Last Sunday, the youth (up to 19 years) Russian national team in rowing and Canoeing completed a training camp in Kazan, held at one of the facilities of the Volga region Academy, in the center of rowing sports. Our rowers were preparing for the main competitions of the season-the European championship in Italy, starting on Wednesday, and the world championship in Bulgaria. Shortly before leaving, the head coach of the team Konstantin Vishnyakov shared his impressions of the training camp.
- In Kazan, we are preparing for responsible international start-up of the season. The basic part of the preparation takes us six months - part of autumn, winter and spring. The current, final phase, which is the final formation speed and work on tactics, course. To do this, the distance must be clearly verified. In Kazan-just such, plus it is within walking distance from the hotel. Like the pool, gym, food. And all too near. In General, we have all the conditions here.
- Do you have athletes from Tatarstan in the team?
- From Kazan nobody. There are guys from Tatarstan and neighboring Mari El Republic. They are potential students of the Volga region Academy. I'm not just talking about a paradoxical situation. When people in sheds train, constantly complain of bad conditions-but there is a result. It's like Darwin's theory, survival of the fittest, the hungry and the evil. As they build something Grand, everything disappears. There are plenty of examples. In Krasnodar in one of the teams, all the guys from villages. They have ambitions, they are hardened, they want to get out. And here school rowing on the chic on the object located should be reserve!
- In Kazan, the world Cup matches are held, did not let their wards walk around the city?
- No. And time is short, and try to accumulate energy, and I do not want to risk. The guys are young, God forbid, something happens.
- Is Kazan still in the center of your training plans?
- We always come here in January and June. Expect more and Dec download. There is a ski track to which we are provided with a Shuttle service. And the undoubted advantage of the center-the transitions between all the rooms: swimming pool, hotel, gyms, dining room. In winter, you do not have to run on the street, respiratory diseases are excluded. This is a huge plus!