Some, including Vendt, travel as much as four hours a day to train with him. But that in itself is evidence of how important he is to his swimmers and how important they are to him. When you look at a young swimmer you owe it to him to imagine the best possible swim he could do. Everything Josh does and believes is geared towards the long-term success of his program and his swimmers. The hardest part of this philosophy is assuring parents that their kids can and do take responsibility for themselves.
Kids are willing to sacrifice.
Rocky' mentality, because that's what they are raised on. The problem is that parents want their kids to be happy and they want to see the results and the payoffs for all the sacrifices. You build trust in your swimmers through communication, by explaining not just why they swim fast but why they swim slow too. When a kid has a baby swim, you tell them-they respect that honesty. In most cases this has transferred to the parents on my team.