About this episode
Bill Sweetenham, 5x Olympic Head Coach of 3 different countries, was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 2018. He has led Australia, Hong Kong, Great Britain, and Argentina's national swimming programs. Great Britain went from just 3 Finals swims to Top 3 in medal count at the Olympics. In his early days he coached the likes of Tracey Wickham, Stephen Holland, and Michelle Ford. He has had a swimmer reach the podium in every Olympics since 1976. 00:00 Intro 00:15 Destro Swim Towers 00:45 Swimnerd Live Virtual Scoreboard 01:15 Hi! 01:30 Nort Thornton 04:30 Bill Sweetenham's Resume 07:50 How'd you get to coaching Olympians? 12:30 Michelle Ford & Tracey Wickham 13:40 How did you know what to do? 19:00 Lauren Boyle 20:05 Survey Swimmers 23:53 Australian Institute of Sport 30:00 Car Accident 34:36 Relationship with Don Talbot 44:34 How are we getting faster? 46:30 Tuesdays with Bill 49:30 Technique Based Beginnings 51:00 British Swimming 01:00:25 Are you a good delegator? 01:01:24 The Year without Christmas 01:04:20 3 Ways of Winning 01:06:15 How do you change culture? 01:08:20 Brett's Memory 01:09:50 Be proud of it Connect: Find | Brett Hawke On Instagram @hawkebr on Twitter @insidewithbh On Facebook @insidewithbh Find | Bill Sweetenham Sweetenham Performance Consulting Subscribe & Listen: Apple Podcasts Google Spotify YouTube Produced by: SWIMNERD Supported by: Fitter & Faster