The January 17-18 Camp will be held at UCF in Orlando in conjunction with the FSRA-sponsored Coaching Eduction Program.  We will start the weekend at 2:00 on Saturday, to give athletes a chance to train with their home teams, and end at 3:00 on Sunday to accomodate everyone's travels. I am once again asking coaches to send their top athletes, with eye towards those 5' 8" or taller and they must have a 1991 birthdate or younger and/or athletes that are 5' 11" or taller and have 1993 or 1994 birthdates.  This camp will continue our focus on two main themes; 1) technical changes on the water with extensive video/review  and 2) the critical importance of core strength and how to develop it over the winter months.  We will repeat the 1 minute test as well as a 1250 erg piece.  I will once again be accompanied by Liz Trond, a member of the Junior National Team coaching staff in order to maximize the coach to athlete ratio as we work on these critical areas.

For those who have had athletes attend both sessions, I know that you will agree with me that we have seen great gains in the athlete's technical skills and have seen some significant speed increase in the 1 minute testing; mostly due to better power application on the erg.

 

Thanks again for your participation and support of this program and I can already see that Florida athletes will play a bigger role in our developent and selection programs.

 

Best regards,

Steve