Podcast Episode – Rohan Taylor

Welcome to another episode of the Aquatic Mentors podcast. I am your host, Katrina van Eyk.

In this episode I interview an industry professional who has been involved with swimming in some way since his childhood covering many roles from swimmer, swim teacher, swim school owner, coach, state coach and now the acclaimed role of the Australia Dolphins Head Coach. So, please extend a big welcome to the podcast for Rohan Taylor.

Rohan has experienced the life of swimming in many different countries including Hong Kong, USA and Australia and while competing in a local swim meet in San Jose, California Rohan completed against the 1984 Australian Olympic Swim Team. During this meet Rohan’s father introduced him to the coaching staff of the Australian Swim team who noticed his swimming talent and invited him to train at the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra where he made several great connections with other swimmers.

After returning to the USA to finish school Rohan took on a coaching role with a local swim team. He enjoyed coaching and wanted to continue to coach after finishing school but realised to be able to support himself he needed to work in the learn to swim environment. This time in learn to swim and coaching consecutively showed Rohan the importance learn to swim has on making a great competitive swimmer. This is a value he still believes now and he shares inspiration on this topic during his interview.

With this knowledge Rohan moved back to Australia where he took on a few jobs in swim schools and clubs in both NSW and Victoria. He moved into the high-performance role with Nunawading Swimming Club in Victoria where he coached several Commonwealth Games and Olympic Games swimmers.

Rohan’s experience being involved with state and nation teams gave him the opportunity to take on the role as head state coach for Victoria and Tasmanian. While working in this role Rohan took the opportunity to work with Australia’s than head coach Jacco Verhaeren as his 2IC.

Earlier this year Jacco made the decision to move back to Holland with is family and Rohan accepted the role of head coach for the Australian Dolphins Swimming Team and is now working towards the team’s success at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021.

In today’s episode Rohan shares some great insights into his work as well as his thoughts on swimming in Australia and where he see’s swimming moving to in the future. He also offers his inspiring thoughts for those swim schools and clubs still effected by Covid.

Please share the point’s in Rohan’s interview which resonated with you on our Facebook page, Aquatic Mentors and you will find contact details listed at the end of the show notes.

If you want to share your aquatic story, please contact me via my email: regionalswimclinics@outlook.com

So, let’s dive in and find out more about Rohan’s journey in swimming.

Rohan Taylor’s Contact Information:

Email: rohan.taylor@swimming.org.au

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rohan-taylor-b3705454/

Katrina van Eyk's Contact Information:

Aquatic Mentors - https://www.aquaticmentors.com.au/

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Regional Swim Clinics - www.regionalswimclinics.com.au

Email – regionalswimclinics@outlook.com

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