THE MOMENTS THAT MAKE US 2014/15 ANNUAL REVIEW 02 THROUGHWE HAVE CHANGED OUR NAME, REFINED OUR FOCUS AND EXPANDED TO MULTIPLE LOCATIONS. OUR MISSION HAS ALWAYS REMAINED THE SAME HOWEVER, TO PROVIDE A WORLD-LEADING MULTISPORT DAILY TRAINING THE ENVIRONMENT FOR PODIUM PATHWAY ATHLETES AND COACHES THROUGH EXPERT LEADERSHIP, YEARS SERVICES AND PROGRAMS. AFTER SUPPORTING ATHLETES AT TEN SUMMER AND WINTER OLYMPIC GAMES, WE ARE STILL ON A QUEST TO SUPPORT CANADIAN ATHLETES TO PODIUM SUCCESS IN INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIONS. 03 04 VISION The Canadian Olympic and Paralympic Sport Institute Network is a key contributor to Canada’s world-leading Olympic and Paralympic podium performances. MISSION To provide a world class, multisport daily training environment for athletes and coaches through expert leadership, services and programs. VALUES Five core values guide our vision, shape our processes and outcomes, and help to secure our continued positive reputation nationally and internationally: Excellence Leadership We aspire to utilize and We embrace our role as will measure ourselves leaders that challenge, inspire, against world leading empower and encourage practices. ourselves and our partners. Innovation Integrity We believe innovation We believe the integrity of is a critical and constant our individual and collective requirement and an behaviours is the cornerstone expectation for all involved. of who and what we are. Partnerships We believe it is essential to develop and sustain mutually beneficial partnerships, which leverage each party’s strengths. 06 As part of the During this time At the 1998 centralization of the Hockey Canada was Nagano Olympic team, the notion of working closely with a boot camp was the Canadian Sport Winter Games introduced at the Institute Calgary’s start of their season (CSIC) integrated Women’s hockey leading into the 2002 support team made its debut. Olympic Winter providers Jason Games in Salt Lake Poole, strength and While achieving a silver medal, City by Dr. Stephen conditioning coach Hockey Canada decided to Norris, the team’s and Kelly Anne take a look at all aspects of exercise physiologist. Erdman, dietician. For their program and preparation. The boot camp was Melody Davidson, she notes that boot camp As a result of the analysis the held at the Canadian Forces base in was still in use in decision was made to centralize Valcartier, Québec, preparation for Sochi the team in Calgary in the year which had recently and continues to have prior to each Olympics. opened its door an impact on the to the public use team’s training and of its facilities. performance. “It was exciting to start something Over four Olympic different and it was cycles since 1998 the challenging for the team has dominated athletes” according the game, having to Melody Davidson, won 4 Gold Medals. former Female National Team head coach. They had to be physically and mentally strong individually, and had to demonstrate the ability to be a team player. This initiative helped set the stage for the players to come together as a team while developing overall fitness. WITH A DOMINATING IMPACT 07 BUILD ING A TEAM WITH A DOMINATING IMPACT 08 The Canadian Sport THE EXPERTISE Institute Calgary 58 experts power At the helm is a the Canadian Sport leadership team of provides world- Institute Calgary eight experts with leading Olympic and encompassing the more than 150 years key areas of sport of experience working Paralympic training science, sport with elite athletes in medicine, strength their respective field. environments to top and conditioning, athletes and coaches mental performance, biomechanics, across Alberta. nutrition, athlete development, coaching and business operations. With the support of our partners, our team of experts delivers sport science, strength and conditioning programs, medicine, coaching and life services to power podium performances and help Canada win more medals. 09 Over a time period of four Paralympic THE FACILITY Winter Games, Brian McKeever has earned Calgary now boasts The 27,000 square 13 Paralympic medals one of the largest foot space located in including 10 gold, the and most complete the Markin MacPhail most victories ever Sport Institutes in Centre features a state by a Canadian winter the world. The new of the art strength Paralympian. location at Canada and conditioning area Olympic Park is the with a biomechanics Brian’s brother first in Canada to lab and strength and Robin, a former provide centralized power lab; an exercise national team skier, services in a facility physiology lab; mental acted as his guide furnished with the performance and in Vancouver 2010, latest technology and nutritional service making the gold equipment. It is also capabilities; an athlete medal performances the only multi-sport lounge; a regeneration a family affair. Since facility in Canada room; and access the Torino Olympics dedicated to high to the WinSport in 2006 Dr. David KEEVER performance sports. Medicine Clinic. Smith, exercise c physiologist, has worked closely in both testing Brian’s physical capacities and planning his program. Robin now acts as national team coach and works with Dr. Smith in developing Brian’s program each year to make sure he BRIAN M maintains his world leading performances as he prepares for the 2018 Paralympic Winter Games. 10 EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY LABORATORY The Sport Performance Laboratory, with new equipment valued at over $225,000, offers the most effective forms of testing and monitoring available. CSIC experts collect and interpret the most advanced data including measurement of breath-to-breath oxygen consumption; measurement of EKG during exercise; measurement of heart rate response while training; and analysis of key biochemical markers used to evaluate the effectiveness of training. 11 For Carol, the Canadian Sport STRENGTH, MEDICINE ATHLETE Institute Calgary POWER & LOUNGE (CSIC) became home BIOMECHANICS The WinSport when she relocated Medicine Clinic is The Canadian Sport to Calgary in 2006. The Canadian Sport integral to rehabbing Institute Calgary takes She wanted to Institute Calgary and developing a proactive approach change her training houses one of the Canada’s athletes. to life and career routine and was most performance planning. The athlete drawn to Calgary for focused Strength The physiotherapy lounges at Canada two main reasons, and Conditioning and rehabilitation area Olympic Park and National team coach, facilities in the world. includes 16 treatment at the University of Leigh Vierling and The area features tables with the newest Calgary/Olympic experienced wrestler more than 19,000 form of modalities Oval are spaces and training partner square feet of training available: ultrasound, for athletes to use Erica Sharp. The space which includes interferential current computer stations transition to Calgary more than 20,000 therapy, icing for studying and paid off for Carol pounds of weights compression unit, homework; to access as she went on to and equipment, a shock wave unit career, transition and reach the podium in Strength & Power lab, therapy, electrical and academic counseling; both of her Olympic a Biomechanics lab, an muscle stimulation or to just chill while appearances, winning indoor MONDO 100m units, a traction bed, playing a game of gold in the women’s track and an IM lifting anti-gravity treadmill table tennis. Living 48kg division in platform (one of only and a fully equipped a balanced lifestyle Beijing 2008 three in the world). hydrotherapy room is a key to peak and bronze in with an under water performance. London 2012. treadmill. Since retiring from competitive wrestling, Carol completed a Masters in Counseling Psychology and has pursued a career as a wrestling coach. Carol’s relationship with CSIC continues as the CSIC is supporting her education as a training centre coach CAROL HUYNH for the women’s wrestling program. According to Carol, giving back to the sport she loves means a lot to her and she wants to influence future Canadian wrestlers in the same ways she was impacted. 12 ELEV ATING PER FORM ANCE FOR A LASTING LEGACY 13 Members of Curtis’ he had everything he an individual event. When the support team needed to get back Myden is a 30 time Canadian included exercise in the pool quickly national champion physiologist’s Dr. and be healthy and Canadian record Sport Institute David Smith and Dr. and powerful. In holder in both short Stephen Norris. Deryk addition, the sport and long course Calgary was and Dr. Smith had specific planning 200 and 400 metre created in 1994, forged a successful and evaluation from individual medleys. partnership since 1981 Dr.’s Smith and Norris Curtis Myden and this partnership with his coach Deryk Myden’s career in was an up had achieved success were what elevated swimming and the with Mark Tewksbury’s his performance. lessons he learned and coming gold medal in 1992. Time and success in the pool prepared Curtis knew he was brought additional him for his career swimmer. in good hands in his funding to the in medicine, where He swam at his first attempt to achieve his swimming program, he specialized in which allowed Curtis orthopedics. A 2006 Olympics in 1992 and goal. At the Atlanta 1996 Olympic Games, and his teammates graduate from the together with his coach Curtis achieved to travel to more University of Calgary Deryk Snelling was aiming podium success training camps and Medical School, for podium success in with bronze medals competitions. Myden is now an Atlanta 1996. in both the 400 and orthopedic surgeon 200 metre individual Four years later the in British Columbia. medley. national swim team In the pool or at the Captain won his hospital, Myden’s idea As a swimmer, Curtis third bronze medal, of excellence didn’t had to overcome this time in the 400 change. “Be the best repetitive injuries, as metre individual you can possibly be shoulder tendinitis medley.