Off The Blocks Swimming Podcast

Two of the very best in the business in Bobby Hurley and Meagen Nay sit down with me to go through all of the action from the 2025 Australian Swimming Trials for World Champs in Singapore starting July 27.

In this podcast we look at the Aussie team selected including alot of the swimmers making their debuts over in Singapore. We talk about the amazing week Lani Pallister had in the pool and how she has the potential for even more improvements leading into LA.

Sienna Toohey's amazing week, at 16 years of age making her first team and the phenomenal work her coach Wayne Gould has done behind the scenes in Albury.

Kaylee McKeown's controversial DQ and reinstatement in the 50 Back

Kyle Chalmers and Cam McEvoy continuing to impress 

Sam Short back on track, Katie Ledecky proving why she is the GOAT. And Summer McIntosh smashes 3 world records and puts the world on notice.

All that and a whole lot more

In this NEW EPISODE of Off The Blocks we chat with Carlile Swim Club Head Age Group Coach Michaela Pattinson on the heels of their historic Australian Age point score victory in Brisbane.

We discuss the work that has gone into the Carlile program since joining in 2021. Her views on developing junior athletes and some of the keys to their success at Nationals.

Michaela gives us a great insight into her journey as a coach from Townsville, to Brisbane and then down to Sydney and all of the amazing mentors she has worked with along the way.

We discuss the incredible success she has had placing Olivia Wunsch on the Australian Olympic team and the ride those two have been on to Paris 2024. We get into learning great lessons during the staging camp, as well as her experience in the stands at the Olympics.

We talk about being a female coach on deck and what comes with that, especially following the announcement of her pregnancy and how she will be balancing coaching and being a mum in the future.

All that and a whole lot more, don't miss a great opportunity to learn from one of the best coaches on deck in Australia.

Shannon and I look back at the last 2 weeks in Brisbane at Australian Age and Open Champs

We recap all the action from Brisbane, London and Sweden. Its been a fast week in the swimming world

This week on the podcast Shannon and I discuss the massive news in the swimming world at the moment with form 50m events being added to the LA 2028 Olympic program.

Good or Bad? we discuss the pros and cons

Also we talk about King Kyle Chalmers blistering swims over in Norway last week