TRAINING CAMP REPORT

Location & Dates

San Marcos (Texas). December 26th January 18th
Athletes
Abby Holcombe, Ken Dougherty, Kelby Senter, Seu Jacobi, Oran Huff, Teagan Johnson, James Dubose, Will Coggan, Gabe
Machado, Spencer Huff, Sage Donnelly, Max Karlsson, Matt Mc Connell, Kylie Zirk, Charlie Kieft, Tyler Hinton, Micki Reeves.
Coaches
Jordi Domenj Cadefau, Joe Jacobi (volunteer coach for some workouts)
Volunteers
Russ Huff, Amy Johnson, Stephanie Viselly, James Stuart, Matthew Donelly, DJ Dubose, Kathy Holcombe, Joe Jacobi, Micki
Reeves, Magnus Karlsson
Objectives

Techical
Contents

-Keep working in the internal factors: basic stroke, sweeps with a good upper-lower body linking
(toes push, core engagement, moving upper body to turning mode), draws with a good range of
motion of the core spring.
-Increase the amount of work del on the links between different trajectories: figure out the intensity
changes and plan the power bursts to get the most out of it, while keeping our movement smooth to
avoid losses of speed and energy.
-Improve the timing (implementation of the internal factors in relation ot the external factors).

Physiological
Contents

-Improvement of anaerobic endurance (alactic and lactic, in and out of the water).
-Transference of the aerobic to anaerobic process.
-Maintenance of aerobic endurance, in and out of the water.
-Prioritize rest before and after high intensity workouts.
-Rest and recovery, are as important as training.
-Nutrition: ingest very nutritive aliments and keep your body optimally hydrated.

Mental
Contents

-Set your own performance goals for this training camp..

-Development and tune up of your racing protocol. Know what is yor game on mindset and find it
proactively.
-Quality workouts, with constant objective and subjective evaluations in relation to your set goals.

Highlights/ Successes
-The fact of being all of us under the same roof and the house location, 5 minutes paddling to the slalom course, was a huge
success because this allowed the athletes to stay focused troughout the camp, minimize the time losses and increase the
training time, not only in the water but also at the house: video review, stretching, functional fitness workouts,...
-Excellent work of the chaperones: airport rides, cooking, video shooting and downloading all the footage to the Team Hard
Drive, timing and scoring, physical therapy,... allowing the coach to spend a lot of quality time to work with the athletes.
-More individualized schedule than in the Thanksgiving training camp, the athletes (specially the higher level ones had the plan
as a basic proposal, that they could adapt to their needs).
-Since the high performance athletes (U23 / Junior Team members) are already used to the work system, they were extremely
efficient with regards to workout logistics. In some sessions, they even worked by themselves, allowing the coach to spend time
with the beginner and development athletes.
Challenges
To keep a positive momentum in such a long training camp has been challenging. Towards the end, we had to take one day off
and out of the house, that everyone used to relax a little and approach the last 6 days of training with the right mindset.

Key Learning Points/ Future Improvements

I honestly believe that this format is really good for a training camp. The feedback received from the athletes and chaperones
has been excellent.
Budget / Expenses estimation

Schedule
-TCWR training plan, December 23rd 29th (only the weekend is part of the camp)

-TCWR training plan, December 30th January 5th

-TCWR training plan, December January 5th 12th

-TCWR training plan, January 13th

Results
-Race simulation, December 28th

-Race simulation, January 4th

-Race simulation, January 11th