IFC Conditioning Clinic

Sport drinks and snacks will be provided. There are restaurants in the area for lunch or bring your lunch. Fees: $85 ($75 for IFC members) Limit 12 participants. Objectives: Every fencing season includes three periods – preparatory, competition and transition. This first clinic is geared toward the general preparation stage, and addresses its main aspects. The clinic is built around general conditioning, planning the fencing season, and mental preparation relevant to the preparatory period of training. It will include technique of basic footwork and bladework skills, conditioning sessions focused on speed and strength, partner drills, and individual lessons. Please, bring running shoes, shorts, two t-shirts, towel, water bottle, and any fencing equipment you have. You will be provided with the needed fencing equipment if you do not have any. Tentative Schedule: September 11, 2010 9am-11:45am – Periodization, Footwork, Conditioning Session (Speed), Individual Lessons I 11:45am-12:30pm – Lunch, Nutrition 12:30-3pm – Mental Preparation, Conditioning Session (Strength), Individual Lessons II Taught By Ina Harizanova Ina has coached fencing and swimming for over 14 years in the US. She has developed athletes to compete at the US Fencing and US Swimming Olympic Trials. Competitive Achievements & Education: • 1st Place, Senior Women's Epee Team, USFA Summer Nationals, 2005 • 1st Place, World Cup in Modern Pentathlon, 1994 • 3rd Place, World Cup in Modern Pentathlon, 1993 • Seven Times Bulgarian Champion in Modern Pentathlon • 1st Place, Bulgarian Championships in Women's Epee • 3rd Place, Division IA Women's Epee, USFA Summer Nationals, 1999 • Bachelors degree in Physical Education and Swimming from the National Sports Academy of Bulgaria, 1994 • Doctoral Student in Clinical Psychology, Illinois School of Professional Psychology • Illinois State Board of Education Certified PE Teacher Coached: • 1st Place, Open Team Women’s Epee, USFA Summer Nationals, 2005 • 1st Place, DIV IA Women's Epee, USFA Summer Nationals, 2004 • 18 top 3 places, Men's and Women's Epee, USFA Midwest Sectionals, 1999-2010 • 7th place, Y10, Women's Foil, USFA Summer Nationals, 2009 • 8th place, Open Team Men's Epee, USFA Summer Nationals, 2001 For more information or to RSVP, please contact Ina Harizanova at ina2h@hotmail.com or call (773)588-6244