Junior + U23 Program Overview
DCHP Summer Junior and U23 Training Camp focuses on quality training blocks with a lot of skill progress tracking, physiological testing (2k, 6k, lactate), strength development, and mental skill sets. This program is ideal for athletes who wish to focus on process, develop their physiology, build extensive mental skill sets, and collaborate with highly experienced coaches. The program will factor in the individual goals of the athletes involved.
Overview
Dates: June 5th - July 31st
Training Times: 6-8AM, 5:00-6:30PM
Coaches: Judith Vogel, Erin Briggs
Program Size: 16 athletes
Cost: $2,000
Technical Development
The program places a big emphasis on technical development across boat classes. Athletes will have a great coach:athlete ratio and work with coaches who have a combined 18 years of elite level training and coaching experience.
Physiological Development
The program focuses on teaching athletes how to train at a high level, tracks physiological progress throughout the summer, and sets athletes up to be impactful in their year round programs.
While internal assessments and progress tracking are high, this program does not focus on racing.
Mental Skillsets
The program centers around process, goal setting, and team oriented skill sets. Research shows that these are the skill sets which drive high performance, build capacity to handle adversity, and allow athletes to take on leadership roles on a team.
Judith Vogel
Judith Vogel brings 15+ years of coaching experience including 6 years of coaching at World Championships, World Cups, and U23 World Championships. Her coaching philosophy centers around developing the whole person, building ownership and independence in athletes, and fostering enjoyment of the process.
Erin Briggs
Erin brings several years of coaching and a rich High Performance and collegiate athlete experience to this program. Erin competed at the 2015 (W4x, 4th) and 2016 (W8+, 1st) U23 World Championships, the 2018 World Cup 3 (W4-, 4th), Canadian Henley (1st W2x, 3rd W1x), and spent over a year at the National Team Training Center. She was recruited to UVA (2013-2017), contributed to two 5th place NCAA team finishes (2014, 2015) and one 3rd place finish (2016). She also has four medals from HOCR (collegiate 8+, alumni 8+, and championship 8+).