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The NTID Canoeing Newsletter
Welcome to Paddle Prattle, the NTID Canoeing Newsletter. This newsletter contains
updates on the current happenings within the NTID Canoeing Program. Feedback or input for the
newsletter can be directed to [email protected] or [email protected]
Regards, Elissa and Sam.
NITD Hits the Sydney Northern Beaches
NITD have partnered up with the Sydney Northern
Beaches Kayak Club to launch a sprint kayak program
for junior athletes. NTID conducted testing at five
schools to promote the program to local athletes.
Thanks to the following schools for their support
throughout the testing process:
• The Pittwater House Schools
• Pittwater High School
• The Forest High School • St Paul’s College
• Northern Beaches Secondary
College (Cromer Campus)
An opportunity for athletes to try their hand at
paddling involved plenty of (unplanned!) swimming
for those athletes new to paddling.
Left:
Learning
to kayak
at Sydney
Northern
Beaches
Kayak Club
82 athletes were tested at school
visits and 58 keen athletes from
an array of sporting backgrounds
participated in the subsequent
testing days at the Sydney Academy
of Sport. Athletes were put through
their paces on a range of physical
and physiological tests.
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A squad of athletes has been selected and commenced training on October 26th.
Above:
Unearthing
talent at The
Pittwater
House School
in Sydney
The NTID/Sydney Northern Beaches Kayak Club Squad is:
First Name
Surname
Sporting Background
Francesca
Banks
Swimming
Riley
Cross
Gymnastics
Taylah
Davies
Surf/Swimming
Mitchell
Douglas
Surf Life Saving
Peter
Euers
Surf life Saving
Joshua
Fenley
Rugby Union
Alex
Gold
Surf/Kayaking
Jacqueline
Green
Surf Life Saving
Cameron
Hayle
Basketball
Mackenzie
Labine-Romain
Artistic Gymnastics
Isaac
Lawrence
Swimming
Bianca
Murphy
Trampoling
Adelaide
Nesbitt
Netball
Kyle
Slabbert
Cricket
Lauren
Szewczyk
Soccer
Josh
Talvi
Surf Life Saving
Jacob
Tsagaris
Waterpolo
12 times National Junior Team coach/manager, Christine Duff is coaching the squad with assistance from
Brendan Buckton.
A welcome BBQ was conducted for the new athletes and their families on October 31st and the squad hasn’t
looked back since. We look forward to seeing them in the upcoming regattas over the Summer.
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NTID Penrith Valley JETS Fire Up
Left:
Still smiling
after all of
that testing
The NTID Penrith Valley JETS (Junior to Elite Talent
Squad) has been designed to identify our next
Australian champions in slalom paddling. The JETS
Program was launched at the Penrith Whitewater
Stadium Open Day on November 1st. Over 40
young athletes were tested on strength, power
and endurance tests as well as a fierce game of
canoe polo lead by Olympian Robin Bell and World
Championship medallist, Jess Fox.
Selected athletes are partaking in a diverse training
program that will provide them with a taste of
several canoeing disciplines to accelerate their
skill acquisition. A second testing day will be held
in January 2010 to select the final JETS squad.
Registrations are currently open for athletes aged
10 – 14 years for the January testing session.
To register, please visit www.ausport.gov.au/canoe
or visit youtube at http://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=afKbzFxnWZM to see the athletes in action.
Left:
Vertical jump
testing in
Penrith
Thanks to Ashleigh Rudd, the AIS canoe slalom staff
and athletes who made the testing day such a fun
entry into the world of slalom for our new paddlers.
Surf & Kayak Partnership Launched
life saving and kayaking and has competed at four
World Championships and two Olympic Games.
The Surf & Kayak Talent Program has been launched
as a joint initiative of Surf Life Saving Australia,
Australian Canoeing, NTID and the AIS. The Surf &
Kayak Talent Program is designed to promote the cross
participation and development of surf ski paddlers
with the Olympic discipline of sprint kayak racing.
Over the next few weeks Lynda will be rolling out the pilot
program and you will soon begin to see paddlers identified
as potential Olympians tearing up the Gold Coast’s canals
in the distinctive red and yellow Surf and Kayak Talent
Program kayaks. Keep watching the Australian Canoeing,
Qld Canoeing, SLSA, SLSQ, and NTID web sites for more
information. If you want to know how to get involved as
a club, coach, or athlete right away, please contact Lynda
directly [email protected]
Left:
Coordinator Lynda
Lehmann (middle)
with Kerri Morley,
Denise Cooper,
Gayle Mayes and
Anna Wood at
the Barcelona
Olympics
There is a long history of national kayak paddlers
dominating in surf ski and, conversely, a very large
percentage of the Australian kayak team comes from
a surf life saving background. This program will build
on that history by providing clear opportunities for
talented surf life savers to potentially win gold for
their surf life saving club and gold for Australia at the
Olympic Games.
Lynda Lehmann has been appointed as the
Coordinator for the program. Lynda has a strong
background in competitive sport in swimming, surf
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Far left:
Surf life
savers trying
their hand on
the flatwater
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Let’s Go Victoria
To supplement the push for a revitalisation of the
once vibrant sprint canoeing scene in Victoria,
NTID and Canoeing Victoria have joined forces
to establish a NTID/CV Sprint Kayaking Program.
Former sprint paddler, Peter Gargiulo has been
appointed to the position of NTID/CV Sprint Kayak
Program coach to guide the selected athletes on an
accelerated pathway to national and international
level representation. Congratulations Peter, we look
forward to watching the progress of your soon to be
selected new squad.
A promotional campaign is currently underway in
Melbourne high schools and the Victorian canoeing
community to seek expressions of interest from athletes
who are keen to try out for a spot in the squad. We are
looking for athletes with the following characteristics:
• Male and female, aged 13 – 17 years
• A sporting background in any sport including
any discipline of canoeing
• Strength, endurance, power and speed
• Commitment to work your way to the top
in sprint kayaking
• No paddling experience required
For more information
or to register for the
program, please visit
www.ausport.gov.
au/canoe. Testing
and ‘come-and-try’
kayaking sessions
will be conducted
in January.
Left:
NTID-CV Sprint
kayak coach,
Peter Gargiulo
in action
Slalom National Talent Squad Update
Left:
Slalom
training
Now in its third year, the Slalom NTS continues to
grow and develop with 24 athletes selected in the
squad this year. The paddlers have been working to
a busy schedule of camps-based and international
touring development opportunities. The most
recent camp was a three day trip to Tasmania
using the sites of Brady’s Lake and the Mersey
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River slalom course. Workshops were conducted on
race preparation, sports psychology, strengthening,
stretching, nutrition and training plans. Thanks to
Warwick Draper and Peter Eckhardt for leading the
coaching and coordination of the NTS squad to
deliver valuable learning experiences to the
paddlers in the slalom NTS this year.
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Queensland Talent Squad Camps in Full Swing
The Queensland Talent Squad (QTS) has been formed
for the first time in 2009 to offer up-and-coming
junior athletes additional development opportunities
in preparation for a smooth and successful transition
into the open ranks in the coming years. The QTS is
a combined initiative of the Queensland Academy
of Sport, NTID and Queensland Canoeing. 14
junior paddlers have been selected for the squad
based on their performance at the 2009 National
Championships and are taking part in a series of
camps-based development opportunities throughout
South-East Queensland. QAS head coach, Vince
Fehervari is coach of the program with assistance
from NTID coach, John Newton. The most recent camp
was held on November 14th at the AIS on the Gold
Coast which included a focus on team boat work and a
presentation from Matt Ahlberg on sports psychology.
Left:
Coaches Vince
Fehervari,
John Newton
and the Qld
Talent Squad
at camp on
the Sunshine
Coast
Athlete in the Spotlight – Jordan-Lee Jones
You have had a very fast rise into the world of
kayaking, what is your greatest achievement so far?
Making the Olympic Hopes Team for sure!
Any embarrassing kayaking moments to date?
Definitely! At the try outs (for the Olympic Hopes
Team) after I finished my K1 1000 metres I tried to
claim the win but ended up in the freezing cold water.
The NTID team first met Jordy-Lee when we visited
her high school in late 2008 to conduct testing
and invite athletes to try out for the NTID kayaking
program. Jordy-Lee was a standout performer and
from a non-paddling background, stepped up to the
challenge to try kayaking by joining Peter Petho’s
NTID Sunshine Coast program in January 2009.
Thanks also to Lisa Curry who coached Jordy-Lee
and the NTID junior squad in early 2009.
What is your sporting background?
Before kayaking I did surf life saving, and believe it
or not I did ballet!
What were your first few sessions in a kayak like?
At first I wasn’t the biggest fan of kayaking, that
is because I could not balance properly and I was
spending most of my time swimming with the sharks
and sting-rays, I could not steer either so I did damage
a few boats, but after a few sessions of kayaking I
grew to love it and now it’s the best thing in my life!
Who are your role models?
(My coaches) Peter Petho, Chris Alagich, Rosco (Ross
MacDonald) and Shelly Oates-Wilding
What keeps you busy when you are not in a kayak?
When am I not in a kayak?
What are your kayaking goals for the future?
My goal is to represent Australia in the Olympics.
It’s a dream I have had since watching the seniors
at training and knowing I could be as good as them
one day, but for now my goals are to keep training
hard so I can make more Australian teams, because
they definitely are the best opportunities that I
will remember forever, meeting all my competition
around the world and making lifelong friends is
definitely something no other sport can give me.
Left:
Jordy-Lee
(seat 3) at
the Junior
NTID camp
in July
What are your favourite aspects of kayaking?
The feeling and the determination I get while
training with my best friends and having my coach in
the boat next to me telling me what I can improve
on, but the best aspects of kayaking would be the
opportunities I have been given.
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Left:
Jordy-Lee
(right) with
teammate Tara
McAleenan
at the 2009
National
Championships
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Record Results for the Sprint National Talent Squad
The Sprint Kayaking National Talent Squad
experienced unprecedented success at this year’s
Olympic Hopes Regatta in the Czech Republic. 2009
was the third year in which the National Talent
Squad has competed in the Olympic Hopes Regatta
with increasing success culminating in the team’s
best ever results this year. The Australian contingent
qualified to compete in 19 finals, finishing in the top
eight in the world in 13 of these finals. Bill Bain and
Tom Norton recorded the highest placings of 5th in
their respective K1 1000s.
Far Left:
The NTS
Team at the
Brandenburg
Gate
ideas for new
training techniques
that have been
brought back
to Australia for
trialling. The squad
even managed to
squeeze in some
sightseeing at the
Brandenburg Gate,
Check Point Charlie
and a bus tour
around London.
Left:
Shelley and
Graham with
Aussie gifts
for the hosts
To come back with bi-lingual skills, great results …
and the email addresses of the entire German team
is certainly the sign of an outstanding tour!
Thanks and congratulations to Graham Bendeich,
Shelley Oates-Wilding, John Newton and Kevin Crisp
on coordinating and coaching such a successful trip,
and to all the athletes on a great tour.
Left:
Sightseeing
in typical
London
weather
The tour commenced with a training camp held at
the Brandenburg Regatta Centre. Next stop was the
Keinbaum Sports Centre which proved popular with
the athletes who had the chance to utilise some
of the state-of-the-art facilities on offer for training
and recovery. Exchange of ideas with the German
Coaching team saw the Australian coaches acquire
Gold Coast Campers
Far Left:
Team building
games on the
Gold Coast
Left:
Camp team
boat training
John Newton and Graham Bendeich’s junior squad
joined Peter Petho’s junior squad for an NTID
development camp on the Gold Coast.
A jam-packed schedule saw 38 athletes paddle, run,
jump, box, stretch, plan, and EAT their way through
three days of team boat training, yoga classes,
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team building activities and workshops on nutrition,
sports psychology and injury management. One of
the camp highlights was having Olympian, Amanda
Rankin, talk with the athletes about the highs and
lows of kayaking, inspiring athletes to stick to their
goals and continue their hard work until they achieve
their dreams.
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NTID Slalom ‘Rapid Recruits’ Recruited
Visits to schools proved
to be well received with
65 registrations received
from interested students.
Athletes underwent
physical testing in
October to assess power,
strength, endurance and
flexibility as well as onwater skills.
Capitalising on the success of Australia’s most
triumphant Olympics in slalom, the NTID Rapid Recruits
Program has been launched in Melbourne to identify
and develop slalom paddlers to follow in the footsteps
of Olympic medallists, Jacqui Lawrence and Robin Bell.
Dual Olympian and AIS Scholarship coach, Warwick
Draper is heading up the Rapid Recruits program
that aims to bring new paddlers into slalom and
provide additional opportunities to current paddlers.
Left:
Rapid Recruits
Coach
Warwick
Draper in
action on the
whitewater
A squad of 45 athletes
has been invited to join
Phase 1 of the program
which commenced
in the first week of
November and involves
two to three training sessions per week with a focus
on technical coaching and mastering basic kayaking
skills. Phase 1 will also incorporate training sessions on
the Yarra, weekend camps on the Goulburn River, and
competition at the Victorian State Titles in December
and the National Championships in January 2010.
At the conclusion of phase 1, athletes will be re-tested
and a smaller, phase 2 squad selected for continuation
in the program.
Perth Athletes - We want YOU!
NTID and Canoeing WA have recently established
a partnership with support from WAIS head coach,
Ramon Andersson, the University of Western
Australia and Surf Life Saving WA to create an elite
development squad to provide support for the future
talent in WA.
Left:
Coach Julie
Jenkinson on
the surf ski.
Olympian, Rob
Jenkinson and
his wife, World
Championship
competitor Julie
Jenkinson have been
appointed to coach
the program and will
work closely with
Ramon in developing
the squad. The NTID/
CWA Program will be
an elite development
squad aimed at preparing paddlers to feed into the
WAIS program. Selected athletes will be involved
in regular training, development camps, and have
access to sports science monitoring and strength and
conditioning coaching.
Far Left:
NTID-CWA
sprint kayak
coach Rob
Jenkinson
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Registrations are now open for athletes interested in
trying out for the program. If you are aged between
13 and 30 years and think you have the strength,
speed, power and endurance required to be a top
sprint kayaker, we want to hear from you!
No paddling experience is required however current
kayakers and surf ski paddlers are encouraged to
apply. Register now at www.ausport.gov.au/canoe
Testing will be conducted on November 28th.
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Research Corner – NTID athletes participate in
Mark McKean’s ground-breaking research study
Left:
Sunshine
Coast NTID
Strength and
Conditioning
Coach, Mark
McKean
NTID Sunshine Coast strength and conditioning coach, Mark McKean has been working with
the squad since the program’s inception two years ago. Mark formerly provided strength
and conditioning coaching to Clint Robinson while he was competing and now delivers
strength and conditioning support to the junior and senior NTID Sunshine Coast squad.
As a key component of the completion of his PhD, Mark together with Brendan Burkett from
the University of the Sunshine Coast has recently had a paper accepted for publication in the
Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport. The article’s abstract is detailed below.
The relationship between joint range
of motion, muscular strength, and race
time for sub-elite flat water kayakers.
By Mark McKean and Brendan Burkett
Upper body strength and flexibility are common
training activities in elite flat water kayaking yet
the relationship between joint range of motion,
muscular strength, and race time is unclear. The
aim of this research was to firstly quantify the
flexibility and strength of sub-elite kayakers and
then determine the relationship of this data to
performance race times. Twenty-nine national
standard kayak paddlers were assessed for
shoulder and pelvic flexibility, upper body strength,
and performance time. The shoulder internal and
external rotation range of movement for kayak
paddlers was reduced in comparison to other
populations. For the female paddlers significant (p <
0.01) and strong correlations (r > 0.70) were found
between shoulder flexion range of movement,
shoulder strength, and strength endurance. Strength
scores for kayak paddlers are reported for the first
time showing the Pull:Push strength ratio for male
kayak paddlers was 129%, and for females 147%.
The strength ratio was significantly different (p <
0.01) across gender and also different to published
ratios from other sports. Several other measures
were also significantly different across gender. All
paddlers showed significant and strong correlations
between the three 8RM shoulder strength exercises,
highlighting the importance of maintaining
balance of strength for the muscles acting on the
shoulder. There was only one measure, the strength
endurance Bench-Pull-Max-Power for females that
significantly and strongly correlated to the on-water
performances; identifying the poor relationship
between current dry land training activities and race
performance. No single strength or ROM measure
correlated strongly with on-water performances for
either sex, as a sport kayaking appears to reduce
the ROM about the shoulder joint.
Adelaide on the Agenda
NTID, SASI and Canoe SA will be working together
throughout November and December to plan for
the new Adelaide-based NTID Sprint Kayak Program.
More details to follow.
Grants for the Slalom Southern
Stars and Perth Slalom
Development Programs
Teams. Highlighted as priority slalom development
programs by the AIS and Australian Canoeing, NTID
has recently provided development grants to both the
Southern Stars (Tasmania) and Perth development
programs to facilitate additional development
opportunities for the athletes in these programs.
Tasmania’s Southern Stars Program is using the grant
to subsidise two training camps, the first of which
will be held on the Goulbourn River in Victoria during
November and the second camp will be held at
Penrith in April 2010. The Perth program is using the
grant to access additional high quality coaching for
the development athletes through the expertise of
Zlatan Ibrahimbegovic.
The canoe slalom development programs in Tasmania
and Perth continue to feed talented athletes up
into the National system through the National
Talent Squad and the Australian Junior and Senior
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Talent Found in “The Shire”
NTID invaded high schools in the Cronulla Sutherland
Shire during September to hunt for athletes with the
potential to develop into elite level sprint kayakers.
Sylvania High School, Port Hacking High School and
Menai High School hosted the NTID team for testing
and ‘introduction to kayaking’ sessions.
The NTID Cronulla trial squad will kick off on the 21st
of November with the final squad to be named in
January 2010. Good luck to Brian, Rod and the new
squad as they embark on the two month adventure
ahead of them.
Left:
Chin up
testing in
Cronulla
The quality of young talent in ‘The Shire’ was impressive,
making the decision to select a final squad very difficult.
Following testing of 114 students in schools and 42 at
the final NTID testing day, 28 athletes have been invited
to participate in a two month trial before a final squad is
named.
Former Olympic coach, Brian Trouville is heading
up the coaching for this program with Rod Smith
filling the assistant coach position. Brian and Rod
have taken a strong interest in the selection of the
squad through their involvement in the NTID school
visits and each stage of the testing process.
Left:
Coach
Rod Smith
assisting at
the Cronulla
NTID ‘comeand-try
kayaking’
session
Different Strokes…
Following a quick rise over the past two years
combined with no shortage of hard work, three of
Peter Petho’s senior NTID athletes have been invited
to attend the AIS women’s camp in November.
The three athletes come from starkly contrasting
backgrounds. Christie Pickup was on a break from
kayaking following a strong career as a junior, Hailey
McGinty came from a surf life saving background and
Rachel Dickinson joined the NTID program at the age
of 24 from a softball background with no paddling
experience whatsoever. Christie, Hailey and Rachel
will join coach Katrin Borchert for the AIS camp in
late November. Keep up the great work, paddlers.
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Left:
NTID senior
paddlers Libby
(former NTID),
Christie, Rachel
and Hailey
NTID Leader’s Ladder
NTID squads are tested every four months to track the improvement in their physical and physiological
development. Our current top scorers on NTID testing are:
Age Group
Name
Program
Result
Arm Crank Peak Power Output (Watts)
U14M
U15M
U16M
U18M
Senior M
U14F
U16F
U18F
Senior F
NTID Sydney Juniors
NTID Sydney Juniors
NTID Sunshine Coast
NTID Sunshine Coast
NTID Sunshine Coast
NTID Sydney Juniors
NTID Sunshine Coast
NTID Cronulla
NTID Sunshine Coast
Isaac Lawrence
Cameron Hayle
Charlie Copeland
Thomas Geraghty
Glenn Wilkinson
Riley Cross
Coco Howcroft
Emma Thompson
Hailey McGinty
632
1311
1271
1529
1990
445
777
774
847
Rowing Ergometer Peak Power Output (Watts)
U14M
U16M
U18M
U14F
U16F
U18F
NTID Sunshine Coast
NTID Sunshine Coast
NTID Gold Coast
NTID Gold Coast
NTID Gold Coast
NTID Gold Coast
Ryan Anderson
Mike Honore
Dylan Magee
Heleena Ethell
Remi Francis
Heleena Ethell
408
529
659
253
363
340
Bench Pull (Repetitions in one minute)
U14M
U15M
U16M
U18M
Senior M
U14F
U16F
U18F
Senior F
NTID Sydney Juniors
NTID Sunshine Coast
NTID Sunshine Coast
NTID Sunshine Coast
NTID Sunshine Coast
NTID Cronulla
NTID Sunshine Coast
NTID Gold Coast
NTID Sunshine Coast
Joshua Fenley
Ryan Anderson
Charlie Copeland
Thomas Geraghty
James Stretch
Lara Moses
Tara McAleenan
Heleena Ethell
Chantelle Ellis
26
66
39
59
66
23
50
59
75
Shuttle Run/Beep Test
U14M
U16M
U18M
Senior M
U14F
U16F
U18F
Senior F
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Ryan Anderson
Ryan Anderson
Matthew Gilliman
James Stretch
Glenn Wilkinson
Lara Moses
Heleena Ethell
Heleena Ethell
Rachel Dickinson
NTID Sunshine Coast
NTID Sunshine Coast
NTID Sunshine Coast
13.04
14.07
14.02
NTID Sunshine Coast
14.09
NTID Cronulla
NTID Gold Coast
NTID Gold Coast
NTID Sunshine Coast
11.04
11.05
11.07
12.01
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