RaceCraft Inc.
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RaceCraft Inc. is a privately owned corporation in Santa Barbara, California that holds an exclusive, long-term contract to provide coaching and management services to the Santa Barbara Swim Club. It is owned by John Dussliere who he coached the USA Swimming National Open Water Swimming Team at the FINA Open Water World Cup events in both Seville and London.RaceCraft makes specialty Feeding sticks for competitive open water swimmers, complete with dual feeding delivery systems and waterproof cameras. The Feeding sticks are also portable for travel and were used at numerous high-level competitions.
John Dussliere Bio
He is a member of the World Swimming Coaches Association was on the 2008 USA Olympic Team coaching staff who currently serves as Chairman of the USA Swimming Club Development Committee, Chair of the Senior Swimming Committee for Southern California Swimming. As a coach, he began in Moline, Illinois with the Blue Marlins. He then went on to spend six years with the Los Altos-Mountain View Aquatic Club while volunteering at Stanford University where he was a part of five NCAA Division 1 Championship Teams.
In 1998, he moved on to the Mission Viejo Nadadores where he was the associate Head Coach along with Coach Bill Rose. While there, he was also in charge of coach and parent education. On deck, he has coached dozens of High School All-Americans, Junior, Senior, and Olympic Trials qualifiers. Now in Santa Barbara as its Head Coach, Coach Dussliere has produced 3 USA Swimming National Team members, 5 Junior National qualifiers, 5 Senior National Qualifiers, and Two National Champions within 18 months. He leads a professionally certified coaching staff that delivers the best possible swim instruction and youth leadership in Santa Barbara.
Coach John also holds a license as a certified Swim-America program director. In 2006, he received the James E. “Doc” Counsilman Award for creative coaching at the American Swimming Coaches Association Clinic.