The Swim Brief
The Swim Brief
Chris DeSantis
Building Swimmers Who Want To Be There: Jonathan Kaplan
55 minutes Posted Sep 14, 2026 at 12:00 pm.
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Send us Fan Mail What makes swimmers want to keep showing up—not because an attendance policy requires it, but because they genuinely want to be there? Jonathan Kaplan, head coach and director of SwimRVA, joins Chris to discuss a collaborative approach to coaching built around athlete ownership. Jonathan explains why he has never used an attendance policy, how coaches can teach swimmers to manage the psychological demands of practice, and what happens when an athlete’s entire identity becomes...