Training for 2010 has begun

We started training on 19th of october. To this date we have had excellent 2 weeks on water. New develpoment is that we work now with close co-operation with the LM group, we share training programs and camps. In my group is now about 10 athletes. It is possible to make U23 4x or 2x as well as 4x and 2x for adult races. The goal for winter is to improve technique and physiology to meet world standard next year. We need to improve technically towards more similar thinking and and rowing amongst our group.

We will do most of indoor training on slides, and we also have sceduled some skiing camps during winter. On fall we try to row on water as long as it makes sense regarding to weather conditions. Indoor rowers will be in very heavy use during this winter. Total of about 45 rowers train on the same Dukla facility.

For the winter training we try to keep some variation, so that the winter is not only ergo, but some skiing, biking, running, ballgames, yoga, fitball and so on. It will be an interesting winter and definitely very interesting season. World championships in New Zealand are a real challange for the organization. Reservations have to be made very early, and trip is very expensive, so we should know now which boats are going. Problem is that nobody knows the speed of boats next season. Preparation to championship that takes place on end of october on the opposite side of the world is not traditional either. From athletes point of view they seem to have very good motivation for the next season. Qualification to London looms only one year away from next season! The level of the European Championships next year will be extremely hard. To make good result there we have to be ready!

I will write some blogs about training, nutrition, rowing technique and so on and have them translated in to Czech. I would like to increase the discussion about rowing and this way to improve the quality of training. Understanding the rowing technique will make our training more efficient! Having said that, I do not think that my thinking is the only way to the top, but one group should have the same idea of rowing to go fast. I have experienced various levels of understanding english and I feel that is i important to publish my ideas in Czech language. Thanks for Daniela and Rowline for helping out in this!