{"id":486302,"date":"2021-09-01T10:00:19","date_gmt":"2021-09-01T17:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=486302"},"modified":"2021-10-31T14:31:12","modified_gmt":"2021-10-31T21:31:12","slug":"swimming-world-september-2021-presents-voice-for-the-sport-the-essence-of-sport-by-brent-rutemiller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/swimming-world-september-2021-presents-voice-for-the-sport-the-essence-of-sport-by-brent-rutemiller\/","title":{"rendered":"Swimming World September 2021 Presents &#8211; Voice For The Sport: The Essence Of Sport &#8211; By Brent Rutemiller"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The latest issue of <em>Swimming 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-september-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<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #b39305;\">Voice For The Sport: The Essence Of Sport<\/span><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #b39305;\">By Brent Rutemiller<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Has sport at the Olympic level lost its essence and morphed into an athlete becoming the symbol of a sport versus the participant in sport?<\/p>\n<p>When that line is crossed, lessons no longer have meaning, and the athlete now represents more than her or himself. As a symbol, the athlete now represents agents, corporations, governing bodies, marketing firms and sponsors&#8230;AND all THEIR agendas. That is a dangerous place to be.<\/p>\n<p>I always thought that the essence of sport is for us to find ourselves. To learn how to perfect a skill. To learn how to exercise mind control. To accept the ups and downs that mirror real life. To learn to overcome setbacks and to accept victory in a humble way.<\/p>\n<p>I always thought that the essence of sport is to set goals and learn how to achieve them no matter how high or hard or how long it takes to accomplish.<\/p>\n<p>I always thought that the essence of sport is to find your demon, confront it and defeat it. To learn how to overcome mental blocks and debilitating defeats. To teach us about ourselves and to carry those lessons into real life.<\/p>\n<p>One of the greatest lessons that sport teaches us is how to learn to control our mind in the most pressure-packed moments and to learn from it. To take those lessons into real life so you can deal with real issues like divorce, family death, job loss, illness and financial disaster.<br \/>\nYou don\u2019t win in sport as much as you win in life.<\/p>\n<p>But when the platform of Olympic sports is no longer a sport, but a profession or job, it loses its essence and moves onto an entirely different platform.<\/p>\n<p>This is the precipice where we find ourselves today.<\/p>\n<p>It is the sports\u2019 governing bodies, staff and coaches that need to put safeguards in place to focus on the performance and not the outcome. To prevent mental health issues by presenting mental growth as a healthy result of participation and mindfulness.<\/p>\n<p>We must not lose the essence of sport, and no athlete should ever become a symbol of the sport. That stops the learning progression and places an unfair burden on the individual and, thus, lays the groundwork for real mental health issues.<\/p>\n<p>The essence of sport is to improve mental health\u2014not to break it down.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #b39305;\"><strong>Brent T. Rutemiller<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #b39305;\">Publisher of <em>Swimming World Magazine<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #b39305;\">CEO of International Swimming Hall of Fame<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #b39305;\"><em>\u201cIf you want to win, first help someone else win!\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/issues\/2021\/swimming-world-magazine-september-2021-issue-pdf-only\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">To access the full issue of Swimming World September 2021, click here to download now!<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/issues\/2021\/swimming-world-magazine-september-2021-issue-pdf-only\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"486209\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/swimming-world-september-2021-presents-golden-boy-caeleb-dressel-available-now\/swimming-world-september-2021-golden-boy-caeleb-dressel-puts-on-a-show-in-tokyo-with-5-gold-medals-and-2-world-records-cover\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Swimming-World-September-2021-Golden-Boy-Caeleb-Dressel-Puts-On-A-Show-In-Tokyo-With-5-Gold-Medals-and-2-World-Records-COVER.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 September 2021 &#8211; 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Get a 1 Year ISHOF Family Membership With Swimming World Print <em>AND<\/em> Digital Subscription<\/span><i> <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Order Now!<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/h3>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/product\/swimming-world-magazine-september-2021-issue-pdf-only\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Non-Subscribers can click here to download this issue for only <strong>$5.94<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>FEATURES<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #b39305;\"><strong>2020 TOKYO OLYMPIC GAMES<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>by John Lohn, Dan D\u2019Addona,\u00a0 <\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Matthew De George and David Rieder<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #b39305;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #947a06;\">010<\/span>\u00a0 |\u00a0 LIKE NO OTHER<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nThere has never been an Olympics like the one held in Tokyo from July 23 through Aug. 8. Even the Games themselves were known as the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games despite the fact that the actual event was held a year later! Yet, once the competition got started\u2014at venues without any spectators\u2014the XXXII Olympiad provided all of the anticipated emotions, surprises, goal fulfillments and more.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #b39305;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #947a06;\">014<\/span> | MALE PERFORMANCE OF THE MEET: Caeleb Dressel (100 Fly)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #b39305;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #947a06;\">014<\/span> | FEMALE PERFORMANCE OF THE MEET: Tatjana Schoenmaker (200 Breast)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #b39305;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #947a06;\">015<\/span> | BEST WOMEN\u2019S RELAY PERFORMANCE: Australia (400 Freestyle Relay)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #b39305;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #947a06;\">016<\/span> | BEST MEN\u2019S RELAY PERFORMANCE: USA (400 Medley Relay)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #b39305;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #947a06;\">017<\/span> | BEST INDIVIDUAL RELAY PERFORMANCE: Adam Peaty (100 Breast\/400 Medley Relay)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #b39305;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #947a06;\">018<\/span> | BIGGEST UPSET\/SURPRISE: Ahmed Hafnaoui (400 Free) &amp; Lydia Jacoby (100 Breast)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #b39305;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #947a06;\">019<\/span> | BREAKOUT PERFORMER: Bobby Finke (800 and 1500 Free)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #b39305;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #947a06;\">020<\/span> | COUNTRY ON THE RISE: Italy<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #b39305;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #947a06;\">021<\/span> | RESILIENCE AWARD: Sarah Sjostrom (50 Free)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #b39305;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #947a06;\">022<\/span> | OLYMPIC PHOTO GALLERY<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #b39305;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #947a06;\">027<\/span>\u00a0 |\u00a0 RETURN TO NO. 1<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>by David Rieder<\/strong><br \/>\nAfter a two-season absence as Swimming World\u2019s girls\u2019 high school national champions, Carmel High School (Ind.) has returned to claim its seventh overall team title since 2011.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #b39305;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #947a06;\">029\u00a0<\/span> |\u00a0 SWIMMING WORLD MAGAZINE\u2019S GIRLS\u2019 NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIPS MOCK HEAT SHEET<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>by Bob Klapthor<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #b39305;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #947a06;\">031\u00a0<\/span> | MAKING HISTORY<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>by Dan D\u2019Addona<\/strong><br \/>\nCarmel High School (Ind.) is the first school in 21 years to have both its girls\u2019 and boys\u2019 swimming teams win Swimming World\u2019s national high school championships in the same year\u2014a feat last accomplished by Bolles (Fla.) in 2000.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #b39305;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #947a06;\">033<\/span>\u00a0 |\u00a0 SWIMMING WORLD MAGAZINE\u2019S BOYS\u2019 NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIPS MOCK HEAT SHEET<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>by Bob Klapthor<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>COACHING<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #b39305;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #947a06;\">038<\/span>\u00a0 |\u00a0 WHAT COACHES WISH PROSPECTS KNEW ABOUT RECRUITING<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>by Michael J. Stott<\/strong><br \/>\nWhen it comes to college recruiting, swim coaches agree: they\u2019re looking at much more than swimming times. They\u2019re evaluating the whole package: academic, athletic, personal&#8230; and more!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #b39305;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #947a06;\">041<\/span>\u00a0 |\u00a0 SPECIAL SETS: ERIN GEMMELL\u2014OLYMPIC BLOODLINES<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>by Michael J. Stott<\/strong><br \/>\nBruce Gemmell of Nation\u2019s Capital Swim Club provides an interesting capsule of coaching for his 16-year-old daughter, Erin, as she prepared for her first U.S. Olympic Trials experience and earned a spot on the U.S. Junior team headed for the Berlin and Budapest World Cup stops in October.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #b39305;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #947a06;\">043\u00a0<\/span> |\u00a0 Q&amp;A WITH COACH JEFF JULIAN<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>by Michael J. Stott<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #b39305;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #947a06;\">044<\/span>\u00a0 |\u00a0 HOW THEY TRAIN\u00a0 TRENTON JULIAN<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>by Michael J. Stott<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>TRAINING<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #b39305;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #947a06;\">037<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0 DRYSIDE TRAINING:\u00a0 GOLD MEDAL WORKOUT (PART 2)<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>by J.R. Rosania<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>JUNIOR SWIMMER<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #b39305;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #947a06;\">047\u00a0<\/span> |\u00a0 UP &amp; COMERS:\u00a0 HENRY WEBB<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>by Shoshanna Rutemiller<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>COLUMNS<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #b39305;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #947a06;\">008\u00a0<\/span> |\u00a0 A VOICE FOR THE SPORT<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #b39305;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #947a06;\">040<\/span>\u00a0 |\u00a0 THE OFFICIAL WORD<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #b39305;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #947a06;\">046<\/span>\u00a0 |\u00a0 HASTY HIGH POINTERS<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #b39305;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #947a06;\">048<\/span>\u00a0 |\u00a0 GUTTERTALK<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #b39305;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #947a06;\">049\u00a0<\/span> |\u00a0 PARTING SHOT<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Swimming World is now partnered with the International Swimming Hall of Fame. 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