Don't let winning make you soft.
Don't let losing make you quit.
Don't let your teammates
down in any situation.
Larry Joe Bird
Thursday, February 29, 2024
Tuesday, February 27, 2024
Comment Highlights
We've seen more comments in the past month than we've had in a long time. Catch up below:
January 26 - Note to Swimming World: & Clinic $$$
January 30 - Quote of the Day
February 20 - Follerin' Up
ASCA CEO Jennifer LaMont on SwimTalk A2B
Latest podcast now available! Listen HERE
00:00 - Disclaimer , The Jay Cafe, & banter
01:40 - Eddie Reese Audiobook
02:10 - Introducing ASCA CEO Jennifer LaMont
02:34 - Jennifer Johnston's start in the sport
04:22 - Cincinnati Pepsi Marlin teammates
05:04 - Distance swimming at USC
06:05 - Basketball career(s)
07:25 - Should Dave announce swim meets?
08:13 - Training with Denny Pursley
10:08 - U.S. Olympic Trials: Then & Now
12:04 - Prep for ASCA leadership
13:38 - Fall clinic in Texas?
15:10 - Serving all coaches
17:15 - ASCA Publications & Blog
18:52 - Yearbooks & Transcription
22:05 - The Triad
24:29 - Russell Mark's video analysis
26:42 - ASCA Coaches' Hub at '24 Trials
28:48 - ISHOF
30:39 - Membership & World Clinic attendance
33:15 - Coach protection
34:16 - Consistency & dedication
36:21 - 20 x 500's (LCM)
38:00 - Mary T. Meagher
38:50 - Important coach & athlete qualities
42:18 - Well-Rounded vs. Specialization
44:17 - Peggy Fleming & loving your sport
45:10 - Wrapping it up
Quote of the Day
No artist is ahead of his time. He is in his time;
it is just that others are behind the times.
Martha Graham
Wednesday, February 21, 2024
Tuesday, February 20, 2024
Follerin' Up
Last year we visited w/Andrews HS head coach Mike Waldmann. He told us the story of the "antiques" he discovered and what they mean to his state meet squad.
Catch up here
His boys' 200 medley relay showed up and showed off at this year's state meet.
Quote of the Day
The curious paradox is that when I accept
myself just as I am, then I can change.
Carl Ransom Rogers
Sunday, February 18, 2024
Quote of the Day
The only way to make sense out of change is to
plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.
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| via Lion's Roar |
Alan Wilson Watts
Saturday, February 17, 2024
Scott Hammond on A2B
Listen to Scott Hammond on SwimTalk A2B here
00:00 - Disclaimer & the usual banter
01:27 - The Jay Cafe in Needville, Texas
01:45 - Is this thing on?
02:26 - RIP John Pittington
02:42 - Introducing Scott Hammond
04:15 - How Scott got into our sport
06:35 - Any hope for Clemson reboot?
07:25 - From Clemson to Austin
09:27 - Orange/White Meets
11:25 - Then & Now
16:06 - RIP Don Easterling
17:58 - Braden Holloway
23:14 - Chuck Raburn, Richard Sybesma, & Beverly Ball
24:54 - Racquetball & more with Eddie Reese
28:11 - Impact of coaches
29:57 - Future of conferences
31:55 - Transfer Portal & NIL
34:47 - Recruiting, poaching, and foreign athletes
37:49 - Life as a Texas assistant coach
45:30 - H&L Swim Academy
47:17 - Glenn Patton
48:25 - RIP Sam Freas
49:47 - Katy's Sheila Reeves
51:30 - Coaching over the decades
54:00 - Sprint Championship
55:40 - Equipment builders
57:10 - What's in a name?
59:52 - Closing it out
Quote of the Day
You begin with the possibilities of the material.
Milton Ernest "Robert" Rauschenberg
Monday, February 12, 2024
2024 UIL State Meet Qualifiers
Lists of this year's qualifiers (automatic & call-up) for all classifications are here
Thursday, February 08, 2024
Quote of the Day
Failure is simply the opportunity to begin
again, this time more intelligently.
Henry Ford
Wednesday, February 07, 2024
UIL State Meet 2024
State meet info on the UIL site includes automatic qualifiers, call-ups, meet packet, & forms. A live results link will be available as well.
Sunday, February 04, 2024
2024 4A Call-Ups
All four (4) of the UIL 4A region results are on MM. Although they're not considered official results, you may be able to use the info to determine the likely call-up list for this year's 4A state meet in San Antonio.
Edited 7:11 p.m.:
Quote of the Day
In politics, the reaction to a controversy is very
often more enlightening and important than
the details of the allegations themselves.
Tammy K. Bruce