Message from the coach

Dear parents,

Sorry for the delay of my feedback to you but I have been really busy this period and I was not able to.

So all my sailors are happy, healthy and productive as you may already know from the blog. They are working hard and by the same time they have fantastic time here.

Clare and Amy help me a lot.  Keeping the team motivated and happy is a tough job to do.

When I was preparing the training and I was thinking of the possible mobility sessions we could have I said to myself that it would be really boring to come to Greece and run around a track and field stadium. So I asked a friend of mine and we changed it to windsurfing lessons. The kids not only worked their core stability but without knowing they were learning the physics of the center of effort and resistance.it was much easier for me today to make them understand when to rake back or forward and the most important why.

The first day in the water was hard for me. I wanted to do so many things but the kids were lost in the beauties of my country. I was asking them what is their opinion about the trimming of their sail and they were telling me that they have never seen in their lives so green water. So after this morning, everything was taking shape later at our training.

I will not bother you with technical stuff I will just inform you quickly about what I had in mind and I what I finally did with them.

My main target was to train their senses and make them feel the speed of the boat. It’s impossible to do this in a high level, if is cold or windy, so my place was the perfect opportunity to try.

We defined which the sensors are and what kind of information we expect to get.so our face gives us information about the wind speed. We get also from the feel of the rudder of the mainsheet, and finally from our bum. So we worked a lot on that.

During the days we also improved our tacking, starting, upwind speed and downwind as well.

Our mark rounding’s are much better and we pay lots of attention to our upwind tactics with persistent weather conditions.

By the end of the clinic we will also work on our jibes downwind tactics trimming and we will see some rules about the start as well. I think is enough for four and a half days in the water.

I am trying to find a time gap to teach them how to wake surf which is fun and very good for the upper body.

By the time I write this to you all the team enjoys a play at the open air cinema after they tasted for the first time the Greek souvlaki.

The training is really tiring but productive I enjoy your kids a lot and I can’t wait for the next group to come. I will upload feedback and videos as soon as I will find some spare time.

See you…