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Above: ‘the circle’. When sailors talk about masters of the long game two names always come up. Dennis Conner regularly took part in (or ducked) secondary regattas to test equipment, caring little about results; also laser-focused on the end game was three-time Olympic medallist Rodney Pattisson (left) who was legendary for playing mind games on opponents as he swapped around hulls and rigs for big events, often finishing way down the order only to discover medal-winning speed when the Games came around every four years. In spite of very restricted practice ahead of his final Olympics in 1976 Pattisson – now sailing with Julian Brooke-Houghton – once again walked the opening race to the dismay of his rivals but was denied a third gold medal when the pair were caught on the receiving end of some very personal team racing by an embittered rival who had no chance of a medal


help our balance by doing as much learning work as practical before we get to the regatta.


A good tip is to try to out-think problems, not out-grunt them (grunt means trying to learn everything on the water). There must be an equation for time spent on the water vs thinking time. As sailors we are very good at collecting information but we are not great at reviewing and learning from that information. Say for every hour on the water we spend 30 minutes reviewing and crystallising what we learned and translating that into what the next step is. Out-thinking problems is a combination of research, seeing the big picture and understanding that performance is a package not a silver bullet.


Here is a real-life problem: after six hours on the water you just don’t have it in you to study data and lessons for an additional three hours. Also it takes time to get data to a presentable state. The next morning is better, if you’re not racing.


If you are racing again right away, as a coach, I want you to be mentally looking forward to distinct racing elements, like starting, wind shifts and today’s conditions. Even if you’re not racing the next day human nature will push you to concentrate on the next day’s sailing, not yesterday’s.


There is an exception to the rule, always. You can race and be in the learning zone at the same time. But you are not racing to win, you’re racing to learn. So results, in terms of finish place, will suffer because you need to be on the (left) learning side of the circle, not the (right) performance side.


For example, you get well ahead in the race, but was it luck or maybe some new-found speed? If you slow down and get back in the middle of the fleet you will confirm if the new speed is real or not. Whatcha going to do? Not easy, is it!


We all know boat speed is king. Slow boats just don’t win regattas. In the ideal world we would do much of our boat speed work before we show up to the regatta and then perfect our racing skills (per- formance). We don’t live in an ideal world but we can hedge a bit and be better for it. Maybe it’s as simple as taking the team’s leaders and turning them loose on a particular aspect of how the boat will go to the next level.


Going to the next level takes commitment, a bit of confidence… and a touch of mongrel. The next level is right there, you just need to grasp it.


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