{"id":144210,"date":"2015-07-16T14:26:41","date_gmt":"2015-07-16T21:26:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=144210"},"modified":"2015-07-28T18:03:08","modified_gmt":"2015-07-29T01:03:08","slug":"david-durden-head-coaching-job-world-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/david-durden-head-coaching-job-world-championships\/","title":{"rendered":"David Durden\u2019s First U.S. Head Coaching Job Comes With Unique Challenges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>Coverage of the World Championships is sponsored by <a href=\"http:\/\/ads.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/abmc.aspx?b=939&amp;z=6\" target=\"_blank\">Wylas Timing<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n<p><strong>David Durden<\/strong> is in charge of the men\u2019s world championship squad competing in two weeks in Kazan, Russia. The 22 pool swimmers were picked last August at the USA Swimming nationals as well as the Pan Pacific championships, much earlier than usual. The decision to select the squad early has been met with praise and criticism, and Durden says his biggest challenge since getting the job last November has been to get the team motivated for eight days of racing in Russia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe normally go to these championships coming off a selection meet,\u201d Durden said during a telephone conference call with reporters. \u201cYou qualify for the meet with a bit of a euphoric high and take that to the meet. We had that, but it was last year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Though the world championships marks Durden\u2019s first time as head coach of an American international racing team, he\u2019s had plenty of experience as assistant coach for Team USA. His previous work included the 2010 and 2014 Pan Pacific championships and the 2011 world championships. He got some previous head coaching experience guiding Panama\u2019s team at the 2003 Pan American Games and 2004 Olympics.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_139062\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wylas-timing.com\/?utm_source=Swimming%2BWorld&#038;utm_medium=Block%2Bad&#038;utm_campaign=wylas%2Btiming target=_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-139062\" data-attachment-id=\"139062\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/50-freestyle-1986-world-championships\/wylas-timing-block-ad\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/wylas-timing-block-ad.gif\" data-orig-size=\"300,250\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"wylas-timing-block-ad\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Wylas Timing&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy: Wylas Timing&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/wylas-timing-block-ad.gif\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/wylas-timing-block-ad.gif\" src=\"http:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/wylas-timing-block-ad.gif\" alt=\"Wylas Timing\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" class=\"size-full wp-image-139062\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-139062\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy: Wylas Timing<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Durden and his world championship coaching staff \u2013 which includes <strong>Rick DeMont, Whitney Hite<\/strong> and <strong>David Marsh<\/strong> \u2013 will officially get to work next week when the team meets for a weeklong training camp in Croatia. That\u2019s where Durden will get his men\u2019s team to find the motivation they had last year when they learned they made the team.<\/p>\n<p>Because the squad was picked last year, the world championships will mark the first taper meet for the U.S. squad. Other countries held their selection meets this year, which meant the top rivals have put up some fast times already and experienced the mental thrill of posting a fast time before worlds.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re going to have to create a bit of an atmosphere (in Croatia), a little bit of a psychological edge,\u201d Durden said.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s happy to have plenty of international racing veterans on the team to help him create that environment. <strong>Nathan Adrian<\/strong> and <strong>Anthony Ervin<\/strong>, two athletes Durden trains in Berkeley, Calif., daily, are on the team. <strong>Ryan Lochte, Tyler Clary<\/strong> and <strong>Matt Grevers<\/strong> are three others who Durden knows will provide natural leadership to the newcomers to the biggest meet of 2015.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re the ones that (have represented) the U.S. (before),\u201d Durden said. \u201cSo, you lean on those guys that have the experience to pump up the younger guys.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The American men face a lot of strong opposition, particularly in the sprint freestyle events. But Durden said he\u2019s expecting Adrian and <strong>Jimmy Feigen<\/strong>, who will race the 100 free at worlds, to rise to the challenge. Durden believes it will take a swim faster than 48 seconds to win a medal at the world championships, and because the Americans haven\u2019t had a taper meet in 2015, an air of uncertainty will follow the team when the meet starts August 2.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re looking forward to Kazan to see those type of performances,\u201d Durden said. \u201cI think you\u2019ll see that the best in American sprinting is directly in front of us.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Coverage of the World Championships is sponsored by Wylas Timing David Durden is in charge of the men\u2019s world championship squad competing in two weeks in Kazan, Russia. 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