NECTC Athlete Development Camp 2011

Welcome to the NECTC page for the 2nd Annual Athlete Development Camp!

Thanks to all the 2010 camp organizers and camp participants, who made the camp a huge success!
Check out the camp report for more information.

2011 Development Camp date: JUNE 29TH - JULY 3RD.

Please read the following information carefully and if you still have questions, feel free to email our camp coordinator, Rori Alter. Looking forward to receiving your applications and seeing the lucky twenty of you at the camp in June :-)

Contents

• Introduction
• Who is Eligible
• How to Apply
• What will it cost?
• IMPORTANT Dates
• Location and Facilities
• Our AMAZING Coaching Team!
• Camp Schedule
• PAY FOR THE CAMP

Introduction

The NECTC Athlete Development Camp (ADC) is designed to bring collegiate athletes together for an intensive weekend of training focused on increasing the strength of competition among the top athletes in the NECTC. Here, athletes will come together and push each other to the limit outside the context of the race environment. Throughout the weekend athletes will be exposed to different training styles, techniques and seminars and will receive individualized feedback from each of the certified coaches.

Note that the camp is limited to 20 athletes. All 2010 athletes who won gift certificates to the 2011 camp are automatically accepted and do not have to fill out an application form but must follow these instructions All other applicants will be selected based on their past race results, the strength of their application and the recommendation of their coach or captain.

Who is Eligible

All athletes who are ages 18-28 are eligible if they competed in at least one USAT sanctioned triathlon in 2010 or 2011.
The camp participants will be selected based on the strength of their application.

How to Apply

General Applicants

• Written Application

  1. Download the Camp Application and fill it out.
  2. Make sure none of the information is inaccurate or missing!
     (Inaccurate or incomplete applications will not be considered.)
  3. Save your application as a PDF entitled LastName_FirstName_2011App.
  4. Email your application to NECTC Board.

• Letter of Recommendation

  All athletes are required to have their coach or captain submit a letter of recommendation on their behalf. The coach or captain must submit their letter directly to NECTC Board - both by email and by regular mail. The copy sent by mail should be signed by the author of the recommendation. The athlete’s entire application is not considered complete until the letter of recommendation is received.
  
  For detailed instructions, see the Camp Application.

• Payment

  If accepted, the athlete has until May 31st at 12pm to secure his or her spot at the camp by submitting the camp registration fee of $400 or $550 (see next section).
  
  If there are special circumstances regarding the payment, please contact Rori Alter. If the athlete does not submit the camp registration fee by the deadline above, the athlete will have forfeited his or her spot at the camp and it will be given to the next eligible athlete.

Certificate Winners

• How to Hold Your Slot

  1. Download the Certificate Winner Waiver and fill it out.
  2. Make sure none of the information is inaccurate or missing!
     (Inaccurate or incomplete waivers will not be considered.)
  3. Save your waiver as a PDF entitled LastName_FirstName_2011Waiver.
  4. Email your waiver to NECTC Board no later than March 20th, 2011.

• Payment

  The athlete has until March 20th, at 12pm to secure his or her spot at the camp by submitting the camp registration fee IN FULL that is dependent on the certificate won in 2010 (see Certificate Winner Waiver for cost information).
  Athletes who won a free entry to the camp are being asked to submit a $100 payment that will be returned at the completion of the camp but will have the option of donating this $100 at the end of the camp.
  
  All Certificate winners will have the option to donate $25 or $50 on their waiver form.
  
  If there are special circumstances regarding the payment, please contact Rori Alter. If the athlete does not submit the camp registration fee by the deadline above, the athlete will have forfeited his or her spot at the camp and it will be given to the next eligible athlete.

What will it cost?

• Coaching
• Facilities
• 4 nights of hotel accommodation
• All meals listed on the schedule
• Permits and USA Triathlon sanctioning

But it will NOT pay for the travel to, from or during the camp.

However, once athletes are accepted and pay the registration fee, the NECTC will work with the athletes to put together carpools for all travel associated with the camp. As a result, some athletes will be expected to drive between locations of several camp events while sharing the gas expenses between the passangers in each car.

IMPORTANT Dates

2010 Certificate Winners

• Registration Form Available: March 1st, 2011
• Signed Waiver and Registration Fee Due: March 20th, 2011

General Applicants

• Application Available: April 1st, 2011
• Application Due: May 1st, 2011
• Notification of Acceptance: May 8th, 2011
• Registration Fee Due: May 31st, 2011

Camp Dates

• Camp Starts: August 12th, 2010 at 5pm
• Camp Ends: August 15th, 2010 at 5pm

Location and Facilities

• Best Western Woodbury, Woodbury, NY
• Athletes of the same gender will be roomed with together
• All rooms have a microwave and a mini-fridge
• Nassau County Aquatics Center, Eisenhower Park
• New York Institute of Technology (Old Westbury, NY)
• Excel Workout and Physical Therapy, Manhasset, NY
• Moe’s Southwest Grill (Greenvale, NY)
• Open Water Swimming: Webb Institute

Our AMAZING Coaching Team

• Bill Steele
• Chris Ganter
• John Petrizzo

Bill Steele is a USA Triathlon Level II Certified Coach. He is the founder of Breakwater Sports Training and the swimming coach for the MIT Triathlon Team. He has been coaching swimmers and triathletes for over 20 years, competes as an open water swimmer and triathlete, and is an age group winner at Alcatraz (swim only).

Bill will be leading all swim sessions during the camp. He will conduct multiple-angle video analysis on each athlete's freestyle stroke, will assess how well their swimming would work for longer distances in open water and will provide each athlete with advice about how to improve their open water distance swimming. Password-protected video analyses will also be made available on his website, so that the athletes and their coaches can review these after the camp is over.

In addition, Bill will conduct an open water session covering skills such as ins and outs, sighting, drafting, turns, and strategizing. He will use GPS tracking to demonstrate the athletes' ability to stay on target and will film athletes' sighting technique, which will also be appear on the password-protected section of his website.

John Petrizzo, CSCS, received his Bachelor of Science in Exercise Science from Hofstra University in 2006 where he was a member of the football team. John is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) through the National Strength and Conditioning Association. Since his graduation from Hofstra John has worked with a wide variety of athletes in many different sports. John has overseen the strength and conditioning program at Macarthur High School in Levittown since 2006. He also has worked as a strength and conditioning consultant for the Long Island Athletics baseball team. John has helped athletes all over Long Island from pre-teens through the collegiate ranks improve their strength, power, agility, and speed. Currently John is pursuing his Doctorate in Physical Therapy (DPT) from New York Institute of Technology.

PAY FOR THE CAMP

Please check back after March 1st, 2011.