NC State’s Braden Holloway Talks Sprint Training, Taper Strategies

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North Carolina State Head Coach Braden Holloway joined the SwimSwam podcast a few days out from his 10th ACC championship meet at the helm of the Wolfpack:
We dove into sprint specific topics including taper strategies, which are tricky to balance for his team heading into conference. We talked training groups and coaching collaborations. We also talked specifics as far as how he writes workouts, how he’s stayed fun as he’s become a seasoned head coach, and how a particular passion is the common link between all the good coaches Braden has worked with.
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Woodrow
2 years ago

Such an interesting conversation. Love the details and thought processes. It’s wild how much training has evolved.

oxyswim
2 years ago

Wonderful conversation. I know Garrett is busy, but he’s really good at these.

Joe
2 years ago

Are there any good websites to get ideas for swim workouts? I swim by myself as a master swimmer so looking for some inspiration for workouts and all of the ones on the USMS website are terrible.

Joseph Schultz
Reply to  Joe
2 years ago

I’m interested too

Coach Nico
Reply to  Joe
2 years ago

Full disclaimer: I’m the founder of the platform, so I might be partial – suggest you take a look at ProSwimWorkouts.com … lots of workouts available and more added “daily”. Of course, I should also mention that SwimSwam runs a daily workout post on their site that might also provide you with ideas. Best of luck with your swimming!

Swimfan
2 years ago

Best in the game. NCS was horrible before he took over. Now both teams are top 3.

25Backstroke
Reply to  Swimfan
2 years ago

Not entirely sure NC State > Florida on the mens side yet, hold your horses

Joe
2 years ago

miss flo swimming with Garrett

Joel Lin
2 years ago

Whatever it is he does that is worth imitating because it certainly gets great results.

Texmex
2 years ago

I have so much respect for Holloway, the way he builds a strong mens team, a strong woman’s team, a strong pro team and even builds up coaches like Desorbo is pretty impressive.

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