Proposed outcome: To facilitate a discussion around the well-being of the high performance coaches who are leading our Canadian National & Provincial athletes. What does it take to keep your coaches happy and healthy? This session will focus on effective ways to maintain positive relationships with coaches. We will draw on experts and some of…
Live Athlete interview with Caileigh Filmer, World Champion Rower. This interview will be broadcast online only. Register Now!
This session will outline dietary strategies for athletes to help them match their increased training demands. The focus will look at adjusting carbohydrate, protein and antioxidant rich foods to maximize energy availability and training adaptations to support health and performance. Although this session will focus on food first solutions, discussion will look at situations where…
This session will help the athlete identify the mental performance building blocks and create the blueprint to set the tone and course for the season to allow for ‘success by design’. Strategies around self-awareness, motivation, lifestyle management, injury & health management, focused & purposeful training, developing mental performance routines, and characteristics of excellence will be…
This session will allow the athlete to refine the topics presented in the 2nd workshop (Establishing the Mental Performance Building Blocks). Establishing competition plans & objectives, combined with increasing specificity, complexity, and adversity in training will be explored in relation to helping the athlete refine their mental performance routines and abilities. Presented by Bruce Pinel,…
Proposed outcome: To investigate strategies to gather and use data effectively to make decisions to guide athlete programming. With greater emphasis on evidence-based tracking, monitoring and reporting, the High Performance sport landscape is becoming a minefield of data that is being used to inform athlete progress and training decisions. To this end, many sports have…
In this session, athletes will start to plan out their individual competition needs, based on what a competition schedule looks like for their sport. This session will also look at situations where athletes are travelling to competition, or where there may be a lack of access to familiar foods, and how best to adapt their…
This year's Athlete Advance is now Powered by Game Plan! For the first time in history, this event will take place at Bear Mountain Resort in Victoria. This year's theme will be focused around Leadership and Communications. Operating for over eight years, the Advance is designed to educate and inspire British Columbia’s future and current Olympic, Paralympic, and World Championship athletes in their…
Proposed outcome: To facilitate a discussion on how we are prepare for and manage crisis in high performance sport. To explore strategies needed in dealing with crises in high performance sport. Identify best practices in dealing with the unfortunate but inevitable reality of crisis in sport.
Overview: In this session, we will: Discuss the challenges of travel, especially when crossing multiple time zones What to know about your destination before you travel to ensure you’ll be prepared Practical ideas and examples for how to optimize nutrition while travelling including: Maintaining energy and hydration Keep from over or undereating Prevent muscle loss…
