2014 World Rowing Coaches Conference Rio

The 2014 conference will be held from Thursday 6 to Sunday 9 November 2014 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Over the course of the conference, there will be an opportunity to hear from a range of topical speakers including successful rowing coaches:

• Coach in the Spotlight – following New Zealand’s amazing year, the Coach in the Spotlight will be Gary Hay, the coach of Emma Twigg (W1x) as well as the LW2x and W2- from Amsterdam
• A panel of 6 prominent coaches of women’s crews will discuss “What makes a successful coach of women – the myth and the reality”
• Henk-Jan Zwolle and Rosie Mayglothling from the Competitive Rowing Commission will run a workshop on how to extract and analyse the GPS data from FISA Championships from the FISA Website
• Coaching Para Rowing and Para Rowing Classification will be explained by Guilherme Soares and Roberto Nahon from Brazil
• Mike Spracklen, now coaching Russia, and Trent Lawton, the New Zealand Strength and Conditioning expert, will raise different views about the best out of the boat training
• Canadian Academic Joseph Baker will make a presentation on Talent Identification and Development and the practical aspects of developing talent will be presented by Chuck McDiarmid of Canada
• The FISA Executive Committee will discuss some of the burning issues of our sport with the coaches present
• As well as a tour of the Olympic Regatta Course, Rio Competition Manager Colleen Orsmond will update participants on preparations for the FISA Junior World Championships in 2015 and the Olympic Regatta in 2016

Link to online registration:

http://sri.cob.org.br/cursos/wrcc/

2014 Coaches Conference Rio brochure:

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On Friday night there will be a Gala Dinner at which the annual FISA World Rowing Awards will be presented.