2015 16 annual review canadian sport institute calgary 345 16 testing in the sports performance laboratory PRESENTATIONS REGISTERED AND WORKSHOPS athletes assessed through ATHLETES CONDUCTED development groups, IN 2015-16 713 2015 16 BY CSI CALGARY 531 academies and talent identification 290 athletes, coaches ATHLETES FROM and staff members NATIONAL SPORT highlights participating ORGANIZATIONS ready hours of lab 900 analysis for full The Canadian Sport Institute 1297 blood profiles Calgary is a proud member ANTHROPOMETRIC meals served to athletes of the Canadian Olympic/ 36,169 ATHLETES FROM MEASURES 587 blood profiles Paralympic Sport Institute 18 winter sports and blood lactate $ savings for athletes with Network which consists of 11 summer sports 6000 samples seven Sport Institutes and 31,639 meal subsidies Centres across Canada. 22 2015-16 WINTER WORLD CUP PODIUMS BY CSI CALGARY-SUPPORTED ATHLETES 2015-16 IPC WINTER WORLD CUP PODIUMS BY CSI CALGARY-SUPPORTED ATHLETES 2015-16 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP AND IPC WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP PODIUMS BY 1 Alpine Skiing 6 Speed Skating 2 Alpine Skiing 4 Para-Alpine 4 Para- 5 Para-Alpine 8 8 CSI CALGARY-SUPPORTED ATHLETES 1 Luge 2 Bobsleigh 12 Speed Skating Skiing Snowboarding Skiing 5 Bobsleigh 1 Luge 1 Luge 2 Para Cross- 3 Para-Alpine 3 Para- 1 Speed Skating 1 Para-Triathlon 13 3 Speed Skating 2 Ski Cross 1 Skeleton Country Skiing Skiing Snowboarding 6 1 Bobsleigh 1 Skeleton 3 Ski Cross 1 Para Cross- 10 1 Cycling 1 Snowboarding 3 Bobsleigh Country Skiing 1 Hockey 45 22 1 Speed Skating 10 CSI Calgary-supported athletes won CSI Calgary-supported athletes won 1 Biathlon 1 Luge 30% of the total Canadian Winter 65% of the total Canadian IPC bronze silver gold gold silver bronze 1 Speed Skating erica wiebe women’s wrestling World Cup podiums Winter World Cup podiums 1 Wrestling game plan TORONTO 2015 PAN AM GAMES BY 439 29 individual team powering CSI CALGARY-SUPPORTED ATHLETES our vision TOTAL ATHLETE game plan sessions sessions 8 4 Cycling WELLNESS AND 2 Shooting 12 The Canadian Sport CAREER EDUCATION podium 1 Basketball Institute Calgary is a key 1 Gymnastics - Trampoline TRANSITION PROGRAM 136 athletes 1 Rugby 7 10 contributor to Canada’s accessed game 1 Squash world-leading Olympic plan services 1 Water Ski and Wakeboard performances 1 Wrestling and Paralympic podium performances. 2 Water Ski and Wakeboard 7 1 Athletics CAAWS workshops 1 Cycling 825 TORONTO 2015 PARA PAN AM GAMES BY 7 diploma 1 Gymnastics - Artistic 4 CSI CALGARY-SUPPORTED ATHLETES 16 TOTAL NUMBER courses 12 1 Squash 1 Swimming our mission OF COACHES 5 2 Swimming 3 Swimming 2 Goalball 2 Canoe Kayak ATTENDING 1 Athletics 2 Wheelchair Men’s/ 4 To provide a world-leading school 6 NCCP 2 Cycling PROFESSIONAL 1 Wheelchair Basketball Women’s 2 Swimming multisport daily training environment sport multisport Rugby Men’s/ 2 Sitting workshops classes 1 Fencing for podium pathway athletes and DEVELOPMENT Women’s Volleyball 1 Roller Speed Skating coaches through expert leadership, SESSIONS AT 1 Athletics Men’s/ 1 Volleyball gold gold silver 1 Cycling Women’s silver bronze 1 Water Polo 60 bronze ready does not happen overnight services and programs. CSI CALGARY 1 Swimming It takes months and years of relentless commitment, preparation, pain and angst. Ready is not just a physical state of being, our values it is also very much about being in the “zone”. Being truly ready EXCELLENCE LEADERSHIP INNOVATION INTEGRITY PARTNERSHIPS Five core values guide our vision, shape We aspire to utilize and We embrace our role as We believe innovation is We believe the integrity of We believe it is essential to develop (L-R) Leigh Vierling Coach | Paul Ragusa Coach | Darren Mazzei Physiotherapist | Kelly Drager Performance Dietitian requires an athlete to have developed the resilience, confidence our processes and outcomes, and help to will measure ourselves leaders that challenge, inspire, a critical and constant our individual and collective and sustain mutually beneficial Mac Read Head Strength and Conditioning Coach | Matt Brown Mental Performance Consultant | Erin Sargent Exercise Physiologist and focus to perform on a world stage. secure our continued positive reputation against world leading empower and encourage requirement and an behaviours is the cornerstone partnerships which leverage each Joe Bentley Massage Therapist | Dr. Brian Benson Sport Medicine Director nationally and internationally: practices. ourselves and our partners. expectation for all involved. of who and what we are. party’s strengths. one MESSAGE FROM CHAIR OF THE BOARD AND PRESIDENT like most other endeavours, targeted goal setting is critical for success in high performance sport Working toward the ultimate goal of top international achievement, athletes move through a cyclical process that incorporates the elements of evaluate, plan, train, monitor, recover, ready, perform and podium. Helping athletes be ready for their top performances, reaching their goals in a defined timeframe, takes refined multi-discipline expertise. dale henwood CSI Calgary has established itself as a recognized centre for athlete development and preparation. Our philosophy is to plan forward and execute backward. Success is often not determined in the moment of the competition but rather in the long and arduous preparation phase. At the CSI Calgary we have created (and continue to refine) an Our aim is to ensure athletes training with the CSI Calgary are ready to perform at major international exceptional daily training environment for athletes and their coaches. events and represent our country with distinction. We work to put Canadian athletes “in the hunt” Constant monitoring ensures the individualized programs are on on race day. In addition, we are advancing the upcoming next generation of athletes to be future track and help prepare the athlete to perform optimally ‘on demand’. champions. As we head into the 2016 Olympic Summer Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Canadian Outstanding performances utilize a multi disciplinary approach athletes are preparing to be ready to compete on the most prestigious international stage. that is balanced, integrated and regularly assessed to evaluate progress, how we invest and how to deploy our resources to Just like athletes and coaches adjust to adverse conditions in their quest to be ready, the CSI identify areas for improvement. Calgary needs to position itself to be ready, from an organizational perspective, to adapt to changing economic environments and difficult financial realities. This is not the first time we A unique and distinguishing feature of the CSI Calgary is our focus on have experienced uncertainty in our 22-year history although the current economic challenges “the process”. Over time, we have cultivated a successful approach in Alberta are proving to be longer and deeper than we have experienced in the past. This will trusted by our staff, leadership and key National Sport Organization (NSO) require exploring new approaches as we move forward. partners. Recognizing that there are numerous factors and variables influencing a specific performance on a given day, we concentrate on With our new reality we must continue to nurture cash flow and contain our costs. We will what we can control. The focus is not necessarily on the end result but continue to work with our valued partners and strive to foster new partnerships and revenue rather on what needs to be improved with each exercise, each training generating opportunities. session, every day – concentrating on the process not the prize. We will continue to be ready to “weather the storm” offering quality programs, services and We measure success in many ways – feedback from our key NSO world-class expertise to athletes and coaches. partners, the quality of our service offerings, through athlete progression and performances, ongoing development of our expert personnel, Cheryl Sandercock Dale Henwood the quality and quantity of coach education programs, superior data Chair, Board of Directors President and CEO collection and interpretation, producing quality research and seeing increased interest in our services. two three michael sametz para-cycling perform anything can happen during competition The key to positioning an athlete to perform to their ultimate potential is to leave no stone unturned. Stellar performance requires focus, confidence, resilience, fortitude, grit and desire. To be truly ready to perform, an athlete needs to feel certain everything has been done to prepare them to realize their very best. (L-R) Philippe Abbott Coach | Tessa Gallinger Strength and Conditioning Coach Clare Fewster Mental Performance Consultant four five about the canadian sport institute calgary With the support of our partners, the Canadian Sport Institute Calgary provides world-class training environments in Alberta. We deliver leading sport science and medicine, coaching education and life services to help Canada’s high performance athletes achieve Olympic and Paralympic podium performances. For more information please visit csicalgary.ca sport science Providing leading-edge individualized testing, planning, training, monitoring and recovery for athletes in their daily training environments. The team of experts: • Exercise Physiologists • Strength and Conditioning Coaches • Biomechanics and Performance Analysis • Registered Dietitians • Mental Performance • Anthropometrists • Biochemistry Lab Technicians sport medicine Offering ready access and rapid response for diagnosis and treatment of injuries