips for doing a good presentation at a conference, as well as touching on how to coach in a woke 2024.Song of the week is back and a whole lot more...more1h 39minPlay
May 16, 2024The Shannon Rollason Podcast Episode 63 - What Do Your Fastest Swimmers Cost You?The Shannon Rollason Podcast is back after a few weeks off for Australian Age and Open Championships, and Shannon is fired up and ready to go.This week on the podcast, Shannon and i go through the news and notes in the swimming world including the sad passing of coaching legend Jon Urbanchek. Shannon tells a great story of his time meeting Jon over the years which gives a great insight into the man as well as the legendary coach. We discuss Bob Bowman's decision to coach with France at the Paris Olympics, and get Shannon's thoughts and reaction.And we take a deep dive into an interesting topic around, what your fastest swimmers are costing you and ways to plan ahead. Is it something you have ever thought about? Take a listen to Shannon's interesting way of thinking about your program and making sure you are ready for change when it comes. All that and a whole lot more, yes including song of the week...more1h 24minPlay
FAQs about Off The Blocks Swimming Podcast:How many episodes does Off The Blocks Swimming Podcast have?The podcast currently has 326 episodes available.