﻿{"id":480904,"date":"2021-07-08T04:00:56","date_gmt":"2021-07-08T11:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=480904"},"modified":"2021-07-07T11:23:06","modified_gmt":"2021-07-07T18:23:06","slug":"swimming-world-july-2021-issue-presents-qa-with-st-andrews-coach-sid-cassidy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/swimming-world-july-2021-issue-presents-qa-with-st-andrews-coach-sid-cassidy\/","title":{"rendered":"Swimming World July 2021 Issue Presents &#8211; Q&#038;A with St. Andrews Coach Sid Cassidy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The latest issue o<\/span>f<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> <em>Swimming<\/em><em> World Magazine<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">is now available for download in the<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/vault\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> <strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Swimming World Vault<\/span><\/strong><\/a>!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/product\/swimming-world-magazine-july-2021-issue-pdf-only\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Non-Subscribers Can Download This Issue Here<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Q&amp;A with St. Andrew&#8217;s Coach Sid Cassidy<\/span><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">By Michael J. Stott<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Jovial and dedicated Sid Cassidy has given his life to his family, teams and all forms of swimming\u2014especially open water.<\/p>\n<p>Coach Sid Cassidy has been an inter-national open water steward for more than 40 years, serving as athlete, coach, race director, promoter, administrator, referee, lecturer and the FINA Technical Open Water Swimming Committee chairman. With FINA, he has organized and run the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim, FINA 10K Marathon Swimming World Cup and the FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix circuit.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">CREDENTIALS<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 University of California, San Diego, B.A., mass communications\/media studies, 1979<br \/>\n\u2022 3x CSCAA All-American, 11x ACC champion, North Carolina State University<br \/>\n\u2022 Professional marathon swimmer, world-ranked fourth, 1979<br \/>\n\u2022 Aquatic director\/head coach, Saint Andrew\u2019s School, 2005-present<br \/>\n\u2022 Aquatic director\/head coach, Atlantic City, 1998-2005<br \/>\n\u2022 Head coach, University of Miami, 1993-98<br \/>\n\u2022 Men\u2019s head coach, James Madison University, 1992-93<br \/>\n\u2022 Assistant coach, Florida State, 1985-92<br \/>\n\u2022 Assistant coach, University of Tampa, 1983-85; head coach, Greater Tampa Swimming Association<br \/>\n\u2022 U.S. open water national team coach, 1991-96; coached and swam on record-setting USA Swimming National Team English Channel double crossing<br \/>\n\u2022 Board member of the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame<br \/>\n\u2022 5x Florida High School coach of the year<br \/>\n\u2022 Halls of Fame inductee: International Marathon Swimming, North Carolina Swimming, Ocean City Beach Patrol, Delaware Museum and Sports<br \/>\n\u2022 Recipient of USA Swimming Award plus Paragon, Glenn S. Hummer and Irving Davids-Captain Roger Wheeler Memorial awards<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Q. SWIMMING WORLD:<\/strong><\/span> Is it fair to say Bob Mattson influenced your life?<br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">A. COACH SID CASSIDY:<\/span><\/strong> Without question and in many ways. We swimmers stood in awe of his prodigious work ethic fueled by an incredible passion to explore, experiment and achieve. He was at the cutting edge of many technical breakthroughs, including experimentation with the wave breaststroke and other drills that truly solidified him as a coaching legend. Bob is still very much in my life on many levels. I just hosted a Zoom celebration for his 90th birthday!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>SW:<\/strong><\/span> How did NCSU coach Don Easterling advance your swimming career?<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>SC:<\/strong> <\/span>He was an incredible motivator and knew how to squeeze every last bit of effort out of you in a training session. His old school methods may not transfer into modern aquatic times, but he did pour a bucket of passion into his daily coaching. Those years were formative for me.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>SW:<\/strong><\/span> How did you get into coaching in the first place?<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>SC:<\/strong><\/span> After agreeing to split ways with Coach Easterling in 1977, I transferred to UCLA, where I spent one season training under the legendary George Haines. Ultimately, I ended up at UC San Diego, where I got into ocean swimming and beach lifeguarding. And I really honed my open water racing tactics as a member of the famed Ocean City (N.J.) Beach Patrol under Captain George Lafferty. In the summer of 1979, I got a desperate call from Bob Mattson, who pleaded with me to just try coaching for a year with his club program. I felt a certain calling, and as a result, fell in love with coaching.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>SW:<\/strong><\/span> You\u2019ve coached college, club and high school programs.<br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">SC:<\/span><\/strong> Each position has unique challenges, but the rewards are always the same: gratification upon seeing an athlete complete a challenge set or achieve a breakthrough competitive experience.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>SW:<\/strong><\/span> These days, coaching is a family affair, is it not?<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>SC:<\/strong><\/span> Absolutely. Our children, Quinn and Kate, have enjoyed collegiate aquatic success, and we have been able to grow the program at Saint Andrew\u2019s School into a competitive force. Presently, two of my coaches are Quinn and Ramon Walton, who I call my \u201csecond son.\u201d My wife, Kara, has built an incredible Florida Swim School business housed in our own indoor pool, which has been integral to our success for 20-plus years, so it really is a family enterprise.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/issues\/2021\/swimming-world-magazine-july-2021-issue-pdf-only\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>To continue reading about St. Andrews Coach Sid Cassidy,<br \/>\nClick here to download the full issue of Swimming World July 2021, available now!<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><br \/>\nMichael J. Stott is an ASCA Level 5 coach, golf and swimming writer. His critically acclaimed coming-of-age golf novel, \u201cToo Much Loft,\u201d was published in June 2021, and is available from Bookbaby.com, Amazon, B&amp;N and book distributors worldwide.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/issues\/2021\/swimming-world-magazi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"480510\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?attachment_id=480510\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Swimming-World-July-2021-Kristof-Milak-Leading-the-Wave-of-International-Superstars-Into-the-Tokyo-Games.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,1070\" 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;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Swimming World July 2021 &#8211; Kristof Milak &#8211; Leading the Wave of International Superstars Into the Tokyo Games\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Swimming World July 2021 &#8211; Kristof Milak &#8211; Leading the Wave of International Superstars Into the Tokyo Games&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Swimming-World-July-2021-Kristof-Milak-Leading-the-Wave-of-International-Superstars-Into-the-Tokyo-Games-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Swimming-World-July-2021-Kristof-Milak-Leading-the-Wave-of-International-Superstars-Into-the-Tokyo-Games-766x1024.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-480510 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Swimming-World-July-2021-Kristof-Milak-Leading-the-Wave-of-International-Superstars-Into-the-Tokyo-Games.jpg\" alt=\"Swimming World July 2021 - Kristof Milak - Leading the Wave of International Superstars Into the Tokyo Games\" width=\"800\" height=\"1070\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Swimming-World-July-2021-Kristof-Milak-Leading-the-Wave-of-International-Superstars-Into-the-Tokyo-Games.jpg 800w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Swimming-World-July-2021-Kristof-Milak-Leading-the-Wave-of-International-Superstars-Into-the-Tokyo-Games-766x1024.jpg 766w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Swimming-World-July-2021-Kristof-Milak-Leading-the-Wave-of-International-Superstars-Into-the-Tokyo-Games-150x200.jpg 150w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Swimming-World-July-2021-Kristof-Milak-Leading-the-Wave-of-International-Superstars-Into-the-Tokyo-Games-300x401.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Swimming-World-July-2021-Kristof-Milak-Leading-the-Wave-of-International-Superstars-Into-the-Tokyo-Games-450x602.jpg 450w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Swimming-World-July-2021-Kristof-Milak-Leading-the-Wave-of-International-Superstars-Into-the-Tokyo-Games-673x900.jpg 673w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Swimming-World-July-2021-Kristof-Milak-Leading-the-Wave-of-International-Superstars-Into-the-Tokyo-Games-245x327.jpg 245w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Swimming-World-July-2021-Kristof-Milak-Leading-the-Wave-of-International-Superstars-Into-the-Tokyo-Games-533x713.jpg 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a>[PHOTO BY PETER H. 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Here are profiles of 10 swimmers from around the world who have been preparing to make an impact in Tokyo.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>022 | TAKEOFF TO TOKYO: ICONIC MOMENTS IN OLYMPIC HISTORY<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>by John Lohn<\/strong><br \/>\nIn October of 2019, nearly a year prior to the original date of the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Swimming World designed a series that would pay homage to the history of the sport on its biggest stage. For our final installment of \u201cTakeoff to Tokyo,\u201d we offer a look at some of the most prominent moments in Olympic lore.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>026 | AS GOOD AS IT GETS<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>by Dan D\u2019Addona<\/strong><br \/>\nIn our Olympic preview of artistic swimming, Swimming World notes that Russia is a perfect 10-for-10, winning every Olympic gold medal possible\u2014duet and team\u2014since the turn of the century. Led by Svetlana Romashina and Svetlana Kolesnichenko, Russia will be tough to beat next month, Aug. 2-7, in Tokyo.<\/p>\n<p>COACHING<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>20 | SWIMMING TECHNIQUE CONCEPTS: MAXIMIZING SWIMMING VELOCITY (Part 3)\u2014MINIMIZING THE ARM ENTRY PHASE TIME IN FREESTYLE AND BUTTERFLY<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>by Rod Havriluk<\/strong><br \/>\nThe non-propulsive time in a stroke cycle consists of the time for the entry phase and the recovery phase. This article presents strategies to minimize the entry phase time for freestyle and butterfly so that a swimmer can decrease stroke cycle time, increase stroke rate and increase swimming velocity.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>040 | A COACHES\u2019 GUIDE TO ENERGY SYSTEMS (Part 2)<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>by Michael J. Stott<\/strong><br \/>\nLast month, Swimming World explored the concept of energy systems and how coaches can use them to maximize athlete development and performance. In Part 2, we examine how one incorporates his understanding of energy systems into a seasonal training plan.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>042 | Q&amp;A WITH COACH SID CASSIDY<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>by Michael J. Stott<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>043 | HOW THEY TRAIN MEGAN MORONEY AND ASPEN GERSPER<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>by Michael J. Stott<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>TRAINING<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>019 | DRYSIDE TRAINING: SUMMER SPEED<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>by J.R. 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