What if a childhood fear of water could transform into an Olympic dream?

Join Vijay and Saumil on the Get Kids to Play podcast as they dive deep with Nisha Millet, India's first woman swimmer to qualify for the Olympics. From nearly drowning at age five to standing poolside in Sydney at eighteen, Nisha shares how patience, play, and parental support turned hydrophobia into a lifelong love affair with water. Now training everyone from toddlers to senior citizens, she's proof that the right approach to sport can change lives.

0:00 - Introduction
1:21 - From near-drowning to hydrophobia: The five-year-old's accident
2:09 - Thrown in the deep end: The old-fashioned way of teaching swimming
4:36 - School vs. sport: Finding the balance with realistic expectations
8:32 - Should only rich kids play sports? Unpacking the funding debate
10:51 - Meet the 63-year-old team captain who outruns twenty-somethings
14:53 - The 22-year gap: Why no Indian woman has qualified for Olympic swimming since 2004
18:53 - What's holding Indian swimmers back from Olympic cutoffs?
23:33 - The only sport you can do for life: Swimming's therapeutic power
26:39 - Final advice: Don't pass your fears onto your kids

About Nisha Millet
https://nishamillet.com/

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