Development: 10 and older as of January 1, 2025 or U12 and up in 2025

High Performance: 12 and older as of January 1, 2025 or U14 and up in 2025
(By Head Coach invitation only)

Dates:

In the winter of 2024-25, there will be two separate Winter Training periods:

• 2024 Winter Training 2024 from November 4, 2024 to December 20, 2024
• 2025 Winter Training 2025 from January 6, 2025 to April 26, 2025

This split reflects the change in NBCC's off-season coaching approach starting in 2025 and breaks the winter program fees into two, smaller payments. 

No practices are scheduled between December 20 and January 5 or from March 8 to 16, but recommended "on-your-own" workouts will be provided for those periods.

Note that the days of the week may change in 2025 based on ski team practice schedules and the YMCA pool schedule. 

   Development:          Tuesday and Friday, 5:00-7:00 PM

                                    Saturday, 9:00-11:00 AM
   High Performance:

                    Level 2:  Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 5:00 to 7:00 PM
                                   Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, 7:00-8:00 AM
                                   Saturday, 9:00-11:00 AM

                                   (Tuesday and Thursday mornings are swims at YMCA)        Fees:

   Development:                      $100.00
   High Performance: Level 1: $200.00                                  
                                  Level 2: $250.00

Note NBCC Winter Training fees have been reduced to reflect that North Bay Nordic and YMCA Membership fees are not covered by the NBCC fees, those will need to be paid separately to those organizations. Similarly, although the NBCC winter training program includes cross-country skiing, athletes are encouraged to join their school cross country racing teams, the North Bay Nordic racing team or take lessons if they are new to to the sport and those fees must also be paid separately to those organization.

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NBCC's  Winter Training Programs are offered in two streams: Development for athletes who participate in other sports but wish to remain involved with paddling in the off season; and High Performance for paddlers who want to focus on paddling as a primary sport and compete at the provincial and national level. High Performance is further split in to Levels 1 and 2 to align with Long Term Athlete Development guidelines for various levels of physical and mental development. Athletes will work on improving their strength, flexibility, aerobic capacity and paddling technique over the winter to prepare for next season. Activities include strength training at the club, cross country skiing, running, swimming, stretching, and ergometer workouts.