In my book, when you hear the word sacrifice it should be an exciting word. When the average person hears sacrifice they go, “Oh, shit. What now?”
— Frank Busch
Today, I have the rare opportunity to introduce you to my coach, Frank Busch. Frank was the Olympic Coach for USA swimming. Under his leadership, his teams won 31 medals at the London Games (2012) and 33 medals at the Rio Games (2016), representing 30% of the total medal count for Team USA.
For 18 years, he was the head coach for the University of Arizona Swim Team. I swam and managed under him from 1997-2001. He was named Coach of the Year: NCAA (6 times) and the Pac-10 (11 times). His swimmers won 49 NCAA individual titles, 31 NCAA relay titles, and 2 NCAA team championships.
When I called him to schedule this interview he was at the Olympic Training Center coaching Michael Phelps.
In this conversation we talk about what seperates good performers from world class champions, the common thread found in the most coachable athletes, and to how to approach the mental game of competition plus so much more wisdom from his over 50 years of coaching!
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Bryan
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