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Matt Leach is the Head Coach for Washington State University Women’s Swimming. Leach guided his young Cougar team to a number of accomplishments in his first season at WSU highlighted by producing the program’s first NCAA National Championship participant since 2010. Leach also led the Cougars to the postseason, finishing eighth at the CSCAA National Invitational Championships. The Cougars reached many milestones under Leach in 2018-19, posted ten WSU Top-10 times at the Pac-12 Conference Championships, set two school records in the 100 free and 200 breast through the year, three different swimmers recorded double-digit wins and as a team were ranked second in the Pac-12 based on improvement from the year prior, according SwimSwam.com. Leach joined WSU after spending the previous three years at Indiana State where he started the swimming and diving programs in 2015 and began competing in the 2016-17 season. Prior to Indiana State, Leach spent six seasons at the University of Wyoming (2009-15), including the f

Lorin Collins is the Head Coach for Florida Elite Swimming. Coach Lorin grew up in Phoenix, Arizona. Since age 15, Lorin has been sharing her love with swimming by teaching lessons and coaching in various programs. In high school, she helped the younger kids always looking for new learning opportunities and chances to improve herself as a coach. Lorin’s degree in Kinesiology has allowed her the chance to learn the effects of exercise on the human body throughout all stages of development and has had the chance to learn exclusively the effects on developing children. Connect with Lorin: - Team Website - Team Facebook - Facebook - Team Instagram - LinkedIn - Team Twitter - Email Get FREE Access to their Swim Workouts. Free Resources for Coaches on the RITTER Website. We want to hear from you, leave us a message 24/7! +1 704-837-2939 Check out the latest from RITTER: The Hive - Get access to the best online swim coaching resources available. Join The Hive powered by RITTER, to understand the full picture of sw

Mike Anzano is the Assistant Head Coach for COM Aquatics. He has been at COM for 4 years and has primarily been a part of the 12 and under age group program. He graduated from UTPB with a degree in Math in 2013. Prior to his coaching career, Mike swam for 4 years at Parkland High in his hometown of El Paso, TX. He was a 4A State qualifier in 2008 and 2009, which was the first from his school. In club swimming, he was a Sectional level swimmer for the Desert Shark Swim Club. He continued his swimming career into college as a member of the Falcon Swim Team while attending UTPB. During his 4 years with the Falcons, he received All-Conference academic honors and had the highest GPA on the men's swim team in 2012. Connect with Mike: - Team Website - Facebook - Instagram - Email Join us for the FREE Dryland Webinar Series every Thursday at 1pm EST. Free Resources for Coaches on the RITTER Website. We want to hear from you, leave us a message 24/7! +1 704-837-2939 Check out the latest from RITTER: The Hive - Get acc

Mark brings over 22 years of coaching experience to the Sharks. Mark is a graduate of Oakland University (Michigan) where he received a degree in communication. He was a member of three national championship relays during his time at Oakland and was a 16-time NCAA Division II All-American. Mark has had a very successful coaching career. He was an Assistant Coach, Head Age Group coach, and Head Senior Assistant coach at the Oakland Live Y’ers Age Group Swim Team (OLY) for eight years. While at OLY, Mark was also the Assistant Coach at Wayne State University. From there, Mark went on to become the Head Coach at Truman State University. While at Truman, the women’s team won two NCAA Division II National Championships. His peers recognized his extraordinary contributions by awarding him the National Coach of the Year -- twice. He coached four individual (two national records) and three relay National Championship performances. Both the men and women had numerous NCAA Division II All-American performances in the p

A special message from Paul Yetter to coaches and more importantly boards and others in positions of authority on how long clubs will continue to employ coaches during the COVID-19 pandemic.   Free Resources for Coaches on the RITTER Website.   Join Paul and Chris in the Mentorship when you join The Hive (deadline for Mentorship is Thur 4/9 at midnight): The Hive - Get access to the best online swim coaching resources available. Join The Hive powered by RITTER, to understand the full picture of swimming faster. Get specific training sets and workouts, learn in-depth technique tips and analysis, even watch dryland and strength training exercises that'll help your swimmers go faster!   If you enjoyed this podcast help us spread the word by leaving a rating and review on our iTunes show page.   To connect and learn more visit the RITTER Sports Performance website.

We are in a "new normal" for swimmers and coaches, along with the rest of the world. Chris and Paul discuss what this means for coaches in the immediate and long-term as well as what they can do for themselves and their swimmers. Connect with Paul: - Website - Facebook - Twitter - Instagram - Email - LinkedIn Free Resources for Coaches on the RITTER Website.   Join Chris for FREE Dryland In-Home Webinar Series every Thursday for the next few weeks.   We want to hear from you, leave us a message 24/7! +1 704-837-2939   Join Paul and Chris in the Mentorship when you join The Hive (deadline for Mentorship is Thur 4/9 at midnight): The Hive - Get access to the best online swim coaching resources available. Join The Hive powered by RITTER, to understand the full picture of swimming faster. Get specific training sets and workouts, learn in-depth technique tips and analysis, even watch dryland and strength training exercises that'll help your swimmers go faster!   If you enjoyed this podcast help us spread the wo

Jacob Pebley, a TYR Sport athlete, is currently training in San Diego, CA with Team Elite Aquatics for the Tokyo Olympics. A backstroke standout out of the University of California, Berkeley, Jacob is an Olympian for Team USA, accomplishing a fifth-place finish in the 200-meter backstroke at the 2016 Rio Olympics. In 2018, Jacob co-founded “Back 2 Back Swim Camp”, a two-day elite swim camp geared towards backstroke specialists across the country. He loves staying involved in the swimming community and is dedicated to inspiring the next generation of up-and-coming athletes in the sport! Connect with Jacob: - Website - Instagram - Facebook - Jacob's Twitter - LinkedIn Join Chris as he hosts a FREE Webinar Series on "Dryland in Home" starting this Thursday (3/26). Listen to the SURGE Strength Podcast for a sneak peek!   Free Resources for Coaches on the RITTER Website.   We want to hear from you, leave us a message 24/7! +1 704-837-2939   Check out the latest from RITTER: The Hive - Get access to the best onlin

The uncertainty of the recent developments has caused disruption and cancelations in the swimming community and world-wide. We wanted to have a guest who could relate to having a chance to not only swim fast but represent her country, be taken away, through no fault of her own.   Nancy Hogshead-Makar, J.D., is an American swimmer who represented the United States at the 1984 Summer Olympics, where she won three gold medals and one silver medal. She also was a member of the 1980 US Olympic Team that was part of the boycott. She is currently the CEO of Champion Women, an organization leading targeted efforts to advocate for equality and accountability in sport. Focus areas include equal play, such as traditional Title IX compliance in athletic departments, sexual harassment, abuse, and assault, as well as employment, pregnancy, and LGBT discrimination. In 2012 she began working on legislative changes to assure club and Olympic sports athletes were as protected from sexual abuse. In 2018, the Protecting Young Vi

Connect with Ross: - Team Website - Facebook - Twitter - Instagram - Email SURGE Strength Dryland Clinic Sign-Up on the RITTER Website. Free Resources for Coaches on the RITTER Website. We want to hear from you, leave us a message 24/7! +1 704-837-2939 Check out the latest from RITTER: The Hive - Get access to the best online swim coaching resources available. Join The Hive powered by RITTER, to understand the full picture of swimming faster. Get specific training sets and workouts, learn in-depth technique tips and analysis, even watch dryland and strength training exercises that'll help your swimmers go faster! If you enjoyed this podcast help us spread the word by leaving a rating and review on our iTunes show page. To connect and learn more visit the RITTER Sports Performance website.

Hubert Williams is the CEO and head coach of Sailfish Aquatics. Connect with Hubert: - Team Website - Facebook - Twitter - Instagram - Email SURGE Strength Dryland Clinic Sign-Up on the RITTER Website. Free Resources for Coaches on the RITTER Website. We want to hear from you, leave us a message 24/7! +1 704-837-2939 Check out the latest from RITTER: The Hive - Get access to the best online swim coaching resources available. Join The Hive powered by RITTER, to understand the full picture of swimming faster. Get specific training sets and workouts, learn in-depth technique tips and analysis, even watch dryland and strength training exercises that'll help your swimmers go faster! If you enjoyed this podcast help us spread the word by leaving a rating and review on our iTunes show page. To connect and learn more visit the RITTER Sports Performance website.

Subscribe to the SURGE Strength Podcast powered by RITTER on all major podcast platforms to learn more about dryland and strength training for swimmers Free Resources for Coaches on the RITTER Website. The Hive - Get access to the best online swim coaching resources available. Join The Hive powered by RITTER, to understand the full picture of swimming faster. Get specific training sets and workouts, learn in-depth technique tips and analysis, even watch dryland and strength training exercises that'll help your swimmers go faster! If you enjoyed this podcast help us spread the word by leaving a rating and review on our iTunes show page. To connect and learn more visit the RITTER Sports Performance website.

Coach Danny Colvin is joining the Westside Aquatics staff as Lead Site Coach for our Santa Monica Site. Before Westside, Danny was the Director of Strength and Conditioning with the Mission Viejo Nadadores, His primary focus at Mission was coaching their 13-14 year olds but also branched out to other age groups. During his year and a half tenure at MVN, he helped to rehabilitate Cal Berkeley Freshman Katie McLaughlin (2015 Bronze Medalist 200 FLY at 2015 Pan Pacific Championships) after a neck fracture. Danny also developed the strength and conditioning programing which complemented the water training for Ous Mellouli (World Record/Gold Medalist) 12 Rio Olympic Trial Qualifiers and Ous Mellouli (2012 Gold medalist 1500 FR and former world record holder). Before Mission Viejo, Danny started his coaching career with Buenaventura Swim Club as the Bronze Group Coach and quickly moved up to Senior Sprint Coach and Head Strength and Conditioning Coach. Danny also spent nearly three years as the Strength and Conditi

Do you still do drills? Should you be doing more drills? We'll tackle the topic of drills in this episode. Let us know what your approach to drills are and feel free to tag or DM us any drill ideas! The Hive - Get access to the best online swim coaching resources available. Join The Hive powered by RITTER, to understand the full picture of swimming faster. Get specific training sets and workouts, learn in-depth technique tips and analysis, even watch dryland and strength training exercises that'll help your swimmers go faster! Join The Hive for just $1 If you enjoyed this podcast help us spread the word by leaving a rating and review on our iTunes show page. To connect and learn more visit the RITTER Sports Performance website.

A new division and a new conference has done little to slow down the success that Phil Davis has had with the UIW swimming and diving program. As a first year member of NCAA Division I, the Cardinals were ineligible from national competition. However, the men jumped in to the Coastal Collegiate Swimming Association and promptly won the title in 2013-14. The following year they finished as the CCSA Runner-Ups. Davis is in his 10th year as the women’s coach and ninth year in charge of the men’s program. Starting in 2007-08 through the conclusion of the 2012-13 season, Davis’ teams put together arguably the greatest stretch in UIW Athletics history. The men’s team finished the year ranked in the top 20 in each season and in the top 10 four seasons in a row. The women posted five consecutive top 20 seasons to close out the run. The two programs combined for seven Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference titles during the stretch that would likely have been more had he sent his top squads to the 2013 championships. Conn

What exactly is tapering? Chris discusses this topic in addition to hearing previous episodes of some very well known coaches talking on this very topic Whether your championship meet is soon or not until Olympic Trials, this episode will help you have the right mindset as a coach to help your athletes achieve their best. FREE Download of Taper Sets The Hive - Get access to the best online swim coaching resources available. Join The Hive powered by RITTER, to understand the full picture of swimming faster. Get specific training sets and workouts, learn in-depth technique tips and analysis, even watch dryland and strength training exercises that'll help your swimmers go faster! Join The Hive for $1 If you enjoyed this podcast help us spread the word by leaving a rating and review on our iTunes show page. To connect and learn more visit the RITTER Sports Performance website.

Marni is the Senior Coach for the Platinum and Gold Groups of the Chino Hills Aquatics Club in Southern California. She was recently nominated as the ASCA Fitter and Faster age group coach of the year. Connect with Marni: - Team Website - Facebook - Instagram - Email Free Resources for Coaches on the RITTER Website. SURGE Strength Dryland Clinic Sign-Up on the RITTER Website. We want to hear from you, leave us a message 24/7! +1 704-837-2939 Check out the latest from RITTER: The Hive - Get access to the best online swim coaching resources available. Join The Hive powered by RITTER, to understand the full picture of swimming faster. Get specific training sets and workouts, learn in-depth technique tips and analysis, even watch dryland and strength training exercises that'll help your swimmers go faster! If you enjoyed this podcast help us spread the word by leaving a rating and review on our iTunes show page. To connect and learn more visit the RITTER Sports Performance website.

Lyndsie grew up mainly in Texas and began competitively swimming at the age of 7. She swam club for the North Texas Nadadores, high school varsity for Southlake Carroll, and in college for Texas Christian University in Fort Worth. During her high school career, she was a 10-time All-American and state champion. Her swimming career continued through college where she was awarded a full scholarship and was a four-year scholarship letter winner. At TCU, she was second team All-Big 12 Conference and had served as captain her senior year. She is the current school record holder in the 200 backstroke. She graduated from TCU with a degree in Psychology and a minor in Health and Fitness. Connect with Lyndsie: - Team Website - Facebook - Twitter - Instagram - Email Free Resources for Coaches on the RITTER Website. SURGE Strength Dryland Clinic Sign-Up on the RITTER Website. Check out the latest from RITTER: The Hive - Get access to the best online swim coaching resources available. Join The Hive powered by RITTER,

Kobe Bryant was one of the greatest basketball players of all-time. But he was also an amazing coach. Listen as Chris discusses some of the lessons you can learn from Kobe and apply it into your daily coaching. Free Resources for Coaches on the RITTER Website. Check out the latest from RITTER: The Hive - Get access to the best online swim coaching resources available. Join The Hive powered by RITTER, to understand the full picture of swimming faster. Get specific training sets and workouts, learn in-depth technique tips and analysis, even watch dryland and strength training exercises that'll help your swimmers go faster! If you enjoyed this podcast help us spread the word by leaving a rating and review on our iTunes show page. To connect and learn more visit the RITTER Sports Performance website.

Head Coach Alex Reed has a passion for the water. He has lived and breathed swimming his whole life. Alex has been involved in the sport as a swimmer and a coach for over 20 years. In his stint as the UPAC Head Coach starting in the Fall of 2015, he has grown the club membership from 80 to over 120 swimmers, expanded the club’s PNS Champs Team from 2 to over 40 swimmers, lead the team to multiple PNS and Age Group Regional Championships Top 10 finishes, produced several PNS and Regional Champions, qualified dozens of swimmers for Western Age Group Zones, Senior Sectionals, USAS Futures, and USAS Junior National Championship Meets, and has coached several swimmers to multiple National Top 10 times for their Age Group. Alex was awarded PNS Age Group Coach of the Year for 2017. Connect with Alex: - Team Website - Facebook - Instagram - Email Free Resources for Coaches on the RITTER Website. Check out the latest from RITTER: The Hive - Get access to the best online swim coaching resources available. Join The H

Mark Minier is an “Ohioan” with a great affection for the South. His youth swimming career started in Ohio and culminated in Pennsylvania as an All-America at Westminster College. His current role is Director of Swimming Operations at the recently combined Sailfish Aquatics program. He met his wife, Jessica, on a pool deck in his coaching travels and they now have twin boys. He coached Olympic Team finalists in 2008 & 2012, Olympic Team Members in 2004, 2008, & 2012 and Trials Qualifiers from 2000 to 2012. He was on the coaching staff for the World Championship Team in Rome in 2009 and the National Team from 2006-2012. “Prepare the child for the path, not the path for the child.” Connect with Mark: - Team Website - Facebook - Twitter - Instagram - Email - LinkedIn Free Resources for Coaches on the RITTER Website. Check out the latest from RITTER: The Hive - Get access to the best online swim coaching resources available. Join The Hive powered by RITTER, to understand the full picture of swimming