Swim Talk A2B
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Swim Talk A2B - Episode 67: Author/Coach Chuck Warner

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Former Rutgers Head Coach and acclaimed swimming writer Chuck Warner (a frequent guest to Swim Talk A2B) has done it AGAIN. His latest book release, "How To Be A Great Swim Parent" is a compilation and distillation of topics and issues related to the parent-child-coach relationships the ASCA Hall of Fame coach has collected and refined over the years, and as 2024 NCAA Division II Coach of the Year Mickey Wender has remarked, "I can't imagine a better resource to help us focus on the 'right things' as we support the development of a young mind and body."

Join A2B hosts Bob and Dana in an illuminating (what? you thought we were going to say "fascinating"???) round-table discussion of a valuable slim volume that USA Swimming Board Member Coach Ira Klein says is "...an absolute joy to read...so critical to help educate new swim parents..."

You can get more details and info (and PURCHASE) this wonderfully enlightening book (and other great books by Coach Warner) at www.chuckwarnerbooks.com


Episode timeline:

00:01 – Disclaimer

01:09 – Chuck Warner Books

01:48 – Kelsie at The Jay

02:38 – Return of Chuck Warner

03:00 – How to be a Great Swim Parent

04:08 – The origins

06:52 – The Audience?

07:38 – Why competitive swimming?

09:12 – Support – Don’t Lead

13:27 – Our family’s swim journey

14:28 – Scenario

19:03 – The Henrys

19:32 – Swimming is hard

20:29 – Self-Image

24:50 – Attrition in the sport

26:36 – Effort over outcome

28:32 – Coaching is teaching

31:17 – Love difficult people…

35:40 – Goals

39:05 – Social Media addiction

49:25 – Carpools

50:26 – Book formats

52:25 – Team orders? ([email protected])

54:10 – John E. Davis 2extreme Dream (https://2xtreme.info/)

55:09 – Listening to kids

57:20 – Paraphrasing Samuel Langhorne Clemens

58:20 – Wrapping it up


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