What is Team Red?

The Canoe Kayak Canada (CKC) Team Red program's goal is to drive system wide development and performance that encourages Provincial and National participation, results comparison, and engagement. 
Team Red’s vision is that all Canoe Kayak athletes are fundamentally on the same team.  We share a love for the sport and a drive to improve.  The markers to assess our improvement and the culture from which we thrive and train our athletes are our ultimate objectives in the continued work on the Team Red athlete pathway.   ​

2021 SEASON: TEAM RED

As the restrictions start to ease across the country and there is some semblance of normal, CKC is excited to be able to launch this version of Team Red for the 2021 season.  Team Red’s vision is that all Canoe Kayak athletes are fundamentally on the same team.  We share a love for the sport and a drive to improve.  The markers to assess our improvement and the culture from which we thrive and train our athletes are our ultimate objectives in the continued work on the Team Red athlete pathway.   

This season’s activation includes some of the traditional Team Red on-water testing, but also activities to help promote the development of basic athletic skills for younger athletes.  The 2021 Team Red activities will engage and digitally connect our community members across the country, with the goal of motivating and encouraging athletes to keep up their great work and to know they are not alone in their pursuits. 

The event is free to all participants. Clubs can submit their member's competition or in-training results any time through the event time period. Events can be completed as many times as desired, with the best performance in each event being submitted for CKC Team Red and Ontario Cup Power Ranking results.

OBJECTIVES

1. Motivation, Connection, Tracking.
2. Flexible implementation that can be done at a club, division, or provincial level.
3. Generate excitement and engagement for our athletes.

Event document

BLOCK 1

BLOCK 2

base 7 COACHES MANUAL

Results Sheet

Block 1 results should be submitted by July 19th.  Please send all results to krobins@canoekayak.ca. 
We will be using an excel template to collect the results and will display them through the CKC website at this time. 

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OPEN, U21, U18, U16

Primary goal: 500m singles

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​Secondary goals: 200m, 1000m singles

​U14, U12, U10

Dryland tests: Base-7

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On-water: 1000m (with turn), 50m singles
500m (Ontario only)

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TESTING PROTOCOLS ▼

TESTING PROTOCOLS

AGE GROUP	TEST	PROTOCOL	NOTES
U16 / U18 / U21 / OPEN	On-Water: ​200m, 500m, 1000m	Time Control	Record: Date of test Time (mm:ss.00) Name, Year of birth, coach, club Location of test Wind conditions Air temperature (optional)
U10 / U12 / U14	On-Water: ​1000m with turn, 50m	Time Control	Record: Date of test Time (mm:ss.00) Name, Year of birth, coach, club Location of test Wind conditions Air temperature (optional)
U10 / U12 / U14	Base 7 *​First and second block of testing	Fitness Tests *​Protocols in document: Base 7 Coaches Manual	Record: Date of test Name, Year of birth, coach, club Location of test Specific recording for each test: Leger 20m "Beep" test - # stages, # of shuttles, rubric level achieved [beep test audio file] Pushups - number achieved, rubric level achieved  Pullups - number achieved, rubric level achieved  Plank test - rubric level achieved  Lateral bounds - rubric level achieved  Shuttle run - Time (mm:ss.00), rubric level achieved
U10 / U12 / U14	Base 7 *​Second block of testing only	Fitness Tests	Record the number of levels the athlete has improved for each test (based on the rubric for each test).  Add each of the total number of level improvements that athlete has achieved across all the tests and record this as a single number overall.

 

BLOCK 1
July 12-19

 Categories & Events (singles)

• Para, Special Olympics - 50m, 200m, 500m
• Masters, Open, U21, U18, U16 - 200m, 500m, 1000m 
• U14, U12, U10 - Dryland: Base-7 tests, On-water: 50m, 500m*, 1000m with turn
  *500m is Ontario only

Results are to be submitted between July 12 - 23, 2021
Please send all results to krobins@canoekayak.ca. ​

RESULTS DEADLINE EXTENDED TO FRIDAY JULY 23

Results sheet

 

BLOCK 2
July 26 - Aug 8

 Categories & Events (singles)

• Para, Special Olympics - 50m, 200m, 500m
• Masters, Open, U21, U18, U16 - 200m, 500m, 1000m 
• U14, U12, U10 - Dryland: Base-7 tests, On-water: 50m, 500m*, 1000m with turn
  *500m is Ontario only
  

Results are to be submitted between August 2 - 11, 2021

U10/U12/U14 Base-7 Live Virtual Event:
Wednesday August 4 - Friday August 6, 2021

Base-7 Demo Videos