Plymouth Leander head coach Jon Rudd was named coach of the year at the BSCA annual conference in Birmingham in recognition of a stellar year for his swimmers. Rudd is of course the coach of Ruta Meilutyte who has won just about every title there is going this year as well as setting a hatful of records in the process.
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Podcast – BSCA Conference 2013
The podcast is on the road for this special edition which comes to you from the British Swimming Coaches Association annual conference. The conference gave a chance to speak to England’s Commonwealth Games head coach for 2014, Jon Rudd, as well as Millfield’s Jol Finck who coached James Guy to such an impressive 2013 and Warrender’s Laurel Bailey who guided Craig McNally to some fine performances in Barcelona.
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The Sheffield effect – it’s not just the water
It was the wrong sort of water, blared the headline in the Telegraph, echoing years of rail company excuses in explaining where it had all gone wrong for Britain in Barcelona. The source of this wisdom was … Watch→
World Championships: GB in Numbers
It wasn’t the result that British Swimming was looking for. A single bronze medal, that’s all that GB had to show for 8 days of effort in Barcelona, which fell well short of a target set at 3-5 medals in Olympic events. And they left it late to achieve that, with Fran Halsall’s majestic sweep … Continue Reading→
World Championships Podcast – Day 8
Britain finally got off the mark, but left it until the very last session. Steve, Katy and Bob chew over the British performance and there is a chance to speak to Jon Rudd, coach to Lithuanian superstar Ruta Meilutyte, before we say goodbye.