What started as a Kickstarter campaign more than 10 years ago has grown into an incredible business with pace clocks, scoreboards, touchpads, starting devices, timing equipment, and even COWBELLS.
Join Bob and Dana as they have one of the most wide-ranging and fun interviews ever with SwimNerd's Nate Tschohl.
Email us at swimtalk.a2b@gmail.com
SwimNerd homepage: https://swimpractice.com/
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Episode Timeline:
00:00:01 – Disclaimer & banter
00:02:55 – SwimNerd Live
00:03:43 – Introducing Nate Tschohl
00:04:20 – Kickstarter
00:05:02 – Social media
00:06:26 – Inside w/Brett Hawke
00:11:15 – OD: The Ol’ Dirty
00:15:19 – The Big Swim Nerd
00:17:35 – Coach Nerd
00:19:17 – Basic Underwater Demolition School (BUDS)/SEAL
00:28:01 – Recovery
00:30:02 – What’s new at SwimNerd?
00:37:00 – Splits/Times Top Secret?
00:38:23 – Pace clock idears
00:41:10 – Scoreboards: Not just for meets!
00:45:09 – Needs more cowbell?
00:45:58 – Why green numbers?
00:48:15 – Blogging
00:50:00 – Rare artifacts
00:51:45 – Water safety
00:54:17 – Keeping kids alive
00:58:15 – Drowning Support Network
01:00:08 – All politics is local
01:00:52 – Plato: A man is not learned until…
01:01:29 – Adding Capital to Young Australians
01:02:46 – Splash Pads replacing pools?
01:03:38 – Wrapping it up
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Facebook Drowning and Near-Drowning Support Groups:
Drowning Support Network Information
https://www.facebook.com/DrowningSupportNetworkInformation/
Drowning Support Network
https://www.facebook.com/groups/DrowningSupportNetwork/
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Music Credits:
[1] Hot Swing Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
[2] Private Eye Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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Griffith University Study "Early Years Swimming, Adding Capital to Young Australians" - The findings of a four-year project by the Griffith Institute for Educational Research, Laurie Lawrence’s Kids Alive Swim Program and Swim Australia have surpassed expectations and indicate that swimming children have many advantages when starting school.
“The children were anywhere from six to 15 months ahead of the normal population when it came to cognitive skills, problem solving in mathematics, counting, language and following instructions.”
https://kidsalive.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/2013-EYS-Final-Report-30-July-13-JM.pdf
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BONUS! Nate recalls a quote attributed to Plato that “every man is not learned until they can read, write and swim”. A quick search led us to the rationale behind that quote that “Plato thinks of both reading and swimming as things you learn through lessons, rather than naturally. The contrast is clear: babies learn to talk and walk on their own, but you have to teach children to read and to swim.”
For a further look at the interesting historical discussion, please click here for “Plato, Privilege, and the Pool”: https://eidolon.pub/plato-privilege-and-the-pool-b631e2e96c7e
