Podcast Episodes

Episode 7: The Family's Room

Parents get handed exactly one tool: the scoreboard. So of course they fixate on it — it's the only window they've got. In episode seven of The Long …

2 months, 1 week ago

Episode 6: Stewards, Not Just Coaches

Coaches got into this to develop people — then drowned in paperwork. In episode six of The Long Course, Mark opens the coach's room: built to take th…

2 months, 2 weeks ago

Episode 5: A Place to Belong

The always-on scoreboard doesn't just hurt the slow kids — the ones at the top are often the most anxious of all. In episode five of The Long Course,…

2 months, 3 weeks ago

Episode 4: The Power of a Little

For three episodes we built the problem and found who could fix it. Now the real question: how does “everyone does a little” actually work? In episod…

2 months, 3 weeks ago

Episode 3: Who fixes it?

If swimming has drifted, who's supposed to fix it? Not the governing bodies — they make rules, not culture. Not the families — their focus is their o…

3 months ago

Episode 2: The Villain

If you only saw the promo for episode one, you probably think this series is about parents ruining swimming. It isn't. In episode two of The Long Cou…

3 months ago

The Long Course: Heads Up

The Long Course - Episode 1 : Heads Up

No coach will ever tell a swimmer to lift their head up — head down is how you go fast. In the first episode o…

3 months ago

Wayzata's David Plummer

It's always refreshing to hear about a school or a community adding a pool, but it's not easy and it's not a short term investment of time. Wayzata …

4 months, 3 weeks ago

The College Recruiting Process with Josh Johnston

MSV continues to grow and evolve to best support the athletes in the state. Former Gopher Josh Johnston is jumping on board to help build out a set …

5 months, 1 week ago

Coach Grace Benin

Grace Benin, the coach of Hopkins girls and Maple Grove boys join the Vibecast to share some insights on her first couple of seasons coaching. what …

5 months, 2 weeks ago