The Swim Brief

The Swim Brief episodes:

• 04.15.2024

  Changing Sport Culture with Jon Little

  I’m joined by Attorney Jon Little, who’s been involved with a number of prominent cases involving sexual abuse of athletes. We discuss what needs to change in the culture of sports and sporting organizations.

  
• 04.10.2024

  (Mental) State of the Sport

  Coming off a weekend in Texas and building off what I said, heard and saw there.

  
• 04.04.2024

  Bob Bowman: Why I Didn't See It

  Bonus pod! Why I didn’t see the Bowman to Texas move coming.

  
• 04.01.2024

  Nerding Out with Trever Gray

  Trever and I take each other to class, and then get existential.

  
• 03.26.2024

  Ashley Eckermann

  Ashley Eckermann joins to talk shop about coaching the mental side of sports!

  
• 03.19.2024

  Who Do You Trust on Nutrition Pt 2

  A re-upload without the annoying sound of a metronome in the background.

  
• 03.19.2024

  #Grindset? Maybe not

  My thoughts on grinding, and how to get your priorities straight.

  
• 03.05.2024

  What's Next?

  What to do when you transition from one thing to the next, like a season perhaps?

  
• 02.27.2024

  Who Do You Trust on Nutrition? Part 2

  Part two- the exciting conclusion. Where does everyone draw the line? And what do I think?

  
• 02.20.2024

  Who Do You Trust on Nutrition? Part 1

  Here it is, finally. Part 1 of 2 on my journey to figure out where I should actually go for advice when it comes to nutrition.

  
• 02.13.2024

  Does (Club) Size Matter?

  I bring on Corey Manley, USA Swimming Data Scientist, to discuss his research into club excellence.

  
• 02.07.2024

  Doing Your Homework

  More than you ever thought you wanted to know about homework and time spent training. Plus a meet update and thoughts on shaving.

  
• 01.31.2024

  Kate DeSantis: The Silent Partner

  Bringing the most influential behind the scenes person in Chris DeSantis Coaching to the forefront.

  
• 01.23.2024

  Don't Train Alone

  Getting ready to swim another meet, and what I’ve been working on.

  
• 01.15.2024

  Containers for Your Thoughts

  My coach Sherri Fisher comes to review a half year of finding the opportunity in executive function.

  
• 01.09.2024

  Nikki Kett Returns

  Nikki Kett is back to help me review the past year. What did I learn or re-learn from our work together? Listen to the end to hear what we don’t necessarily see eye to eye on.

  
• 01.03.2024

  Other People Matter: A Series

  Announcing a new, at least temporary, direction for the podcast. There will be guests and more discussion coming off the end of the year.

  
• 12.19.2023

  Perfectionism is a Funnel

  Strap in for a very personal discussion of perfectionism and it’s role in exponential growth and then ultimately bottlenecking it.

  
• 12.11.2023

  USA Swimming Might Actually Be Defunct

  We react to the recent news developments regarding USA Swimming and what we see from the organization and it’s effect on American swimming.

  
• 12.07.2023

  Accepting Defeat

  Somewhere along it became “not tough enough” to accept that defeat was possible. Does that actually make any sense, and what do I do?

  
• 11.29.2023

  Talent Curse

  A discussion of talent and how it relates to reaching your fullest potential.

  
• 11.20.2023

  Inclusivity's Mirror

  There’s no such thing and light without darkness, and being nice is meaningless if you’re always nice.

  
• 11.13.2023

  Sprint Devolution

  My thoughts on Brett Hawke’s podcast, and the recent turn of events.

  
• 11.06.2023

  Sizing up Potential

  Joel and Chris talk about all the ways they try to size up potential.

  
• 10.31.2023

  Problem Solving Doesn't Lead to Thriving

  I get into some of my approach to coaching and a discussion of problem solving.

  
• 10.27.2023

  Rethinking Recruiting (Also For Clubs)

  Joel and I talk about how much swimming performance is overvalued in recruiting and the opportunity in valuing other qualifications.

  
• 10.24.2023

  Planning to Fail

  Why I Encourage Athletes to Plan on Failure.

  
• 10.16.2023

  Perception

  Joel and I try to square Jocko Willink into our understand of how to coach swimming.

  
• 10.10.2023

  What It Was Like to Coach Me

  Jennifer Spencer Dutton, my high school swim coach, joins to talk high school swimming, long distance swims and more.

  
• 10.04.2023

  Why I Don't Aim for Mental Toughness

  The way in which I find discussions around cognitive training are limiting.

  
• 10.02.2023

  Trust and Team Building

  Joel and I talk about what it means to be a trusted adult in 2023, and then turn our minds to hazing and “team building”

  
• 09.26.2023

  Collective Coaching Action

  Joel and I address a hypothetical situations and then turn to whether coaches can save themselves.

  
• 09.21.2023

  Making Ambitious Goals Work

  Musing on ambitious goals, what is the skill of making them work?

  
• 09.19.2023

  A New Mission For Governing Bodies

  Joel and I talk through recent congressional hearings regarding the mission of sport National Governing bodies.

  
• 09.13.2023

  Worry is Full of Hope

  My morning routine, and the implicit optimism in worrying about something.

  
• 09.11.2023

  Guest! Lindsey Wilson

  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...

  
• 09.05.2023

  Prepping for Season!

  Joel and I get the season started with an age old question.

  
• 08.25.2023

  Can Malcolm Gladwell Fix Sports?

  Addressing Malcolm Gladwell’s stated ways to “fix youth sports”

  
• 08.17.2023

  Relationships and Self-Fulfilling Prophecies

  A couple of bonus thoughts that come up in my coaching for you to enjoy while I’m on vacation.

  
• 08.10.2023

  Goal and Work Alignment

  Joel chimes in with a question from his early coaching days at MSOE.

  
• 08.02.2023

  What's Next After Australian Domination

  I give my analysis on the Australian’s dominant performance at the World Championship.

  
• 07.28.2023

  What's Better: Gold or WR?

  I break down a historic swim to put Kliment Kolesnikov’s 50 back in context while the World Championship goes on.

  
• 07.22.2023

  College Hiring Goes Farther Inside

  Joel and I talk observations about the college hiring process and it’s implications for swim coaches everywhere.

  
• 07.19.2023

  Trever and Chris: Odds and Ends

  Trever and I go to the well one more time for stuff we couldn’t fit into our other podcasts.

  
• 07.14.2023

  Is Michael Andrew a Pro or Not?

  Joel and I discuss the bizarre career developments of Michael Andrew, and then take a look at his breaststroke.

  
• 07.11.2023

  Trever and Chris: Mental Health!

  Trever and I go over our thoughts about conventional and unconventional ways to improve your mental health.

  
• 07.07.2023

  All About Sleep

  Joel and I talk through strategies and supplementation we’ve used to address perhaps our most important topic of all: sleep.

  
• 06.30.2023

  Joel Is Back to Coaching

  Joel’s big announcement is here! Find out what he’s up to next and how he plans to go about it.

  
• 06.28.2023

  How We Train For Life: Nutrition

  Chris and Trever talk about how they actually decide what to eat and what strategies that actually work versus the typical advice.

  
• 06.22.2023

  How to Make Visualization Work

  My new thoughts on visualization, where it can wrong and what to do about it.