Training a Young Distance Star, Part 2 with Yuri Suguiyama

by Garrett McCaffrey 11

May 31st, 2012 News

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Gail Windsor (MRS. WINDSOR)
11 years ago

Congratulations Yuri !!! I always said I would see you in the Olympics……….that was when you were attending Myersville Elementary.

11 years ago

Intelligent and thought provoking questions by Garrett… Honest and informative answers by Coach Yuri!!

11 years ago

Man, nobody can interview like McCaffrey! As always, great questions yield great answers. Not that Coach Yuri didn’t also have his share on making this great (he DID) but I can’t remember seeing one bad interview with Garrett, which leads me to my point: I hope we have many, many more of this coming!!!

baxter
11 years ago

Rocket Ship is right, JL did do a piece on “favorites” and I think it may have been in an article where he also spoke about the kids who work hard and giving them more attention than the kids that don’t push as hard…good article.

But it is very refreshing to get this perspective from a younger coach that is coaching now, coaching at a very high achieving club (where I am sure it is more difficult to have a “favorite” because many probably could fit that mould) – these days vs. it seems as though more parents/kids have a skewed perception of reality and hyper sensitivity towards self actualization OR less of an understanding or tolerance of the perception… Read more »

Rocket Ship
11 years ago

John Leonard wrote a great article about favorites that says pretty much the same thing. “my favorites are the kids that show up and work the hardest.” Parents, pay attention.

Reply to  Rocket Ship
11 years ago

Great interview, Garrett, and perfect last question. I loved Yuri’s answer. I also loved his set of 12 x 300 — gotta try that one 🙂

bobo gigi
11 years ago

Great interview. Congrats to Yuri Suguiyama and to her best swimmer Katie Ledecky. She’s able to win the 400 free, the 800 free and the 1500 free next year at the world championships. Hannah Stockbauer from Germany has won these 3 races in 2003 in Barcelona. And next year the world championships are in…Barcelona. This young talent can do it.

coacherik
Reply to  bobo gigi
11 years ago

his best swimmer*

bobo gigi
Reply to  coacherik
11 years ago

Yes excuse me. Congrats to Yuri Suguiyama and to his best swimmer Katie Ledecky. English isn’t my natural language and sometimes I can make errors. And that was a big error.

Casey
11 years ago

Great Series of interviews Yuri!

coacherik
11 years ago

Love the honesty, coach. Thank you.

About Garrett McCaffrey

No one lives the sport of swimming like Garrett McCaffrey. A Division I swimmer who spent 4 years covering the sport as a journalist, now coaches club swimming and competes as a masters swimmer, Garrett truly lives the sport of swimming. After graduating from University of Missouri’s award winning journalism program …

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