How to prepare mentally for upcoming competition?

Ahoy!

I strongly believe that a great mental preparation is fatally important in order to achieve staggering victories in the race field. That is why in this article I will try to put a great deal of effort in order to describe you major mistakes, helpful advices and efficient solutions of how to prepare yourself properly and overcome your biggest competition fears. 

Kaip psichologiškai nusiteikti varžyboms? / How to prepare mentally for upcoming competition?

Kaip psichologiškai nusiteikti varžyboms? / How to prepare mentally for upcoming competition?
(Soon in english!)


Ahoi!

Mano nuomuone, geras psichologiškas pasiruošimas yra itin svarbus elementas siekiant pergalės varžybose, todėl šiame straipsnyne pabandysiu aptarti keletą esminių sprendimų ir dažniausiai daromų klaidų bandant įveikti priešvaržybinę baimę ir jaudulį. 

Physical conditioning for windsurfing / Fizinis pasiruošimas buriuotojams

This article goes mainly for those who are living in "colder" countries where we have winter and were we are unable to windsurf throughout the year.
I think, everybody knows the feeling in spring, when you step up on the board after 3-6 months on land. Everything seems to be very heavy and difficult - you are in bad physical shape. To avoid such feelings and to enjoy every minute on water, you have to train as hard as possible throughout the winter. Lets start.

Picture from shockmansion.com

Windsurfing is a sport where almoust all of your muscles are involved: legs are controlling the board, hands are working on maneuvers and help to hold the sail, core muscles are  holding the sail (if you use harness). So you have to train all muscles (if you will have chest like Arnold Schwarzenegger and legs like Miranda Kerr, - this won't work; by the way you can try opposite :)

Usually when you go out windsurfing you spend more than 1hour on the water so you can consider windsurfing as an endurance sport. And the most important thing in endurance sports is the effectiveness of your cardiovascular system - this means how well your lungs can absorb oxygen, then the oxygen goes into your blood and now it is important how well your heart can provide your muscles with blood with oxygen (muscles don't work without oxygen).

How to tune FW gear? / Kaip sureguliuoti FW Inventorių?

Hello, everyone how are you?  (Norėdami skaityti Lietuviškai eikite žemyn)

I wish you happy and windy 2012 so you can spend as much time as possible on the water.
I haven't wrote for a long time especially in this section, so perhaps you though: what a hell is he doing? is he dead, injured? Don't worry I'm all right, just I have been very busy lately. Anyway, I won't waste your precious time and start writing about one of the most important things in windsurfing - tuning your equipment.
You can buy latest boards, nicest sails and softest fins, but if you won't harmonize them your results will be even worse than with your old equipment. Believe me it's true, I have noticed this during the last 3 years when I was competing in FW competitions. Although it is an important part for competitive windsurfers it will help everyone on any kind of equipment. I think that everyone would love to ride equipment when you have: equal pull in both of your hands, the sail is absorbing gusts and the board doesn't spin out. So lets get it started.