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Tips from Tokyo & Paris 49er FX Olympians – Roble / Shea Sailing
ILYA Fast Forward Series with SailZing.com
Andy Burdick Starting Tips
Use Gears Tactically for Puffs and Separation
How do you use gears tactically? In our post Learn to Change…
Lead Back on the Long Tack: Add this Move to Your Repertoire
A top sailor once told me to “lead back on the long…
Shift Priorities During Each Leg: Roble/Shea Sailing
Do you treat each part of the race as a fresh challenge?…
Starting Tactics Quiz: Boat Thoughts at 30 Seconds
Want to improve your starts? Take this short starting tactics quiz in…
Use Race Course Types to Set Strategy: Roble/Shea Sailing
In lake sailing, race strategy – using shifts, sailing in more wind,…
Starting Strategy and Tactics: Where to Start
This post covers the expert wisdom on where to start. We updated…
Windward Mark Approach: Six Traps to Avoid
How many times have you been burned at the windward mark, losing…
Pre-Race Routine: Get a Leg up on the Competition
Every battle is won before it is fought. Sun Tzu, Chinese general,…
Lane Management After the Start – Tips and Drills
After a decent front row start, what’s the next priority? Answer: holding…
Tactical Intelligence: Manage Your Thought Process
Successful sailors know how to manage their thought process during the race….
Bad Start? Four Recovery Options
Bad starts happen. As we showed in Starting Performance Observations, it’s common…
Psychology of Sailing
The Importance of Memory in Performance
In several posts, we’ve claimed that top sailors tend to remember racing…
The Power of Full Engagement: SailZing Book Review
In this post we review The Power of Full Engagement, by Jim…
Combatting Mental Fatigue on the Race Course
Do you have trouble maintaining focus toward the end of a tough…
Tactical Intelligence: Manage Your Thought Process
Successful sailors know how to manage their thought process during the race….
Starting Mentality: Learn to Be Aggressive
Are you getting bad starts because you’re not being aggressive? If so,…
Realistic Appraisal: Mental Skills for Sailing, Part 4
Man blames fate for other accidents, but feels personally responsible when he…
Understand Focus: Mental Skills for Sailing, Part 3
Everyone knows you have to “focus” to do well in sailing. But…
Playing Hard: Mental Skills for Sailing, Part 2
I want to bring that childlike approach every night – just go…
Mental Skills for Sailing – Part 1: Know Why You’re Competing
Baseball is 90% mental. The other half is physical.Yogi Berra The big…
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