On the SwimSwam Podcast dive deeper into the sport you love with insider conversations about swimming. Hosted by Coleman Hodges and Gold Medal Mel Stewart, SwimSwam welcomes both the biggest names in swimming that you already know, and rising stars that you need to get to know, as we break down the past, present, and future of aquatic sports.
We sat down with Anthony Nesty, Olympic gold medalist in the 100 fly and head coach of the Florida men. Nesty talked about what winning an Olympic gold, and being the first from his country to do so, meant to him. He explained that he’s tried to give back to swimming since then, one reason why he got into coaching. Nesty also goes deep into what he enjoys about teaching men not just in the pool but outside of it as well.
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I don’t think the University of Florida head swim coach should be teaching excess empathy. Often self righteous pity for others is a form subjugation and an insult. Sounds like closet racism. Rather teach good sportsmanship. Good sportsmanship has a purpose in more then just sports. Good sportsmanship is a broader category then simply empathy. Good sportsmanship means not gloating excessively, not insulting those who have come second, third, or thereafter. Good sportsmanship includes the knowledge that as a competitor your coming back to compete again. Empathy is to feel sorry for someone at a distance like writing a check giving them money. However, compassion is to participate in there suffering. To roll up your sleeves and to swim with… Read more »
Seems like you are conflating empathy with pity. Empathy is the ability to “put yourself in someone’s shoes” – to understand what he or she is going through / where he or she is coming from.
Pity (and sympathy) has a sense of looking down on – but empathy does not.
Sometimes a cold take is a bad take, congrats on the bad take
….empathy is the bedrock to building team cohesion. Period. Empathy builds a strong sense of family…and it is a strong quality, essential, for troops in battle.
Empathy for whom would troops in battle have ? I don’t get it .
..That was a little too deep my good Captain
“honesty and respect” – stand up guy from one our nations best programs
One of the best in the biz!!!
Great man, great coach.