SwimSwam wants to give you an inside look at what a normal day-in-the-life looks like for any given swimmer, and how that differs from team to team or city to city. We send our head of production, Coleman Hodges, to be a fly on the wall at practice, then relay what he discovered back to you over pancakes. Or at least breakfast.
With the Pro Swim happening in Atlanta, SwimSwam couldn’t resist an opportunity to go visit the bulldogs at the University of Georgia in Athens. Coach Bauerle has built a legacy of the team, not only with his athletes but with his coaching staff. Each coach has their own specialty, their own set of skills that encourages the athletes to better themselves on a daily basis.
Today we saw associate head coach Brian Smith’s skills on display in the sprint group for their Fast/EZ Tuesday.
The sprint group at Georgia was a lot of fun to be around, and not only because they were doing lots of fast things for short distances. There was constant banter between sets, and lots of joking and laughing. You could tell that they really enjoyed training with each other, and that they were better for having that camaraderie. They brought the adage to life: a happy swimmer is a fast swimmer.
If the username isn’t self explanatory enough, and if you’re open to suggestions, I would love to see an episode at the University of South Carolina and watch a distance practice. I mean a school that is so good at a single aspect of swimming would be interesting to look in, wouldn’t you agree?
Yes, please! Either SC or maybe Stanford or Michigan Distance crews? That’d be very intriguing.
I’d like to see a Stanford mid-D set. Some of their longer group is better at the mile and some at the 200 but they all seem to converge on the 500.
I really loved the article that was written on the big 3 at Michigan when they won their title in 2013. Of the two options you provided I would rather see Stanford ONLY if Ledecky does the set with them
A fast swimmer is a happy swimmer.
Isn’t it backwards.
I’m pretty sure I heard a story about Ian Crocker being somewhat depressed his Sophomore year when he won the 100 Fly at NCAAs. I know a lot of fast swimmers aren’t happy.
What’s the story?
let’s all just admit that the only reason we watched this was to try to get a glimpse of missy training in athens.
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Just curious, how far after SECs (and before NCAAs) was that workout?
Either last Tuesday (before Pro series ATL) or this morning. Coleman writes “Today we saw” but I guess it could be that “today” refers to “the day portrayed in this video” and not necessarily this morning.
It was captured last Tuesday (right before the pro swim), so about 8 days after the conclusion of SEC’s