Introduction

Capital Sport Academy's residential summer squash camps for 2007 will be based at the fabulous Worldgate Sport and Health facility in Herndon Virginia and will be led by former World #9 and Egyptian Junior Coach Mohammed Awad. Mohammed is joined by a squad of highly energetic and experienced squash coaches including former Chatham Club coach Ian Brown and Sport and Health Director of Squash, Connie Barnes. The residential camps are much more than an excellent squash training experience however and also feature life training by resident sages in Nutrition, Sports Psychology, Injury  Prevention and Management and Explosive conditioning in a fused package for the future athlete's body and mind. 

The Club: Worldgate Sport and Health

Worldgate Sport and Health Club is situated in Herndon Virginia, less than 5 minutes from Dulles Airport and about 30 minutes from downtown DC. The club has a fresh, modern feel and is set within an attractive shopping mall. The club sports 4 international squash courts and a dazzling cornucopia of other sport and fitness facilities including full gym, indoor running track, large heated pool, tennis, basketball, racquetball, gym etc. 
 

The Hotel Venue: Hawthorn Suites

Hawthorn Suites are designed to be self-contained and comfortable for long term stays. They offer an extensive list of on-site facilities and in-suite amenities to make your stay enjoyable and comfortable.  Including:

• Fully equipped kitchen with applicances.

• Spacious living and sleeping areas, twice the size of most hotels. Separate living and bedroom.

• Extended cable TV, Large plasma flat screens.

• Full hot breakfast

• Extensive dinner menus
   

The Coaches

Squash

Mohamed Awad was born  in Alexandria, Egypt and started playing at the age of 15. By the time he was 18 he had won the Alexandria and Cairo opens, and by 19 he was a member of the Egyptian national team. In 1983 the Egyptian team won the world team championship.  Mohamed, along with younger brother Gamal Awad who reached #2 in the world, toured the world with Mohamed peaking at world #9.  Since 1993 he is the lead trainer in the Parkclub Nymphenburg and is now Egyptian Junior coach.

Connie Barnes, an Australian Coach, is Sport and Health’s Corporate Director of Squash and Racquetball. In this position she oversees racquets programming throughout the 22 center Sport & Health enterprise, which includes six centers with squash courts. Connie played Squash at State grade level in Australia for 15 years before arriving in Bethesda in 2002. Connie coaches in the Sport and Health junior program which has 12 school teams and over 250 individual participants.

Ian Brown, is an energetic, patient squash coach with over 14 years experience, working with students of various ages and skill levels.  He has a proven ability to create a challenging, safe, supportive and fun environment where all students, the recreational player to the nationally ranked competitive player, can achieve their full potential.  Confident and qualified at coaching, the whole athlete, in terms of skills, sportsmanship, sports psychology and adaptability.

Anne Monahan is a former nationally ranked hardball player and for the past 15 years has been coaching squash at Sidwell Friends School in Washington, DC. Anne started women's squash and women's lacrosse in the Washington area in the 1970s. She has been teaching physical education at Sidwell for over 30 years. Anne is also a former US Field Hockey Team Player.

 

The Program
 

Schedule

Date	Availabilty	Ages	Skill Level
July 22-27	Open	10-19	All
July 29- August 3	Open	10-19	All

Hotel Registration:  Sunday Noon-3pm

Sunday Afternoon: Match play and player assessment at the courts from Arrival to 6pm. BBQ and swim to follow.

Typical Week Day

Typical Weekday Schedule
7:30	Arise
7:45	Breakfast
8:30	Shuttle to courts
8:45-11:30	Technical Session 1: Swing and movement analysis and construction
11:30-12:20	Matchplay incorporating technical advice.
12:30 -1:30	Lunch
1:30 - 2:00	Free time
2:00 - 4:00	Technical Session 2: Video analysis, Nutrition and Sports Psychology
4:30 - 5:30	Technical Session 3: Cross training education e.g. Weights, track, explosive conditioning, swim
5:30	Shuttle to hotel
6:00	Dinner
7:00	Relaxation activities: Movies, Swim, BBQ, DC Tour, Udvar-Hazy Space and Science Museum Tour
10:30	Bed

Nutrition

Did you know that eating carbohydrates too close to a game can actually be detrimental to performance? Do you know which food group is most important to avoid in the lead up to competition. Good nutrition is an important aspect of achieving top performance in sport and life in general.  The program will provide guidance for the development of good nutritional habits for life long sports performance.

 

Explosive Conditioning

Worldgate Sport and Health Club are acknowledged front runners in developing Explosive conditioning programs, recently featuring in a Washington Post article on this training technique which is rapidly gaining favor. Well suited for squash players, this cross training domain will be demonstrated to the participants as part of an overall training strategy.

 

 

Sports Psychology

Dr Joel Adler
 

National Capital Tour Activities

Sightseeing items include:  The Whitehouse, US Capitol, World War II memorial, Monuments, Arlington Cemetery, Library of Congress, Supreme Court and Iwo Jima memorial. Tour of the Udvar-Hazy Space and Science museum.

 

 

Pricing/Inclusions

$1100 one week, $2000 two weeks.  This includes full tuition in Squash, Nutrition, Sports Psychology and Cross Training; video recording and analysis; written assessment; restaurant quality hot breakfast and dinner; takeout lunch; luxury accommodation in 2 bedroom suites with individual bathrooms, 42" plasma TV's; T-shirt; Relaxation activities including movie admission, DC tours, U-H Space and Science Museum, swimming pool access; US Men's selection final DVD (70 minutes);  shuttle transport to/from Airport and to/from Accommodation.

Deposit Required: $200 on application. Balance due June 1, 2007.

Cancellation Policy:

• Full refund (less $50 administrative fee) before June 1.

• 50% refund before July 1

• No refund after July 1

Contact Info

Connie Barnes, Sport and Health Director of Squash and Racquetball,
Phone: (301) 807 9905, cbarnes@sportandhealth.com

Registration

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