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Presuming Ed 
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 Topic: Youth sailing.Posted: 14 Jul 16 at 11:50am |
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I would think that teenagers probably get more time to practice.
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Steve411
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Posted: 14 Jul 16 at 11:13am |
I'm a club mate of the teenager who was 3rd. A very good sailor and very, very quick downwind. One to watch.
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iiiiticki
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Posted: 14 Jul 16 at 10:42am |
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I would have thought that sailing with it's planing and strategy on top of physical ability and mechanical understanding would take time to learn but this is not always the case. The third place sailor in the Byte Nationals was only 16 and he was a bit light for the conditions on this occasion. We first met him as a 13 year old ex oppie squaddie and he was taking races from more experienced competitors even then. Is there a sailing gene? It is not that Ainsley took a World title at 17, rather that he was sufficiently developed at 13 to start his fight to the top. A friend of mine who is in his late 30's started sailing about three years ago and he was beaten by an 11 year old who was only 8 three years ago! Sailing the smaller C1 rig by the way.
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Presuming Ed
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Posted: 14 Jul 16 at 10:20am |
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Interesting that in many fitness/power output based sports - cycling, rowing - people don't really hit their peak until their late 20s.
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Jack Sparrow
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Posted: 14 Jul 16 at 9:52am |
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What makes some kids so good?.... inherent age related fitness. Fitness means you can think clearly when working hard. When you are not fit your mental capacity falls off the cliff.
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iiiiticki
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Posted: 14 Jul 16 at 9:06am |
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Having just returned from a very successful Byte Nationals (viewing not sailing) I was very struck by the amazing performance of some of the teenagers present who were sailing under very trying conditions. The event was won by someone very close to me who is now 29 but the performance of some of the young people was creditable. Ben Ainsley won the Radial World's when he was only 17. What makes some kids so good?
Byte World's at WPNSA by the way in 2018....and the class is looking good! Mk lo |
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