October 24, 2024 • 9 mins
Imagine winning a national swimming championship at 53 and simultaneously preparing to qualify for a senior amateur golf championship--all in the same week. Meet Tricia Good, a phenomenal athlete from the Sarasota Sharks Masters, who shares her surprising journey of triumph at the US Masters Long Course Nationals in Mission Viejo. Learn from her about balancing two demanding sports and the mental strategies she uses to excel in both swimming and golf. With the guidance of her coach, Rick Walker, Tricia's story of returning to swimming for personal fulfillment is a testament to resilience and focus, offering inspiration for those striving for excellence across varied pursuits.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Welcome to the award-winning Champions Mojo
hosted by two worldrecord-holding athletes.
Be inspired as you listen toconversations with champions and
now your hosts, kelly Pallasand Maria Parker.
Speaker 2 (00:16):
Hello friends, Welcome to the Champions Mojo
podcast.
I am your host, Kelly Pallas,and, as usual, I am with my
co-host, Maria Parker.
Hey Maria, hey Kelly, it'sgreat to be with you here today.
Yes, and Maria, this is aspecial edition of Champions
Mojo from the Pool Deck and wehave a great interview for you
(00:40):
today.
It's brief, it's short, butit's powerful.
Speaker 3 (00:47):
Yeah, interview for you today.
It's brief, it's short, butit's powerful.
Yeah, I wasn't there, but I wasable to listen to the interview
and some great takeaways.
Speaker 2 (00:51):
Yeah, we hope you'll stick around and catch the
takeaways.
And here we go.
Okay, I am on deck at USMasters Long Course Nationals in
Mission Viejo, california, withTricia Good.
Tisha is a 53-year-old swimmerwith the Sarasota Sharks and I
heard on deck Trisha has thecoolest story I wanted to share.
(01:13):
But besides opening the meetwith winning the 50 to 54 1500
meter free and breaking 21minutes which is an excellent
time, trisha swim a lot ofevents, but we're in the cool
down pool and Tricia first,let's just talk about your 1500.
How did that feel to win that?
Speaker 4 (01:31):
It felt pretty good.
It was a big surprise.
I didn't expect to win itactually, and I just, I don't
know, I kind of went blind inthe pool and just swam my own
race.
I was out in lane one, which isalways comfortable for me, so I
was actually surprised Verysurprised.
Speaker 2 (01:47):
Yeah, I love lane one for a distance event.
You can kind of just focus onyour own thing.
So did it hurt?
Only the last 50.
Oh, my goodness, wow, so youhave more time to take off if it
didn't hurt until the last 50.
The last 50 are yeah, okay sowhat is your training like?
Speaker 4 (02:03):
Well, well, I train in sarasota with the sharks and
so rick is kind of our masterleader and workout writer and
varies workouts all the time.
So it's good some days stroke,some days distance, some days
mid-distance, some days speed,so he buries it through the week
.
I swim five days a week, anhour and a half, and then
saturday we have our one hour ofpower.
(02:25):
We call it our hop workoutshour of power and that's all.
Sprint focus, no rest, just gofor an hour straight and then on
the side I do a little running,a little strength training,
mostly just core.
Speaker 2 (02:37):
That's about it Very good.
That's a nice schedule and weare talking about the Rick
Walker, the head coach of theSarasota Sharks, who's been on
the show.
He has a great interview if youwant to find that one, but one
of the reasons obviously you'rea great swimmer to win, to be a
national champion, but we're inthe cool down pool, we both did
200 rest and you are telling methat you're not swimming
(02:58):
tomorrow, which is Sunday,because you're changing gears to
go do what I'm going to qualifyfor the US Senior Women's
Amateur Golf Championship.
Speaker 4 (03:14):
So they have qualifying sites all over the
country and I missed my Floridaqualifying site.
That's my home state.
I missed it because I wastaking my only daughter off to
college and I kind of perusedthe schedule of the qualifying
sites and there happened to be aqualifying site this week about
10 minutes away from here and Ithought what the heck?
I'm already out here.
I'll extend my day and give ita try.
So if I qualify we'll move toSeptember and the championship
(03:39):
is up in Seattle and it's a weeklong golf tournament.
Speaker 2 (03:44):
Obviously, golf is different than swimming, and you
said that, um, you played golfin college.
Tell us a little bit about that.
Speaker 4 (03:51):
So I grew up swimming , playing golf, played soccer,
played softball, played t-ball.
I had a dad who was an athleteand coach and he just told us
try everything and picksomething you like when you get
old enough and strong enough.
And so I went back and forthbetween golf and swimming.
I always liked both of them andI ended up having a coach.
(04:13):
That was not the greatest forme mentally and emotionally
growing up about 14.
And that's about the time wheregirls particularly start
dropping sport.
And I always had golf and it waskind of my sanctuary time.
I call it because I just got togo out, walk green hills, be
with friends, sometimes with mydad, and I just told my dad I
(04:35):
think I want to just quitswimming and just focus on golf.
So high school came, I focusedon golf and I got a scholarship
to play golf at University ofMichigan.
I spent my four years there andthen, just you know, went and
lived life, started working,then just went and lived life,
started working family and justgot back into golf.
Recently because my daughterwas getting older and more
(04:59):
autonomous, I thought I'm justgoing to start going out and
playing.
The last four years I got backinto golf, but I always had
swimming as my backup, my alonetime.
It became more of my sanityonce I had a kid, because I
could get underwater and nobodywas demanding for me.
Speaker 2 (05:17):
Some people say there is a similarity in golf and
swimming about rotational aroundthe center axis.
Do you get that?
Speaker 4 (05:24):
Yes, it is your center of gravity stays and you
rotate around.
Speaker 2 (05:29):
And it's all legs, hips, shoulders, and you rotate
around and it's all legs, hips,shoulders, and so I feel like in
both of those sports swimmingand golf that the mental game is
a huge part of it.
Yeah, in golf and swimming,what similarities can you share
that you might find in both?
Speaker 4 (05:50):
Being a long-distance swimmer, I would say the
mentality is the same, becauseyou got a lot of time to fix
your mistakes, you got a lot oftime to just kind of blank out
and you can't let too much inand messy up, and the more tense
you get, the less control youhave over doing well.
So I think with long distanceswimming and golf are similar
With sprinting.
No, I found out this me, I'mnot a sprinter.
(06:11):
I panic, it's not my game andthat's okay.
You can't do that in golf.
You can't panic Like you haveto take deep breaths, be patient
and just wait and the resultswill come if you just you put
the work in and you really haveto just not think very much.
And I think in long distanceswimming you can't think too
much Like I just get onautopilot and go and just focus
(06:34):
on breathing, focus on somethingthat's not physical or
emotional, and so you tighten up, you're not going to perform.
Speaker 2 (06:43):
I love that.
That is really great.
So all you distance people outthere, swimmers, you might be
able to play golf at some point,right, maybe with lessons and
lots of work.
You might be able to play golfat some point, right, maybe with
lessons and lots of work.
Yes, yeah, it's definitely notsomething you can do overnight,
but there is 18 holes.
You can mess up three holes andstill win, or mess up half the
holes right and still win.
I like that in swimming If youmiss a flip turn or you don't
(07:05):
have a couple of good laps.
Is there anything that Ihaven't asked you that you might
want to share with ourlisteners?
Just keep swimming, make it alifelong sport.
We just watched the 97-year-oldguy finish the 200 breast about
five minutes ago.
Well, thanks, thank you.
Speaker 1 (07:21):
Stay tuned for the takeaways.
Want to succeed like a champion?
Five-time Olympic coach BobBowman, coach of Olympic legend
Michael Phelps, says Kelly'sbook Take your Mark Lead is a
powerful addition to yourpersonal improvement library,
and learners from all walks oflife will gain key insights and
enjoy this inspiring book.
(07:41):
Take your Mark Lead debuted asan Amazon number one bestseller
in five categories and isavailable online.
And now the takeaways.
Speaker 2 (07:53):
Trisha Good from the Sarasota Sharks and the national
champion in the 1500.
She's got a double sportscareer going.
Maria, what is your firsttakeaway?
I?
Speaker 3 (08:05):
just love that.
She said that as a kid.
Her dad said try everything andpick one.
So she picked swimming and thenthat didn't go well so she
picked golf.
So I just I guess my takeawayfor that as a parent try
everything, get your kids to tryeverything and then pick one
they like and try to really getgood at it.
Speaker 2 (08:21):
Yes, that was great advice.
I loved when she compared golfto swimming or really to
anything that you're trying.
You can mess up nine out ofyour 18 holes and still have a
good round of golf, and I feellike that's very similar in
swimming.
You know, you can mess up oneturn and then have a good turn
(08:41):
somewhere else.
It's just it's okay to mess up.
I think that's the takeawaythat you can mess up.
I think that that's thetakeaway that you can mess up,
and as long as you don't lose itmentally in a spiral, then you
can be fine.
So I love that it's okay tomess up.
Speaker 3 (08:54):
Yeah, I love that too .
Great interview.
All right, thanks, maria, loveyou, love you, bye.
Speaker 1 (09:00):
Thank you for listening to the Champions Mojo
podcast.
Did you enjoy the show?
We'd be grateful if you wouldleave us a five-star review on
iTunes to help others find us,and we'd also love to hear from
you.
We're on all social mediaplatforms or you can reach us at
(09:21):
championsmojocom.
Welcome to the award-winning Champions Mojo
hosted by two worldrecord-holding athletes.
Be inspired as you listen toconversations with champions and
now your hosts, kelly Pallasand Maria Parker.
Speaker 2 (00:16):
Hello friends, Welcome to the Champions Mojo
podcast.
I am your host, Kelly Pallas,and, as usual, I am with my
co-host, Maria Parker.
Hey Maria, hey Kelly, it'sgreat to be with you here today.
Yes, and Maria, this is aspecial edition of Champions
Mojo from the Pool Deck and wehave a great interview for you
(00:40):
today.
It's brief, it's short, butit's powerful.
Speaker 3 (00:47):
Yeah, interview for you today.
It's brief, it's short, butit's powerful.
Yeah, I wasn't there, but I wasable to listen to the interview
and some great takeaways.
Speaker 2 (00:51):
Yeah, we hope you'll stick around and catch the
takeaways.
And here we go.
Okay, I am on deck at USMasters Long Course Nationals in
Mission Viejo, california, withTricia Good.
Tisha is a 53-year-old swimmerwith the Sarasota Sharks and I
heard on deck Trisha has thecoolest story I wanted to share.
(01:13):
But besides opening the meetwith winning the 50 to 54 1500
meter free and breaking 21minutes which is an excellent
time, trisha swim a lot ofevents, but we're in the cool
down pool and Tricia first,let's just talk about your 1500.
How did that feel to win that?
Speaker 4 (01:31):
It felt pretty good.
It was a big surprise.
I didn't expect to win itactually, and I just, I don't
know, I kind of went blind inthe pool and just swam my own
race.
I was out in lane one, which isalways comfortable for me, so I
was actually surprised Verysurprised.
Speaker 2 (01:47):
Yeah, I love lane one for a distance event.
You can kind of just focus onyour own thing.
So did it hurt?
Only the last 50.
Oh, my goodness, wow, so youhave more time to take off if it
didn't hurt until the last 50.
The last 50 are yeah, okay sowhat is your training like?
Speaker 4 (02:03):
Well, well, I train in sarasota with the sharks and
so rick is kind of our masterleader and workout writer and
varies workouts all the time.
So it's good some days stroke,some days distance, some days
mid-distance, some days speed,so he buries it through the week
.
I swim five days a week, anhour and a half, and then
saturday we have our one hour ofpower.
(02:25):
We call it our hop workoutshour of power and that's all.
Sprint focus, no rest, just gofor an hour straight and then on
the side I do a little running,a little strength training,
mostly just core.
Speaker 2 (02:37):
That's about it Very good.
That's a nice schedule and weare talking about the Rick
Walker, the head coach of theSarasota Sharks, who's been on
the show.
He has a great interview if youwant to find that one, but one
of the reasons obviously you'rea great swimmer to win, to be a
national champion, but we're inthe cool down pool, we both did
200 rest and you are telling methat you're not swimming
(02:58):
tomorrow, which is Sunday,because you're changing gears to
go do what I'm going to qualifyfor the US Senior Women's
Amateur Golf Championship.
Speaker 4 (03:14):
So they have qualifying sites all over the
country and I missed my Floridaqualifying site.
That's my home state.
I missed it because I wastaking my only daughter off to
college and I kind of perusedthe schedule of the qualifying
sites and there happened to be aqualifying site this week about
10 minutes away from here and Ithought what the heck?
I'm already out here.
I'll extend my day and give ita try.
So if I qualify we'll move toSeptember and the championship
(03:39):
is up in Seattle and it's a weeklong golf tournament.
Speaker 2 (03:44):
Obviously, golf is different than swimming, and you
said that, um, you played golfin college.
Tell us a little bit about that.
Speaker 4 (03:51):
So I grew up swimming , playing golf, played soccer,
played softball, played t-ball.
I had a dad who was an athleteand coach and he just told us
try everything and picksomething you like when you get
old enough and strong enough.
And so I went back and forthbetween golf and swimming.
I always liked both of them andI ended up having a coach.
(04:13):
That was not the greatest forme mentally and emotionally
growing up about 14.
And that's about the time wheregirls particularly start
dropping sport.
And I always had golf and it waskind of my sanctuary time.
I call it because I just got togo out, walk green hills, be
with friends, sometimes with mydad, and I just told my dad I
(04:35):
think I want to just quitswimming and just focus on golf.
So high school came, I focusedon golf and I got a scholarship
to play golf at University ofMichigan.
I spent my four years there andthen, just you know, went and
lived life, started working,then just went and lived life,
started working family and justgot back into golf.
Recently because my daughterwas getting older and more
(04:59):
autonomous, I thought I'm justgoing to start going out and
playing.
The last four years I got backinto golf, but I always had
swimming as my backup, my alonetime.
It became more of my sanityonce I had a kid, because I
could get underwater and nobodywas demanding for me.
Speaker 2 (05:17):
Some people say there is a similarity in golf and
swimming about rotational aroundthe center axis.
Do you get that?
Speaker 4 (05:24):
Yes, it is your center of gravity stays and you
rotate around.
Speaker 2 (05:29):
And it's all legs, hips, shoulders, and you rotate
around and it's all legs, hips,shoulders, and so I feel like in
both of those sports swimmingand golf that the mental game is
a huge part of it.
Yeah, in golf and swimming,what similarities can you share
that you might find in both?
Speaker 4 (05:50):
Being a long-distance swimmer, I would say the
mentality is the same, becauseyou got a lot of time to fix
your mistakes, you got a lot oftime to just kind of blank out
and you can't let too much inand messy up, and the more tense
you get, the less control youhave over doing well.
So I think with long distanceswimming and golf are similar
With sprinting.
No, I found out this me, I'mnot a sprinter.
(06:11):
I panic, it's not my game andthat's okay.
You can't do that in golf.
You can't panic Like you haveto take deep breaths, be patient
and just wait and the resultswill come if you just you put
the work in and you really haveto just not think very much.
And I think in long distanceswimming you can't think too
much Like I just get onautopilot and go and just focus
(06:34):
on breathing, focus on somethingthat's not physical or
emotional, and so you tighten up, you're not going to perform.
Speaker 2 (06:43):
I love that.
That is really great.
So all you distance people outthere, swimmers, you might be
able to play golf at some point,right, maybe with lessons and
lots of work.
You might be able to play golfat some point, right, maybe with
lessons and lots of work.
Yes, yeah, it's definitely notsomething you can do overnight,
but there is 18 holes.
You can mess up three holes andstill win, or mess up half the
holes right and still win.
I like that in swimming If youmiss a flip turn or you don't
(07:05):
have a couple of good laps.
Is there anything that Ihaven't asked you that you might
want to share with ourlisteners?
Just keep swimming, make it alifelong sport.
We just watched the 97-year-oldguy finish the 200 breast about
five minutes ago.
Well, thanks, thank you.
Speaker 1 (07:21):
Stay tuned for the takeaways.
Want to succeed like a champion?
Five-time Olympic coach BobBowman, coach of Olympic legend
Michael Phelps, says Kelly'sbook Take your Mark Lead is a
powerful addition to yourpersonal improvement library,
and learners from all walks oflife will gain key insights and
enjoy this inspiring book.
(07:41):
Take your Mark Lead debuted asan Amazon number one bestseller
in five categories and isavailable online.
And now the takeaways.
Speaker 2 (07:53):
Trisha Good from the Sarasota Sharks and the national
champion in the 1500.
She's got a double sportscareer going.
Maria, what is your firsttakeaway?
I?
Speaker 3 (08:05):
just love that.
She said that as a kid.
Her dad said try everything andpick one.
So she picked swimming and thenthat didn't go well so she
picked golf.
So I just I guess my takeawayfor that as a parent try
everything, get your kids to tryeverything and then pick one
they like and try to really getgood at it.
Speaker 2 (08:21):
Yes, that was great advice.
I loved when she compared golfto swimming or really to
anything that you're trying.
You can mess up nine out ofyour 18 holes and still have a
good round of golf, and I feellike that's very similar in
swimming.
You know, you can mess up oneturn and then have a good turn
(08:41):
somewhere else.
It's just it's okay to mess up.
I think that's the takeawaythat you can mess up.
I think that that's thetakeaway that you can mess up,
and as long as you don't lose itmentally in a spiral, then you
can be fine.
So I love that it's okay tomess up.
Speaker 3 (08:54):
Yeah, I love that too .
Great interview.
All right, thanks, maria, loveyou, love you, bye.
Speaker 1 (09:00):
Thank you for listening to the Champions Mojo
podcast.
Did you enjoy the show?
We'd be grateful if you wouldleave us a five-star review on
iTunes to help others find us,and we'd also love to hear from
you.
We're on all social mediaplatforms or you can reach us at
(09:21):
championsmojocom.
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