Spring Training (STARTS OCTOBER 2010)

Frustrated with your race results?  Wondering if improved technique will improve your speed?  In workouts, do you have difficulty applying 100% of your body's power to forward speed?  Spring Training may be for you.  Spring Training helps intermediate and ambitious kayak racers apply focused technique work to advance themselves to the next level of achievement. 

While a one-time video-coaching session will expose your paddling flaws and target areas of improvement, it takes time to change long-term habits, and change is accelerated by continuous feedback and coaching.  Spring Training is based on the philosophy that habit change occurs over time and is accelerated by regular on-water coaching, periodic video feedback, exposure to a variety of drills and techniques, practice in simulated race conditions, regular time trials, and cohort-based workouts.  The expectation is that participants will engage in between-session racing and year-round on-water training, applying what they've practiced as they continue to train between sessions in their usual race conditions. 

NEW THIS YEAR:  Flat water and bumps.  Sessions will be scheduled on both the calm, protected waters of the Petaluma River, and in other locations where we can challenge our technique in "baby bumps."  Sites TBA. 

Sessions typically begin with a race-pace warmup, usually followed by a timetrial so paddlers can compare their speeds over time.  The session wraps up with at least an hour of aerobic/anaerobic or technique drills. 

Trainings begin in October and take place Saturday mornings (other than race weekends).  Nine three-hour sessions, October 2010-April 2011, $175 (includes USACK insurance). 

Please email inquiries about Spring Training 2011, starting in fall 2010.  All applicants, including returning paddlers, should apply by emailing or mailing (Box 1722, Sebastopol 95473) a brief statement about your winter on-water training goals and your future racing intentions, as well as either or both of the following:

• A minimum of two race results from the previous twelve months (send all the results, not just your time), OR

• four time-trial results over the same distance, OR

• video

The group will include six to nine participants and admissions close when the course is filled and a 50% deposit has been received from six admitted participants or the start date, whichever is sooner.

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