Olympic Training Center Workshops

I am super excited to be offering Total Immersion weekend workshops at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs! This is an amazing facility and an amazing opportunity for you to train, sleep, and eat right along side America’s Olympic hopefuls as they get ready for this year’s Olympics in London.

OUR NEXT WORKSHOP IS SCHEDULED FOR JUNE 30 – JULY 1, 2012

Prices:
$495.00 (2-day workshop with room and board not included)
$445.00 (2-day workshop with room and board not included, groups of 2 or more) – Contact Ryan for instructions for registering groups
$625.00 (2-day workshop plus 2 nights room and board at the OTC)
$700.00 (2-day workshop plus 3 nights room and board at the OTC)

About the Colorado Springs Olympic Training Center (CS – OTC)

The U.S. Olympic Complex in Colorado Springs is the flagship training center for the U.S. Olympic Committee and the Olympic Training Center programs. USA Swimming and USA Shooting, both USOC member organizations known as national governing bodies, have their national headquarters on the complex. Over 15 other member organizations, as well as two international sports federations, and the USOC headquarters are located nearby in Colorado Springs.

The Olympic Complex, former home of ENT Air Force Base and the headquarters of the North American Defense Command, officially became USOC administrative headquarters in July 1978. In 2010, the USOC moved its administrative offices from the complex to a new, modern facility in downtown Colorado Springs.

In October 1996 and April 1997, the USOC officially dedicated and opened its new $23.8 million, Phase II facilities- a state-of-the-art sports medicine and sport science center, an athlete center, which includes a dining hall and two residence halls. The USOC is able to provide housing, dining, recreational facilities and other services for up to 557 coaches and athletes at one time on the complex.

About our Total Immersion Workshops at the CS – OTC

This two-day course takes you through all the Total Immersion drills and numerous strategies for full stroke mechanics. Resulting in a freestyle that is faster, easier, and more efficient for the long haul. Numerous video sessions will be uploaded for free to a private internet video channel for your viewing after the clinic, including instructor comments to remind you of your strengths and opportunities for improvement.

We’ll teach you the four key skills of Fishlike Freestyle:

1. Cooperate with Gravity – Most swimmers fight gravity trying to stay on top of the water. We teach you to find your natural equilibrium by sinking into weightlessness. Learning to relax into the water breaks the “survival- stroking” cycle, and frees your arms and legs for their best use. Besides, gravity is a powerful natural force; doesn’t it make more sense to use it than fight it?

2. Take the Path of Least Resistance – Once you understand that you must swim through the water — and mindful that water is almost 800 times denser than air — it’s logical to focus more on how well you streamline than how you pull and kick. We’ll teach you to shape yourself to cut through the water like a torpedo by alternating a right side streamline with a left side streamline. Each stroke will move you farther and faster with less effort.

3. Swim with your body – Traditional thinking about swimming treats the body as having an “arms department” that pulls you forward and a “legs department” that pushes you forward. In Fishlike Freestyle, you swim with your whole body, instead of your arms and legs. We’ll teach you to propel with a simple 2-beat kick, relaxed and rhythmic weight shifts, rather than arm-and-leg churning.

4. Breathe easy – We’ll also teach you about breathing easily as you swim. No more breathlessness, no worries about choking. The air is free, take all you need.

SCHEDULE: Our schedule will be as follows (subject to minor revision):

SATURDAY
8:00 – 9:30 Check in at classroom (Honor Room, Bldg 6)
9:30-11:30 Group instruction in the pool (Aquatics Center, Bldg 6)
11:30 – 12:30 Lunch (off site or Dining Room, Bldg 9 on site)
12:30- 2:30 Group instruction in the pool (Aquatics Center, Bldg 6)
2:30 – 4:30 Classroom Video review and discussion (Honor Room, Bldg 6)

SUNDAY
9:30-11:30 Group Instruction in the pool (Aquatics Center, Bldg 6)
11:30–1:00 Lunch and Classroom Discussion (Honor Room, Bldg 6)
1:00-2:30 Group instruction in the pool (Aquatics Center, Bldg 6)
2:30 – 4:00 Wrap-up and final video Review (Honor Room, Bldg 6)

NOTE: See sitemap for OTC HERE for layout and building numbers

WHAT TO BRING: For the classroom: Pad and pen for note taking. For the pool: An extra suit if you want dry ones for the afternoon swim, an extra pair of goggles – just in case, towels, water bottle and a lunch.

We recommend that male students wear a Speedo-type brief or close-fitting triathlon swim shorts, rather than loose-fitting swim trunks, which can make balance even more of a challenge.

LODGING: The Olympic Training Center is offering room and board on site for $90 per night (or see the combined prices below). This price includes a dorm in amongst the Olympic athletes, meals at the cafeteria where the athletes eat, and transportation to and from the Colorado Springs Airport. For more info on lodging at the Olympic Training Center, contact Ryan at ryan@tribasetraining.com. There are also numerous hotels in the Colorado Springs area in close proximity to the OTC.

TRANSFER POLICY: Weekend workshops: If a request to transfer is received 8 days or more prior to the workshop, a $100.00 transfer fee per person will be applied to a future workshop, and the deposit will be credited toward that workshop.

CANCELLATION POLICY: Weekend workshops: NO REFUND will be issued for cancellations LESS THAN 8 days prior to the scheduled workshop unless a doctor’s note can be provided. For cancellations at least 8 days prior to the scheduled workshop, any monies paid above the $250 deposit will be refunded in full. The $250 deposit per person remains non-refundable, but may be transferred to any future workshop within one year of initial registration.