Above, the head coach of the Texas Longhorns men’s swimming & diving teams, Eddie Reese, talks about his team’s performance at the 2015 Big 12 Championship meet.
Even in this modern era where swimming media coverage has exploded, it’s rare for coaches of the stature of Reese to open up their playbooks and give very specific, workout-driven details about how they’ve had success.
On Saturday, talking to SwimSwam’s Mel Stewart, Reese has done just that – and reveals a little secret to his team’s success and the incredible butterfly class that he’s developed. Specifically, Reese says that in every practice for the last 18 months, his team has done 30-40 25’s butterfly kicking.
Reese also talks about the most surprising result of the meet for his team and the atmosphere at the Big 12 Championships
I’d like to hear the Big 12’s response to Reese’s comment about no urgency or excitement at the meet. And why is that? Because there are only 3 men’s programs left in the Big 12. That’s just sad and the Big 12 doesn’t appear to care. Even Longhorn Network didn’t cover the meet. Other conferences have to deal with Title IX and they still have mens swimming. But after football players get paid soon, Texas, Cal, Florida and Michigan will be the only programs left anyway.
theyve had only around 10 night swims since 2010 (thats one swimmer in each 1 and 2 fly a year on average up or down). and no titles. this is UT, not like some mid-major. of course huge potential, and some crazy fast time trialling. but dynasty? bar should be a little higher.
and yet, kings.
USRPT basically becoming Norm walking into Cheers these days. Let’s ask Mark Schubert if kicking 30 25s fly kick is USRPT. It won’t be pretty but it would be fabulously entertaining.
Would 30-40 x 25 fly kick be considered a USRPT set?
No. From the the Eddie explains it, the only thing similar to USRPT in that set is that it is 25s.
Video should be named different, the jammer information WAY more interesting (clickbait) than texas fly dynasty. “The secret to going fast today is… – Eddie Reese”
He’s been emphasising fly kicking for more than 18 months. 15 years ago, the college guys I swam with on club who went to UT brought back sets very similar to the 25’s mentioned above.
Note to self: Add lots of fly kick to each workout. Because Eddie.
I guess people who expected complicated sets and race pace strategies as reasons for Texas success were left disappointed with Eddie’s explanation. “Um, we use snorkel to warm up and then we fly kick. A lot” LOL