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/ October 23, 2015

De Nys Joins Biathlon Canada as Substantial Performance Director

Eric de Nys coachingOlympic silver medalist Sara Renner at Silver Star in 2009. De Nys hopes to see far more medals in his new position with Biathlon Canada.

Eric de Nys coaching Olympic silver medalist Sara Renner at Silver Star, British Columbia, in 2009. De Nys hopes to see a lot more medals in his new position with Biathlon Canada.

Right after 18 months coaching the junior cross-nation ski group at the WinSport Winter Sports activities Institute, Eric de Nys is moving back to the Bill Warren Coaching Center in Canmore.

The former National Ski Group coach has taken a position with Biathlon Canada as the High Performance Director, changing Chris Lindsay who left to consider a work with Personal The Podium this summer season.

“I had commenced doing work with some [junior] biathletes last year and coaching them,” de Nys mentioned in an interview on Tuesday. “So when I saw this ad come out&#8230 I considered it would offer me an chance to consider a diverse function and give me a new challenge. That is what I was looking for.”

De Nys explained that when he left Cross Nation Canada he had been hunting for a occupation which was based in Alberta for a greater chunk of the year.

“The principal point was that I have two little ones,” he stated. “I went from investing 135 days on the street to amongst 50 and 60. That was really wonderful right after 10 many years of traveling extensively with the group to be around house and be a lot more of a dad. And to be involved with routines and volunteering tons at various sporting events like hockey and biathlon and skiing and gymnastics.”

He leaves WinSport in the hands of the Canmore Nordic Ski Club for this season. Alain Mother or father will be taking more than athletes’ training ideas.

“WinSport has been actually supportive and it has been a great 18 months with them,” de Ny explained. “They have been really supportive of me moving on into this role, and also supportive of exactly where the program will go. Final yr WinSport and Canmore Nordic went in collectively on all the racing journeys. All the athletes at WinSport are quite accustomed to how they do items on the road, and waxing and ski choice and all of that. So it is an simple transition.”

In January or February there may possibly be a work posting for a head coach for the 2016-2017 season, he stated.

He estimates that his new position will involve about the same quantity of travel as the WinSport coaching occupation. The Substantial Efficiency Director performs with nationwide group coaches and athletes, but also interacts with advancement packages domestically and communicates with funding bodies and media.

“A good deal of it is currently being the go-amongst for our federation and Sport Canada, the Canadian Olympic Committee, and Personal the Podium,” he said of the function so far. “Those are our 3 primary funding partners.”

Although biathlon adds a shooting part to cross-nation skiing, the sport de Nys has worked in up to this stage in his profession, he does not see that as a dilemma. The coaching is up to head coach Matthias Ahrens and nationwide staff coach Roddy Ward de Nys’s work is far more strategic.

“It’s substantial overall performance sport,” he said. “There’s a whole lot of similarities whether or not you are performing it in swimming or curling or biathlon. Becoming about the nordic local community for ten years at a large degree I undoubtedly became very privy to what it is going to take to be at the leading, and how to get there. From that side of items that is possibly why I’ve been hired.”

Because he worked at the Bill Warren Instruction Center when he was a cross-country nationwide crew coach, De Nys says that he currently knows most of the athletes and employees, which helps make the transition straightforward.

“It’s a organic fit,” he said.

Up on the docket this year for the biathlon community are not only the routinely scheduled Planet Cup and IBU Cup circuits, and youth, junior, and senior Globe Championships, but also some additional pleasure. Canmore will host World Cup competitions in the first week of February. There is also the Youth Olympic Video games on the schedule the once-every-four-years event will take area in Lillehammer, Norway.

“All of the coordinating for the Youth Olympic Video games is like an Olympic Games but on a smaller sized scale,” de Nys said. “For the Canadian Olympic Committee that is a single of their babies. So I’ve been speaking with those individuals.’

He will not be on the ground in Norway, but is coordinating the organization’s work and sees it as a excellent testing ground.

“It’s a great improvement instrument both for athletes and coaches and technicians,” de Nys mentioned. “It’s a rather serious position, but not always a dealbreaker in terms of if we really don’t have results there. But it’s a big occupation for those coaches and athletes. For a whole lot of these athletes they will have completed a provincial Games or a Canada Winter Video games, so it’s the following step for them.”

Apart from the season-certain targets, Biathlon Canada is planning for years down the road.

“I’m doing work with the national crew coaches and athletes for strategic organizing into the subsequent Olympic Video games: what are we going to do? How are we going to do that?” de Nys explained. “Around that is developing criteria for how to make the nationwide staff and get carded, which is how we fund amateur athletics. And all the journey choices, those are all in my wheelhouse.”

Parallel is operating on the plans to identify athletes who aren’t most likely to be chosen for journeys until finally a number of years from now.

“Where are we at correct now? Exactly where do we want to be in four many years or eight years?” de Nys said. “Looking at the pipeline, as you would call it in the U.S.”

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