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| Posted by Webmaster on Tuesday, January 22, 2008 |
NEVIN SAYRE – FLIPPING JUNIOR SAILING UPSIDE DOWN
Taken from Scuttlebutt 2516y Lynn Fitzpatrick (January 21, 2008) It’s been decades since Nevin Sayre spent time training in Miami as a member of the US Boardsailing Team. Nowadays, whether it be sailing, windsurfing, or kiteboarding, speedster Sayre knows how to have fun, and he is focused on bringing that attitude down to junior sailing. Nevin and his entourage were in town to host the O'Pen BIC Midwinters, and they put on a spectacle at sailing’s fun zone - Shake-a-Leg Miami - this past weekend.
Nearly forty junior sailors from Key Biscayne, Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Fort Pierce, Clearwater, and New Orleans elevated Nevin’s and O’Pen Bic’s rule number one - Have Fun - to a new level. |
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| Posted by Webmaster on Friday, May 25, 2007 |
 South African Sailing Academy will be conducting 3 courses in the Northvaal region during June and July 2007.
1) Assistant Club Coaches.
One day training for adults on how to coach. Saturday 16 June at PSC 8.45am This course is for any adult who would like to learn how to train both adults and children in sailing at beginner and intermediate sailors. |
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| Posted by Webmaster on Thursday, November 09, 2006 |
Affiliated Clubs,
Do you have any members who are registered with a SETA as Assessors, Moderators or Facilitators?
The South African Sailing Academy needs more people to help speed up the process of accrediting our sailing coaches with THETA. Any sailor who has obtained a qualification of this nature through business will be able to use this to benefit sailing.
Please ask such members to send their information to Evelyn Osborne of the SA Sailing Academy at mail@sailing.org.za.
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| Posted by Admin on Wednesday, September 20, 2006 |
“Hike Hard,” cries the skipper, tactician or fellow crew. Unless you are a solo dinghy racer, when your inner voice is pushing you to hold the planed out position a bit longer; this is request that is rarely met with a grin.
The quads, abdominal muscles and surely a few other muscles are all crying out if you are a dinghy racer. The keelboat racer who rides the rail feels a slightly different pain or none (this is not a good thing). Hiking the rail, hanging over a lifeline (which is hopefully padded!) for long periods of time applies pressure to the lower pelvis and posterior thigh muscles. The pain associated with this is the effect of nerve communication and circulation to lower body being disrupted and the body trying to communicate a problem to the head. - Read the complete article on how to better handle your crying muscles in the SailTrim September newsletter: |
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| Posted by Admin on Tuesday, August 22, 2006 |
We welcome you all to the South African Sailing Academy - here is the first of our regular newsletters to keep us all in touch with developments and to provide a forum for exchanging ideas on coaching.
Developments
There has been a positive development in the Academy. As coaches, the SAS EXCO have accepted us fully, and have combined two standing committees, in order to streamline the activities, to enable us all to grow and develop Sailing in our regions.
The two separate committees of Community and Development and High Performance, are now under one umbrella,” The South African Sailing Academy.” This is a positive step, as there is a natural flow of expertise from grass roots to high performance.
Ronnie Baer will handle this portfolio at SAS level, together with a team of SASA personnel who will keep the wheels turning, according to the principles laid out in the documentation of the Academy. Thank you Ronnie.
Over and above the key personnel of the Academy, who will ensure that the documentation of the Academy is acceptable to SAS, THETA and ISAF, there will be a reliable Academy person on each regional EXCO to handle the portfolio of development and liason with the clubs. This is a critical link in the Academy. |
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| Posted by Admin on Tuesday, August 22, 2006 |
 By Evelyn Osbourne
These courses will be held in each region, with each coach that has attended the coach courses. The course will be combined with the assessments of all coaches, at each venue. Coaches will receive assessment forms, prior to assessments, which, when complete, will be returned to Evelyn at evelyno@telkomsa.net. Each coach who attended the course, has paid for assessment, there will be a small charge for other coaches who wish to be assessed. |
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| Posted by Admin on Wednesday, July 26, 2006 |
(Following are some excerpts from a story by Dan Dickison posted on the Sailnet website.)
Being in good physical condition is an imperative at the top levels of our sport, just witness any Volvo Ocean Race or America's Cup camp and you'll see that. And being in reasonable condition should be a priority for almost every sailor—racer, cruiser, or daysailor. Imagine suffering a hernia as you try to get the staysail out of the lazarette 100 miles offshore en route to Panama. That's a scenario we'd all do a lot to avoid, or at least we like to think we'd do a lot to avoid it. Ideally you want a regimen that allows you to work with equal measure on strength, power, endurance, and flexibility. Tou want to create a training regimen that allows you to work on all four areas with equal emphasis. Here's a quick digest to get you started: |
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| Posted by Admin on Monday, July 24, 2006 |
| With new regatta formats there are always drawbacks and kinks in the beginning. The new format used recently at the 2006 470 Europeans is a variance, or interpretation of the new Olympic top ten final race format. It consists of 5 days of qualifying followed by one day of finals. Fleets are not split into: gold, silver, bronze, emerald, until the last day. Additionally, the gold fleet is only the top ten. |
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| Posted by Admin on Thursday, May 18, 2006 |
By Chris Upton for Scuttlebutt
In preparation for the Bermuda Race, we spent a Sunday afternoon sailing around a life jacket in 4 knots of breeze. It took 20+ attempts for a crew of eight. I decided to see what it would be like to be in the Gulf Stream. The closest thing in Newport is the YMCA pool. The test tried to take into account as many realities of being in the water as possible. I tried to replicate being tired and worn out from boat handling. Dressed in full foulies, sea boots, a life jacket, a t-shirt and shorts, I jumped in the pool. |
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| Posted by Admin on Thursday, May 04, 2006 |
How To Tackle The First Beat
The first beat is not a place to be greedy or take big risks. Assuming you have negotiated the start in good shape, your all consuming task up the first beat is to get to the windward mark first or at least ahead of your principal rivals if it's an important championship. |
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For the form to apply to be a Recognised Coaching Establishment,
click here
For the form to apply to become a Coach Educator,
click here |
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