1 perfecting your technical preparation peter bentley technical manger - rya olympic program
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Perfecting Your Technical Preparation
Peter Bentley
Technical Manger - RYA Olympic Program
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Perfectionist?
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Perfectionists?
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“Failing to plan is planning to fail”. Abraham Lincoln
Perfectionist? Many have the will to win, few have the will
to prepare
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Four Steps
1. Set-up
2. Maintenance
3. Tuning
4. Development
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1 Set-Up
• Setting up the boat to your preferences
• Reliable• Symmetrical
and aligned• Fair and
smooth• Tuned
according to known fast settings
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2 Maintenance
• Keep everything in perfect working order
• Daily boat-check• Choose your time
to make repairs• The right spares• The right tools
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3 Tuning
• Develop boat speed to maximum potential with standard kit
• Two-boat tuning• Repeatable fast
settings• The importance of
accurate measurement and recording
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4 Development
• Trying to improve on the standard kit
• Understanding• Clarity of goals• Clarity of method• The need for
precision
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Methodical progress
• You can’t run before you can walk
• Missing out steps takes more time in the end
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Strategy
• You can’t do everything yourself
• Winners use all the help they can get
• If you ignore the problem it won’t go away
• Develop a strategic solution to technical problems
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Tools and spares
• Tools and spares are at the heart of your boat preparation
• They are an essential, not a luxury
• Learn what you need and learn to use it
• Look after your tools as well as you look after your boat
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Resources
• Guidance Notes• Tool box lists with
suppliers• Nut and bolt order• www.peterbentleypictures.com/rya
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World Class Preparation
• World Class is not “Good enough for now”
• World Class is not “Better than the competition”
• World Class is not “I’ll do it tomorrow”
• World Class is simply being the best in every area.
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When everything is perfect…...