Swim dot Rocks

One of Australia’s most respected coaches, Graeme Carroll, joins us to tackle one of the biggest issues affecting swimming – keeping young adults in the sport. We talked about Graeme’s career, experiences of coaching young adults, and strategies to help coaches and parents deal with swimmers who are 18-25 years of age.

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Exciting news – Swim.Rocks is expanding! In this episode we introduce our new team member Coach and former swimmer Lachlan Vane-Tempest.

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FINIS LaneVision is the world’s first artificial intelligence powered performance tracker to help swimmers improve their technique. Launched on 23rd March in San Francisco by Aspiricx, swimmer, coach and software engineer Benjamin Hunt joined us to discuss this major innovation.

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“Keep Swimming” is Swimming Australia CEO Leigh Russell’s advice to the sport in the face of the Corona virus today Wednesday 18th March 2020.

In this extensive interview Leigh discusses sources of advice, possible event scenarios for the future, and what she is looking forward to.

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Lachlan Vane-Tempest host of “Lunch with Lach” talks to us about his love of swimming in and out of the water.

Checkout ‘Lunch with Lach’ on Youtube here.

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A very short but crucial episode this week. Further information at: http://swim.rocks/busy

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“Extremely short, round and middle aged” is how our guest Sally Goble describes herself. “I don’t look anything like Michael Phelps”.

We learn that London based Sally discovered swimming in her 30s and celebrated her 50th birthday by swimming in 50 pools in 50 days – one mile in each. She’s swum the English Channel and in freezing (literally) water in the Arctic Circle.

An extremely uplifting and inspirational conversation.

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Research shows that swimming is the most popular participation sport in Australia, but what is it for? This week your host, Ben Ramsden, discusses his observations of swimming over the past few months.

Please let us know your feedback via email ([email protected]) or Facebook. What does swimming mean to you?

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Most competitive swimming programs contain a dry land element. We talk to Sports and Exercise Physiotherapist Michael Reynolds about the role his profession plays in supporting athletes achieve their full potential. Our conversation covered:

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Bronte and Cate Campbell’s Mum Jenny joins us to discuss the reality of nurturing a family of 5 kids. In this special Swim.Rocks first birthday episode we cover everything from personal identity to chocolate, and wet swimming cosies to reframing success.

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