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Lancing Sailing Club - Training |
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Training this season will support Youths with two days dedicated to Toppers. New this year is a strong emphasis on adult participation, encouraged by the RYA. After asking for input from its members, Lancing SC has earmarked several Saturdays during the season to bring adults back to sailing. Depending on the interest, there will be a few sessions bringing together mums, wives and partners. Sailing tends to be a sport predominantly masculine and ladies often miss out. During these training days, we will have lots of fun, lots games on the water building up the confidence, without putting any pressure on anyone. No start line, no racing, just enjoy the pleasure of sailing. Dates for your diary
This season will have a more fun and structured approach identifying training needs and delivering with the use of coaches, log books, separate training area, safety boat cover and a tips board. This is only a start and will be added to and tailored to the interest generated. NB: How many other sports can you think of that enable the whole family of all ages to compete/participate on an equal level? Training resourcesThe sailor just ahead of you. The sailor just ahead of you boat on the beach. www.shorehambeachweather.co.uk. Invaluable source for very local weather, what is/has and probably will happen. Live camera feed. Small library of racing books at Lancing Sailing Club "Play the rules" website- Rules game website Brill! UK-Hasley Rules quiz section - Another entertaining quiz about the rules. Register for free with an email address. Pause and replay the action while reading the answers to understand the reasons behind the decisions. Requires Flash player plug-in, link available on the site. www.rya.org.uk Royal Yachting Association rya.org.uk/vcc Volvo Champion Clubs good stuff RYA log book to purchase from RYA. Invaluable investment. RYA Champion Club Pathway Coaching book www.gbrtopper.co.uk - UK Topper Association www.laser.org.uk - UK Laser Association Tips and articles from Sailing Solutions Links to other resources and class associations are available in the Links page of this site. YouTube Input type of dinghy and "training" www.yachtsandyachting.com Magazine site. Club Members Approx twenty qualified coaches and as many very experienced sailors and technical gurus. FitnessFridge Meat, pasta, veg & fruit etc Exercise Gym, cycling etc and for some swimming! Sleep more than 4 hours the night before the race. The futureEstablish an up to date training program in line with Lancing needs and RYA directives. Supply easier access to new and potential new Junior/Youth members. Introduce Buddy and Mentoring Systems. Develop more contacts with like minded Youths and clubs in the surrounding counties. Allow coaches and other sailors to offer training/advice/presentations on their areas of expertise eg trapezing, aeronautics, etc History of training at Lancing(Youths can skip this bit) The current Club members owe a lot to the Founding members, they were years ahead of their time as a small family club encouraging all youngsters. The RYA remit is now looking at a 20 year plan, (which LSC has carried out for almost 50) to be inclusive and add to the mix rather than just the Dynasty sailor, (handed down by generations). Sailing, unfortunately, suffers from a huge accessibility issue. Crazy really seeing as we are surrounded by water! Lancing (along with CMYC) has in my experience (as a Dynasty sailor) been the exception to the rule. I joined over 20 years ago through the honest advice/tips, micky-taking and friendly experiences of Lancing members while at a winter event. Many of those sailors including Dave, Pete and Jerry remain, thank you all. Prior to Champion Club status Lancing had many ad hoc fun learning days, but with the new status, official courses were required. As a small club we were unable to support both approaches. We have had a number of very successful courses and training since, however the lack of a clubhouse (whilst new one completed), closure of the beach (Environment Agency building new sea defences), poor or disastrous weather, and one of those cyclical falls in club youth demographics, (exacerbated by the former incidents) resulted in us falling behind with the amount of training we wanted. That was then and this is now, we are now in a great position of a clean sheet backed by qualified coaches, willing and able and prepared to pass their knowledge on. That does not happen in most walks of life Not without great expense. |
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