Performance Development at Your Program’s Level:

Sharing strategies for High Performance, Yacht Club, and Community Sailing programs

Presenters Willie McBride, US Sailing Team Jane Millman, Annapolis Yacht Club Matt Thompson, Wayzata Community Sailing Center John Pearce, US Sailing Youth Director

Wayzata Community Sailing Race Team • Minnesota:

– Money, Time, Distance limit options – Racing vs. Practice ratio - drills in middle? – Winter:

• Cross training/other sports – Spring & Fall:

• HS Focused • T/W/TH practice 3:30-6:30 • 8 week calendar (Fall 9-12 weeks depending on events) • Conference series saturdays • MISSA/ISSA Ladder events ⅝ weekends

– Summer: • 9 weeks, M-Th practice, 1-4pm (optional adventure classes in morning) • Encouraged to sail other boats/formats outside of class - if adding, add different • Tue night racing & local TCYS Friday series (120 kids) • 2 big events - Sears/Bemis/Smythe quals, JOs • Kids ready for next step plan independently (Chubb, Nationals, Youth Champs, BBR, etc.) • Generally less intensive than our HS season

Annapolis Yacht Club C420 Race Team Winter

• Practices are held on Saturdays 10am - 4pm until the second weekend of December (weather permitting)

• Travel south to Florida to attend Orange Bowl and C420 Midwinters

Spring & Fall: • HS Focused • T/W/TH practice 3:30-6:30 • 9 weekend regatta calendar • Conference series + ladder events

Summer • 8 week intensive Summer Program • Weekly schedule without regattas, M-F practice from 12-5pm • Guest coaches throughout the summer

Results 2015 and 2016 C420 National Champs 2015 and 2016 3rd place Orange Bowl 2016 Sears Cup National Champs 2016 1st place CJ Buckley Regatta 2016 2nd Buzzards Bay Champs 2016 3rd place Bemis Trophy

McBride Racing

McBride Racing- Tactical Playbook, Instagram Video Tips Team Henken-Scutt Rio 2016 Olympics Skiff Squad- Socal, Norcal, PNW, Remote Coaching.

What’s the US Sailing Youth Department? •Youth Recreation and Racing •Skill Development •Education/Resources for Instructors and Coaches •Championship Regattas •Junior Olympic Sailing Festivals

What’s Long Term Athlete Development (LTAD)?

A way of organizing sport to encourage steady development and long term success. Stages of Development: Distinct stages designed to create a positive sport experience and support skill development. Competition Guidelines: Recommendations for youth racing that encourage skill development and retention.

Know Your Sailor’s Stage

In this presentation we are targeting the “Stage 3” sailor: They are ready for focused training and want to challenge themselves in competition.

Training-to-Competition Ratios

A common LTAD recommendation for youth competitors is: 60-70% of participation time spent on training* 30-40% of participation time spent on competition* *recommended ratios vary for each stage of development. Source: (Balyi, Higgs and Way; Long-Term Athlete Development)

Willie: Using the Hours Tracker How does this tool help?

• A shareable plan • A detailed plan • A confidence builder • A reality check

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1kb0idoGL9UUeBwneyUvh8b2rLqCT17TAZddUgS5N5dM/edit?usp=sharing

AYC C420 Race Team Regatta Schedule

June AYC C420 Schedule 8 practice days (2.5 hours on water) = 20 practice hours 3 regatta days (3.5 hours on water) = 10.5 regatta hours 66% Practice 34% Racing

July AYC C420 Schedule

8 practice days (2.5 hours on water) = 20 practice hours 12 regatta days (3.5 hours on water) = 42 regatta hours 32% Practice 68% Racing

Strategies for Shifting July P/C Ratio -Reduce number of regattas. Less is more (a popular strategy with college coaches). “Addition by subtraction” -Facilitate sailors getting hours outside of formal practice. Teach drills for solo or pair practices. Encourage “free sailing”. -Treat certain regattas as training regattas. Teach and reinforce a process mindset. -Load up on practice hours in the pre and post season. Encourage both structured and unstructured hours on the water in the shoulder seasons.

Sailor Management & Logistics

Simplifying Sailor Management 1.Identify problem issues 2.Iterative Process 3.Keep solutions simple,

accessible

WCSC Example: Check-in/pairings

• Identify: late, absences, multiple coaches, schools

• Iterative: Whiteboard • Solution: Magnets

WCSC Example: Regatta Sign-up/Handbook

• Identify: lost, lacking info, parent/student reference

• Iterative: paper handbook & onsite sign-up

• Solution: web & live

Dockside

wayzatasailing.org/nsps

Regatta Logistics What regattas to attend?

• Local vs Regional vs National vs International – Local Annual Regatta, State Championship, Orange

Bowl, CORK • Do the regattas line up with your program goals and

sailors goals? • Regatta season(s) Florida vs New England regatta

schedules

Which Regattas? Try the Climbing Fun Scale • Type I - Fun while it's happening • Type II - Fun in retrospect • Type III - Only fun as a story

• Break it up:

– Type I, because it keeps you in love (70% total time) – Type II, because it builds skills (25% total time) – Type III, because it challenges you (5% total time)

• Type for event varies by sailor and ability • Be wary of change (boat breaks, frost nip, etc. is our type changing?) • Planning and recording

Regatta Budgets Program fee vs Coaching fee Program Fee - the cost of coaching at the regatta is included in your overall program fee Coaching Fee - the cost of coaching is additional to a program fee or per regatta basis Things to include in your budget:

• Housing costs • Food cost (GSA per diem rates) • Mileage to and from regatta • Daily mileage (25 per day) • Plane tickets and baggage fees • Coach boat gas per day • Charter coach boat fee per day • Storage between regattas

Tips to keep in mind: ● Use your networks! ● Coach boats, housing, team

dinners ● AirBnb, house sharing ● Local coaches to hire ● Carpool with other teams

Race Team Assets Who transports the team assets? ● Parent volunteers, coaches, driver for hire? ● Multiple boat trailers vs single trailers

○ Opti vs Laser vs c420 vs high performance boats ● Company owned trucks vs private vehicles

○ Company vehicles - USDOT regulations, do they apply to my program? Storage of assets between regattas: ● Yacht Clubs, commercial lots, or personal storage

Remember! Trailer locks, spare keys,

copies of trailer registrations

Questions?

15 Minute Break

Teach Process Through Tech

The Magic Cookie

Sailing can be a “mystical” sport

Factors that we can’t see:

“Feel”

Wind (shifts, speed, etc.)

Water (current, flow, etc.)

The danger is that results become the source of clarity

Process Rules

Why do parents spend so much money on their children's sailing programs?

How do sailors learn?

Kevin Hall wrote an article called “Offensive”

Iterating the learning cycle is the focus of successful Olympic level training

We can’t learn quickly if we focus on results

The Pursuit of Mastery

How many of you have ever told a sailor to, “Go focus on getting a good start”?

Skill mastery is the key to rapid improvement

Fundamental question of technology is:

How can technology help speed the learning process by highlighting mastery?

Part 1: Evaluating Techniques

http://youtube.com/v/qIVNBBkOpVw

Quality Over Quantity

Other coaches often ask me about the latest and greatest technology

More important than what gadgets you have are how you use them

90% of technology assisted learning can be done with a camera

Cameras

Prefered features:

Pistol grip (best for stability)

Optical zoom

Stabilization

Wifi capability

Live streaming

Favorite camera: Panasonic HA02

Different cameras for different applications

iPhone on Gyro Olympus Camera

GoPro Benchmark

Utilizing Video

Rules of Thumb:

Focus on GOOD videos

Film in 15 second clips

Focus on filming a single maneuver at a time from many angles

Always film at 60fps (video looks good at 24fps)

Benchmarking Progress

“Talented” sailors have “mystical abilities”...

Objectify techniques to dispel mysticism.

Benchmark videos archive a moment in time.

Provide basis for self evaluation and repeatable teaching process.

Eval templates work hand in hand with benchmarks.

Avoid The Distractions

Tech can help sailors learn faster by prioritizing mastery over results

Can also distract from the important focus

Rules of thumb for good coaching tech:

Tech should not interfere with other instruction

Tech should make workflow easier not harder

Coach should take responsibility for understanding and utilizing technology

InstaGame Open source discussion

Instagram - my favorite platform because (old) instagram limits video at 15 seconds. Can you communicate your point in 15 seconds?

Communicate mechanics in 15 seconds

Communicate a drill in 15 seconds

Communicate a skill drill in 15 seconds

Communicate a technique in 15 seconds

Communicate a playbook play in 15 seconds

Sharing Content With Sailors

Google Photos with automated upload

YouTube Channel

Dropbox

Evernote (Desktop)

Social Media

Website!!!

Google drive campaign hub

Part 2: Evaluating Understanding

Institutional Knowledge and Digital Curriculum Creating a knowledge database for future program directors, coaches, etc. to draw from is critical! Apparent wind quiz: www.mcbrideracing.com/NSPS Advanced land drills

Helmets

Understand communication dynamics

Too much noise is distracting

Takes practice to use effectively

Listen For:

Who talks about what?

How self referenced is communication?

Instamic benchmarks

Part 3: Evaluating Racing

“What Are You Running On Your iPad?”

Navionics gps apps

Weather apps

Notes

WiFi video and photos (next slide)

Administrative apps: Touchnote, expensify, wunderlist

What are YOU running on your iPad?

How Can A Good Race Be Quantified? Google racing form and analysis

SAP race analytics

TracTrac

Tracking

Sail Testing

Maneuver analysis (longer the maneuver takes, the more accurate)

GPS Action Replay (License costs ~$30)

The Future (Is Here)

First generation remote coaching tech

The social network of remote coaching

Sailing community ecosystem

Professional development for coaches

Expert input for athletes

Live stream coaching

THERE IS NO MAGIC COOKIE!

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