Writing Swim Workouts with Bob Bowman + Michael Bohl + Vince Raleigh
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Three of the greatest swim coaches ever talk about training and writing swim workouts.
Bob Bowman, of course, coached Michael Phelps through his entire career. He's the Head Coach of Arizona State University with a loaded pro training group. Regan Smith, Simone Manuel, Ryan Held, Chase Kalisz, among others.
Vince Raleigh is currently the coach of Zac Stubbedtly-Cook (World Record holder 200m Breast), Leah Neale, and Jack McLoughlin. Vince has consistently put swimmers on the Australian Olympic team including Brenton Rickard, Linda McKenzie, Jessica Ashwood, and Nic Frost.
Michael Bohl is a 5x Olympic swim coach for Australia. He is the coach of Emma McKeon, Emily Seebohm, Cody Simpson, and many more at Griffith University in Brisbane.
00:00 Hello Bob Bowman, Michael Bohl, Vince Raleigh
01:45 Richard Quick workouts
02:00 Arizona State practice
05:00 What are Bohly & Vince doing at ASU?
06:54 Training breath control
08:29 Breaking up into groups
12:45 Grant Hackett set
16:00 Differences
17:30 Evolution of tapering
20:12 Women Sprinting
22:30 Emma McKeon sprint set
25:04 Michael Bohl test set
26:30 Zac Stubblety-Cook set
28:30 Keenan Robinson & Erik Posegay
29:20 Sustained Success
35:00 Bob's influence on Erik
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