Racing Strategy with Roble / Shea Sailing
Channel: SailZing Online Sailing Education
Date: 2020-04-24

Olympic Sailing Team members Roble-Shea Sailing explain Racing Strategy. Steph and Maggie shared many insights that go beyond the advice most of us have learned.

A more thorough debrief of the content is available at SailZing.com or watch the full video here. Use the timings in the video description to go directly to the topics that interest you or read a summary of the key insights below.

The Fast Forward series is a partnership between the ILYA and SailZing.com featuring Roble/Shea Sailing and other top sailors. The videos are edited recordings of live webinars conducted in spring 2020. 

Outline and Video Timings
1. Introductions
2. Mental approach to racing (05:15)
       ⦁ Keep it simple
       ⦁ Process oriented
       ⦁ Unemotional response
       ⦁ Trust your gut (and your teammate)
       ⦁ Focus on the present
       ⦁ Have fun
3. Improve the decision-making process (09:20)
       ⦁ Three types of decisions (COW)
       ⦁ The continuous dialogue
       ⦁ Questions to keep asking
4. Use observations to develop a game plan (17:50)
       ⦁ Wind types
       ⦁ Filtering observations
       ⦁ Day typing - what type of day is it?
5. Adapt your priorities and approach to the type of day (28:25)
       ⦁ Sailing style
       ⦁ Mentality 
       ⦁ Pre-race tune up
       ⦁ Priority-based reminders
6. Communicate to improve decisions (46:20)
       ⦁ Countdown to decision time
       ⦁ Feeding information
7. Questions and answers (50:30)

More Information

Want more information about these topics? Here are some links to SailZing.com articles:

Make Better Decisions – from Speed and Smarts - https://sailzing.me/s9mnh

Sailing Team Communication with Champion Sailor Dave Ullman (Sailing World) - https://sailzing.me/u3b

Understand Focus: Mental Skills for Sailing, Part 3 - https://sailzing.me/k60

Favored Side of the Course: Make Better Decisions - https://sailzing.me/h83

Upwind Strategy: Connecting the Dots - https://sailzing.me/3y7

Sail the Lifted Tack – How and When? - https://sailzing.me/yh8

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