World Sailing continues pursuit of development

World Sailing, the governing body for the sport of sailing, recently hosted two development clinics in Vanuatu and Brazil as it continues to build sailing skills across the globe.

Held from the 14-20 April, the Youth Worlds Emerging Nations Program (ENP) touched down in Vanuatu for the Oceania regional clinic while a Level 2 Technical Course for Coaches (TCC) was held in Brazil from 19-23 April helping to build on the Olympic legacy.
 
The Iririki Island Resort in Vanuatu played host to 13 sailors and seven coaches from around the Oceania region for the third ENP clinic of 2017 ahead of the Youth Sailing World Championships in Sanya, China this coming December.
 
World Sailing nominated experts Joe Chan and Andrew Clouston were on hand to help train and teach sailing techniques to the sailors and coaches from the Cook Islands, Fiji, Guatemala, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, Samoa and host nation Vanuatu.
 
Fijian sailor Viliane Ratulu spoke of his experience at the clinic saying, “Having a chance to participate in the ENP in Vanuatu was a dream come true. I have benefitted a lot and improved on my sailing techniques.”
 
The clinic aims to highlight possible improvements that the young sailors can work on, which didn’t go unnoticed by Ratula, “I have gained a lot of knowledge in this clinic, but I had some weaknesses that I came across such as fitness which I can improve on.”
 
Moving from the South Pacific to South America, the Yacht Club Santo Amaro, Brazil welcomed 21 coaches for the five day Level 2 Course for Coaches and Trainers.
 
Regional Coordinator for Sailing Development in Latin America for World Sailing, Eduardo Sylvestre, commented on the course, saying, “I am extremely pleased to see the thirst for learning from the participants.”
 
Privately funded by CBVela, the attendees were pleased to welcome the initiative which benefitted a wide range of coaching levels and experience.
 
Ricardo Munhoz of the Tempo Wind Clube said, “Despite 30 years teaching sailing and managing classes and sailing schools in Brazil, the course proved to be an extremely important tool for implementing new and efficient methods.”
 
The courses aim to improve the coaching knowledge base for the attendees so that they can then pass on their experience and new skills to improve teaching within the regions, something Allan Godoy from Clube de Brasilia fully appreciated, “I feel much more prepared and able to continue the teaching-learning process now. I take a very positive experience back to Brasilia, which I will share with all my staff.”
 
Echoing Godoy’s thoughts was Marlon Oliveira from Clube do Espirito Santo, “This course has added a lot to my training as an instructor and technician. The goal now is to pass on all the learning I have gained to standardize our training and instruction among the other technicians.”
 
The next TCC is set to be held in the Dominican Republic from 18-25 May while the ENP clinic will move on to Poland from 28 June to 4 July ahead of the 2017 Youth Sailing World Championships later in the year.
 
Emerging Nations Program

The Youth Worlds Emerging Nations Program (ENP) aims to increase the number of sailors and MNAs participating at the Youth Worlds, with the aim to narrow the performance gap and promote worldwide competition. With this in mind the ENP clinics focus on coach performance, sailor ability and national training scheme development, with the goal to enhance sailing within the home nations, allowing future generations and sailing as a sport to benefit.
 
For more information about the TCC go to http://www.sailing.org/training/coursesforcoaches/index.php or contact the Training and Development Department at training@sailing.org.