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Q&A with Swim Ireland’s National Performance Director Jon Rudd<\/span><\/h1>\n
By Michael J. Stott<\/span><\/p>\n
National Performance Director Jon Rudd has injected new life into the Swim Ireland organization and its athletes. With the addition of a third National Centre, he has lofty goals heading into the 2024 Olympic cycle.<\/p>\n
Rudd has served as vice president of the World Swimming Coaches Association since 2019 and has been a member of WSCA\u2019s board of directors since 2016. He also is a member of the Swim Ireland International Selection panel (2018-present) and was chairman of the British Swimming Coaches Association (2014-17).<\/p>\n
CREDENTIALS<\/strong><\/span>
\n\u2022 University of Exeter, B.Ed., physical education, 1992; National University of Ireland, master\u2019s in corporate governance, 2020; University of Hertfordshire, doctorate, psychology, 2017
\n\u2022 National Performance Director, Swim Ireland, 2017-present
\n\u2022 Director of swimming at Plymouth College, 2006-16
\n\u2022 Head coach of Plymouth Leander Swimming Club, 1989-2016
\n\u2022 Coach of 2012 Olympic Gold medalist and world record holder Ruta Meilutyte and 2016 Olympic finalist Ben Proud
\n\u2022 Senior international head coach for Great Britain, England, Ireland, Lithuania and Turkey; senior international coach for the Netherlands and Kenya
\n\u2022 2x British Swimming Coach of the Year
\n\u2022 First and only coach worldwide to have athletes win gold medals at all 14 major international meets (junior and senior levels)<\/p>\n
Q. SWIMMING WORLD:<\/strong><\/span> Aside from your parents, who were some of your swimming influences?
\nA. COACH JON RUDD:<\/strong><\/span> My primary influence was my early, long-standing coach, Ken Douglas, at the City of Hull Swimming Club in England. As swimmers, I think we considered him moody, stand-offish and a bit haphazard\u2014and certainly lacking soft skills! Upon reflection, despite some limitations in personability and communication, he was ahead of his time in many respects. He was well-read, had intuition and a natural coach\u2019s eye.<\/p>\n
SW:<\/strong><\/span> As a swimmer, you were a bit of a plugger. Were you a better coach than a swimmer?
\nJR:<\/strong> <\/span>Yes! I found that my tendency as the guy who never won but often worked the hardest transferred readily to my initial direction as a coach. I have a lot of natural coaching instincts, so when I became educated both formally and informally, I progressed in the profession quite quickly.<\/p>\n
SW:<\/strong><\/span> You instruct your swimmers to be \u201cone with the water.\u201d Were you so as a swimmer?
\nJR:<\/strong><\/span> No! British coaching in the 1980s was more about training, volume, intensity and physiology and a lot less about coaching and making athletes as technically proficient and skillful as their talents would allow. Because I had been coached that way, it took me awhile to learn that the most successful athletes were those with the greatest relationship with the water.<\/p>\n
SW:<\/strong><\/span> How does a coach inculcate patience and perseverance in his athletes?
\nJR:<\/strong> <\/span>One of the trickiest challenges is how coaching\/training can allow an athlete to see his\/her full potential while still maintaining an enthusiasm for the sport. The key is to resist the temptation to deliver a more senior program to junior athletes for short-term gain, but long-term compromise. Unless you can put your hand on your heart as a coach and believe that the athlete\u2019s true moment is \u201cnow\u201d or at least imminent\u2014and with female athletes who swim breaststroke or more distance-oriented events, this can occur much sooner\u2014the coach with integrity knows that he has a duty to protect and honor an athlete\u2019s future in the sport.<\/p>\n
Constantly talking with athletes about a light at the end of the tunnel that may be a decade or more away doesn\u2019t necessarily keep talented athletes in the sport. That\u2019s because like most humans, they want something now. Deferred gratification without some form of current satisfaction is challenging for most of us in any part of our lives. So it requires a constant sales pitch to athletes and parents about what you\u2019re doing and why\u2014for now and the days ahead. One\u2019s coaching has to be smart enough to identify future challenges and to convince athletes that the required effort will lead to future success in the seasons ahead.<\/p>\n
To read more about Swim Ireland’s National Performance Director Jon Rudd,<\/span>
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\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 store.Bookbaby. com, Amazon, B&N and book distributors worldwide.<\/p>\n
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FEATURES<\/p>\n
012<\/span> 2021 OPEN WATER SWIMMERS OF THE YEAR<\/strong><\/span>
\nby Dan D\u2019Addona and David Rieder<\/strong>
\nBrazil\u2019s Ana Marcela Cunha and Germany\u2019s Florian Wellbrock both captured Olympic gold in Tokyo and repeated as the world\u2019s elite open water swimmers in both 2019 and 2021.<\/p>\n
014<\/span> 2021 OPEN WATER HIGHLIGHTS<\/strong><\/span>
\nby Dan D\u2019Addona<\/strong>
\nAlthough the Tokyo Olympic Games commanded the spotlight in 2021, there were many other open water highlights throughout the year.<\/p>\n
018<\/span> ISHOF FEATURE: AQUATOTS MURDER CASE\u2014THE KATHY TONGAY STORY (Part 2)<\/strong><\/span>
\nby Bruce Wigo<\/strong>
\nThis is the second of a three-part story about \u201cThe Aquatots Murder Case\u201d that first appeared in the October issue of Swimming World. It is about Kathy Tongay, a little girl whose father, Russell, had been training her almost from birth to be an expert diver and swimmer. When she died at the age of 5, her father was arrested for murdering his daughter.<\/p>\n
022 <\/span> PERHAPS OVERLOOKED…BUT NOT FORGOTTEN<\/strong><\/span>
\nby John Lohn<\/strong>
\nAs we creep closer to signing off on this Olympic year, Swimming World offers a look at six athletes\u2014all members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame\u2014who hold a special place in history, even if they are not always at the forefront of the mind.<\/p>\n
025 <\/span> CONTINUING TO MAKE AN IMPACT<\/strong><\/span>
\nby David Rieder<\/strong>
\nAnthony Nesty\u2019s accomplishments as a swimmer in the late 1980s and \u201990s made him a national icon. But decades after that, he is still making a huge impact on the sport from a different vantage point\u2014as a coach.<\/p>\n
028<\/span> MENTAL PREP: BEFORE THE BEEP WITH DAVID CURTISS<\/strong><\/span>
\nby Shoshanna Rutemiller<\/strong><\/p>\n
030<\/span> NUTRITION: THE IMPORTANCE OF IRON\u2014LOW MEANS SLOW!<\/strong><\/span>
\nby Dawn Weatherwax<\/strong>
\nIron is a mineral that directly impacts performance.<\/p>\n
COACHING<\/p>\n
016 <\/span> COACHING IN A CHANGING ENVIRONMENT (Part 1)<\/strong><\/span>
\nby Michael J. Stott<\/strong>
\nIn the first of two articles, Swimming World explores how coaches and administrators coped with the recent unpleasantness of COVID-19.<\/p>\n
036 <\/span> SPECIAL SETS: AUDREY DERIVAUX\u2014KILLER QUEEN<\/strong><\/span>
\nby Michael J. Stott<\/strong>
\nYoung Audrey Derivaux of Jersey Wahoos has turned in comparable times to the 11-12 age group superstars who have excelled before her.<\/p>\n
040 <\/span> SWIMMING TECHNIQUE CONCEPTS: DISTRUST IN SWIMMING SCIENCE IS NOT A MYSTERY<\/strong><\/span>
\nby Rod Havriluk<\/strong>
\nThe fact that general scientific information is routinely ignored provides some perspective about the difficulty in applying science to the sport of swimming. While a single technique element cannot guarantee success, American Lydia Jacoby\u2019s Olympic victory suggests that using science can provide a competitive advantage.<\/p>\n
042<\/span> SPECIAL SETS: DANIEL DIEHL\u2014DEFINITELY DRIVEN<\/strong><\/span>
\nby Michael J. Stott<\/strong>
\nDaniel Diehl, 15, of the Cumberland YMCA Sea Otters is Maryland\u2019s\u2014and the nation\u2019s\u2014top-ranked male swimmer in the Class of 2024. In recent months, he has either broken or knocked on the door of several national age group records. In October, as the youngest male on the U.S. National Junior Team, he notched seven top 10 individual finishes at the FINA World Cup meets in Germany and Hungary.<\/p>\n
044 <\/span> Q&A WITH SWIM IRELAND\u2019S NATIONAL PERFORMANCE DIRECTOR JON RUDD<\/strong><\/span>
\nby Michael J. Stott<\/strong><\/p>\n
045<\/span> HOW THEY TRAIN IRISH OLYMPIAN DARRAGH GREENE<\/strong><\/span>
\nby Michael J. Stott<\/strong><\/p>\n
TRAINING<\/p>\n
039<\/span> DRYSIDE TRAINING: BACK TO BASICS (Part 2)<\/strong><\/span>
\nby J.R. Rosania<\/strong><\/p>\n
JUNIOR SWIMMER<\/p>\n
047<\/span> | UP & COMERS: AVA BUHRMAN<\/strong><\/span>
\nby Shoshanna Rutemiller<\/strong><\/p>\n
COLUMNS & SPECIAL SECTIONS<\/p>\n
007<\/span> THE OFFICIAL WORD<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n
008<\/span> A VOICE FOR THE SPORT<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n
009<\/span> DID YOU KNOW: ABOUT \u201cDO YOU KNOW THAT….\u201d?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n
032<\/span> HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n
048<\/span> GUTTERTALK<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n
049 <\/span> PARTING SHOT<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n
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