Bob Bowman & Herbie Behm Discuss How Team Dynamic has Impacted Early Season Speed

By Coleman Hodges on SwimSwam

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Arizona State has been having a heck of a season so far and it’s barely November. In dual meets against Georgia and NC State, where both teams were wearing technical racing suits, ASU’s men came away with decisive wins while their women showed a lot of promise. The ASU pro group also raced during these dual meets, one notable race coming in the form of Regan Smith breaking the American record in the 200y fly.

ASU head coach Bob Bowman and associate head coach Herbie Behm sat down with SwimSwam to discuss completely changing the training group structure after the departure of Rachel Stratton-Mills to Northwestern and how that has affected the team culture.

• 0:00 Bob Bowman & Herbie Behm Introduction
• 1:00 Combining the Men’s & Women’s Training Groups
• 6:00 Weekly Training Groups
• 14:34 Wearing Tech Suits in all Dual Meets
• 21:39 October Dual Meets
• 28:28 Ilya Kharun
• 32:55 Swimming Fast Year-Round
• 37:14 Regan Smith
• 41:20 NC State Invite/US Open

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