Our Favourite Competitive Swimming Podcasts

by admin, posted in Swimming General

Last Updated on November 26, 2022 by admin

Podcasts are a great way to enjoy listening to interviews from top competitive swimmers and coaches from around the world.
Podcasts are a great way to enjoy listening to interviews from top competitive swimmers and coaches from around the world.

In this article, we at EatSleepSwimCoach provide a list of our favourite podcasts swimming podcasts.

  • Podcasts are a great way to enjoy listening to interviews from top competitive swimmers and coaches from around the world.
  • Helping you to keep up to date with new ideas, innovations and developments within our sport.
  • They are an easy and convenient way of listening to some great content on the go, whether you are commuting, exercising or performing your daily chores.

Listed below are seven of our favourite swimming podcasts, as rated by us in reverse order.

Contents
  1. #7 USA Swimming – Kick Set Podcasts
  2. #6 Champions Mojo
  3. #5 SwimSwam Podcast
  4. #4 Effortless Swimming Podcasts
  5. #3 Propulsion Swimming
  6. #2 Off the Blocks Swimming Podcast
  7. #1 Inside with Brett Hawke
  8. Takeaways

#7 USA Swimming – Kick Set Podcasts

USA Swimming is the National Governing Body for the sport of swimming in the United States. They have produced a series of ‘Kick Set’ podcasts interviewing top USA swimmers, coaches and officials.

Website description

The USA Swimming podcast series, Kick Set, will feature coaches, athletes and staff members who will share their perspectives on various topics in the swimming world.

Website link

https://www.usaswimming.org/utility/landing-pages/kick-set

EatSleepSwimCoach rating: 6/10

#6 Champions Mojo

Champions Mojo is a well-establish USA-based podcast co-hosted by Kelly Palace and Maria Parker, with an extensive back catalogue.

Website description

We talk with Champions. Sports’ Champions, Champions for Change, Champions in Life.

Join us to explore the mindset, habits & techniques that will inspire & motivate you to live your best life.

https://www.championsmojo.com/

EatSleepSwimCoach rating: 6.5/10

#5 SwimSwam Podcast

SwimSwam podcasts from the well-established USA-based competitive swimming website have an extensive back catalogue of interviews with top swimmers and coaches from around the world.

YouTube Channel Description:

SwimSwam.com is the world’s most-read swimming news website. Follow SwimSwam on Instagram @SwimSwamNEWS. See SwimSwam’s HQ here http://swimswam.com

https://www.youtube.com/c/SwimSwamTV/featured

EatSleepSwimCoach rating: 7/10

#4 Effortless Swimming Podcasts

Effortless Swimming podcasts from the well-established Australian website Effortless Swimming.

  • The content is hosted by National swimmer and coach Brenton Ford, who interviews top swimmers and coaches from around the world, focusing on drills, techniques and training methods to help improve the performance of swimmers at all levels.

Feedspot Description

The #1 swimming podcast for triathletes, open water swimmers and pool swimmers. Join Brenton Ford as he chats with Olympians, pro triathletes and a wide range of interesting experts in health and fitness. This is the show to improve your swimming.

https://effortlessswimming.com/category/podcast/

EatSleepSwimCoach rating: 7/10

#3 Propulsion Swimming

Propulsion Swimming is a British-based podcast, which is enthusiastically and knowledgeably presented by co-hosts, Dan & Scott.

  • This informative series of podcasts also has an extensive back catalogue of interviews with some of the world’s top swimmers and coaches.
  • It’s certainly worth checking out

YouTube Channel Description:

Welcome to Propulsion Swimming, where we are aiming to give a voice and home to British Swimming.

  • We look at all aspects of swimming; including learning how to swim, stroke technique improvements, efficient and effective drills and what’s happening in the world of competitive swimming.
  • Our primary aim is to help bring swimming the coverage it deserves and also share our personal experiences and knowledge through resident coach Dan – a former freestyle Olympic and Commonwealth Games Trials Qualifier, and host Scott – a former sprinter turned open water competitor.

https://www.youtube.com/c/PropulsionSwimming/featured

EatSleepSwimCoach rating: 7.5/10

#2 Off the Blocks Swimming Podcast

Off the Blocks Swimming Podcast is another well-established Australian-based podcast and also one of our favourites.

  • It has an impressive back catalogue of interviews with some of the world’s top swimming coaches and swimmers.
  • Although it appears that no new podcasts have been produced this year.

YouTube Channel Description:

Off The Blocks Swimming Podcast brings you the latest interviews from Swimming’s biggest legends of the past, superstars of the pool today and rising stars of the future. You won’t hear interviews like this anywhere else.

https://offtheblocks.podbean.com/

EatSleepSwimCoach rating: 8/10

#1 Inside with Brett Hawke

Our favourite podcast is Inside with Brett Hawke, which is hosted by the former Australian Olympic swimmer Brett Hawke.

  • We particularly like his laid-back informative Aussie style and provides extensive, interesting and entertaining interviews with some of the top swimmers and coaches from around the world.
  • Inside with Brett Hawke also has an extensive back catalogue of interviews

YouTube Channel Description:

Take an intimate look inside the minds of swimming’s highest achievers with one of the world’s best swim coaches, Brett Hawke.

  • As a swimmer, Brett swam in two Olympic Finals (2000, 2004) of the 50 Free. He never did quite break 22 seconds (22.07), but he did take a 100 Free out in 22.5 to his feet once.
  • In college, he swam for Auburn University under legend David Marsh.
  • He won the 50 Free at 1997 NCAA’s in 19.19. After his pro swimming career, he became an Assistant Coach at Auburn University.
  • At the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, he guided Cesar Cielo to victory in the Men’s 50 Freestyle.
  • Cesar’s gold medal swim was the first in Brazil’s history.
  • In 2009, after the sudden passing of Richard Quick, Brett led an inspired team of Tigers through an emotionally charged NCAA’s.
  • Most recently, Brett helped guide Bruno Fratus to a Bronze medal in the Men’s 50 Free at the Tokyo Olympics.

https://www.youtube.com/c/InsidewithBrettHawke/featured

EatSleepSwimCoach rating: 8.5/10

Takeaways

In this article, we at EatSleepSwimCoach will provide a list of our favourite podcasts swimming podcasts.

  • Podcasts are a great way to enjoy listening to interviews from top competitive swimmers and coaches around the world.
  • Helping you to keep up to date with new developments within our sport.
  • They are an easy and convenient way of listening to some great content on the go, whether you are commuting, exercising or performing your daily chores.

Listed above are some of our favourite swimming podcasts, listed in EatSleepSwimCoach in reverse rating order.

Swimming resource library

We have provided a swimming resource library.

  • This contains links to all of our publications and blog articles.
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Swimming Publications

EatSleepSwimCoach produces a growing range of publications on a wide range of swimming subjects.

  • These include competitive swimming drill publications for backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly and freestyle.
  • Which are now available in both Amazon Kindle and paperback formats.

For information regarding our portfolio please follow the Swimming publications link on our website https://eatsleepswimcoach.com/publications/

We have provided a recommended swimming equipment page.

  • It contains the swimming equipment that we and our swimmers use and recommend.
  • You can access this page by clicking on the following link: recommended swimming equipment.

The Competitive Swimming Exchange – Facebook Group

We are members of the Competitive Swimming Exchange.

  • This is a competitive swimming Facebook group to help exchange ideas and information to collectively improve the sport we love.
  • It’s an international group for all swimmers, coaches, teachers, masters, triathletes and swimming parents. In fact, it’s for all those who are interested in competitive swimming, either in the pool or in open water

For more information about joining this group please use the following link: The Competitive Swimming Exchange