How Do Great Programs Stay Great? | Todd DeSorbo
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A swimming podcast featuring natural conversations about the sport. Chris DeSantis brings the poolside conversation to the podcast form.
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Leadership, Responsibility, and Shame in The Odyssey
Send us Fan Mail What can The Odyssey teach us about leadership when every available choice carries consequences? Chris is joined by Juliet...
We Protect Athletes. Who Protects Coaches? | Sophie Parr
Send us Fan Mail For years, conversations about athlete welfare have rightly transformed the way we think about coaching. But there's anothe...
The Parent Pressure Trap: Why Giving In Makes It Worse
Send us Fan Mail Why do parents keep intervening in coaching decisions—and why does giving in usually make the problem worse? In this solo b...
The Most Important Thing a Coach Can Say After Failure | Dave Salo
Send us Fan Mail Dave Salo has coached at every level of the sport—from NCAA championships to Olympic medals—but this conversation isn't abo...
Debrief: Jeana Kempe
Send us Fan Mail The head coach of Swimming and Diving at the University of Illinois Jeana Kempe joins to talk influences and the path of he...
Debrief: David Marsh
David Marsh tells all about what his retirement actually looks like, and what he had planned if he was National Team Director. Debrief: Davi...
Debrief: Tracy Menzel
Tracy Menzel joins to talk GAIN, Diversity and why she’s back coaching in her hometown. Debrief: Tracy Menzel Chris DeSantis Download
Bonus Pod: A Day With Greg Meehan
Recapping the day I spent following around USA Swimming National Team Director Greg Meehan at last week’s Indy Pro Series event. Bonus Pod:...
Debrief: Dave Durden
Dave Durden joins to discuss how he approaches his unconventional start at Cal and his approaches to recruiting and hiring. Debrief: Dave Du...
Debrief: Megan Devito
Megan Devito, a high school swim coach and performance mindset coach, joins to talk shop on the value of coaching. Debrief: Megan Devito
Debrief: Kevin Ring, USA Swimming CEO
The CEO of USA Swimming joins to share what he’s learned in his nine months on the job and what he thinks is possible for the future. Debrie...
Debrief: Cara Stawicki
Former National Team and World Champion rower Cara Stawicki joins to talk shop and even turns the tables on me. Links for Cara: Website: htt...
Solobrief: My Thoughts on the Loser Olympics
Organizing my big picture reflections on the stupidest event in swimming history, and all the losers who tried to make it work. riverside_ch...
Crossover Pod: IDGI and the Swim Brief
Big shout out to the IDGI Podcast with Nate McKay and Kyle Johnson for helping me out with this week’s pod. Listen to hear me get interviewe...
Debrief: Glenn Mills
Glenn Mills, the owner and founder of Goswim, 1980 Olympian and all around man about the sport, joins to talk about what he sees in the swim...
Debrief: Kyle Johnson Returns
An old friend of the podcast, Kyle Johnson, returns to share his wisdom. Kyle also has a podcast, which you can follow for me to be on soon....
Debrief: James Marshall
James Marshall of GAIN and Excelsior Athletic Club joins to talk how he came to coach three sports, knowledge sharing and the athletic insig...
Book Club: All You Need to Know About Talent Development w/Corey Manley
First podcast of the book club, featuring USA Swimming’s Corey Manley. We discuss previous guest Kristoffer Henriksen’s book All You Need to...
Solobrief: How to Talk About Talent
In preparation for book clubbing with Corey Manley, I break down how I communicate about talent with coaches and athletes.