If you’ve listed to the pullbuoy podcast at all over the past few years you’ll know we like to debate Britain’s distance swimming prowess. In an effort to find out what’s being done to reinvigorate GB’s performance in the longer events Steve and Bob turn to British Swimming distance lead Kevin Renshaw.
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Podcast: Bella Hindley – Playing the Long Game
Having reached her mid twenties and with the disruption of a pandemic throwing everyone’s plans into disarray, Bella Hindley could have been forgiven for thinking her international swimming career had come to a conclusion before it had even started. But she persevered and this year made her senior international debut … Listen→
Podcast: European Champs Review
The longest summer of international swimming in living memory came to a close in fine style at the European Championships in Rome. Steve, Katie and Bob reconvene for the final podcast of the season and consider the meet plus there’s time to answer a number of listener questions.
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The last few years have been challenging for Lewis Burras with many mental and physical ups and downs as he sought to find his place in the swimming world. In this episode of the pullbuoy podcast Lewis explains how working with coach Zoe Baker and a sports psychologist, and a change of mindset towards being accountable for his own performance has allowed him to deliver in the water.
Listen →Podcast: 2022 Commonwealth Games Review
It was a tremendously exciting week of racing in Birmingham at the Commonwealth Games, which generated a fantastic atmosphere in the sparkly new Sandwell Aquatic centre. On this review podcast, Steve and Katie consider events in the pool from the dominance of Ben Proud to the extensive medal winning exploits of Tom Dean and much more.
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