This episode of Swim Talk A2B features Avery Adams. [content timeline follows]
Avery hails from Kentucky where he got his first head swim coach job at the Palomar Hills Piranhas summer swim team. Since that first dip in the coaching pool, his coaching credentials have carried him to multiple positions in Kentucky, including the University of Kentucky, Wildcat Aquatics, Lakeside Seahawks, as well as coaching positions with several USA Zone and National Select Camps. For the past 7 years he has called South Carolina home. His latest ventures established Elevate Coaching Services and the Performance Swim Academy, also in Charleston, where he focuses on delivering not only coaching but tangible, transformative results, working with teams, LSCs, individual swimmers of all ages, and families, as well as international teams and governing bodies.
Instagram: elevate_swim_academy
Facebook: Elevate Coaching Services
URL: www.elevatetheprocess.com
email: avery@elevatetheprocess.com
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Content timeline (fairly accurate!)
Our visit with Elevate Performance Swim Academy's Avery Adams
00:40 – Background of Avery Adams
02:25 – Eddie Reese book plug
02:55 – Welcome Avery Adams
03:25 – Focus on squat technique
07:30 – Athlete to coach ratio
08:50 – Elevate Performance Swim Academy
10:19 – Air Force Academy’s James Winterfield
13:00 – Building relationships
15:40 – Individual sessions, evaluations, & warm-up
18:20 – Multi-sport background
19:25 – Lakeside SeaHawks & Vern Gambetta (GAIN)
20:00 – Body line as linkage/connection
21:15 – Innovation & reaction time
23:55 – Sprinting & set design
26:15 – Sprinting & muscle tissue recruitment
29:10 – Sprinting vs. AFAP
30:05 – What drives long axis strokes? Short axis?
31:40 – Teaching “gears”
34:50 – Gamification
37:35 – Overcoming limitations
40:15 – A few favorite drills
46:10 – Finishing races (last 15m)
49:35 – Wrapping up & contact info
