PERFORMANCE RACING (Advanced) Coaching

PERFORMANCE race coaching to move your racecraft up a gear.  Run by a lead coach with supporting race coaches so that the supervision ratio is no more than 1:6 and the day is focused on improving skills, technique and mindset whilst having fun.  

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Please see the bottom of the page for the various session dates.   ​​

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What Standard Sailor Do I Need To Be?

These sessions are aimed at sailors who are participating in the gold fleet at national level events.  We expect all sailors to be able to confidently race and maintain focus over an extended period, with a fully race rigged boat and have suitable winter sailing kit to enjoy a day on the water in the winter. 

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Performance coaching will be class specific unless the session is aimed at a more general element of performance (fitness, sailing physics etc).    We may run a few mixed fleet sessions pending numbers where we will focus on general race skills and technical knowledge. 

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What will the sessions cover?

A typical session will look like this:

• Pending conditions, a mix of shore and water sessions to focus on the technical elements of;

  • Tacking, gybing, sailing upwind, sailing downwind, starting.

• A mix of exercises will be used which are fun, aimed at the competency & age of sailors participating and their concentration level.

• Pending location, ashore for lunch before more sailing in the afternoon. 

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Session Times

• We like to start early so we can make the most of the daylight hours in winter.  We expect boats and sailors to be ready no later than 9.30am although this may be earlier or later pending the plan for the day. 

• Typically, sailors come ashore about 3pm, pack up and get changed before a de-brief session.

• We expect sailors to attend the briefing and de-brief sessions as these are part of the coaching session. 

• Sailors are encouraged to bring a notepad and pen and take notes but this is not enforced and we recognise some sailors' do not learn this way.     

• Information will be sent out the week prior to the session detailing start and planned finish times and other pertinent information. 

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​​​​How good does my boat need to be? 

• PERFORMANCE sailors need a boat that is fully set up for racing and is in full working order.  We do not encourage boat hire for performance coaching as by this level sailors should be working with a boat set up for them which is familiar, rigged to their preference and is a known quantity. 

• However, we recognise that life happens and sometimes boats are not available, if your boat is temporarily off the water we can usually find a solution to get you afloat. 

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Why is a day of coaching priced as it is /  Why do I have to pay for coaching?

We employ highly respected coaches who bring a wealth of sailing and coaching talent, experience and energy to regional sailing.  We pay our coaches as we believe professional high quality coaching should be paid for.   

We recognise that some clubs deliver lower cost coaching offers due to the generosity of their members offering their coaching time for free, this is fantastic and should be celebrated but all our coaches are paid, some of our coaches are full time professional coaches so we can't expect them to work for free (they do need to eat!).  As a minimum we follow RYA recommended payment rates for coaches.  We also have to cover the cost of venue and RIB hire.  We also have some overheads (like this website, the booking platform and our significant annual insurance bill).  There is no such thing as a free lunch and whilst we endeavour to keep our costs down, we do have to pay for things.  We believe our offer is extremely good value, delivers excellent results and also contributes to the feeling of community our sailors enjoy and value.  

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We encourage sailors to block book so that they benefit from the cumulative coaching across the offer.   There is a block booking discount available when more than 5 sessions are booked.  ​​​​​​​​​​​