Josh does that to a higher degree than any coach I know. After a US distance camp, Josh began getting e-mails from kids at other clubs begging him to send them some of the workouts done by his top swimmer, Eric Vendt. There are about eight kids down in Virginia right now doing 30x1000s just for the fun of it. I get so angry when I hear people say that kids today don't want to work hard. That is the biggest cop-out.
Kids do want to work hard, kids want to be studs.
Josh believes it should be US Swimming's job to promote the hard workers in this sport. Misty Hyman works hard. Everyone thinks because she goes out and dies that she doesn't train, but I've seen her and she does. These are the issues that affect kids. I look at it as my responsibility to try and promote the message that kids do work hard.