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To All DC and Virginia area coaches:
This is the information for the TBC Summer Junior Men's program. Please direct any questions to Elliott Lane at coach.elliott. Schedule: The summer program begins at 4:30 PM on Monday, June 7. Morning practices, as described below, will begin after the end of the school year. Morning Practices 3x per week from 5:45 - 7:30 after school ends for the summer. Exact days will be somewhat flexible based on rowers schedules. Not everyone will come to the same morning practices - some will be for specific groups or boats. Afternoon Practices will run from 4:30 - 6:30 PM every afternoon. After school ends, based on rower schedules, the start time will probably be moved to 4:00 PM. Saturday practices will run from 7 - 10 AM. Mission: The goal of the 2010 summer junior program is to prepare its participants to succeed in the next level of the sport, whatever that might be for them. For athletes preparing for college, we work to give them a sense for collegiate-level coaching, workload and expectations. For younger athletes, we work to send them back to their home programs with a set of boat-moving skills that will allow them to compete at a higher level, both internally in their own programs, and against other high school teams in the spring. Program Structure: The summer junior program makes extensive use of small boats in its training program. Rowers who are proficient enough to handle pairs will use them regularly, and all athletes will row fours extensively. Currently, the summer program does not make significant use of sculling boats. After school lets out for the summer, the program will run through two cycles of high-intensity workouts followed by several days of recovery time in preparation for USRowing Nationals. Significant attention is paid to teaching recovery methods, including stretching, healthy diet, post practice icing, and post-practice recovery nutrition. Selection, Travel and Racing: There is no cut for the summer program. Everyone who comes out is welcome, though rowers who at at a technical or fitness level significantly under that of the team at large may be transferred into the Junior developmental program. Athletes who train with the Thompson Boat Center may race with the travel team of TBC Racing. Selection is based almost entirely on seatracing and time trialing - the team may erg if weather does not permit rowing on some days, but the individuals who make boats will be those who have proved their ability to move those boats on the water. Athletes who do not turn 17 in this calendar year may also be considered for the Junior-16 boats, though anyone who can make the varsity boat for the program will be given an opportunity to compete for a seat in that boat. The racing team will take as many boats to USRowing Nationals as are considered to be competitive. The most probable plan is to take two Junior-18 eights and one Junior-16 8, though if there is a third J-18 or second J-16 boat which is up to the competitive standard, they will be allowed to travel as well. For the Canadian Henley regatta, the standards are again raised; the program will travel with one J-18 8 and one J-16 8, as well as any second boats that made the USRowing Nationals final in their events. Dates for USRowing nationals are: July 13-18 in Oak Ridge, Tennessee Dates for the Royal Canadian Henley are: August 2-8 in St. Catharines, Ontario Coaches and Contact Information: The Head coach for the Summer Juniors is Elliott Lane. Elliott is in his third year is as the Head Coach for the Junior Men, and coaches at Loyola University during the school year. He can be contacted at coach.elliott. The Assistant coaches are Josh Miles, currently on staff with Walt Whitman Crew, and Flip Luisi, from Trinity College. For further information, the facebook group for the program is : TBC Junior Men - Summer 2010 Updated: 05/20/2010 |
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