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This week on the podcast Shannon and I apologies to our loyal listeners for not getting all of our facts right on the topics we discuss, as we are inundated with correction messages from the previous weeks podcast. Shannon learns what Chat GPT and DM stands for, as well as his Beef of the week and no its not just with his cockatoos outside ruining his tree lol Set of the week is

Shannon is back for another week and we are discussing Process v Outcome mindset and how important it is for our athletes to stop chasing PBs. We discuss Australian Open Water results from Busselton and give flowers to the clubs and athletes that performed well in WA last week. Thanks to the help of one of our loyal listeners we finish our 10 Australia coaches currently on deck i

Back and ready to go The Shannon Rollason Podcast returns for 2025 and get straight back into the big topics around Australian Swimming right now. We discuss Michael Bohl’s big move to China, we get Shannons thoughts and what Australian Swimming needs to do to make sure we are keeping our top coaches. We talk about the massive Channel 9 deal Swimming Australia have signed makin

On 15/04/2022 We were fortunate enough to sit down with 4 time Australian coach of the year, and one of the best in the business Stephan Widmer, this is part 2 of our chat. In this part two podcast Stephan talks to us about some of the amazing swimmers he has had the pleasure of working with like Libby Trickett, Christian Sprenger, Melanie Schlanger and Jess Schipper among many ot

On 15/04/2022 we had chat with 4 time Australian coach of the year, and one of the best in the business Stephan Widmer. In this part one podcast Stephan talks to us about last years Tokyo 2020 Olympic games and how he saw the swimming in the pool, as well as Joseph Schoolings performance following his Gold medal in 2016. We go through his early days in Switzerland as a swimmer an

On 17/08/2020 we had a chat with one of the greatest swimming coaches of all time, a man who has mentored over 68 Olympians during his career so far, the one and only coach Gregg Troy. While we take a break through the holidays, we thought it was a great time to look back and listen to one of the great coaching minds we have had the fortune of having on the podcast. Even if you he

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all of our listeners, and while Shannon and I are spending some time with family, we thought it was a good time to revisit our episode on Sprint Freestyle. Shannon takes us through his thoughts on developing Sprint Freestylers within your program, and transitioning their talent and potential through to open level, as he did with Jodie Henry an

Shannon is back after a BIG week at NSW State Age Champs and there is plenty to talk about including the 30 World Records we saw tumble at Short Course World Champs. We get into Jordan Crooks 19.90 and re watch the incredible swim, as well as discuss Gretchen Walsh and her amazing 9 World Records. We go through the Aussies performances as well and who Shannon thought stood out fro

With NSW Sate Age Champs on this week, Shannon is busy supporting his athletes on pool deck so we thought it would be a great chance to go back in time and revisit his one on one chat with newly appointed Head Coach of Aquatics GB Steven Tigg. In this chat you will get many take always from both Steven and Shannon as they discuss their successes as coaches and the learning opportu

Shannon is back fresh from Japan with plenty to chat about including the Blues success in Tokyo, NSW State Age coming up and plenty more