World Rowing Coaches Conferences are hailed as the leading source of high quality coaches information and resources for the top coaches from around the world.
This years 2013 World Rowing Coaches Conference was held in Tallinn, Estonia.
The 2013 World Rowing Coaches Conference Talks:
Johan Foldin: 'My Experiences'.
Annelen Collatz: 'Coach the Coach - practical psychological work'.
Teet Seene: 'Age-Related Changes in Skeletal Muscle'.
Dr Malcolm Brown: 'Phasing in preparation of triathletes'.
Teet Seene presented on "Age-Related Changes in Skeletal Muscle: Strength Development Through the Lifespan". Here Teet talked about how skeletal muscular development begins when the baby is born. It was highlighted that at the time of birth, a babies muscular contraction velocity is the same throughout all their muscles. However, from this point on, that's where the differentiation between the different fibres starts: Slow twitch and fast twitch. The most intensive developmental phase for skeletal muscular growth is in this first 28 days of life. Teet has found that this is due to the high levels of anabolic hormones present in the neonatal period. Teet states that protein synthesis rate is higher than protein degradation. Factors like insulin, growth hormone and glucagon play a role...
Johan Flodin, has been awarded the 2013 World Rowing Coach of the year. For good reason: He is the man behind Norway's incredible World Championship results where the men's double scull and the men's lightweight double scull won gold. Flodin is a former Olympian himself, having raced in Atlanta in 1996. Following which, he worked with 2010s World Champion women's single sculler: Frida Svensson. Only after London 2012, did Flodin take the position as the Head Rowing Coach in Norway. Johan Flodin's talk Flodin's talk covered the following topics: - Norway structure: Two main centers with 4 regions. One paid coach with 11 athletes in the elite group. - Long term development: A review of the structure. - Training: Focussed...
