{"id":489144,"date":"2021-10-08T04:00:35","date_gmt":"2021-10-08T11:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=489144"},"modified":"2021-10-08T06:55:08","modified_gmt":"2021-10-08T13:55:08","slug":"swimming-world-october-2021-presents-qa-with-santa-margarita-coaches-ron-and-rich-blanc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/swimming-world-october-2021-presents-qa-with-santa-margarita-coaches-ron-and-rich-blanc\/","title":{"rendered":"Swimming World October 2021 Presents &#8211; Q&#038;A with Santa Margarita Coaches Ron and Rich Blanc"},"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-october-2021-issue-pdf-only\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Non-Subscribers Can Download This Issue Here<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Q&amp;A with Santa Margarita Coaches Ron and Rich Blanc<\/span><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">By Michael J. Stott<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Since 1996, brothers Ron and Rich Blanc have guided the Santa Margarita Catholic High School swim and dive program to unprecedented success. In 2017, they were named NISCA Outstanding Service Award winners.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Coach Ron Blanc<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nCo-head Swimming and Diving Coach, Santa Margarita Catholic High School<br \/>\n<em>Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 California State University Fullerton, B.S., business administration and accounting, 1990; California State University Long Beach, M.B.A., marketing, 1993; Loyola-Marymount University, M.A., Catholic School Administration, 2009<br \/>\n\u2022 Co-head swim coach, SMCHS, 1998-present; assistant coach, 1996-97<br \/>\n\u2022 Head swim coach, Mater Dei High School, 1989-95\u2014won California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) Southern Section title in 1990; assistant coach, 1988<br \/>\n\u2022 Coached 94 high school All-Americans and 390 All-CIF swimmers<br \/>\n\u2022 Named National High School Coaches Association Coach of the Year, 2014<br \/>\n\u2022 Named Southern California and Orange County Coach of the Year in 2000 and 2017<br \/>\n\u2022 NISCA Outstanding Service Award recipient, 2017<br \/>\n\u2022 NISCA Zone 7 director<br \/>\n\u2022 ASCA Level 5 coach<br \/>\n\u2022 Author of 80-page SMCHS media guide<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Coach Rich Blanc<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\nCo-head Swimming and Diving Coach \/Aquatics Manager, Santa Margarita Catholic High School<br \/>\n<em>Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 California State University Fullerton, B.S., business administration and accounting, 1990; California State University Long Beach, M.B.A., marketing, 1993; Loyola-Marymount University, M.A., Catholic School Administration, 2009<br \/>\n\u2022 Co-head swim coach, SMCHS, 1996-present<br \/>\n\u2022 Head swim coach, Mater<br \/>\nDei, 1989-95; won California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) Southern Section title in 1990; assistant coach, 1988<br \/>\n\u2022 Coached 94 high school All-Americans and 390 All-CIF swimmers<br \/>\n\u2022 Coached SMCHS varsity girls 25 years, boys 23<br \/>\n\u2022 Named National High School Coaches Association Coach of the Year, 2014<br \/>\n\u2022 Named Southern California and Orange County Coach of the Year in 2000 and 2017<br \/>\n\u2022 NISCA Outstanding Service Award recipient, 2017<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Q. SWIMMING WORLD:<\/span> <\/strong>How did you two get into aquatics?<br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">A. COACHES BLANC:<\/span><\/strong> We were told by our learn-to-swim swimming instructor that we could be very successful swimmers. Her encouragement was invaluable.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>SW:<\/strong><\/span> And then into coaching?<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>CB:<\/strong> <\/span>We fell in love with both swimming and water polo. Once our athletic careers ended, we wanted to stay involved. Coaching was a great way to do that. As swimmers, we learned self-confidence, time management skills and to be great teammates. We wanted to pay those life skills forward by giving our swimmers the same opportunities.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>SW:<\/strong><\/span> Any seminal influences?<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>CB:<\/strong> <\/span>Our Orange Coast College coach, Don Watson, was a great influence. Among other things, he showed us how to be part of a team. A great testimony to him is that at some point more than 10 of our college teammates went on to become swim coaches. As for us, we have coached together for our entire coaching careers.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>SW:<\/strong> <\/span>Why high school coaching as opposed to club or college?<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>CB:<\/strong> <\/span>We started by going back to our alma mater, Mater Dei High School (Santa Ana, Calif.), which needed a swim coach. We thought we could make a difference there, especially with the high school kids. After the first season, we fell in love with high school coaching, felt needed and just remained there. We both got jobs in secondary education as teachers and administrators, so we also enjoy the high school experience in other capacities as well.<br \/>\nCoaching in college is still a possibility. For seven summers, we coached a club team and enjoyed that very much.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><br \/>\n<a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/issues\/2021\/swimming-world-magazine-october-2021-issue-pdf-only\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">To read more about coaches Ron and Rich Blanc,<br \/>\nClick here to download the full October issue of Swimming World Magazine, available now!<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><br \/>\nMichael J. Stott is an ASCA Level 5 coach, golf and swimming writer. 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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-october-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: #ff6600;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #15c908;\">010<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 THE OLYMPIC \u201cQUADRENNIUM:\u201d\u00a0 A LOOK BACK AND A LOOK AHEAD<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>by David Rieder<\/strong><br \/>\nSwimming World reflects on the last five years since the last Olympic Games in Rio and ponders the questions that lie ahead during the next three years leading up to Paris 2024.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #15c908;\">014<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 A CANADIAN SURGE<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>by Matthew De George<\/strong><br \/>\nSwimmers from Canada exceeded expectations at the Tokyo Games. And the Canadian delegation showed that the future is as bright as the present, with prolific young talents on both sides of the competition.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #15c908;\">020<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ISHOF FEATURE: AQUATOTS MURDER CASE\u2014THE KATHY TONGAY STORY (Part 1)<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>by Bruce Wigo<\/strong><br \/>\nIt is doubtful that in the annals of aquatic history, there has ever been an example of abusive parents like the story of \u201clittle Kathy Tongay.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #15c908;\">024\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 EXPECT GREAT THINGS!<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>by John Lohn<\/strong><br \/>\nDavid Popovici just turned 17 years old, but the Romanian sprint freestyler appears poised to follow a path to prominence.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><span style=\"color: #15c908;\">031<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 NUTRITION: KNOW THYSELF<\/span><br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>by Dawn Weatherwax<\/strong><br \/>\nKnowing your body composition can help you swim fast and stay healthy.<\/p>\n<p>COACHING<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #15c908;\">029<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 BASIC DRYLAND TRAINING<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>by Michael J. Stott<\/strong><br \/>\nA concentrated, ongoing strength and conditioning regimen provides a quality supplement to in-pool training, helping swimmers become stronger and faster. Coaches Ron and Rich Blanc of Santa Margarita Catholic High School in Southern California share last season\u2019s dryland training schedule that helped his girls\u2019 and boys\u2019 teams become national powers.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><span style=\"color: #15c908;\">030<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WEIGHT ROOM COMMON SENSE<\/span><br \/>\nby J.R. Rosania<\/strong><br \/>\nThese \u201cDo\u2019s and Dont\u2019s\u201d are courtesy of exercise scientist J.R. Rosania, whose performance enhancement firm Healthplex serves multisport athletes worldwide.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #15c908;\">034<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SWIMMING TECHNIQUE CONCEPTS: MAXIMIZING SWIMMING VELOCITY (Part 5): MINIMIZING THE ARM RECOVERY PHASE<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>by Rod Havriluk<\/strong><br \/>\nThe greatest possible time decreases for additional swimming velocity increases are in the non-propulsive phases (entry and recovery). This article includes strategies to minimize the recovery phase time of all four strokes.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #15c908;\">045\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 Q&amp;A WITH COACHES RON &amp; RICH BLANC<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>by Michael J. Stott<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #15c908;\">046<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 HOW THEY TRAIN MAGGIE McGUIRE &amp; JACK NUGENT<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>by Michael J. Stott<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>TRAINING<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #15c908;\">033<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 DRYSIDE TRAINING:\u00a0 BACK TO BASICS (Part 1)<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>by J.R. 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