Kick Set

About Kick Set

The USA Swimming podcast series, Kick Set, will feature coaches, athletes and staff members who will share their perspectives on various topics in the swimming world.

Publisher

USA Swimming

Category

sports

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

16 Jan 2018

Latest episode

18 Sept 2025

Latest episodes

15 of 80 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   18 Sept 2025TRANSCRIPT

   Episode 80: Rylee Erisman Details Making the National Team as a 16-Year-Old

   Swimmer Rylee Erisman shares her journey to making the U.S. National Team at sixteen, detailing her path to elite competition.

2. 

   11 Jul 2025TRANSCRIPT

   Episode 79: Story Time, Career Highlights, and What Led to Retirement for Lilly King

   Three-time Olympian Lilly King shares career highlights and retirement insights with host [Host Name] in this interview.

3. 

   6 Jun 2025TRANSCRIPT

   Episode 78: World Championships Head Coach Braden Holloway

   Braden Holloway previews the upcoming 2025 World Aquatics Championships and assesses the prospects for his NC State swimmers and the entire U.S. team in this interview.

Inside a recent episode

Episode 80: Rylee Erisman Details Making the National Team as a 16-Year-Old

Published 18 Sept 2025 · Transcript excerpt

[…] Um, she was an eight time medalist at last month's world junior championships. I was there and even I didn't realize she won eight medals. That is a huge total. Um, including gold and the 50 and the hundred. And we're going to get into some of the details because, uh, how she did it was not what you'd call particularly easy, uh, particularly on the last day. So we're definitely going to talk about that in a second. Um, she also won eight medals last summer at junior Pampax. Uh, she's the current 15, 16 year old national age group record holder in the hundred free, which is no small feat. Um, a lot of really good hundred freestylers have come through that age group. […]

Who has been a guest on Kick Set

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Rylee Erisman
• Lilly King
• Braden Holloway
• Michael Andrew
• Mariah Denigan

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

93,479,341

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.2 / 5

106 ratings

Spotify

4.8 / 5

26 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 52 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

29

Social presence

0

YouTube

93

Engagement

94

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Guest appearances

Books guests

Based on episode analysis; this does not confirm that the show is currently accepting guests.