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By Chris DeSantis
A swimming podcast featuring natural conversations about the sport. Chris DeSantis brings the poolside conversation to the podcast form.
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09.26.2023
Joel and I address a hypothetical situations and then turn to whether coaches can save themselves.
Musing on ambitious goals, what is the skill of making them work?
Joel and I talk through recent congressional hearings regarding the mission of sport National Governing bodies.
My morning routine, and the implicit optimism in worrying about something.
A rare guest on the Swim Brief podcast. Lindsey Wilson calls in to talk shop about mental performance training and coaching coaches. Lindsey is a mindset & mental performance coach and the founder of Positive Performance Training. For more information ...
Joel and I get the season started with an age old question.
Addressing Malcolm Gladwell’s stated ways to “fix youth sports”
A couple of bonus thoughts that come up in my coaching for you to enjoy while I’m on vacation.
Joel chimes in with a question from his early coaching days at MSOE.
I give my analysis on the Australian’s dominant performance at the World Championship.
I break down a historic swim to put Kliment Kolesnikov’s 50 back in context while the World Championship goes on.
Joel and I talk observations about the college hiring process and it’s implications for swim coaches everywhere.
Trever and I go to the well one more time for stuff we couldn’t fit into our other podcasts.
Joel and I discuss the bizarre career developments of Michael Andrew, and then take a look at his breaststroke.
Trever and I go over our thoughts about conventional and unconventional ways to improve your mental health.
Joel and I talk through strategies and supplementation we’ve used to address perhaps our most important topic of all: sleep.
Joel’s big announcement is here! Find out what he’s up to next and how he plans to go about it.
Chris and Trever talk about how they actually decide what to eat and what strategies that actually work versus the typical advice.
My new thoughts on visualization, where it can wrong and what to do about it.
I'm joined by world class masters swimmer, coach and professor Trever Gray. On this podcast we discuss our goals that we have and the formal training that we do on a weekly basis to achieve those goals, as well as ...
If there’s a revolution going on that will change the gender equity in coaching, you could have fooled me.
The time Joel put the wrong DVD to play on the team bus ride.
How Realizing How Terrible I Was At Something Really Helped Me.
Joel and I reflect on what’s kept us in the sport for so long.
Joel and I respond to the pressures that we see on coaches, particularly at the collegiate level.
A meet recap, and lessons learned.
Caeleb Dressel is back on the comeback trail- what do we owe the top athletes in our sport that are talking openly and honestly about some of the challenges we face?
We talk about the difficult moments when you’re coaching and you’re inbox sends you reeling.
I reflect on the hardest time I ever had as a coach, what I did and I would have.
Also, the morals and ethics of the transfer portal.
A training update on all the things I’m working through as my creativity threatens to undermine my next meet.
Musings on who I gravitate toward in coaching.
It doesn’t have to be like this. My heart goes out to Adam reading his interview with Craig Lord, and what I see in some of his answers.
Bob Bowman’s pro group was the story of the week. Joel and I talk about the best swimmers we ever coached and the challenges it presents for you.
My thoughts on being proactive, before taking a vacation.
This week I’m thinking about how to make stronger long term decisions.
Joel and I break down what we think propelled Summer McIntosh to a world record. Plus, how to set up positive communication ahead of time.
I ran into Dr. Megan Cannon while I was at the Gulf Coaches Clinic in Galveston, Texas.
I react to the news from Adam Peaty and changing the way you motivate yourself.
The importance of a good backstroke, Leon Marchand, more Leon Marchand and never counting out Texas.www.themagic5.com/theswimbrief
I expand upon my argument about the experience of women in swimming, why we should look at it as more of an opportunity than a problem.
Joel and I react to the first day of NCAAs.Thank you to all listeners for bearing with us, there have been some serious technical issues with our recording platform. riverside.fm recently.
Cleveland State Head Swimming and Diving Coach Hannah Burandt joins me for a trip to a magical universe.
Leon Marchand shocked the world with his 1:47, this is the best analysis you will find on how he actually did it.
How a pandemic low point changed my life for the better.
Nico Messer comes on to talk big goals, morality, and coaching.
The difference between what motivates people to change directions, and what actually sustains changes in behavior long term.
Common scenarios for stress around taper time and what to do about them.
Coach Jake Shackelford and I give a preview of what it's actually going to look like to be in my upcoming Positive Psychology class. Sign up here:https://chrisdcoach.com/pos-psych-certificate/positive-psychology-coaching-1
How I think about being intentional around my own mental health.
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