USAT Skills Camp West

   June 22-26, 2009

   July 27-31, 2009

The Southwest Region Triathlon Skills Camp is a five-day overnight camp for

athletes 12 to 18 years old, held at California State University, Monterey Bay, Marina, California. 

The camp is the perfect place to enhance your triathlon skills under the supervision of an expert

coaching staff.  Participants will take part in daily swim, bike and run workouts.  They will receive

 one-on-one sport-specific instruction, as well as lessons in goal setting, the art of balancing school

sports and triathlon training, and race strategy for non-drafting and ITU-style (draft-legal)

triathlon competition.  Emphasis will be placed on developing correct bike handling skills and road

safety, open water specific swim skills, correct running form, transition speed as well as many other

related skills.  Athletes will enjoy getting to know peers who share a similar interest and passion for

 the sport of triathlon. This camp is open to all levels of interested triathletes. Each athlete will be

evaluated and placed in an appropriate age/ experience group.  Performance data collected at the

camp will be shared with USA Triathlon and could result in invitations to participate in subsequent

USAT national teams programs.            

 Each athlete will need to bring a road style bicycle. They should not have bar end TT type shifters.

If you do not have a road bike available, we have a limited number of small entry level road bikes

 available to loan. These can be reserved by emailing Sharon Osgood at tballntricoach@aol.com. We

have 47cm or 50cm bikes. Each athlete is required to be able to swim 200 yd in a pool comfortably,

Cycle comfortably for 60 minutes, and be able to run for 15’ comfortably.  Each athlete will need a

wetsuit to swim in open water (ocean). As soon as we receive your application, we will send you a

camp itinerary as well a list of items each athlete will need for the week. There are many opportunities

in our region for each of you to participate in a regional development race or one of our regional elite cups.

Check out www.usat-southwest.org for a list of events.

             Application is below or in the Handouts section on the sidebar.