{"id":4195,"date":"2021-08-15T17:06:07","date_gmt":"2021-08-15T23:06:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.canoeracing.org.nz\/?p=4195"},"modified":"2021-08-15T17:18:53","modified_gmt":"2021-08-15T23:18:53","slug":"competitive-nature-aids-thriving-crnz-mens-squad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uptest.co.nz\/canoeracing\/competitive-nature-aids-thriving-crnz-mens-squad\/","title":{"rendered":"Competitive nature aids thriving CRNZ men’s squad"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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While the stellar New Zealand women\u2019s squad quite rightly earned the plaudits for plundering three gold medals at Tokyo 2020 \u2013 the men\u2019s squad also made their mark.<\/p>

Exceeding many pre-race predictions Max Brown and Kurtis Imrie (see above) finished fifth in the A final of the K2 1000m making a huge improvement from their last global competition – when placing 15th<\/sup> at the 2019 World Championships.<\/p>

Its significance should not be understated – and while Max and Kurtis\u2019 breakthrough efforts should be applauded – the performance is more widely representative of a growth and development of the men\u2019s national squad over the past 18 months or so.<\/p>

Three-time Olympic medallist Tim Brabants (pictured below) came on board as national men\u2019s coach in January 2020 and has overseen the squad\u2019s evolution with the support of CRNZ Development Coach Craig Mustard and Gordon Walker, the technical director at CRNZ, the latter of whom oversees the men\u2019s and women\u2019s programmes.<\/p>

\u201cFor the first few months, it was about absorbing the environment, learning about each athlete\u2019s training style \u2013 strengths and areas of development,\u201d explains Tim, who fully acknowledges the role his predecessor Fred Loyer played in the development of the men\u2019s squad.<\/p>

\u201cOver time, I slowly introduced different ways of doing things whether that was in training execution, preparation prior to training, time management, working as a team, crew boats and integrating with the women\u2019s squad for training camps.\u201d<\/p>

Significant changes were hampered by the lockdown but over time Tim has tweaked the programme with the athletes responding positively to the calm and unflappable temperament of the British-born coach.<\/p>

\u201cI encourage all the paddlers to be self-sufficient and take ownership for their training, performance, decision making and planning.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

\u201cI also try to bring in good communication every step of the way and an awareness of what we are trying to do and when it needs to be achieved.<\/p>

\u201cI also try and bring in some of my experiences to try to help the boys from making the same mistakes I made.”<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Kurtis Imrie has fully appreciated Tim\u2019s coaching philosophy and believes it has played a key role in his development.<\/p>

\u201cHis really good qualities are – that he is not only trying to get the best out of us, but he makes sure we are learning at the same time,\u201d explains Kurtis.<\/p>

\u201cTo some extent we drive our programme. Yes, he\u2019s coaching us but he wants us to learn to help ourselves.\u201d<\/p>

Max believes he has also prospered under Tim\u2019s guidance and has benefited from Tim\u2019s vast international experiences as a four-time Olympic representative.<\/p>

\u201cI was feeling really good a week or so out from the Games, I was ready to roar but two days before our first race (at Tokyo 2020) I felt really flat and the water felt heavy,\u201d explains Max. \u201cI was worried but Tim said \u2018it is just part of the taper\u2019. He said, \u2018he felt like that before (during taper) but once the racing come he felt fine\u2019. Just to hear that from Tim \u2013 who has been there and done it \u2013 gave me a lot of relief.\u201d<\/p>

Of course, the squad is far more than just Max and Kurtis and every member has played a key role in enabling the Olympic representatives to enjoy success in Tokyo.<\/p>

Earlier this year following the introduction to the squad of Taris Harker, Ben McCallum, Ethan Moore and Sam Ferkins to join Kurtis, Max, Zach Ferkins, Hamish Legarth, Ben Duffy and Ashton Reiser \u2013 Tim brought in psychologist Dom Vettise to help bed down the values and culture of the team.<\/p>

\u201cWe all agreed on how we wanted to operate, and the new guys had an input into that,\u201d explains Tim. \u201cWe had a shared agreement on how we wanted to be as a team and how we uphold those values, which I think has worked really well.\u201d \u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Kurtis believes the strength and depth of the squad has helped drive the overall standard in the group \u2013 which has been particularly helpful in a period when Covid restrictions starved athletes of international opportunities for the past couple of years.<\/p>

\u201cThe nationals this year (in May) was probably the most competitive nationals I\u2019ve ever involved in,\u201d explains Kurtis.<\/p>

\u201cWith ten of us in the national squad and only nine lane finals – this meant someone would miss out (on the final) and this lifted everyone.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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\u201cCovid has made it tough for the past two years but we have used each other in the squad as a marker. Everyone is pushing everybody else in the sessions. Guys like Max and Zac are really good at the threshold, longer sessions, Ashton and Taris are the sprinters (in the squad) and (Ben) Duffy and I are probably better at the 300m-type sessions. We really push each other, which has helped drag up the standard.\u201d<\/p>

While a competitive environment underpinned by a strong group culture have proved the cornerstone of the men\u2019s squad development – other factors have also played a part.<\/p>

Regular training camps between the national men\u2019s and the women\u2019s squads \u2013 often at Lake Karapiro – have proved hugely beneficial.<\/p>

\u201cWith the lack of overseas travel it has been very significant,\u201d explains Tim. \u201cWe\u2019ve probably had four or five camps and each and every time it has got better and better in terms of how the teams have worked together. We\u2019ve had mixed crew boats \u2013 which is a pretty unique. From my experience, I don\u2019t think overseas (national) teams quite collaborate in the same way.\u201d<\/p>

With Max Brown and Kurtis Imrie earning selection for Tokyo 2020 \u2013 much work has been devoted to trying to improve their race strategy with greater emphasis placed on a more even-paced approach. In heats, quarter-finals, semis and final this was implemented to near perfection with Tim naturally elated with a performance which saw them finish just over a second outside of the medals.<\/p>

Yet while Max and Kurtis garnered the attention with their performance, Tim was keen to acknowledge the role the entire group had played in their success.<\/p>

\u201cOne of the first things I did after Max and Kurtis finished fifth is message the whole squad to thank them for the part they played in this result,\u201d says Tim \u201cBoth Max and Kurtis realise it is not just about them. They couldn\u2019t have done it if it had only been just the two of them training together.\u201d<\/p>

Max also fully understands the key contribution made by all ten paddlers in the men\u2019s squad.<\/p>

\u201cI definitely feel like we represented the boys in Tokyo \u2013 it was not just Kurtis and I,\u201d he says. \u201cWe wouldn\u2019t have achieved that result without the other guys. We were pushed so hard because everyone wanted that (Olympic) spot in the K2. Following the postponed Games we had to go through the selection process twice. Trying to prove yourself all over was tough. It nearly broke us but we managed to come out the other end on top. The boys are as much a part of the boat as anything else.\u201d<\/p>

Post-Tokyo the focus now switches to the three-year cycle to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. The removal of the K1 200m and the fact the K2 500m and K4 500m will be key events simplifies the approach \u2013 and Tim is very optimistic that New Zealand\u2019s men\u2019s squad can make a big impact in the French capital.<\/p>

\u201cTokyo has shown we are starting to make our mark on the world stage,\u201d explains Tim. \u201cI think we have realistic opportunities.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

\u201cIf you look at the history of New Zealand kayak racing we\u2019ve had strong men\u2019s squads and more recently a very strong women\u2019s squad. But moving forward what I\u2019m most excited about is to have very successful men\u2019s and women\u2019s squads working together.\u201d<\/p>

Words: Steve Landells<\/p>

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