Kyle Bedalov on A2B

Highly decorated Wisconsin swim coach Kyle Bedalov was our latest victim guest.

 

Listen to Swim Talk A2B Episode LVII here

00:00:01 – Disclaimer & banter

00:02:40 – How to be a Great Swim Parent

00:04:01 – Introducing Kyle Bedalov

00:05:01 – Kicking off a new season

00:07:06 – Swimming south of the border

00:08:17 – WISCA site

00:11:58 – Wisconsin high school poll

00:14:24 – Just when I thought I was out…

00:18:03 – Competing through Covid-19

00:21:50 – Private schools into WIA

00:23:07 – Coaching your own

00:29:10 – Swimming at the next level

00:35:11 – Swim lesson PSA

00:36:40 – Social Media

00:42:55 – A day in the life…

00:45:35 – More social media

00:48:17 – The Question Behind the Question

00:51:35 – One Shot Wednesday

00:53:15 – Chop Wood Carry Water

00:54:32 – Future of NISCA leadership

00:59:19 – NISCA convention plans

01:00:36 – Archive, records, & A-A fixes

01:02:37 – NISCA podcast w/Rowdy

01:04:05 – Virtual awards banquet

01:06:16 – A2B guest roster

01:07:33 – Wrapping it up

Open Water Phobia

 

 

Quote of the Day

 

Like water, we are truest to our nature in repose.

via National Portrait Gallery

Cyril Vernon Connolly

 

Quote of the Day

 

Power is not revealed by striking

hard or often, but by striking true.

Honoré de Balzac

 

...and the nominees are...

 

Voting for the 2024 Golden Goggles Awards is now open.

 

View the list of nominees here

 

More info on each nominee is at the voting link here

 

Ceremony will be held in Indianapolis on Saturday, November 23rd.

Quote of the Day

 

We appreciate frankness from

those who like us.  Frankness

from others is called insolence.

Émile Salomon Wilhelm Herzog, a.k.a. André Maurois

 

Quote of the Day

 

Leaders should lead as far as they can

and then vanish.  Their ashes should

not choke the fire they have lit.

Herbert George "H.G." Wells

 

Quote of the Day

 

Concentrate your strengths against your

competitor's relative weaknesses.

Eugène Henri Paul Gauguin

 

Midland's Natalie Hinds

 

We visited with Tokyo medalist Natalie Hinds, member of the Can Opener Club!

 

via Natalie Hinds

 

Listen to Episode LVI of Swim Talk A2B here

00:01 – Disclaimer & banter

01:41 – ASCA Mentoring

02:38 – Introducing Natalie Hinds

03:10 – Path to Tokyo

08:00 – Andy Korda/COM

11:16 – Florida Gators

14:48 – Georgia & Jack Bauerle

18:11 – Rowdy Gaines PSA

19:11 – Diversity & Culture

23:20 – Getting parents on board

26:00 – Opportunities & role models

30:11 – Elizabeth Beisel

32:21 – Rowdy’s enthusiasm

34:10 – Rookie Veteran

35:00 – Escaping to water

37:36 – Drowning PSA

38:32 – Murray’s Deli in Midland

40:11 – Learn-to-Swim in schools

45:04 – Competition & courage

51:59 – Trials vs. Games

56:43 – Wrapping it up

 

Aggie HOF Adds Adams & Larson

 

 

Cammile Adams & Breeja Larson were added to the Texas A&M Athletics Hall of Fame last week.

Read more at Swimming World

 

Quote of the Day

 

The sooner you treat your son as

a man, the sooner he will be one.

John Dryden

 

Swimnerd Nate Tschohl

 

 

We chatted with the Swimnerd, Nate Tschohl recently.

 

Listen to SwimTalk A2B's Episode LV here

 

00:00:01 – Disclaimer & banter

00:02:55 – SwimNerd Live

00:03:43 – Introducing Nate Tschohl

00:04:20 – Kickstarter

00:05:02 – Social media

00:06:26 – Inside w/Brett Hawke

00:11:15 – OD:  The Ol’ Dirty

00:15:19 – The Big Swim Nerd

00:17:35 – Coach Nerd

00:19:17 – Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL

00:28:01 – Recovery

00:30:02 – What’s new at SwimNerd?

00:37:00 – Splits/Times Top Secret?

00:38:23 – Pace clock idears

00:41:10 – Scoreboards:  Not just for meets!

00:45:09 – Needs more cowbell?

00:45:58 – Why green numbers?

00:48:15 – Blogging

00:50:00 – Rare artifacts

00:51:45 – Water safety

00:54:17 – Keeping kids alive

00:58:15 – Drowning Support Network

01:00:08 – All politics is local

01:00:52 – Plato:  A man is not learned until…

01:01:29 – Adding Capital to Young Australians

01:02:46 – Splash Pads replacing pools?

01:03:38 – Wrapping it up