Spring Team Race Clinic @ LYC May 19, 21-22

To get sailors excited for Summer Team Race Nationals, LYC will be hosting a Team Race Clinic open to all RWB Sailors. 

Schedule: 

  Sat.-Sun May 21-22 10am Rigged and Ready to 5pm

  Thursday May 19 is a 3-7pm after school practice - if you can't make it thats OK!

    

Open to drop in sailors & LYC team members - sailors rsvp as individuals (no need to register as a team!) and will be put into practice teams/skill groups. 

rsvp to: arthur.blodgett@lyc.org 

    

Cost: $150 (member discount applies). 

    Clinic will cover: 

         *Team Race Skillbuilding: Passbacks, Marktraps, Decelerations, Gap/Push Skills.

         

          *General Team Race Strategy:

                  - Converting to plays

                  - Winning in Zones

                  - Chasing effectively when the other team is winning! 

          

            *Effective communication with teammates.

          

            *Common TR Rules situations (taught through the callbook) 

                         and how to sail well with umpires. 

         

            *Each sailors will receive a copy of the updated LYC Opti Team Race Playbook.

 

Coaches: Arthur Blodgett and Bobby Noonan. 

Learn from 2 coaches with extensive backgrounds in high level College Team Racing!

Arthur has coached 2 different High School Teams to podium finishes at Team Race Nationals in the past 3 years. He coached LYC1 to 2nd Place the LYC Team Race and Opti Midwinters, where the team went 23-0 going into the finals. Arthur was selected to coach the first USNT Team Race Practice. 

Finally, Here's a throwback LYC Team Race Video from LYC Coaching Legend Patrick Rynn, as well as current LYC Laser and High School standouts Jensen and Max! We look forward to covering this situation and more!