Olympic Training Sites Weblog

IMG Academies

milesclark96oly — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 16:10:56 +0000

IMG Academies is the largest, most successful multi-sport training and education institution in the world. More than 12,000 junior, collegiate, adult and professional athletes from over 80 countries attend each year. Although we’re often best known for our famous alumni, including Andre Agassi, Maria Sharapova, and Paula Creamer, you don’t have to be a serious competitor to take advantage of our programs.

Located on 300 acres in Bradenton, Florida along the beautiful Gulf Coast, IMG Academies trains people from around the globe and every walk of life. Whatever your aspiration, we can help boost your performance level. From Olympic contenders to weekend athletes and corporate groups, anyone can benefit from our professional instruction, state-of-the art facilities, and personal attention.

IMG Academies includes the following:

Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy
David Leadbetter Golf Academy
The Soccer Academy
The Baseball Academy
The Basketball Academy
IMG Academies Performance Institute
The Softball Academy
The Swimming Academy
IMG Academies Mental Conditioning
Game On – communication skills development
Bollettieri Sports Medicine Center
The Wellness Spa
University of Miami - language/post graduate courses
Pendleton School
IMG Academies Golf and Country Club
Evert Tennis Academy (Boca Raton, Florida)
Academy Realty Group
Legends Bay/Legends Cove - offsite housing development

The IMG Academies advantage:

Complete training for the body and mind that combines technical and tactical skills with physical, mental and nutritional conditioning
Top-rate academic instruction for full-time students
Skill improvement regardless of age or ability
Carefully crafted training programs that offer a high level of personal attention
Convenient and luxurious on-site living including a first-rate Golf and Country Club and full-service spa

French National Center for Altitude Training at Font-Romeu

olympicsport — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 05:47:57 +0000

When the International Olympic Committee awarded the Olympic Games of 1968 to Mexico, sporting federations from all over the world looked for places where they could train in the same conditions as Mexico.

• France did the same after the bad results of the Tokyo Olympic Games of 1964.

• To enhance the schooling and sports vocations, the French authorities decided to associate a school with the Training Centre…

• The Pyrenees resort of Font-Romeu was chosen for its altitude (1850 m), climate and latitude (the lowest in France).

• The project presented itself in the shape of a vast amphitheatre, protected from the dominating winds and mainly open to the large panorama of La Cerdagne.

• It was a race against time…

• The architect Roger Taillibert was selected for the project.
In February 1967, the sports installations received their first sportsmen and women. The pre-Olympic preparations began…

The CNEA today

• Open all year round, the CNEA welcomes top level athletes and sportsmen individually or as part of a national team.

• Reputed for the high quality of the sports installations -judiciously grouped on the same site – the CNEA enjoys an environment privileging long-distance track events and exceptional conditions for training at altitude.

• To encourage sharing and exchanges between athletes and sportsmen, the CNEA also warmly welcomes sports enthusiasts of a much lower level, on presentation of their license…

For your stay… Indoor installations

• A gym (44×24) with parquet floor
• A gym (30×24) with Taraflex floor
• A wrestling room
• A renovated fencing room
(4 tracks – shooting gallery 10 mn away)

• A weightlifting room, to weights rooms
• A swimming pool (50×15, 6 lanes)
• A swimming pool (25×10, 4 lanes)
• A skating rink (60×30)

Outdoor installations

And also …

• Two grass football pitches, two sports courts (hand ball, basket ball, tennis)
• Jogging track

• A 400 m athletics track with 6 lanes (Tartan), swept in winter
• A 300 m tarmac rollerskating track

And also …

• Two grass football pitches, two sports courts (hand ball, basket ball, tennis)
• Jogging track

Gatorade Sport Science Institute

olympicsport — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 05:24:13 +0000

Headquartered in Barrington, Ill., the Gatorade Sports Science Institute (GSSI) is a research and educational facility established in 1988 to share current information and expand knowledge on sports nutrition and exercise science that enhance the performance and well-being of athletes. The materials and services of the Institute are designed as educational tools for sports health professionals.

GSSI staff scientists study the effects of exercise, the environment and nutrition on the human body using the latest scientific technology and equipment. In addition to the GSSI’s own exercise physiology, biochemistry and exercise sensory labs, GSSI also works with leading scientists from universities around the world to further research in exercise science and sports nutrition.

The Institute is advised by several boards who provide advice and information on research topics relevant to the GSSI’s mission and offer direction on future educational offerings.

The Institute has become a truly international organization in recent years and currently serves nearly 110,000 members in over 145 countries worldwide.

GSSI TEAM

Dr. Craig Horswill Senior Research Fellow

Dr. Jeff Zachwieja Research Fellow

Dr. Xiaocai Shi Principal Scientist Asia Pacific

John Stofan Principal Scientist

Dr. Lindsay Baker Senior Scientist

Sarah Bemis Senior Research Technician

Jim Holden Senior Scientist

Beth Stover Mooradian Senior Scientist

Dr. Kimberly White Senior Scientist

Dr. JohnEric Smith Senior Scientist

Monaco Olympic Training Center

olympicsport — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:59:47 +0000

Monaco is establishing a high performance, multi-sport International Olympic Training Center which

extends the Principality’s vast support of professional and amateur sports, and the Olympic Games. Monaco currently has world class, state-of-the-art sporting facilities throughout the Principality which have the capacity to accommodate the training requirements for more than 30 Olympic sports. Monaco is also home to the new, high tech Monaco Institute of Sports Medicine and Surgery.

The Monaco Olympic Training Center will provide the following services for elite level international athletes: Accomodations for Visiting Athletes, Dining Hall, Coordination of Sport Facility Use, Scheduling of sports Medicine & Rehabilitation Services, Academic Training, Official Monaco Olympic Training Center Merchandise Store, & Tours of Monaco Olympic Training Center and Olympic Museum.

Usage of the Monaco Olympic Training Center will include: Elite Level Training Camps, International Competition Preparation, Athletes competing in Monaco’s International Sporting Events, Athletes in rehabilitation, Sports Clinics, & Weekend, Summer or Day Camps for youth.

Monaco has become a major global sporting center, hosting some of the world’s most prestigious sporting events in a wide array of disciplines. Many Olympians and professional athletes have made Monaco their home or have set up their business in the Principality. Monaco has a powerful support system in the area of sports on the National and International level.

In additon to its specacular facilities and location, Monaco also has its own facinating Olympic legacy. In 1920, the most famous U.S. rower of all time, Jack Kelly, grandfather to HSH Prince Albert II, won gold medals in the men’s single and double sculls. In 1924, Kelly repeated his victory in the men’s double sculls, taking home his third Olympic gold medal. John Kelly Jr., Prince Albert’s uncle, competed in four Olympic Games. Shortly before competing in the Melbourne Olympics, he promised to bring back a medal as a wedding gift for his sister who was about to marry Prince Rainier. He never said which color the medal would be and true to his word, he delivered to Princess Grace an Olympic bronze medal which had tremendous sentimental value. Prince Albert II has kept the family’s Olympic Legacy alive, competing in five Olympic Games in the Bobsleigh. Monaco’s Sovereign Prince is President of the Monegasque Olympic Committee and has been an IOC member since 1985. The final phase of the project is in development and it is projected that Monaco’s Olympic Training Center will open in time for the London 2012 Olympic Games.

Executive Board

HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco Honorary President

Pernilla Wiberg President, IOC Athletes, Solidarity Commissions

Tracy Mattes Vice President, Training Center Creator/Founder

Joel Bouzou Secretary Gen., Advisor to HSH the Prince

Barend Van der Vorm Secretary, President Monaco Venture Capitalist

Alain Leclercq Treasurer, VP Assoc. Sports Monegasque

Sergey Bubka IOC Executive Board, Athletes Commission

Mario Pescante IOC Executive Board, International Relations

Frankie Fredericks IOC Athletes Commission Chairman

Mike Powers President Monte Carlo Entertainment

Osmund Kilkenny President Special Olympics, Irish SportsCouncil

Dho Young-Shim Ambassador Sport & Tourism Rep. of Korea

Reggie Williams VP Disney Sports Attractions

Christine Dominguez GAISF Director General

Laura Walden President Sports Features

Dr. Michael McNamara Founder Monaco Life Check Center

Dr. Maxime Crener President International University of Monaco

Kory Tarpenning President Sirius Sports Marketing

Judy Churchill Sec. General Outward Bound Monaco

Moscow Olympic Complex Luzhniki

olympicsport — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:15:24 +0000

The Olympic complex “Luzhniki” is located in a picturesque region of Moscow, it occupies an area, which exceeds 145 hectares (with the siding tracks and the parking lots – 180 hectares), and consists of 140 different sports buildings, which is attended by more than 3, 5 thousand people, on average.

Various sports constructions on the territory of the Complex include Grand and Small Sports Arena, Swimming Pool, Palace of Sports, the «Christal» ice skating and training rink, the Universal Sports Hall “Druzhba”, an Athletics Village, a Tennis centre, and also a northern and southern track and field sport nuclei, football fields and tennis courts, play areas, an archery stadium, numerous cafe and restaurants, administration buildings. Luzhniki has a system of parks and gardens. The Sports Complex is proud of its history which is inseparably related to the history of the Russian and world sport. The museum of sport is situated under the tribunes of the Grand sports Arena and tells the history of the Russian sports beginning from the 19 th Century to the present times. To that effect, there was, recently opened, a lane dedicated to the masters of sport; such as: Nikolai Starostsin, Lev Yashin, Eduard Streltsov, Ivan Yarygin.

Executive Board

	Vladimir Aleshin General Director Boris Megrelidze General Director Deputy
	Tatjana Kolesnikova General Director Deputy on Finance and Commerce
	Konstantin Gurjanov Investments and Informational Technology Director
	Aleksander Zimin Chief Engineer
	Raisa Nureeva Head of the Trade Union, Member of the Directors Committee
	Lubov Kazinskaya Legal Department Chief
	Elena Ogorodnikova HR Department Chief
	Tatjana Kuznezova Chief Accountant
	Dina Belyaeva Event Department Chief
	Dmitrij Fedoseev Sports Technologies Department Chief
	Oleg Grigoryan Grand Sports Arena Director
	Peter Malackhov Swimming Pool Director
	Jurij Blockhin Palace of Sports Director
	Aleksander Mansurov Small Sports Arena Director
	Vera Shedrova Sports Hall “Druzhba” Director
	Aleksander Soloshenko Sport Village Director
	Inna Ugarova Medical Centre Chief Doctor

National Training Center Sport, Health & Fitness

olympicsport — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 23:52:08 +0000

The National Training Center is a 300-acre sports, health, fitness and education campus which is unique not only throughout the state of Florida, but also throughout the world. The NTC unites world-class sports and athletic facilities with a hospital, medical office buildings, community college and four-year University. A full array of physicians, medical specialists, nurses, athletic trainers, physical therapists, exercise physiologists, exercise specialists, personal trainers, coaches, and instructors create a winning team for the individuals who work-out and train here.

From scientifically based research & sports science to state-of-the-art fitness center & aquatic center, track & field complex, cross-country course, multi-purpose athletic fields, and softball/baseball quadraplex, the NTC is dedicated to making a difference in the health and well-being of individuals at all athletic levels and stages of life.

If you are an athlete or team looking for the ultimate place to train the National Training Center is ideal for you. The NTC is nestled into the hills of Clermont, Florida located 20 minutes west of Orlando and only 15 minutes north of Disney, Universal, Sea World and other tourist attractions.

Department Listing & Contact Information:

NTC Campus Director
Dr. Dot Richardson, Director
352-241-7144, ext. 4201

NTC Operations
Jack Jackson, Operations Director
352-241-7144, ext. 4207
E-mail: jack.jackson@orhs.org

Events & Sponsorship
Tom Ziebart, Manger
352-241-7144, ext. 4209
E-mail: tom.ziebart@orhs.org

Fitness Coordinator and Personal Training Coordinator
Roseanne Breckes
352-241-7144, ext. 4214
E-mail: roseanne.breckels@orhs.org

Sports Medicine & Athletic Training
Carol Kneller, Manager
352-241-7144, ext. 4202
E-mail: carol.kneller@orhs.org

Human Performance Lab
Carol Kneller, Manager
352-241-7144, ext. 4202
E-mail: carol.kneller@orhs.org

Sports Performance
Dennis Mitchell, Coordinator
352-241-7144, ext. 4247
E-mail: dennis.mitchell@orhs.org

Aquatic Center
Aquatic Center
Karen Reilly-Morton, Aquatic Coordinator
352-241-7144, ext. 4244
E-mail: Karen.reilly-morton@orhs.org

Track & Field Complex
Andy Vince, Track Coordinator
352-241-7144, ext. 4216
E-mail: Andrew.vince@orhs.org

Home Depot Center

olympicsport — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 23:42:07 +0000

The Home Depot Center is a 125-acre development in Carson, California, featuring state-of-the-art stadiums and facilities for soccer, tennis, track & field, cycling, lacrosse, rugby, volleyball, baseball, softball, basketball and other sports. Designated as an “Official U.S. Olympic Training Site,” The Home Depot Center is the nation’s most complete training facility for Olympic, amateur and professional athletes.

Created around a 27,000-seat soccer stadium, 8,000-seat tennis stadium, 10,000-seat track & field facility and a 2,450-seat indoor velodrome -The ADT Event Center – the complex is located on the campus of California State University, Dominguez Hills.

The Home Depot Center is home to three professional sports teams – Major League Soccer’s Los Angeles Galaxy and Chivas USA, and Major League Lacrosse’s (MLL) Los Angeles Riptide. In addition, the site is the U.S. Soccer Federation’s (USSF) national team training headquarters and the location of the United States Tennis Association’s (USTA) USA High Performance National Training Center. The development is also designated as an official training site for USA Cycling and USA Track & Field. The David Beckham Academy for youth soccer, Andre Agassi’s Safe Passage All Stars at-risk youth tennis program and the nationally recognized Athletes’ Performance training center for elite and professional athletes are all based at The Home Depot Center.

US Olympic Training Complex Colorado Springs

olympicsport — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 23:35:00 +0000

The U.S. Olympic Complex in Colorado Springs is the headquarters for the U.S. Olympic Committee administration and the U.S. Olympic Training Center programs.

Aquatics Center

The Aquatics Center is 45,000 square feet and contains a 50×25-meter swimming pool, two meters deep at the ends and three meters deep in the center. The pool has two moveable bulkheads, 10 50-meter lanes and 20 25-meter lanes, and contains 810,000 gallons of water.

Sports Centers I and II

The Olympic Sports Center I, the first multi-sport gymnasium built on the Colorado Springs Complex, is a 47,000 square-foot facility containing six gymnasiums, which can accommodate the training requirements for 14 Olympic and Pan American sports. Sports that are housed in Sports Center I include: gymnastics, boxing, judo, volleyball, basketball, Paralympic sports, badminton and taekwondo. This center can also accommodate archery.

Sports Center II was completed in October 1993 as part of the phase I construction. This facility has over 47,000 square feet of training facilities. It can accommodate nine different sports. Sports that are housed in this facility include: wrestling, weightlifting, volleyball and the Strength and Conditioning Room, which features state-of-the-art equipment provided by U.S. Olympic Team sponsor, 24 Hour Fitness.

Velodrome

The USOC also operates a world-class velodrome in Memorial Park, a Colorado Springs city park located five blocks south of the U.S. Olympic Complex. It is one of 22 velodromes in the U.S., but is considered among the top cycling facilities in the world. Several world records have been set on it.

Olympic Shooting Center

The Olympic Shooting Center is the largest indoor shooting facility in the Western Hemisphere and the third largest in the world. The center features 29 50-meter firing points for rifle and pistol shooting, eight 25-meter pistol bays for rapid-fire pistol and women’s sports pistol, four 10-meter running target rifle ranges and 72 10-meter air rifle and air pistol fire points.

Athlete Services Center

The Center supports the personal needs of resident athletes outside of their competition and training commitments. The Center provides education, recreation and community activities as well as computer workstations, communication resources and job opportunities. The Center is also a place to relax and play games.

Utah Olympic Park/Olympic Oval

olympicsport — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 23:24:48 +0000

Athlete Training

Many high-performance athletes call the Utah Olympic Park their home. The U.S. nordic combined team moved from Steamboat Springs, Colo., to Park City in the summer of 2002. Many freestyle aerialists train throughout the summer in the splash pool, working on their maneuvers for the upcoming season. The sliding athletes in bobsled, luge and skeleton make multiple trips to the Park for training and competition. The US ski jumpers also training regularly on the Olympic nordic hills.

In addition to the Olympic-caliber athletes, many recreational, club and developmental athletes train and compete at the Utah Olympic Park in summer and winter. This combination of athletes, from novice to high performance, means that visitors will likely encounter athletes in training year-round when they visit the Park. The chance to watch aspiring youth and Olympic athletes in training is an exciting part of the Utah Olympic Park experience.

While athlete training times are not guaranteed and are subject to change without notice, visitors are encouraged to check with the Host Desk for the athlete training schedule at the facility.

Phone: 435.658.4200

Utah Athletic Foundation
2007-08 Board Members

Gordon Strachan – Chairman of the Board
John Bennion – Vice Chairman of the Board
David Winder – Secretary
Luke Bodensteiner
Melvin Brown
Fraser Bullock
Spencer F. Eccles
Robert Garff
Derek Parra
David Ure
Doral Vance
Jeff Robbins – Ex-Officio
Chris Sullivan – Ex-Officio

Welcome

olympicsport — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 20:50:42 +0000

Welcome to the Olympic Training Sites Weblog. This directory offers an extensive, up-to-date sports training site information and education resource specifically to assist competitors, coaches, trainers, researchers, educators, psychologists and the athletic medical community.