HIGH PERFORMANCE PROGRAM


Members of USA Curling’s Junior High Performance Program took part in a training camp at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs in August. The future is now


Members of the Junior High Performance Program gear up for upcoming season By Dave Jensen, National Coach/Junior HPP Program Director


ter in Colorado Springs, Colo., Aug. 8-12. Te week consisted of outdoor aerobic activities in the mountains, learn-


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ing proper strength and conditioning techniques in the state-of-the-art training facility, time with the staff nutritionist, and sessions with Scott Riewald, Director of High Performance for Winter Sport. Mornings in the mountains were not only grueling aerobically, but chal-


lenged our curlers’ determination. Te week began with a six-mile hike on the Palmer Red Rock Loop, elevation 6,500 feet. Te hike is designed to al- low hikers to become acclimated to altitude. Tuesday and Tursday morn-


he USA Curling Junior High Performance Program (HPP) teams, along with their coaches, launched the 2016-17 season with a rig- orous training week at the United States Olympic Training Cen-


ings were spent on the Manitou Springs Incline. Te Incline is an aban- doned cog rail track that consists of 2,750 railroad ties serving as steps up the mountain. Te Incline rises 2,000 vertical feet in the one-mile length, and tops out at more than 8,000 feet in altitude. Tat’s over a 40-degree grade! Te intent was to finish the climb as fast as they could. Most finished in under an hour. Wednesday was spent as a recovery day hiking in the Garden of the Gods. Aſternoon sessions were spent in the Strength and Conditioning Facility


with HPP trainer Brian McWilliams (DePere, Wis.). Brian put our teams through the paces with circuit training, Olympic liſting, and stretches. By late aſternoon, the cold tubs provided welcome relief. Between all these work-outs were sport science sessions in which HPP curlers learned about the hows and whys of nutrition for athletes, which


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