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Tri Swim Coach Triathlon Swimming Podcast

Triathlon Swimming: Insight for Beginners to Advanced Triathlete Swimmers. Learn how to swim faster and with ease with training tips and triathlon swimming advice from Tri Swim Coach and distinguished Ironman professionals and triathlon coaches. Kevin Koskella is a world-renowned triathlon swim coach with over 27 years of swimming experience. This podcast has tips, stories, adventures, and overall entertainment and education regarding swimming and triathlon. Join our community that contains thousands of triathletes looking to get a leg up on the competition in their next triathlon.
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Aug 15, 2017

In this episode of the TriSwim Coach Podcast, Kevin digs deep  about what balance really is. Inspiration is also tackled in this episode. Learn about an amazing story that could help you move forward in life!

Aug 1, 2017

In this episode of the TriSwim Coach Podcast, Kevin interviews breathing expert Dominic Latella. Dominic has been studying expert and now discovered a new way of breathing that has been really effective with his students, allowing them to swim faster without any issue with their breathing. Learn all about this revolutionary breathing in this show!

Topics discussed in this episode:

  • What is postural respiratory
  • The usual protocols in swimming
  • Correcting interior pelvis tilt
  • What Dominic does differently in their trainings
  • Foundational Breathing Method
  • What good posture should look like
  • Ratio of land and water training
  • Who can learn this kind of breathing?
  • The beautiful outcome of this kind of breathing
  • Opinions on Wim Hof training
  • Flexibility and mobility versus strength
  • Learn about PRI
  • High Elbow Catch
  • Dominic’s Course

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May 23, 2017

In this episode of the TriSwim Coach Podcast, Kevin interviews the triathlete Michelle Dinsdale. After years of being a triathlete, she eventually became an expert about healthy diets. Currently as a coach, she now helps people from all walks of life, transform their bodies and double their energy so that they can get more done in less time.

Topics discussed in this episode:

  • Her background and what it’s like growing in South Africa
  • Reaching school standards
  • How she got into triathlon
  • “You can do this” mentality
  • Why she thinks she swim like a dancer
  • The many positive things she encountered doing triathlons
  • Measuring your diet
  • The harsh sugar, MCT Oil and Ketosis
  • How her kid is adapting to the change of diet
  • Favorite races

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May 3, 2017

Being a coach for over a decade now, Kevin has seen and learned a lot of things about succeeding in triathlons. There is one crucial aspect however that surfaces every time and that is the mental part.

In this episode, Kevin reads an email he made back in December where he share about triathlon as a form of art. Delve deeper into this philosophy and how this could affect you as an athlete by listening to the valuable lessons from this episode.

Topics discussed in this episode:

  • The content of the email
  • Your art could be…
  • The WHY behind racing Triathlons
  • Bringing something into the world

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Apr 12, 2017

Basically, when swimming do you add a little of play or is it all about structure? Kevin and Chris talks about their take on the subject matter and how you can apply it. You will also learn about good versus bad coaches and many more! Don't miss it!

Topics discussed in this episode:

  • Chris studying about Sport Psychology
  • Figuring out what makes a good coach
  • Bad Coaches vs Good Coaches
  • The caveat of saying “Good Job!”
  • Play vs Structured workouts
  • Ways to play in swimming
  • Listening to your body
  • How to create a structure

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Apr 1, 2017

On this special episode, we interview 3 experts in tackling one of the most debated issues in the triathlon swimming world.  Meet Tim Crowley an established coach from Florida, Eric Neilsen of  Train Smart Race Fast, and Rob Sleamaker founder of VasaTrainer as they answer questions about acceleration and increasing distance per stroke. This show is filled with principles, techniques, and tools that anyone training for their next triathlete will find as gem! You'll also experience the different concepts and principles that not all of them agree. This is definitely a unique show that you shouldn't miss!

Topics discussed in this episode:

  • Difference of triathlon swimming to pool swimming
  • How Fear and Mental Preparedness plays a huge role
  • Training in pools
  • Intensive discussion about techniques and best practices
  • Hand speed and accelerating the blade
  • What patterns to have first
  • Their take on increasing distance per stroke without increasing stroke rate
  • Common mistakes and ways around it
  • Most important two things that a swimmer should have in their swim bag
  • Wrap up and final thoughts

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Mar 8, 2017

Kevin and Chris tackles an article from TriathlonWorld.com titled "5 Reasons You’re Not Swimming Any Faster." The two hosts discusses each reason and what they think about it. Learn the pros and cons from each point and discover the right way that both hosts think works best for anyone who wants to swim faster. Don't miss it!

Topics discussed in this episode:

  • The rainy season and getting into the water
  • Chris moving to Canada
  • Article: technique or fitness
  • Running vs Swimming
  • Number One: Ignoring Distance Per Stroke
  • Number Two: Not Going Fast Enough
  • Number Three: Too tense
  • Number Four: No Forward Acceleration
  • Number Five: You’re Dropping Your Elbow

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Feb 24, 2017

This is the second part of the Tri Swim Rules episode where Kevin discusses the rest of the "Tri Swim Manifesto". If you haven’t listened to the first part, here it is: Part 1

In this quick episode, you will learn about a TriSwimSuccess story, the four remaining rules, and more goodness!

Topics discussed in this episode:

  • Kevin's free consultation
  • A training story from the Tri Swim Success program
  • It all starts with the basic drills and breathing exercises
  • 12 week plan on what to do in the water
  • Rule 5: We swim because it’s fun
  • Rule 6: Never leave your wingman/women
  • Rule 7: Following the non traditional ‘holistic’ approach
  • Rule 8: We take care of business.

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Feb 13, 2017

Kevin is flying solo on this episode and he shares about the "Tri Swim Rules", the redesign and sort of rebranding of the TriSwimCoach website. Exciting things are coming and one of them is the Tri Swim Manifesto. It’s basically the rules that encompass the whole Tri Swim Coach community.

Learn "the rules", what Tri Swim Coach stands for, and what it stands against on this part 1 episode. Don’t miss it!

Topics discussed in this episode:

  • Redesign and rebranding of TriSwimCoach
  • The Tri Swim Manifesto
  • Building a community
  • Rule 1: It never gets easier, you just get better
  • Rule 2: Befriend the water
  • Rule 3: Your background doesn’t matter, it’s where you are going that’s important
  • Rule 4: We learn swimming as naturally as possible
  • Being open to change

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Feb 3, 2017

Coach Dominic Latella is the only US Masters Swimming (USMS) Level 4 (the highest certification available) certified coach in VA. He is an instructor for USMS Certifications and the USMS Adult Learn to Swim program. He is the owner and lead instructor of SwimBox, where they specialize in swim lessons for people of all ages and levels. And he has been appointed twice – the maximum amount – as the lead coach for USMS High Performance Camp. Coach Latella also works with the swimming rehabilitation and adaptive swimming programs at Bethesda Naval Hospital for the Wounded Warriors.

Coach Latella’s philosophy focuses on the execution of proper swimming technique to achieve improved efficiency and prevent injury. This way of coaching allows swimmers to not only reach personal bests, but do so in a way that allows their body to keep up their love of swimming for a lifetime. Fewer injuries and happy swimmers are Coach Latella’s favorite things to see.

Topics discussed in this episode:

  • How Dominic developed his passion for swimming
  • Correcting your swim technique to avoid shoulder injury
  • Dominic's experience working with different clients
  • Training beginner swimmers
  • Endless pool technology
  • Applying the Wim Hof method
  • Open water anxiety
  • High elbow catch
  • Swimming workout for distance swimmers/triathletes
  • USRPT  (Ultra Short Race Pace Training)
  • Swimming test sets
  • Triathlon training at Lake Como, Italy in August

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Jan 23, 2017

Topics discussed in this episode: 

  • beginner, intermediate, and advanced swimmers
  • importance of swim drills
  • overcoming fear of water and swimming
  • better breathing
  • watching YouTube videos to help improve your technique
  • when to incorporate more intensity
  • interval training
  • swimming sprints vs. distance
  • fixing bad swimming habits
  • building endurance
  • yoga & strength training
  • consistency in training
  • keeping an open mindset

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Jan 17, 2017

Emilia Lahti (MSc, MAPP) is a researcher and social activist, whose life mission is to simply be a catalyst for human connection, compassion and non-violence. She has given talks at Stanford, UC Berkeley and TEDx, as well as at Singularity University at NASA Ames, where she studied futurism and exponential technology. Her work has been featured in The New Yorker, Business Insider and Forbes, among others. In her current PhD, Emilia is exploring the Finnish construct of sisu, denoting endurance in in the face of extreme adversity.

Emilia is an avid human rights advocate and is currently training to run 2400 km solo across the length of New Zealand to break the silence around interpersonal violence and highlight the strength of overcomers of abuse.

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