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Welcome back to Off The Blocks Swimming Podcast as we kick off Season 6 with a bang,  Due to this week being super busy I thought it was a great chance to celebrate the 23 year anniversary of the greatest swimming race in Australian Swimming History, the Men’s 4x100 Freestyle relay from 2000 Sydney Olympics. This was recorded on 16th September 2020


This week we chat with Aussie Olympic Legends and 4 men who were a part of Australian history in the greatest race this country has ever seen in the Sydney 2000 Olympics 4x100 Freestyle Gold medal winning relay team.

In this podcast we catch up with Michael Klim, Chris Fydler, Ash Callus and of course Ian Thorpe to discuss their amazing moment 20 years on. The boys take us through their memories of the games, the support they felt from the Aussie public and of course that famous race against team USA.

We finish with a fun game to see which of the 4 boys knows their history of the year 2000 and the games the best. 

Career highlight moment for me, don’t miss this.

Welcome to The Shannon Rollason Podcast, a swimming podcast like no other.

The Shannon Rollason Podcast is back in 2023 and on a new home here on the Off The Blocks Swimming Podcast network.

Shannon IS ON HOLIDAYS. So this week while Shannon is enjoying a well earned break, so you don’t miss out on any great insights or content, we look back at a chat Shannon had with Scottish Team coach and friend Mat Trodden back in November 2021, enjoy.

Today Shannon sits down to chat with long time friend, former colleague in Edenborough and Scottish Team Coach Mat Trodden.

In this podcast Shannon and Mat discuss the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Team GB success, as well as reliving some great stories from Shannon’s time coaching in Edenborough. The boys talk programming, learning experiences, and always staying versatile as a coach and continue challenging what we think we know. Mat talks from a wealth of experience on Scottish and Great Britain teams at European, Comm Games and World Champs.

We talk breaststrokers from Great Britain and why the men’s team have had so much success for a long time. And we give our GOAT of male breaststroke world wide. 

Another fantastic episode one Australia’s new number 1 swimming podcast, so many stories from two of the best coaches in the business with a lot of insights and experience behind them along with a lot of laughs and fun.

Welcome to The Shannon Rollason Podcast, a swimming podcast like no other.

The Shannon Rollason Podcast is back in 2023 and on a new home here on the Off The Blocks Swimming Podcast network.

This week Shannon and I look back at last weeks 2023 Australian Short Course Swimming Championships in Sydney and go through not just his teams performances but some of the great racing across the board. Shannon talks to us about Bronte Campbells two great swims in the 50 and 100 Free, with Gold medals and Season Best times.

We have a look at his teams results including the Cruiz Swim Club coming 3rd in the point score, which prompts me to ask about the art of winning a point score and getting your club ontop.

We also discuss the missed opportunities of not racing at these champs, and how Cody Simpson really benefited from having a good hit out and getting to stand ontop of the podium.

Finally we touch on James Guy changing training programs and moving to Millfield to train with Matt Richards, is changing programs a year our from an Olympics a good idea? And how to best navigate the move so it pays off for everyone in the end.

All that and a whole lot more, don’t miss it

Welcome back to Off The Blocks Swimming Podcast as we kick off Season 6 with a bang, as this week we talk with Founder of EOLab Jaimie Fuller and Newcastle Performance Hub Head Coach Sander Ganzevles

This week we take a unique look inside one of the best swimming products in the business right now, the EOLab SwimBetter. Founder Jaimie Fuller joins us to discuss how the idea for the amazing new device came about, and how it is helping swimmers from all over the world improved their technique and efficiency. Jaimie gives us a detailed run through of how the SwimBetter works and how data from your swim is easily and quickly transferred directly to your phone or ipad.

Sander gives us the coaches view on the SwimBetter product, how he uses it with his squad up in Newcastle and the benefits ALL coaches can get by using it with their athletes.

https://www.eolab.com/ are giving away one SwimBetter set valued at $1500, to one lucky listener. All you have to do is, like our instagram post, follow both eosportslab and offtheblocksswimmingpodcast on instagram, and comment and tell us why you need EOLab SwimBetter to revolutionise your training

Welcome back to Off The Blocks Swimming Podcast as we kick off Season 6 with a bang, as this week we talk with Aussie Dolphin Star Shayna Jack

In this podcast Shayna talks to us about her difficult time at Australian Trials in Melbourne and how she was disappointed with her results and performances, and how she turned that around in staging camp leading into Fukuoka.

Shayna takes us through the incredible week that was, including her part in the 4x100 World Record breaking Freestyle girls Gold medal winning relay on night one. As well as her other incredible relay performances averaging 51.7 through the week.

We discuss her amazing Silver medal in the 50m Freestyle, and how much that moment meant for her personally and sharing it with her coach Dean Boxall.

Shayne talks to us about how proud she is of her coach Dean’s performance over in Fukuoka, and how much integral he is to her success as an athlete

All that and a whole lot more, you WON’T want to miss this episode

Welcome back to Off The Blocks Swimming Podcast as we kick off Season 6 with a bang, as this week we talk with Canadian National Team Coach and Elite Coach with CAMO Nation Greg Arkhurst

In this podcast we talk to two time Olympian Greg Arkhurst about his journey from being an athlete and competing in the 2000 Sydney Olympics and the 2004 Athens Olympics, through to being an elite level coach in Canada and putting athletes on the national team.

Greg talks to us about his experience at the 2023 Fukuoka World Champs and what some of the highlights for him personally were, as well as some of the great performances he witnessed from other countries also, including the Aussies.

We talk speed training, both physically and mentally. And we also dive into the the art of coaching from a psychological perspective and ways coaches can help their athletes to the next level.

Absolute great chat, with a great guy and terrific coach, don’t miss it