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Germany

M8+ / M4x

Ralf Holtmeyer Marcus Schwarzrock

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Agenda

The structure of German Rowing I

+ The boats in detail

M8+ instinct

M4x analysis

The structure of German Rowing II

The Essence

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The background to success

10 bases

ROSTOCK

RATZBURG

HAMBURG

Training Center Structure 2009-12

HA

MDRO HAN

SBDD

LEDO

PO

BE

RZ

HH

FRA

Dev.

ESES

Dev.

14 sites

SAARBRCKEN

BREISACH

DRESDEN

LEIPZIG

POTSDAM

BERLIN

HANNOVER

DORTMUND

HALLE

MAGDEBURG

FRANKFURTT

Essen

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framework/ history/ tradition

high performance/ structure

philosophy

What we set out to do in 2009

coach

athlete

national & international

national & regional federations

government

stability

racing

technique

mind

expertise

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The German Structure

M8+

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M8+

1988 Olympic Gold Medalist

History and Motivation

1996 Olympic Silver Medalist

2000-08 No Olympic Medal

2009 World Champion

2010 World Champion

2011 World Champion

2012 Olympic Gold Medalist

2008 Dismantle the German Eight

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What they set out to do in 2009

individual improvement of rowers

prepare mentally undefeated issue

Improve race level

find athletes with themost stableperformance

09/10/11

use competition andsuccess to improve

the team

improve the speedof the M8+

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Selection of - Big Boats -

PairPairErgoErgo

Aerobe P.Aerobe P.

TechniqueTechnique

SmallSmall boatboatversusversus bigbig boatboat

MentalMental StrengthStrength

Training / Racing

= Big Boat

Trust ineachother

Beingconstantly(daily)challenged

Two coachestrain all 16athletes

Eight trainingall yeararound

Pair1

Pair2

Pair3

Pair4

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Selection of - Big Boats -

M2- test 2009:1-6: 87,88%

M2- test 2010:1-6: 91,64%

M2- test 2011:1-6: 92,97%

M2- test 2012:1-6: 94,87%

3% increase in erg time

TC WC2012

Test TCDec

TCJan

TCMar

Test Test Test WC I

M8+ M8+ M2- 25 h200kmM2-

22 h180kmM4-

M8+

22 h180kmM2-

M2- M2- M2- M8+

A

typicalOlymp

ic

preparation

8% increase in watts

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20098 athletesbased on pairs

20102 new athletes

20112 furtherathletes

2012balanced boatwith 50%

What they did

rema n change to 09

Top 4 pairs

Pool ofathletes

Constant

training

Findingtalent

Top 4 pairs

Pool ofathletes

Constant

training

Moldingtalent

Top 4 pairs

Pool ofathletes

Constant

training

Unfoldingtalent

Pool ofathletes

Permanenttraining

Honingtalent

Stability

Racing

Technique

Mind

Poznan:6:00,98

Karapiro:5:58,73

Bled:5:53,88

London:5:51,5

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M8+

Pressure: a major factor

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M8+

Its impressive to train for a particular moment

For four years ! In good health ! Medical staff !