New Year 4.7 Highfliers Clinic

Bronze/Silver Level Clinic

Overview

The SailCoach’s Laser 4.7 Highfliers Clinic is designed to give young Laser sailors quality sailing time during the New Year school holidays or the help Optimist sailors transitioning to the Laser class. The clinic will be led by coaches with a proven ability to prepare and inspire young sailors. The venue is SailCoach’s Malta SailBase which offers excellent sailing conditions all year round, allowing for quality hours on the water, contributing to improved speed and technique, all supported by specialist coaching.

The Objectives

We all know high performance comes from many hours on the water and this clinics goal is to do, just that under the watchful eye of some of the best coaches in the class. Developing boat handling technique in our sport is all about the little details and our coaches will give you what you need to be a smarter and faster Laser 4.7 sailor!

In this Laser 4.7 Highfliers Clinic our focus will be:

• On-the-water drills to improve boat handling technique
• Racing Training to help improve your race strategy
• Video analysis with targeted feedback
• We will facilitate your learning and make that learning fun

Pre Entry Experience:

The focus group of this Laser 4.7 Highfliers Clinic are boys and girls aged 13 to 17, who may be transitioning to the Laser class or who have been racing for two years and are now ready to start competing internationally or would like to improve their sailing skills to do much better on their national sailing circuit.

Programme:

28th December to the 3rd January 2020: (training days)

The Laser 4.7 Highfliers Clinic daily schedule will start each morning with a group briefing at 10:00hrs at the Royal Malta Yacht Club the SailCoach”s Malta SailBase and finishing each evening at 17:00hrs. Parents should arrange for packed lunches, that can be taken on the water each day of the Highfliers Clinic.

Hotel information

This clinic is offered without accommodation, however, we have teamed up with the ST Hotels Group that have four hotels in the neighbourhood of Sliema which is one of the main tourist districts with good shopping, restaurants etc. This helps us offer a complete package for both parents and their children. All four hotels in the group are within walking distance of the Royal Malta Yacht Club where SailCoach is based. They can also offer holiday apartments within the hotel group.

There are some lovely boutique hotels in Valletta and there is the Grand Hotel Excelsior just opposite the Royal Malta Yacht Club and if you stay there, we can pick up by RIB each morning. There are some excellent deals on Airbnb in the Ta’ Xbiex, Gzira and Sliema neighbourhoods.

Booking information:

For this Laser 4.7 Highfliers Clinic which will take place at SailCoach’s Malta SailBase, between the 28th in December 2019 and the 4th of January 2020 (on Arrival on the 27th December and departure on the 5th January), we have put together a coaching package which includes, our world-class coaching and charter Laser. When booking, these are the clinic’s training days, therefore you should plan to arrive the day before and leave the day after.

Please Note:

Malta airport is 15mins away from the town of Sliema and an airport transfer should cost €20.

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