Off The Blocks Swimming Podcast
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Off The Blocks Swimming Podcast brings you the latest interviews from Swimming’s biggest legends of the past, superstars of the pool today and rising stars of the future. You won’t hear interviews like this anywhere else. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSzKiUIcFaRK-66bIGnzkZg/featured?view_as=subscriber
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Robbie Cox turns pool-deck knowledge into detailed, personable conversations about swimming technique, coaching culture and athlete development.
Robbie Cox makes swimming coaching feel like live sport, building generous conversations around the decisions made on pool deck. Interviews with Ron Turner, Michaela Pattinson and Ash Delaney move from career paths and coaching teams to squad standards, athlete development and…
A 50-metre sprint gets interrogated from the first 20 metres; your stopwatch may need counsel.
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Selection-meet talk is best when it sticks to the calls and replay debate.
This episode stays anchored to the meet's start-side rulings and replay debate, with Bobby Hurley and Megan Ney working through the Kaylee McKeown, Josh Young, and Ken McAvoy calls.
A coaching-first sit-down that values motivation, adjustment, and hard-earned pool-deck thinking.
Off The Block settles into a coaching-first conversation, with Robbie Cox speaking with Greg Truey, widely regarded as one of the sport's great coaches.
A milestone Shannon Rollason episode that turns all-time swimmer ranking talk into a thoughtful, era-spanning debate.
This 100th Shannon Rollason episode focuses on a considered argument about swimming greatness, with Justin Rothwell back as the guest and the talk leaning into the sport's finer details.
A loose but sturdy swimming-history chat with enough detail to keep the debate moving.
The episode stays with Australian swimming history, with Shannon Rollason and Robbie Cox joined by David Clark, the swimming stats guru, to talk through the sport's biggest names.
A clear, grounded swim conversation about progression, pressure, and the work behind steady improvement.
Maxime Rooney's conversation with Robbie stays close to the work behind fast swimming, not just the medals. It moves from his junior world title and five-time All-American record into Olympic-trials prep, taper timing, and the grind of trying to improve year after year.
A swim history conversation about memory, turnover, and why old ideas still matter.
Shannon and Wayne look back at Australian swimming as a living memory, asking who held it, how ideas moved through the sport, and why the old lines of continuity once made the system feel more joined up. The episode keeps its eye on heritage without getting stuck in nostalgia.
Sprint freestyle, kept honest by starts, breakout speed and the first 20 metres.
Robbie Cox and Shannon Rollason keep bringing the conversation back to the same point: sprint freestyle is usually decided long before the race looks settled.
A candid swim chat about reset, coaching change, and learning how to win.
This lands in the useful middle ground where swimming history becomes a practical lesson in form, coaching, and confidence. It moves from a pretty ordinary 2001, to the blunt advice to pick the cap up and figure out how to win, and then to the switch to Sato when the old…
Swimming talk from inside the lane lines.
Swimming talk with meet-level detail.
Robbie Cox brings Shannon Rollison back for a one-night-only return.
Shannon Rollason calls process-versus-outcome coaching “a bit of a Pandora’s box” and says older athletes often arrive without ever hearing the language.
Shannon Rollason and Robbie Cox discuss recent passings of F1 owner Eddie Jordan and boxer George Foreman, leading into discussion about athlete character development and coaching philosophy.
Wayne Goldsmith says he escaped floods on the North Coast of New South Wales, drove through blocked roads, and still made it to New Zealand for rugby work and a speaking conference.
Robbie Cox and Phil open by recapping their U.S.
Robbie records live from a quiet hotel room overlooking the pool at the 2025 Asker World Clinic and talks with USA coaching legend Ron Turner.
Robbie Cox and Coach Phil wrap up their USA trip by reviewing the ASCA World Clinic at the Peppermill casino, where LED screens, big ballrooms, and an Infinity Pool gave the event a large-scale feel.
Robbie Cox and Shannon Rollason open with jokes about Shannon’s Bathurst video packages, including the GT40, Jackie Ickx, and a sunset clip from a rain-free weekend.
Robbie Cox and Shannon Rollason open with a rapid-fire chat about Trump, the ASX falling 2%, rain, and cruises before shifting into swimming.
Robbie Cox and Shannon Rollason open by positioning Off The Blocks Swimming Podcast as a place where coaches ask the questions they would not raise at conferences, with Shannon saying listener feedback makes the weekly catch-ups worthwhile.
Maxime Rooney joins Off The Blocks for a chat that starts with his path through college swimming and junior world success.
Off The Block Swimming Podcast host Robbie Cox interviews Ash Delaney, Olympic medalist and head coach at St.
Robbie Cox sits down with Michaela Pattinson for a coaching catch-up.
Stephan Widmar describes coaching swimmers who arrived from other programs, including Jess Schipper, Liesl, Christian Springer, Mel Schlanger, Libby Trickett, and Jodie Henry, and says the first question was always why they wanted to change.
Robbie Cox and Shannon Rollason bring on Kirsten Thomson, the CEO of New South Wales Swimming and an Olympian, after opening with an apology-driven discussion about coach recognition and a new sign for NSW coaches who have represented Australia.
Herbie Behm, head coach of Arizona State University, talks live from the 2025 Asker World Clinic about how conference presentations, coffee-room conversations, and even altitude training shaped his thinking.
Robbie Cox reviews the Australian World Champs Trials in Adelaide with Bobby Hurley and Meagen Nay, opening on the meet’s depth and the number of debuts earned by swimmers such as Abby Webb, Ben Godemans, Charlie Hawke, Hannah Casey, Hannah Fredericks, Nash Wilkes, and Sienna Toohey.
Robbie and Shannon open with Katie Ledecky's 15:24.51 at the Fort Lauderdale Pro Swim meet, including her 8:12.76 split and the note that the time would have placed third in the men's 1500 final.
David Clark joins to rank Australia's 10 greatest swimmers of all time, examining Olympic achievements, world records, and Commonwealth Games dominance.
Robbie Cox talks with coach Greg Truey about coaching, motivation, and the craft of helping swimmers get better.
Off The Blocks Swimming Podcast marks Shannon Rollison episode 100 with Justin Rothwell and a combined male-female top 10 swimmers list sourced from a U.S.
Shannon Rollason and Stephen Tigg trace Duncan Scott’s path from a seven-year-old trial at a local club to Olympic medals in Rio and Tokyo, with Tigg explaining how the 200 IM, 100 free, and relay priorities changed over time.
Robbie Cox and Shannon Rollason open with Australian age nationals in Brisbane, open nationals two weeks later, and the practical problem of whether swimmers should race both meets before trials.
Robbie Cox and Shannon Rollason open with a light catch-up.
Stefan Widmar says he has coached 20 world records, 3 Olympic gold medals, and 16 world championship golds, then traces that path from Switzerland to Australia.
Robbie Cox interviews Shannon Rollason on the Off The Blocks Swimming Podcast while recording from home with a baby in the background.
The Shannon Rollison Podcast episode features hosts Robbie Cox and Shannon Rollison discussing current events and swimming culture.
Robbie Cox and Coach Phil open the USA edition of Off The Blocks Swimming Podcast from San Francisco and describe meeting Gary Toner, thanks to a New South Wales Swimming Coaches and Teachers Association scholarship.
Robbie Cox and Shannon Rollason reopen the Shannon Rollason Podcast for 2025 with a long discussion that moves from Singapore memories to Michael Boll’s reported move into Chinese swimming.