Coaches’ corner – Annapolis Dragon Boat Club https://annapolisdragonboatclub.org Paddling with a Purpose Wed, 13 Mar 2024 01:33:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Let the 2024 season begin: Year of the Dragon https://annapolisdragonboatclub.org/2024-season-begins/ Wed, 13 Mar 2024 01:01:30 +0000 https://annapolisdragonboatclub.org/?p=6699 Team members flex their muscles with personal trainer Eileen Proulx on the last day of our 2024 Fit to Thrive exercise class Are you ready for this year’s dragon boat adventures? We are, and we’ve been working hard to make this our best year yet. After all, it is our year. 2024 is the Year of the Dragon, representing good luck, strength, and health. The book club is going strong under…

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]]> Washington DC Dragon Boat Festival https://annapolisdragonboatclub.org/washington-dc-dragon-boat-festival/ Sat, 20 May 2023 23:56:43 +0000 https://annapolisdragonboatclub.org/?p=5868 The Annapolis Dragon Boat Club’s mixed and breast cancer survivor teams at the Washington DC Dragon Boat Festival in May 2023 The Annapolis Dragon Boat Club brought two teams — a breast cancer survivor (BCS) team and a mixed team — to the 20th annual Washington DC Dragon Boat Festival on May 20, 2023. We joined nearly 40 other teams who registered for this event, including youth, mixed…

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]]> 2023 New Zealand Dragon Boat Festival https://annapolisdragonboatclub.org/2023-new-zealand-dragon-boat-festival/ Sun, 16 Apr 2023 00:14:21 +0000 https://annapolisdragonboatclub.org/?p=5835 Members of the Annapolis Dragon Boat Club posing for a team photo at the 2023 New Zealand Dragon Boat Festival Come in close, everyone — paddlers and supporters. Come in tight. The dragon boat is the common factor for all of you here, with folks from around the world. All of you from ADBC, paddlers and supporters alike, have faced the infuriatingly unwelcome visitor of breast cancer.

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]]> 2022 season recap https://annapolisdragonboatclub.org/2022-season-recap/ Thu, 19 Jan 2023 02:34:20 +0000 https://annapolisdragonboatclub.org/?p=5067 Team celebration after the Solomons Island race in August 2022 The Annapolis Dragon Boat Club has concluded on-water operations for the year. The year got off to a good start — with practices held on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday practices. We added Wednesday morning practices throughout most of the season once the water warmed up. This year, we held the last evening paddle on…

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]]> 2022 Solomons Dragon Boat Festival https://annapolisdragonboatclub.org/solomons-2022/ Wed, 17 Aug 2022 01:57:44 +0000 https://annapolisdragonboatclub.org/?p=4970 We participated in the Solomons Dragon Boat Festival for the first time in 2022. Two boats participated along with 17 other local and out-of-town teams. The festival was a FUNdraiser for Southern Maryland Community Resources, a non-profit organization that helps to bridge the gap for individuals with developmental differences in Calvert County. This is a large festival in a small town with plenty…

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]]> Staying fit during COVID https://annapolisdragonboatclub.org/3358-2/ Wed, 27 Jan 2021 02:43:20 +0000 https://annapolisdragonboatclub.org/?p=3358 Welcome to the next year in the COVID complex. With the advent of a vaccine and widespread distribution on the horizon, we are hopeful that this year the pandemic can start being in the rearview mirror. Many of us have been cooped up in your house or neighborhood doing what we need to do to stay fit and sound. As the winter digs in for the next month or two, there are a few things to keep in mind.

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]]> Getting the season under way https://annapolisdragonboatclub.org/under-way/ Sun, 28 Jul 2019 21:40:09 +0000 http://annapolisdragonboatclub.org/?p=2469 Coach Peter with a team member during a steering clinic Please excuse the late posting, but a LOT has been happening this season. Our on-water season got underway in April. The boats were brought out of storage, spruced up, and re-varnished for the season. The operations team tested and installed the floating docks to move us into our new home at Pier 4 Marina in Eastport.

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]]> Getting strong for 2019 https://annapolisdragonboatclub.org/getting-strong-for-2019/ Fri, 11 Jan 2019 21:24:06 +0000 http://annapolisdragonboatclub.org/?p=1332 Happy New Year, Everyone! The Club has wrapped up an exciting year on and off the water. We traveled far and wide for racing opportunities. We also did some outreach in the local community to help raise the Club’s profile on the ground and over the airwaves. The Club also is facing the coming year with the prospect of developing the team to be more competitive racing and healthier and stronger…

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]]> Dragon boat camp 2018 https://annapolisdragonboatclub.org/coaches-corner-2/ Sun, 29 Apr 2018 07:36:29 +0000 http://108.174.148.9/~annapolisdragon/?p=398 The week of April 15th through April 21st saw ten members of the Annapolis Dragon Boat Club travel to Indialantic, Florida, to participate in a dragon boat camp. This was a new training experience for most of the attendees. The camp was on the level of a pro/am sports team training camp. Early risers could stretch and prepare for the days coming workouts with yoga at sunrise facing the beach.

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