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The Shannon Rollason Podcast Episode 67 - Olympic Trials Stories

SPECIAL BONUS EPISODE

In this special bonus episode, Shannon takes us back to his 8 Olympic trials preparations and gives us some great stories of the past.

Stories of triumph, tears, laughter and some very fast swimming.

The Shannon Rollason Podcast Episode 66 - Paris Olympic Trials Time

The Shannon Rollason Podcast is back and Shannon is fired up and ready to go.

This week on the podcast, Shannon and I look through the massive week of racing up in Brisbane at the Olympic Trials. All the big names are racing and Shannon casts his eye over the field to give us his thoughts on which athletes and events are going to be red hot.

We discuss all the big races and Shannon gives us his race to watch of the week, and whether it will be a week for the young or for the experienced. As well as an update on his own teams chances up in QLD.

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The Shannon Rollason Podcast Episode 65 - The Ultimate Men's 200m Breaststroke Olympic Final

The Shannon Rollason Podcast is back and Shannon is fired up and ready to go.

This week on the podcast, we look at the the ultimate men's 200m Breaststroke Olympic final off the back of the passing of one of the greatest breaststrokers of all time UKs David Wilkie.

During this episode Shannon also gives us great insight into what makes a great 200m Breaststroker, as well as how the event and stroke has evolved over the years.

All that and a whole lot more, yes including the world famous song of the week lol

The Shannon Rollason Podcast Episode 64 - The Ultimate Men's 1500m Freestyle Olympic Final

The Shannon Rollason Podcast is back and Shannon is fired up and ready to go.

This week on the podcast, due to the success of the men's 100 Freestyle and women's 400 Freestyle episodes, we do our ultimate men's 1500m freestyle Olympic final list. And this is by far the hardest final to put together so far.

We also discuss Summer McIntosh and her amazing WR in the 400IM, the Canadian Men's under the radar results from trials. Also Shannon gives some tips for doing a good presentation at a conference, as well as touching on how to coach in a woke 2024.

Song of the week is back and a whole lot more

The Shannon Rollason Podcast Episode 63 - What Do Your Fastest Swimmers Cost You?

The Shannon Rollason Podcast is back after a few weeks off for Australian Age and Open Championships, and Shannon is fired up and ready to go.

This week on the podcast, Shannon and i go through the news and notes in the swimming world including the sad passing of coaching legend Jon Urbanchek. Shannon tells a great story of his time meeting Jon over the years which gives a great insight into the man as well as the legendary coach. 

We discuss Bob Bowman's decision to coach with France at the Paris Olympics, and get Shannon's thoughts and reaction.

And we take a deep dive into an interesting topic around, what your fastest swimmers are costing you and ways to plan ahead. Is it something you have ever thought about? Take a listen to Shannon's interesting way of thinking about your program and making sure you are ready for change when it comes.

 

All that and a whole lot more, yes including song of the week

The Shannon Rollason Podcast Episode 62 - The Ultimate Women's 400m Freestyle Olympic Final

The Shannon Rollason Podcast is back after a few weeks off for Australian Age and Open Championships, and Shannon is fired up and ready to go.

This week on the podcast, due to the success of the men's 100 freestyle episode, we do our ultimate women's 400m freestyle Olympic final list, and look at who we think would make it to THE BIG FINAL over the history of female swimming in the 400m. Some we agree, some we don't. Who would you have in yours?

We also discuss the importance of knowing your swimming history, Summer McIntosh not racing the 800 in Paris, Haffnoui potentially out of Paris altogether and a whole lot more.

And of course, Shannon's world famous SONG OF THE WEEK 

The Shannon Rollason Podcast Episode 61 - Drama Heading Into Paris

The Shannon Rollason Podcast is back after a few weeks off for Australian Age and Open Championships, and Shannon is fired up and ready to go.

This week on the podcast we discuss Nationals up on the Gold Coast, what teams and swimmers caught Shannon's eye, as well as his own athletes including Bronte Campbell and her calf injury update.

We also do our best to discuss the drama surrounding the Chinese national team at the moment, with athletes testing positive to a banned substance, and authorities claiming it was a contaminated sample used. We get Shannon's thoughts, particularly leading into Paris in a few months.

 

All that and a whole lot more, it's good to be back

The Shannon Rollason Podcast Episode 60 -Special Guest Host Sander Ganzevles

Welcome to The Shannon Rollason Podcast, a swimming podcast like no other.

The Shannon Rollason Podcast is back in 2024 and on a new home here on the Off The Blocks Swimming Podcast network.

This week Shannon is away and sitting in the hot seat with me is Newcastle High Performance Centre Head Coach and friend of the podcast Sander Ganzevles.

Sander and i discuss Adam Peaty's return to form with a 57.94 in the 100m Breast. Bob Bowman being announce as the man to take over from Legend Eddie Reese in Texas. And what's the correct etiquette at the Sydney Royal Easter Show with big crowds.

We take a deep dive into next weeks Australian Age and Open Championships, and Sander gives us some insights that might prove helpful for Coaches, swimmers and parents heading to the Gold Coast.

Sander gives us his Ultimate Men's 100m Freestyle Olympic Final, and also song of the week, Sanders choice.

 

 

 

The Shannon Rollason Podcast Episode 59 - The Ultimate Men's 100m Freestyle Olympic Final

Welcome to The Shannon Rollason Podcast, a swimming podcast like no other.

The Shannon Rollason Podcast is back in 2024 and on a new home here on the Off The Blocks Swimming Podcast network.

This week Shannon and I put together our Ultimate Men's 100m Freestyle Olympic final, bringing together some of the BIGGEST names in men's sprinting history. 

We also discuss Kyle Chalmers preparation for Paris moving up to train with Ash Delaney on the Sunshine Coast, as well as some great results over the weekend at NSW Junior State, but how do we capitalise and transition them into great athletes who make teams at senior levels in the future?

Happy Easter Everyone, we hope you all enjoy this weeks episode

The Shannon Rollason Podcast Episode 58 - Chasing PBs

Welcome to The Shannon Rollason Podcast, a swimming podcast like no other.

The Shannon Rollason Podcast is back in 2024 and on a new home here on the Off The Blocks Swimming Podcast network.

This week Shannon and I look back on the weekend that was NSW State Open Champs and Shannon gives us his thoughts on how the weekend went, from his own teams perspective and as a whole. 

We discuss QLD government looking at ways to wriggle out of the 2032 Olympic games

And Shannon talks to us about ways to stay away from chasing personal best times every meet, as it can have a very detrimental effect on young athletes and their swimming journeys.

Song of the week is back, I get on my soap box and plenty more

The Shannon Rollason Podcast Episode 57 - NSW State Open Time

Welcome to The Shannon Rollason Podcast, a swimming podcast like no other.

The Shannon Rollason Podcast is back in 2024 and on a new home here on the Off The Blocks Swimming Podcast network.

This week Shannon and I discuss NSW State Open this weekend. What to look for at a meet like this so close to Australian Champs on the Gold Coast, as well as how his athletes are tracking heading into the 3 day meet.

We touch on, Comm Games possibly in Malaysia, Brisbane 2023 will it have a new aquatic centre or not, The Shannon Rollason Podcast from Vegas and a whole lot more

The Shannon Rollason Podcast Episode 56 - Building a Successful Club

Welcome to The Shannon Rollason Podcast, a swimming podcast like no other.

The Shannon Rollason Podcast is back in 2024 and on a new home here on the Off The Blocks Swimming Podcast network.

This week Shannon and I discuss how you would go about building a club from scratch. The do's and don'ts in starting with a new club and program and the path to long term success.

We also congratulate David Proud, the NEW Head Coach at SLC Aquadot and the new Sutherland performance hub program.

And for all those who missed Shannon's song last week Drop The Pilot due to my incompetence haha, i have a surprise to start the podcast  

Off The Blocks - Doha World Champs REVIEW with Bobby Hurley

Welcome back to Off The Blocks Swimming Podcast for 2024, this week we previewing the 2024 Doha World Swimming Championships with none other than former World Champion and World Record Holder Bobby Hurley, and World Aquatics Expert Commentator Bobby Hurley.

Bobby Hurley and I review the week of action over in Doha last week, from the Aussie men surprising the world in the men's 50m form events with Isaac Cooper and Sam Williamson, to the Aussie women smashing it as well and great debuts for Iona Anderson and Jaclyn Barclay

We also discuss Pan's amazing World Record in the men's 100 Free leading off the relay, and then his follow up in the individual event, we talk about the US men's team disappointment, the distance events with Dan Wiffen stepping up and Haffnoui not hitting the mark. As well we touch on Cam McEvoys 50m events, where he went right and where he can learn.

All that and a whole lot more

The Shannon Rollason Podcast Episode 55 - Shannon Fires Back

Welcome to The Shannon Rollason Podcast, a swimming podcast like no other.

The Shannon Rollason Podcast is back in 2024 and on a new home here on the Off The Blocks Swimming Podcast network.

This week Shannon hits back at claims the AIS should be moved to QLD as promoted by former Aussie Olympian Leisel Jones and now QLD Premier Steven Miles. We discuss how the AIS has changed over the years in how it's used and why moving it to QLD might not be the best option.

Shannon gives us his thoughts on the Doha World Champs as well, as song of the week and much much more

The Shannon Rollason Podcast Episode 54 - World Champs Catchup/Rate My Set

Welcome to The Shannon Rollason Podcast, a swimming podcast like no other.

The Shannon Rollason Podcast is back in 2024 and on a new home here on the Off The Blocks Swimming Podcast network.

This week Shannon and I discuss the Doha World Champs action over the past 4 days, and Shannon gives us his thoughts on some of the races and athletes that have caught his eye at the meet so far.

I put my set up for Shannon's review, and he talks to us about how you can manipulate the set by regressing it and progressing it depending on what phase of the program you are in.

 

All that and way more this week on SRP

Off The Blocks - Doha World Champs PREVIEW with Bobby Hurley

Welcome back to Off The Blocks Swimming Podcast for 2024, this week we previewing the 2024 Doha World Swimming Championships with none other than former World Champion and World Record Holder Bobby Hurley, and World Aquatics Expert Commentator Bobby Hurley.

Bobby Hurley and I preview this weeks Doha World Champs, which is shaping up to be a meet where the word "Opportunity" is in the air. 

Bobby and i take you through the Aussie team competing this week, as well as look at some of the key races to watch out for over the Championship week.

We also give flowers to the amazing Aussie Open Water Team, who did an amazing job in Doha and in particular to Moesha Johnson, Nick Sloman and Kyle Lee who qualified for their first ever Olympic Games and are off to Paris.

Don't miss this episode to get you up to date on all of the action this week in Doha

The Shannon Rollason Podcast Episode 53 - Shannon's Top 5 Tips For Coaches

Welcome to The Shannon Rollason Podcast, a swimming podcast like no other.

The Shannon Rollason Podcast is back in 2024 and on a new home here on the Off The Blocks Swimming Podcast network.

This week Shannon and I discuss his Top 5 Tips For Coaches and its all based around having a the best work life balance you can. With the pressures and time demands of our busy coaching world, Shannon breaks down his top tips for ALL coaches to hear.

We also discuss Shannon's new beef with one of Scotland's best coaches and friend of the podcast Mat Trodden, as well as Shannon's new segment "Song of the week". Training togs trends and a whole lot more

Don't miss this weeks episode, it's an important one 

The Shannon Rollason Podcast Episode 52 - Success in Adelaide

Welcome to The Shannon Rollason Podcast, a swimming podcast like no other.

The Shannon Rollason Podcast is back in 2024 and on a new home here on the Off The Blocks Swimming Podcast network.

This week Shannon and I discuss the success of his team in Adelaide with Bronte going 53.3 in the 100 Free, and his whole team performed very well.

We talk Open water results and the stand outs over in Busselton

We talk 200 Breaststroke, What would you do if you won the lotto, Sharks and a whole lot more

Off The Blocks - History of Australia Open Water Championships

Welcome back to Off The Blocks Swimming Podcast as we kick off 2024 with a bang.

This week is the 2024 Australian Open Water Championships event over in Busselton WA, and to get us ready for some open water action we are joined by our very own stats guru David Clark as we preview the week of racing over in Western Australia, as well as take a quick look back to the history of this event and some of the amazing milestones and achievements that we have seen over the last 35 years

The Shannon Rollason Podcast Episode 51 - Olympic Season is HERE

Welcome to The Shannon Rollason Podcast, a swimming podcast like no other.

The Shannon Rollason Podcast is back in 2024 and on a new home here on the Off The Blocks Swimming Podcast network.

This week Shannon and I discuss Paris 2024, and in particular preparing the last 6months of an Olympic Trials program.

Shannon takes us through the do's and don'ts when you are 6 months away from Olympic trials and shares some of the stories he has experienced as a coach over his career. What are some of the areas of training you can still tinker with, and what areas should have well and truly been ingrained in your program over the last 3 plus years on this Olympic cycle.

Great episode with many insights and lessons to learn, from a man who has been there and done it at the last 5 Olympic Games, starting with GOLD in 2004 with Jodie Henry.

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The Shannon Rollason Podcast Episode 50 - New Years Resolutions

We are excited to be back for 2024 on the Shannon Rollason Podcast

 

This week, Shannon and I discuss the NSW Senior State Age Champs and what his watchful eye noticed over the 7 day competition.

With Australian Age Champs program changing, we discuss the impact of removing finals for 50m form events.

We also discuss Open Water in Busselton, World Champs in Doha and New Years resolutions for 2024.

 

Its good to be back, Happy New Year everyone

The Shannon Rollason Podcast Episode 49 - Merry Xmas Matt Temple 50.25

Welcome to The Shannon Rollason Podcast, a swimming podcast like no other.

The Shannon Rollason Podcast is back in 2023 and on a new home here on the Off The Blocks Swimming Podcast network.

This week Shannon and I discuss Matt Temple's amazing 50.25 in his 100m Butterfly which has put him up there with some of the fastest flyers of all time.

Shannon gives us his Top 3 races of 2023, and the Top 3 he is looking forward to watching in 2024.

Bed bugs in France, Buying Songs of Itunes for $2.19 still, Traveling around Australia in a car when you were younger, and Shannons Turducken cooking story.

All that and a whole lot more, as we wrap up 2023 on The Shannon Rollason Podcast

The Shannon Rollason Podcast Episode 48 - Selling The Dream

Welcome to The Shannon Rollason Podcast, a swimming podcast like no other.

The Shannon Rollason Podcast is back in 2023 and on a new home here on the Off The Blocks Swimming Podcast network.

This week Shannon and I discuss selling the dream to young athletes as we here in Australia look ahead to the Brisbane 2032 Olympic Games. Is it the same as before the Sydney 2000 Olympics or have the times changed?

We also discuss swimming rivalries both with athletes and coaches, and does the sport need more rivalries to bring people back to the stands come championship times.

And we discuss Kaylee McKeown's phenomenal form and dominating the 50, 100 and 200 Backstroke. But is she the GOAT? What makes someone the GOAT? Is it fair to compare era's ?

All that and a whole lot more

The Shannon Rollason Podcast Episode 47 - Ask Shannon Anything Round 3

Welcome to The Shannon Rollason Podcast, a swimming podcast like no other.

The Shannon Rollason Podcast is back in 2023 and on a new home here on the Off The Blocks Swimming Podcast network.

This week Shannon answers your questions as we do Round 3 of Ask Shannon Anything.

The Shannon Rollason Podcast Episode 46 - Sprint Revolution???

Welcome to The Shannon Rollason Podcast, a swimming podcast like no other.

The Shannon Rollason Podcast is back in 2023 and on a new home here on the Off The Blocks Swimming Podcast network.

This week Shannon and I discuss Sprint training and comments made this week about swimming Australia's TID 2km time trial. Does it still have a place? What does Shannon think?

We discuss the importance of still developing swimmers capacities as they are developing, and when it is appropriate to look at doing sprint based training only for athletes

Also this week it was reported of NSW Swimming's plan to develop the Sutherland Leisure Centre into another Performance Hub for the State. What does this mean? Is it a good plan? Shannon talks to us about his experiences with performance hubs from all over the world, and how he thinks it can best work.

 

A lot to get through, and sure to get people talking. Don't miss this weeks episode