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Bill Sweetenham

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The Great Coaches: Leadership & Life

Rohan Taylor

Michael Bohl

Michael Klim

Caroline Burckle

Tom Ryan

Anthony Ervin

Stuart Lancaster

Bob Bowman

Greg Bennett

Ben Fisher

Ryan Murphy

John Wooden

Jordan Anderson

Alan Smith

Michael Phelps

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Our Great Coach on this episode is Bill Sweetenham. Bill is an Australian swimming coach, who first started training athletes in the 1970’s in the rural Australian town of Mount Isa. His coaching career progressed quickly and he coached at his first Olympics in 1976, and was then Head Coach for Australia at the 1980, 1984 and 1988 Olympic Games, as well as the 1982 and 1986 Commonwealth Games teams. He then went on to be the Head Coach of the Hong King swimming team in 1991, and the Great Britain team from 2000 to September 2007. In his tenure with the Great Britain team they won as many medals at the World Championships as they had at all previous World Championships back to 1973. In all he has coached at 5 Olympic Games, 8 Commonwealth Games, and 9 World Championships, his swimmers have delivered 27 Olympic and World Championship medals and have broken 9 world records. Bill has an amazing presence, he fills the room with his energy and passion. He is a coaching guru in the truest sense of the word and in this interview we were also joined by 4 other elite coaches, who came to listen to what he had to say. And it was an absolute masterclass. He talks about meeting Nelson Mandela and the Great Boxing coach, Angelo Dundee. He shares stories of his successes and failures and reflects on what he has learnt from each. He is also challenging, forthright and motivating; I left with a soaring sense of energy after this discussion. There were so many highlights: The story he shares about meeting Nelson Mandela and the answer he gave him to the question of what lessons he learned while imprisoned on Robben island. His view that The coach sees what the athlete can't, and the athlete feels, what the coach cant and takes a marriage of both those attributes to produce a winning result. And The importance of investing in your past so that you can see your future. This was a life affirming conversation, and I hope you enjoy it as much as we did. And just before we go to the interview, If you're a first time listener, you can check out our archive with of interviews with other great coaches at our website; the greatcoachespodcast.com And while you are there, if you would like to help our podcast, which is fully independent and free from ads, you can follow the link to our Patreon page where we offer exclusive content to our supporters. If you would like to send us any feedback or if you know a great coach, who has a unique story to share, then we would love to hear from you, please contact us at thegreatcoachespodcast@gmail.com or contact us through our website thegreatcoachespodcast.com

Our Great Coach on this episode is Bill Sweetenham. Bill is an Australian swimming coach, who first started training athletes in the 1970’s in the rural Australian town of Mount Isa. His coaching career progressed quickly and he coached at his first Olympics in 1976, and was then Head Coach for Australia at the 1980, 1984 and 1988 Olympic Games, as well as the 1982 and 1986 Commonwealth Games teams. He then went on to be the Head Coach of the Hong King swimming team in 1991, and the Great Britain team from 2000 to September 2007. In his tenure with the Great Britain team they won as many medals at the World Championships as they had at all previous World Championships back to 1973. In all he has coached at 5 Olympic Games, 8 Commonwealth Games, and 9 World Championships, his swimmers have delivered 27 Olympic and World Championship medals and have broken 9 world records. Bill has an amazing presence, he fills the room with his energy and passion. He is a coaching guru in the truest sense of the word and in this interview we were also joined by 4 other elite coaches, who came to listen to what he had to say. And it was an absolute masterclass. He talks about meeting Nelson Mandela and the Great Boxing coach, Angelo Dundee. He shares stories of his successes and failures and reflects on what he has learnt from each. He is also challenging, forthright and motivating; I left with a soaring sense of energy after this discussion. There were so many highlights: The story he shares about meeting Nelson Mandela and the answer he gave him to the question of what lessons he learned while imprisoned on Robben island. His view that The coach sees what the athlete can't, and the athlete feels, what the coach cant and takes a marriage of both those attributes to produce a winning result. And The importance of investing in your past so that you can see your future. This was a life affirming conversation, and I hope you enjoy it as much as we did. And just before we go to the interview, If you're a first time listener, you can check out our archive with of interviews with other great coaches at our website; the <a href="http://greatcoachespodcast.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">greatcoachespodcast.com</a> And while you are there, if you would like to help our podcast, which is fully independent and free from ads, you can follow the link to our Patreon page where we offer exclusive content to our supporters. If you would like to send us any feedback or if you know a great coach, who has a unique story to share, then we would love to hear from you, please contact us at <a href="mailto:thegreatcoachespodcast@gmail.com">thegreatcoachespodcast@gmail.com</a> or contact us through our website <a href="http://thegreatcoachespodcast.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">thegreatcoachespodcast.com</a>

Best of Series: Bill Sweetenham

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 &amp; 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 &amp; Listen: Apple Podcasts Google Spotify YouTube Produced by: SWIMNERD Supported by: Fitter &amp; Faster

Bill Sweetenham, 5x Olympic Head Coach of 3 different countries, was inducted into the <a href="https://ishof.org/bill-sweetenham.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">International Swimming Hall of Fame</a> 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 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Ford" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Michelle Ford</a> &amp; <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tracey_Wickham" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tracey Wickham</a> 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 <a href="https://www.instagram.com/hawkebr/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@hawkebr</a> on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/insidewithBH" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@insidewithbh</a> On Facebook <a href="https://www.facebook.com/insidewithbh/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@insidewithbh</a> Find | Bill Sweetenham <a href="https://www.billsweetenham.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sweetenham Performance Consulting</a> Subscribe &amp; Listen: <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/inside-with-brett-hawke/id1498116036" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Apple Podcasts</a> <a href="https://podcasts.google.com/?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy8xMzY3Mjk1Yy9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw%3D%3D" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Google</a> <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/3ydMAzJEAKBaqvjQ9IvqmD" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Spotify</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUnIPHpA60QccvbkmCa4kzw" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">YouTube</a> Produced by: <a href="https://swimpractice.com/products/swimnerd-pace-clock" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SWIMNERD</a> Supported by: <a href="https://www.fitterandfaster.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fitter &amp; Faster</a>

#155 Bill Sweetenham

Bill Sweetenham on how he toughened up British swimming - and how he may yet stay until London 2012.

Power of one: Bill Sweetenham