On this edition of the podcast, Imogen Clark, our female swimmer of the year for 2022, tells us why last year was the best year of her career, and discusses the frustrations of being a 50 specialist in GB. We also discussed how the ISL kept her in the sport and her future plans as she aims to build on the success of 2022.
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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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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→
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.
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