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The 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.

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The 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

The 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

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

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, due to the success of the men’s 100 freestyle episode, we do our ultimate women’s 400m freestyle Olympic final list, and look at who we think would make it to THE BIG FINAL over the history of female swimming in the 400m. Some we agree, some we don’t. Who would you have in yours?

We also discuss the importance of knowing your swimming history, Summer McIntosh not racing the 800 in Paris, Haffnoui potentially out of Paris altogether and a whole lot more.

And of course, Shannon’s world famous SONG OF THE WEEK

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 we discuss Nationals up on the Gold Coast, what teams and swimmers caught Shannon’s eye, as well as his own athletes including Bronte Campbell and her calf injury update.

We also do our best to discuss the drama surrounding the Chinese national team at the moment, with athletes testing positive to a banned substance, and authorities claiming it was a contaminated sample used. We get Shannon’s thoughts, particularly leading into Paris in a few months.

 

All that and a whole lot more, it’s good to be back