Coaching series will nurture emerging surfers
South African Surfing Legends through the High Performance Surfing Academy presents the Future Legends Coaching Series.
THE South African Surf Legends (SASL) through the High Performance Surfing Academy (HPSA) has set a goal to identify, develop and nurture emerging junior talent in South Africa.
To further this goal, they will be running a fun, informative and professional coaching series at the New Pier in Durban, as well as at Durban Surf Lifesaving Club, on 23 and 24 January, 27 and 28 February and 19 and 20 March.
Limited to 32 participants, comprising boys and girls, the coaching series will only have two divisions, U13 and U16. These divisions have been decided on, as SASL believes these age groupings best serves the interest of the junior surfers they would like to develop into contest winners over the next five years. The boys and girls will surf together to further enhance girl surfer’s competitiveness.
The coaching series will focus on the four foundation pillars of surfing, being physical, mental, equipment and surf.
On the evening preceding each event, there will be talks and lessons at Durban Surf covering wave selection, developing speed on waves, advanced turning techniques, correct body movement, equipment selection, ocean awareness, heat management and heat preparation.
Highly respected and skilled coaches and surfers Bruce Jackson and Jason Ribbink, along with other top tier coaches, will lead this HPSA course. “We’re all really excited about this programme. This will see the start of getting our young surfers trained and prepared for the world of professional surfing. We are aiming high, and want to find and nurture the most exciting talents among South Africa’s junior surfers and bring out the best in them,” said Jason Ribbink.
The cost of the initial coaching series is R1 000 per participant for the entire series. Applicants must be registered members of a recognised provincial or national surf body, have surfed for their province or SA national surf team. KZN Surfing will also run a trials event for wild cards. SASL selection is final.
All entries to be emailed to: futurelegends@southafricansurfinglegends.com, motivating the entry with the achievements of the candidate participant. Payment needs to be in by 22 January, confirmed by EFT.
