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MYSWIM

Michael Helps

Looking for your next aquatic challenge? Or do you have a love for water and the adventures, friendships and challenges it can bring and want to tell us about your individual MYSWIM so others can share the experience? Then the MYSWIM podcast is for you! MYSWIM is every person’s personal adventure in water. Whether it is learning to swim, wild swimming, channel swimming, winter swimming or another aquatic sport such as waterpolo, synchronised swimming, triathlon or something social with friends (the best kind!) and everything in between your happy place, your aquatic adventure, and together we can explore it! We really want to positively celebrate and promote all aspects of aquatics and particularly the mental health benefits that swimming brings and would love you to be part of it. Join the community, give us your feedback, follow and Tell us all about your individual “MYSWIM”

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  • 22 episodes
  • Updated May 18

Episodes22

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  • May 6, 2023 · 50 min

    MYSWIM: Waterpolo and the 2012 Olympics with Matt Holland

    Send us Fan Mail In this episode we are joined by GB water polo goalkeeper and coach Matthew Holland we explain what is waterpolo ,its history and the sports inclusion into the modern Olympics. Matt joins us and helps us understand a bit more about being a professional in the sport of water polo and particularly your experiences around 2012. We explore Matt’s journey and the following topics: 1. The Beginning: Matt Holland’s journey from starting to swim through to the day of the Olympics? 2. Training plans for the journey: How did training plans and strategies develop along that journey? Should anything be change? 3. Olympics 2012: What was it like being selected for the London Olympics in 2012 the first GB squad to get to the games for 56 years. We talk through the events at the Olympics and the day of the first match (preparation, holding area, warm up, team talk, seeing the crowd) 4. Professional water polo player: Life After the Olympics ,following your dream and talents as a professional water polo player for clubs in Europe (Holland, Spain, France) How did the experiences differ, a day in the life of a professional water polo player. 5. Part-time player: The change to working full-time, which inevitably water polo players in the UK need to do, How that changed the training regime and tips for an aspiring waterpolo player looking to juggle work or studies with training. 6. Future of British Water polo: Matt Holland is still very much involved with the playing and coaching side of British water polo, we discuss the future of UK polo. 7. Future Matt Holland: What does the future hold for Matt Holland? 8. Further Information:links to information referenced in the podcast: World Aquatics formerly FINA on www.worldaquatics.com Look up local clubs on the British swimming website www.britishswimming.org Those wanting to aspire to the national league of the UK then the British water polo league website on www.bwpl.org) There is a unique design that goes with this podcast links to which can be found on the website www.MYSWIM.uk .Every purchase helps us keep these podcasts going and helps spread the knowledge and love for aquatic adventures in their various forms.

  • Feb 20, 2023 · 3 min

    MYSWIM: Trailer episode (S1E0)

    Send us Fan Mail An introduction to the MYSWIM podcast and host. What is it about, who is it for, how the MYSWIM stories will be shared, and why we’d love you to listen and partake. Looking for your next aquatic challenge? Or do you have a love for water and the adventures, friendships and challenges it can bring and want to tell us about your individual MYSWIM so others can share the experience? Then the MYSWIM podcast is for you! Welcome to MYSWIM. MYSWIM is every person’s personal adventure in water. Whether it is learning to swim, wild swimming, channel swimming, winter swimming or another aquatic sport like waterpolo, synchronised swimming, triathlon or something social with friends (the best kind!) and everything in between your happy place, your aquatic adventure, and together we can explore it! Host Michael Helps has been part of some great water polo teams winning national titles as a player and coach also competing in Ironman triathlons before completing long distance swimming challenges in lakes, rivers and oceans around the world including the triple crown and a English Channel 2 way attempt that ended up as a 42 hour battle. Michael has played, swum and trained alongside some great and inspiration people with amazing stories and passion for a certain aquatic challenge and through the MYSWIM PODCASTS he will bring you those people and that passion and love for that swim or water experience so we can get under the skin of the adventure and share the achievement, the excitement and the fears of individuals MYSWIM . This hope is it will either inspire you to experience their swim for yourself or for you to find your own individual MYSWIM. To capture the joy of each individual MYSWIM there is an exclusive bright, fun, MYSWIM podcast themed artwork design that have been sustainable sourced. If you enjoy the podcasts and the guests We’d appreciate your support to keep these podcasts going and spreading the knowledge to a wider community by checking out the designs on www.MYSWIM.uk .Maybe you’ll see your own MYSWIM there! Let us know what you want to hear about and together let’s build the community. We really want to positively celebrate and promote all aspects of aquatics and particularly the mental health benefits that swimming brings and would love you to be part of it. Join the community, give us your feedback, follow and Tell us all about your individual “MYSWIM”