Quote of the Week

 

Failure seldom stops you.  What

stops you is the fear of failure.

John Uhler "Jack" Lemmon III

 

 

StrokeMax Podcast with Norbert Ágh

 

This gentleman truly is a globetrotter!

 

He was in the states recently at The World Games in Birmingham Alabama.  Ágh works with the Hungarian National Lifesaving team.  They took home two relay golds in men's competition, along with a pair of silvers for the women.

 

We've been trying to pin Norbie down to visit and he found a few minutes for us last week.

 

Here's our episode with Hungarian Olympian Norbert Ágh:

 

 

We love to throw out terms like "feel for the water" and "early vertical forearm" in our sport.

Norbie's StrokeMax anti-paddles require swimmers to use those forearms and enhance their feel for the water.

Buy two (2) pair and get a third pair free here

 

 

You asked for it...

 

...okay, so you didn't ask for it, but here it is anyway.

 

DJA has our recent Swim Talk A2B podcast episodes up on YouTube.

 

These, and all previous episodes of Swim Talk A2B are available via Spotify and YouTube.

 

We talked to writer/swimmer Mike Stott about getting publicity for your swim program:

 

 

Dana & I visited with our buddy Patrick Henry so he could share what he learned in his two interim coaching jobs at MAC and New Trier.

 

Great stuff for coaches taking the reins in an already established program.  So much to talk about, we had to break it into two parts.

 

Part I:

 

 

Part B:

 

 

Most recently, VP of Sales for American Shield Roofing and Construction's Jon Lamson took the time to chat about the Victoria Advocate's Varsity Cup.

 

American Shield is a major sponsor of the event that recognizes local high school athletes and coaches for their efforts beyond the court, field, and pool:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Quote of the Week

 

If you make it in the NBA, for your entire life up to that point,

you were probably the best player on every team you were on.

 

When you get to the NBA, one of the things they tell you coming

in is that 80% of the league is role players.  Essentially they

tell you, you're no longer going to be the star of your team.

 

Most of us are not going to be the star ever again.  That's

a hard pill to swallow.  Honestly, the reason a lot of guys

don't make it in the NBA is they can't swallow that pill, 

they can't accept it, they can't take a back seat,

they're unwilling to take on a "lesser" role.

 

Keita Bates-Diop