Monday, October 28, 2024

Quote of the Day

 
If you call failures experiments, you can put them
in your resume and claim them as achievements.
Mason Cooley
 

Friday, October 25, 2024

Quote of the Day

 
I can imagine what can be, and be
unburdened by what has been.
Kamala Devi Harris
 

Monday, October 21, 2024

Orinda Aquatics

 

Don & Ron Heidary of Orinda Aquatics joined us on Swim Talk A2B.
 
Listen to Episode LXII here
 

00:01 – Disclaimer & banter

03:05 – Chuck Warner books

04:25 – Introducing Ron & Don Heidary

05:05 – Making character education work

08:12 – Personal connections

12:35 – From rock pile to cathedral

16:33 – Orinda Aquatics staffing

17:43 – Does culture match mission?

20:52 – Eight reasons why teenagers drink

22:12 – Facility

23:20 – Feeding the program

24:40 – Virtual Club Championships

26:11 – Getting their start

28:32 – Work ethic

31:11 – Trust

34:49 – Developing leaders & coaches

38:02 – Self-discipline

40:00 – Favorites

42:05 – What’s life w/o swimming?

45:28 – Working in some fun

47:20 – Pressure cooker

48:10 – Finding the right fit

48:48 – Culture of caring

51:38 – Wrapping it up

52:38 – Check program notes

 

Quote of the Day

 
God will not look you over for medals
degrees or diplomas, but for scars.
Elbert Green Hubbard
 

Saturday, October 19, 2024

Aquatics Jobs

 
 
Texas School for the Deaf assistant swim coach
 
Evelyn Rubenstein JCC (Houston) aquatics director
 
Villa Sport (The Woodlands) assistant swim team coach
 
Town of Flower Mound aquatics coordinator
 
Metro Aquatics (McKinney) assistant coaches - Jamie Stults
 
Metro Aquatics (Allen) assistant coaches - Caroline Stanek
 
 

Metric vs. English

 
 
 

Quote of the Day

 
The passions are like fire, useful in a thousand ways,
and dangerous only in one, through their excess.
Christian Nestell Bovee
 

Sunday, October 13, 2024

Todd DeSorbo on A2B

 
 
Episode LXI features Team USA head women's coach Todd DeSorbo.

Listen here

00:01 - Disclaimer

00:20 – Safety or Convenience?

01:16 – Banter

03:15 – Compensation

04:13 – Introducing Todd DeSorbo

04:51 – Splitting time?

06:21 – Support at UVA

09:32 – Accolades

11:40 – Building the roster

14:01 – The Salisbury Post

15:00 – Contending for titles

16:36 – Sprinter Ryan Held

18:38 – Jaw-dropping workouts

20:50 – The Salisbury Hornets

22:01 – Coaching IM-ers

24:36 – Nicky Rosenbluth

26:46 – Numbers cruncher

32:01 – The new ACC

34:45 – What about the men?

37:02 – Titles to Titleist

40:10 – Powerhouse schedule

41:45 – Alternate meet formats

47:00 – Wrapping it up

47:39 – Looking ahead

 

Quote of the Day

 
Face reality as it is, not as it
was or as you wish it to be.
John Francis "Jack" Welch, Jr.
 

Saturday, October 12, 2024

Quote of the Day

 
Fires can't be made with dead embers, nor can
enthusiasm be stirred by spiritless men.
James Arthur Baldwin
 

Tuesday, October 08, 2024

Jeff Raker

 

Swimmer, official, pastor, and leadership coach
Jeff Raker joined us on A2B.

Listen here

00:01 – Disclaimer

01:22 – Water Safety PSA

02:30 – Introducing Jeff Raker

04:00 – Jeff’s road to Doha ‘24

06:46 – Level Up Leadership

08:50 – Question for Today

10:40 – Leaders who listen & learn

12:33 – Now That’s a Great Question

14:35 – L.I.S.T.E.N.

17:44 – Questioning strategies

21:05 – Strengths & weaknesses

22:50 – Fragile athletes

24:49 – Fears:  Natural & Learned

28:31 – Compass vs. Calendar

31:35 – Rest, recovery, & reflection

34:38 – Self-care

38:11 – Coaches’ Academies

42:47 – Warming up with Doc

43:33 – Reaching out to Jeff

47:20 – Wrapping it up


Quote of the Day

 
A pessimist is a person who has had
to listen to too many optimists.
Donald Robert Perry "Don" Marquis
 

Monday, October 07, 2024

Jobs Update

YMCA of Greater San Antonio senior aquatics director

City of Midland Aquatics (COM) executive director

Quote of the Day

 
The ability to simplify means to eliminate the
unnecessary so that the necessary may speak.
Hans Hofmann
 

Thursday, October 03, 2024

Quote of the Day

 
You can always count of the Americans to do the
right thing - after they've tried everything else.
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill

Sunday, September 29, 2024

John Leonard, Part II

 
We discussed doping in our sport on Episode LIX, a.k.a. John Leonard, Part II.
 
Listen here

00:01 – Disclaimer

01:06 – How to be a Great Swim Parent

02:30 – Part II Preview

02:58 – PED’s Panel

04:59 – How to “game” the system

08:04 – David Howman

09:00 – Phony testing schemes

10:10 – Performance anomalies

11:33 – Microdosing

13:26 – Systematic failure

14:01 – Losing faith in WADA

15:06 – Athletics Integrity Unit

17:48 – Dr. Lothar Kipke

20:48 – Government-sponsored programs

22:06 – ’96 Atlanta Games

25:51 – From FINA to World Aquatics

28:15 – USADA

30:37 – FINA buying votes

33:15 – What hasn’t changed?

35:24 – Coaching age groupers

38:09 – Mount Rushmore of swim coaching

44:17 – Wrapping it up