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Former Stanford swim coach Tracy Slusser joins Social Kick to discuss her career pivot from coaching Olympic athletes like Katie Ledecky to launching a leadership coaching business for coaches.

She opens up about women in coaching, parental leave in sports, work-life balance on the pool deck, and her push for policy changes to support coaches navigating family and career at the NCAA and national team level.

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The College Swimming League CEO joins us to break down the prize money, broadcast deals, and the format for the 2026 launch.

We are looking at the specifics of the new College Swimming League. With 12 teams competing across 8 meets, this setup is built specifically for television audiences rather than traditional timing.

The league has already locked in a major swimming broadcast partnership with ESPN and DAZN to bring the sport to a wider audience.  

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Chris Guiliano returns to Social Kick to recap his Pan Pacs season, discuss adapting to training in Austin, and answer audience questions about the gallop stroke, sprinter warmups, tech suits, and more.

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PanPac champion McKenzie Siroky joins Social Kick to break down her breakout season, U.S. Nationals win, and rise in the 50 and 100 breaststroke.

We talk swimming tips, swimming technique, swim drills, swimming practice, nutrition, and how to swim faster.

Plus, McKenzie shares her journey from hockey to competitive swimming and her approach to becoming a better swimmer.

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Episode 313 of The Social Kick Podcast features Indiana University sprint coach John Long! Fresh off a historic season where the IU men scored massive points at NCAAs and the women shattered relay records, Coach Long joins Bryan Lundquist and Dr. John Mullen.

From transitioning through the legendary coaching trees of Auburn (Marsh, Quick, Hawke) to implementing ultra-low volume sprint blocks, experimenting with Kaatsu training, underwater cameras, and the upcoming College Swim League (CSL) innovations, John breaks down the modern evolution of collegiate sprint training.