SwimEd

Welcome to SwimEd: Education for coaches, athletes and parents.

Join Matthew Grant and Jennifer Bowers as they examine the top swimming and sporting topics from three perspectives: the coaches, the athletes and the parents.

In each episode, our listeners hear the conversations, stories, insights and advice we’ve been sharing for years on and off the pool deck that help coaches improve their coaching, athletes increase their performances and parents boost their support. Combined with interviews of experts in various field of study and even coaches from other sports, listeners get the latest information and new ways of thinking about swimming and sports.

Episode 13 – Jason Swaim

Today we interview Jason Swaim, Head Age Group Coach at Cavalier Aquatics in Charlottesville, VA – Silver USA Club team of 185 swimmers. Jason has coached swimmers at nearly every level, but his passion is working with the 11–14-year-old age groups. He really enjoys teaching swimmers about the sport and developing athletes to have championship mindsets not only in the water, but as young people and adults as well.

Additionally, Jason has been in governance with GA LSC and coached on several pool and open water zones teams as well as the zone select camp. In this episode, we will talk with Jason about his move from GA to VA, transitioning from a head coach/owner of a club to a head age group coach at a YMCA, coaching age group swimmers and anything else that happens to come up in the conversation. It’s going to be fun!

Connect with Us: Follow us on Facebook and Instagram for updates, and join our Facebook Group to get behind-the-scenes content and more information about topics on the podcast.

Contact Us: Have a topic suggestion or want to share your thoughts? Email us at [email protected].

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Join us on weekly on SwimEd: Education for coaches, athletes and parents.

Welcome to SwimEd: Education for coaches, athletes and parents.

Join Matthew Grant and Jennifer Bowers as they examine the top swimming and sporting topics from three perspectives: the coaches, the athletes and the parents.

In each episode, our listeners hear the conversations, stories, insights and advice we’ve been sharing for years on and off the pool deck that help coaches improve their coaching, athletes increase their performances and parents boost their support. Combined with interviews of experts in various field of study and even coaches from other sports, listeners get the latest information and new ways of thinking about swimming and sports.

Episode 12 – Justine Schluntz Interview

Today we interview Justine Schluntz. She is a Hall of Fame Athlete at the University of Arizona for swimming. She is a five-time NCAA national champion and part of the 2008 National Championship team. Additionally, she won the PAC-10 Woman of the Year and NCAA Woman of the Year and beat out Tim Tebow for COSIDA/ESPN Academic All-American of the Year for 2010. Oh, and she’s a Rhodes Scholar in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. In short, she’s better than us in so many ways!

In this episode, we will talk with Dr. Schluntz about her swimming career from swimming in Albuquerque, NM, the University of Arizona and her academic journey. I’m excited to talk to another academic – sorry if it gets nerdy – and her experience in our sport.

Connect with Us: Follow us on Facebook and Instagram for updates, and join our Facebook Group to get behind-the-scenes content and more information about topics on the podcast.

Contact Us: Have a topic suggestion or want to share your thoughts? Email us at [email protected].

Subscribe and Rate/Review: You'll help others find our podcast and make sure you don't miss an episode. Then leave a review to let us know what you think!

Join us on weekly on SwimEd: Education for coaches, athletes and parents.

Welcome to SwimEd: Education for coaches, athletes and parents.

Join Matthew Grant and Jennifer Bowers as they examine the top swimming and sporting topics from three perspectives: the coaches, the athletes and the parents.

In each episode, our listeners hear the conversations, stories, insights and advice we’ve been sharing for years on and off the pool deck that help coaches improve their coaching, athletes increase their performances and parents boost their support. Combined with interviews of experts in various field of study and even coaches from other sports, listeners get the latest information and new ways of thinking about swimming and sports.

Episode 11 – Six Energy Systems and Sets

Today we will discuss swim sets and energy systems. Yes, this is a more technical podcast. But a basic understanding of these two aspects of a swim practice and weekly schedule can change how well coaches prepare, swimmers practice and parents understand all that goes into what seems simple – a normal swim practice.

In this episode, we will discuss the six energy systems that should be included in a weekly schedule or microcycles. We will share a favorite set or two that use different energy systems so that how we use sets are more recognizable and help swimmers know what they need to do to be their best. It’s going to be technical, but it will also be a fun day of talking about the nitty-gritty of swimming.

Jenn’s Sprint Set

100 focus
4x (1 free, 2 prime no free 3 free, 4 Choice or IMO)
2x25@ :25 (front 50/2=pace)
1x50@ :50 moderate
1x150/100@ 1:45/2:00/2:15 Descend 50’s
4x25@ :30 Goal is stay within 1sec of first 2x25s
1x100Ez

Jenn’s Distance Set
3 to 5 x
500 (note your split at the 400)
400, swum faster than the 400 from above (note your split at the 300)
300, swum faster than the 300 from above (note your split at the 200)
200, swum faster than the 200 from above (note your split at the 100)
1-5×100, swum faster than the 100 from above

Matt’s Sprint Set
SET 2 - GREEN Off The Blocks (OTB)
2x
2x200 Broken IM@8:00
25@:20 - OTB
25@:25
25@:25
25@:30
25@:30
25@:35
25@:35
25 FINISH/REST
2x150 Broken PRO-IM@6:00
25@:20 - OTB
25@:25
25@:25
25@:30
25@:30
25 FINISH/REST
2x100 BROKE IM@4:00
25@:20 - OTB
25@:25
25@:25
25@:30
:25@30
25 FINISH/REST

Matt’s Distance Set
12x100 PURPLE GREEN—>PINK
50 FLY (or any stroke)/50 FR@1:05–>2:00 or 1:15–>2:10
This set can also progress from all one stroke to a different stroke like this:
12x100 PURPLE GREEN—>PINK
FR—>BK@1:00–>1:55 or 1:10–>2:05

Connect with Us: Follow us on Facebook and Instagram for updates, and join our Facebook Group to get behind-the-scenes content and more information about topics on the podcast.

Contact Us: Have a topic suggestion or want to share your thoughts? Email us at [email protected].

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Join us on weekly on SwimEd: Education for coaches, athletes and parents.

Welcome to SwimEd 2024 Olympic Swimming Reactions

Day 6 Reactions & Day 7 Preview

Each day of the swimming competition, we will react the races of the day and a preview of the events for the next day. Here is topics and time stamps:

Opening (0:00-2:25)

Reactions:

Women’s 200 BK Final (2:25-8:05)

Pool Depth (5:00-7:30)

Men’s 200 BK Final (8:05-13:45)

Men’s 50 FR Semifinal (13:45-18:07)

Women’s 200 BR Final (18:07-24:40)

Women’s 200 BK Semifinal (24:40-31:27)

Men’s 200 IM Semifinal (31:27-36:29)

Women’s 800 FR R (36:29-40:20)

Looks Ahead:

Men’s 100 FLY (40:20-41:50)

Women’s 200 IM (41:50-42:36)

Women’s 800 FR (42:36-43:07)

Mixed 400 Medley Relay (43:07-47:17)

Closing (47:17-47:46)