Ian Pope is the Head Coach of the Melbourne Swimming Club. He is one of the most successful swimming coaches in the World having coached swimmers to over 70 medals at the Olympics, World Champs, and Commonwealth Games. 


Including Matt Welsh, Michael Klim, Giaan Rooney, Grant Hackett, Marieke Guerher, Matthew Targett, Patrick Murphy, Koti Ngawati, Rachel Goh, Sam Marshall, Hadyn Stoeckel, and Italian swimmer Massimiliano Rosolino. 


And, Brett Hawke!


00:00 Bratter PA Immigration Law

00:05 Hello Ian Pope!

02:45 Ian the musician

07:18 Stroke technician

13:08 Writing & training for individuals

19:10 Training schedules

23:45 SwimTraxx Swim Tracker

24:30 Practicing race simulation

28:10 Swimmer Coach Partnership

29:22 Brett at 2003 World Championships

34:52 Brett walking into practice

36:30 Liam almost drowns

38:30 Leukemia

42:08 Beine Genetic Sports Preformance

42:56 Swim Angelfish Adaptive Swim Lessons

43:35 The demands of being a swim coach

44:55 Crazy sets

46:45 Matt Welsh 400 Kick for Time

48:35 Memorable Coaching Moments

50:35 Writing swim workouts

53:45 Mentoring coaches like Jol Finck

55:10 State of Australian Swimming

57:00 Sunwoo Hwang

58:30 David Popovici

59:30 Melbourne

01:00:35 Staying motivated

01:03:00 Kids have changed

01:06:45 Swimnerd Live Results


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