Clive and Sam talk about getting back in the pool after lockdown and how we can start of fast far earlier on. With speed and power being the hardest things to develop over aerobic capacity why not start training for speed earlier in your program? We discuss the positives behind this idea and who it would benefit most. We also discuss the weeks of p…

Sam and Clive discuss the latest update about the British Swimming Selection Trials. With so many questions and disappointment hanging over it we talk about how its affected us and the community of swimmers who have qualified. We also talk about the many other options and ideas that could have been used to host the Olympic Trials. There is some goo…

Matt Brooks is back with Sam and Clive in this weeks podcast. This week we discuss how Sports Psychology can be used to improve athletic performance and how coaches should use Psychology techniques to better deal with athlete emotions and stress. We also talk about mindfulness practise and training to help us get through these last months of Lockdo…

Matt Brooks joins Sam and Clive today to discuss all things sports psychology. Sports psychology is an area that many swim teams will over look and brand as only needed for elite performance, but Matt is here to change that view. We delve into why psychology should be available to all levels of athletes in order to not just create incredible swimme…

Sam and Clive are back after their Lockdown Hiatus. We talk about what we are doing to keep fit over lockdown and how we can continue to improve without being able to swim. We talk about lifting, running and learning and how we can use all of these to make us better swimmers and coaches. We also touch on how resistance swimming will help with incre…

Clive and Sam select some of your swim sets that you have sent in for us to “breakdown”. We talk about the science and how these sessions will make you better swimmers. Because of Covid-19 a lot of swimmers now have to swim in public lanes, so we are here to help you understand these sessions and help you with your training. Today we look at 2 main…

Clive and Sam select some of your swim sets that you have sent in for us to "breakdown". We talk about the science and how these sessions will make you better swimmers. Because of Covid-19 a lot of swimmers now have to swim in public lanes, so we are here to help you understand these sessions and help you with your training. Today we look at 2 main…

Sam and Clive open up about who we are and what made us start on this podcast adventure. We discuss our background in swimming from the days of volume, to the sprint life. We talk about our experiences in the swimming community as well as our thoughts of the swimming world within Great Britain. Its something different but you will know a whole lot …

Clive and Sam interview Chris Neilson from Poole Swimming Club. Chris talks about how he got into coaching and what it’s like for younger coaches in a job that is mainly dominated by older colleagues. We will also be talking about how the younger generation of coaches are bringing new ideas and new training models into a sport that some have said i…

Clive and Sam interview Tom Company who is the Portsmouth Northsea Strength and Conditioning coach. We talk about how the use of S&C can help swimmers get faster in the pool by doing work out the pool. We discuss how teaching swimmers at a young age the basics of movement patterns will not only help them improve in the pool but will also reduce inj…

Clive and Sam interview James Barwick ,from East Leeds swimming club, about the ins and outs of sprint training. East Leeds have an incredible group of sprinters with many going sub 25s for 50 freestyle and 4 going sub 23s. We talk about the mentality of sprint training along with new training models such as usrpt.…