I am specially excited to introduce you to my today’s guest of the Swimvenue podcast, one of the world’s best swim coaches and legendary swimming commentator from Brazil, one and only, coach Alex. Alex told why he loves the sport of swimming

we spoke about his beginnings to the sport

and his story of becoming a coach

Alex told us about his unique coaching proposition

and about the most memorable race in his coaching career

We discussed the difference between art and science of swimming

and his perspective on mental training

Alex spoke about the key to success in swimming

the differences between good and great swimmer

and told the story of his team, Davie Nadadores

We then jumped to his journalism career and Alex told me what he loves the most about this work

and we discussed the popularity of swimming in his home country, Brazil

We spoke about the most interesting things about the swimming sport for TV spectators

and how can he feel the emotions and live the story of an athlete while commentating

Alex spoke about the first swimming olympic gold medal for Brazil in 2008

and about his favorite swimming venue in the world

Alex told his predictions for Tokyo 2021

and predictions for the first swimmer to break the 20 second barrier for the 50m freestyle

In the end of the episode we spoke about marketing and discussed how is the social media going to change the landscape of professional sport

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