The Swim Ireland Podcast

By: Swim Ireland
  • Summary

  • The Swim Ireland Podcast takes you to the heart of Irish aquatics, with deep dives into coaching, high performance, and life in the water. Our podcasts come in series of six episodes, with our first launching in April 2021: The Coaching Series - getting to the nitty gritty of what it takes to coach the finest aquatic stars in Ireland in an Olympic & Paralympic year. Coming this summer...The Olympic Athlete Series and The Paralympic Athlete Series, where we talk directly to the Irish aquatic stars heading to Tokyo 2021. Subscribe to be first to know when they launch, and follow us on social media via @swimireland to be first to hear new releases.
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Episodes
  • Coaching Series Ep6 - Brian Sweeney talks Ellen Walshe, Athlete Retention, and Templeogue SC
    Apr 17 2021

    Our final episode in the series features the passionate Brian Sweeney, who is head coach at Templeogue Swimming Club, home of Ellen Walshe - the first Irish woman to swim 100m Butterfly in less than 60 seconds.

    Team TSC is a thriving club with swimmers joining after Learn to Swim and continuing all the way through to Masters level, including getting involved in Open Water.

    It's home is a small pool in Dublin, which Brian and Ellen are at the heart of.  She first entered Brian's radar aged nine, insisting on swimming a 500m sponsored swim entirely Butterfly.

    Her love of the stroke has been nurtured by Brian to the point where next week she will attempt to swim the Tokyo 2021 qualification time for the 100m Butterfly at the Irish National Team Trials.

    You can watch all the action LIVE from anywhere in the world via the RTE Player.



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    37 mins
  • Coaching Series Ep5 - Steven Beckerleg talks F4-24, missed Olympic dreams and National Centre Dublin
    Apr 15 2021

    Steven Beckerleg, National Centre Dublin senior assistant coach, is our guest on the penultimate episode in The Swim Ireland Podcast Coaching Series!

    Steven works closely with National Senior Team Head Coach Ben Higson, coaching the likes of Olympian Shane Ryan and Darragh Greene, who has met the qualifying time for the Tokyo 2021 Olympics.

    Steven also leads Swim Ireland's F4-24 Programme, which aims to qualify a female relay team for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

    Having suffered big highs and lows as a competitive swimmer himself, Steven feels his strongest asset is his ability to empathise with his athletes, and he hopes no matter what that they will enjoy and savour their moments at Irish National Team Trials next week.

    You can watch the Irish National Team Trials, incorporating Olympic & Paralympic trials, LIVE online from anywhere in the world via the RTE Player.

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    35 mins
  • Coaching Series Ep4 - John Szaranek dives deep into operations at National Centre Limerick
    Apr 12 2021

    Episode 4 of the Swim Ireland Podcast Coaching Series features John Szaranek, head coach at National Centre Limerick, presently the home of rising star Eoin Corby and London 2012 Paralympian Jonathan McGrath.

    The Scot has dedicated his life to swimming, meeting his wife while they both competed at teenagers, starting coaching through his swimming sons, and now moving his life to Ireland to oversee a hugely promising group of potential Olympians and Paralympians in Limerick.

    Here he talks about the programme at NCL, how his team and athletes have adapted and coped during the COVID-19 Pandemic, what his best days in swimming have been, and what his hopes for the future are.

    The future begins at Irish National Team Trials at the Sport Ireland National Aquatic Centre on April 20.

    You can watch all the action LIVE online via the RTE Player. Get the latest details at swimireland.ie.

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    37 mins

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