Developing Olympians: Nashville Aquatic Club's Doug Wharam on Coaching the Walsh Sisters

Doug Wharam is the associate head coach and senior coordinator for the Nashville Aquatic Club in Nashville, Tennessee. This means that Wharam met Alex and Gretchen Walsh when they were 13 and 11 years old and coached them through high school. Wharam shares heart-warming anecdotes about how different the two were as sisters and how they developed in the pool.
0:00 Doug Wharam Introduction
1:22 Walsh Sisters Making 2024 Olympic Team
4:55 First Time Coaching Walsh Sisters
6:18 FIrst Memories of Alex & Gretchen
9:27 Alex's Consistency
11:31 Gretchen's Physical/Mental Advantages
12:46 Alex's Versatility
15:56 Who Wins, Alex or Gretchen, in a 200 IM SCM?
17:55 Alex's String of 4th Places at World Cup
20:56 Lessons Learned as a Coach of Alex
23:24 Lessons Learned as a Coach of Gretchen
25:26 Walsh Parents
28:44 Training Alone
30:51 Relationship Now
34:24 Celebrating Small Successes

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crazy to think they came out of the same club as one of the best to ever do it in tracy.