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Team Dynamics

Bow action at the Louis Vuitton Trophy

© Franck Socha: Bow action from the Louis Vuitton Trophy, where teamwork is everything


At the top level of sailing, in the Olympics, TP52s, America's Cup - everything that can be measured or calibrated, is measured or calibrated. But what about the human factor? What makes a team run like clockwork or run itself into the ground and self-destruct?

In 'Team Dynamics' we explore the science that now goes into measuring the human factor of sailing at the top level. This is one of hundreds of articles and interviews that will give YOU  the edge that you are looking for in advancing yourself up the leaderboard, whatever kind of boat you sail.

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RC44 sailing upwind in Lanzarote

Featured Articles

  Team Dynamics - Part 2 (in: Teamwork)
Emirates Team New Zealand bowmanEmirates Team New Zealand is competing on the Audi MedCup Circuit as a test bed for everything they do as and when there is an America's Cup for the Kiwis to get their teeth into. Team coach Rod Davis says one of the key areas that they are focusing on is how the sailing and design teams work together. "My job is to try to promote the learning process between the sailing and design teams, to build up the communication between the different parts of the team," he says. "It's a good dress rehearsal for the same process that we'll have to go through when we start building up to the next America's Cup."
  Team Dynamics - Part 1 (in: Teamwork)
Bowman acrobaticsProfessional sailing teams love to measure stuff. If it can be calibrated, it will be calibrated. And so America's Cup teams will go through 200 or more keel bulb designs, and test hundreds if not thousands of hull shapes, sail shapes, mast configurations, deck layouts, and so on. But what about the human element? Do sailing teams invest as much time and effort in perfecting the human technology on board the boat?


  Sailing Talk - TP52s and Future of Olympic Sailing (in: Podcasts - Sailing Talk)
TP52s in CascaisJustin reports back from the TP52 Audi MedCup event in Cascais, while Andy has been speaking to Phil Jones about his controversial recommendations on the future of Olympic sailing ....
  Phil Jones: Tough Love needed to secure future of Olympic Sailing (in: Interviews)
Phil Jones has been telling SailJuice about the radical recommendations by ISAF's Olympic Commission for the future of Olympic Sailing. For anyone who desires the status quo, the Olympic Commission's report won't make for comfortable reading. But if sailing is to survive and thrive as an Olympic sport, then ISAF and the politicians really need to sit up and take note of Jones's team's findings....
  Interview: Rob Greenhalgh on the Tour Voile and the Volvo Ocean Race (in: Interviews)
Rob Greenhalgh, Puma RacingThe last few years have seen Rob Greenhalgh make a successful transition from skiff world champion to one of the most sought-after offshore racers. The Brit has a busy season ahead, skippering an Oman Sail entry in the Tour Voile and still squeezing in some 14 and 18-foot skiff racing. Although he couldn't say at the time of the interview, he has since been confirmed as rejoining Puma Racing for the American team's second assault on the Volvo Ocean Race...
  Robert Scheidt Interview (in: Interviews)
Robert ScheidtRobert Scheidt was derigging his wife's Laser Radial at Hyeres Olympic Regatta when SailJuice caught up with the four-time Olympic medallist. Since taking the silver medal in the Star in Qingdao 2008, the Brazilian maestro has got married to Gintare, an Olympic silver medallist in her own right, and together they have had a son, Eric.
  Sailing Talk Podcast - Team Racing and Pregnant Olympians (in: Podcasts - Sailing Talk)
Wilson TrophyJustin has been reporting at the Wilson Trophy, one of the world's biggest team racing events where the Yanks showed the Seppos the way round, and Andy discusses pregnant Olympians and the latest developments with the 34th America's Cup....
  Paul Goodison: How I turned from 7-stone weakling to Olympic Champion... (in: Goal Setting)
Paul Goodison in high winds at Weymouth"I used to be small, was good at lake sailing, good in light winds. So when those conditions came along I used to train for six or seven hours because, man, it felt great beating everyone else! But then it was 30 knots, big waves, and the time when you should be really enjoying your sailing, I used to get my arse kicked. I'd only spend a third of my time practising in those conditions. And it didn't take me long to realise that the reason why I wasn't good across the board was because the stuff I'm good at, that's all I practised at..." So what did Paul Goodison do next?
  Video Walk-thru: Anatomy of a World Champion's 470 (in: Equipment & Logistics)
470 Junior World & European Champion Jeremie Mion from France talks through some of the neat touches on his winning boat. There are some clever self-tidying systems that free up Jeremie and his helmsman Sofian Bouvet to get on with the task of racing.
  MP3: Being shouted at? Should you stay or should you go? *** (in: Teamwork)
Adam BowersTop coach and former Fireball World Champion crew Adam Bowers has been through his good and bad sailing partnerships. Most of us have endured being shouted at, and I doubt many of us get much pleasure out of it. So we asked Adam about how to make sure you're in the right team, and if you're going through a rough patch, when to work through your 'marriage problems', and when to walk away...
 
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