TAKE YOUR PADDLING TO
THE NEXT LEVEL
COMPLETE TRAINING SOLUTIONS FROM THE EXPERTS AT TIP
TAKE YOUR PADDLING TO
THE NEXT LEVEL
COMPLETE TRAINING SOLUTIONS FROM THE EXPERTS AT TIP
TAKE YOUR PADDLING TO
THE NEXT LEVEL
COMPLETE TRAINING SOLUTIONS FROM THE EXPERTS AT TIP
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YOUR POTENTIAL 🔐
OUR TOP 5 REASONS
The TiP team of experts has been helping paddlers from around the world reach their maximum potential for the past 10 years. We provide complete training solutions for athletes and coaches through:
- Online Coaching,
- Consulting,
- Technique Analysis,
- Training Plans,
- Paddling
- Clinics,
- and Training Camps.
Whether we’re working with recreational athletes who want to improve their paddling and fitness, or elite-level athletes preparing for the Olympics, state-of-the-art technique analysis is at the heart of everything we do. So if you’re ready to take your paddling to the next level, join the global community of athletes training with TiP.
ONLINE COACHING
We provide paddlers of all levels with fully personalized online coaching, and training plans. Our online plans can include; yearly periodization, specific strength & conditioning, daily training sessions, race preparation, technique drills, and your chosen level of personal contact with your coach.
ONLINE COACHING
ONLINE CONSULTATIONS
TiP offers consultations in 4 languages to athletes, kayak coaches, and sports parents from around the globe. Our consultations are perfect if you have a specific issue related to your paddling or training program that you’d like to address, but don’t need regular coaching.
ONLINE COACHING
TECHNIQUE ANALYSIS
TiP offers consultations in 4 languages to athletes, kayak coaches, and sports parents from around the globe. Our consultations are perfect if you have a specific issue related to your paddling or training program that you’d like to address, but don’t need regular coaching.
ONLINE COACHING
PADDLING CLINICS
TiP Paddling Clinics combines our expert coaching, technique analysis, and training camps, into an unforgettable paddling experience against the backdrop of spectacular nature. Our clinics are fully tailored to the needs of a range of individuals and small groups from recreational to elite level athletes.
ONLINE COACHING
TRAINING CAMPS
At TiP we organize kayaking and rowing training camps on our 3 lakes for national teams, clubs, and individuals who are looking to do their own thing in these beautiful surroundings.
TESTIMONIALS
LISA CARRINGTON
Double Olympic Champion and 7 times World Champion - New Zealand
“I loved it. I didn’t know Bled is such a popular tourist place and didn’t know how pretty it was. Overall, we had nice accommodations, delicious food, and perfect water conditions. Also, the whole facility with changing rooms, boat shed and the gym – all in one place – is amazing. You did a good job!”
NICHOLAS ROBINSON
National Sprint Team Member - Trinidad & Tobago
“I have been using TiP for over 3 years now. Despite the training being online, I’ve never reached as far as I am now thanks to them. With the high-quality training workouts and top-class online support, it’s almost as if I have a coach in Trinidad with me.”
FREDERIC LOYER
New Zealand National Men's Sprint Team Coach
“The comprehension of the athlete’s race is critical. Understanding the race plan of each crew with objective data and easy graphs to visualize it all, compare performances from race to race, and compare ourselves with the best helped me to deliver the right message to the athletes and work on the details of the preparation. This all helped me also to organize different training goals to put in place on the water.”
SAŠA RADMANOVIĆ
Head Coach Women's Olympic Sprint Kayak Team - China
”TiP is an integral part of the coaching staff for the Chinese Women’s Olympic Sprint Kayak Team. Through individual technique and performance analysis, they support our athletes with very practical advice on how to optimize the paddling technique and the actual performance on the water. They were very helpful in the buildup to the 2019 Sprint World Championships where our team achieved all of the 6 possible women’s quotas for Tokyo 2021. They were also very helpful with advice on specific strength training and upgrading our technique levels in the build-up period for the 2020 season. We all hope we can continue our fruitful cooperation on the way to our highest goal, an Olympic gold medal!”
Chris Grainge
masters athlete and medical doctor - Australia
“Three days of paddling with the TiP team on perfect Lake Bled was the quickest technique progress and the most fun I’ve had in a kayak. I’ll be back soon!”
Pauline Freslon
3x European Downriver Champion, Sprint national team - France
“I have been working with Jernej, for 2 years now. At the beginning of every season, I do visit him and his team at TiP. This annual meeting allows me to take stock of new info, and to prioritize the points to work on in my quest for progress in a discipline which is not my original one. What I really like about coach Jernej is that despite the language barrier, he explains the concepts clearly and very effectively. So I save a lot of precious time. And I enjoy a lot the my time there when I visit TiP. In addition, he brings well-thought-out exercises on land that allow you to truly understand how to train for efficiency in the boat. I like his way of seeing how to do kayaking.”
Anamaria Govorčinovič
3x World Championship medallist - Croatia
“Technique has a very important role in our sport. With the TiP technique analysis, I think I acquired a lot of useful information about my paddling. Things that are good and things I should improve. I truly appreciate that.”
Yu Zhou
2x Olympian, 6th place Rio OG - China
“During the preparation for the 2019 World Championships, it was great to have you guys beside us to help. It was an honor for us to receive your help and your direct coaching, technique training is so much easier now. During the technique clinic, I have improved a lot in only a few days and have also become much more confident. The whole women’s team is very thankful to you and is hoping to have the chance to work together again next year leading to Tokyo.”
Mikko Karppinen
Mechanical engineer working at Cern - from Finland
“As an age grouper coming from other sports, advice from TiP coaches changed my paddling and the way I train. The training is tailored to your level addressing your specific needs and goals on and off the water. Highly recommended for any ambitious sprint and marathon paddler.”
Bridgitte Hartley
K1 500m Olympic Bronze Medalist - South Africa
“As an age grouper coming from other sports, advice from TiP coaches changed my paddling and the way I train. The training is tailored to your level addressing your specific needs and goals on and off the water. Highly recommended for any ambitious sprint and marathon paddler.”
Luca Beccaro
Double Junior World Championships medalist, U23 medalist - Italy
“A year ago the team from TiP showed me this new method of analyzing the technique of the stroke. Thanks to this knowledge I could learn how to evaluate my technique errors, how to work on them, and thus how to improve myself.”
Kim Pople
President Canoeing South Africa
“TiP have a vast knowledge of kayaking and were able to put across that knowledge to our athletes and coaches in a way that is practical and easy to understand. They stressed the importance of the kayak technique, which has inspired our coaches and athletes to put extreme focus on it during all training sessions. They are a pleasure to work with.”
WHY CHOOSE TiP?
OUR TOP 5 REASONS
A UNIQUE
APPROACH
At TiP we build fully personalized training plans based on your technique analysis report, not just on goals, general paddling level, and available training time.
CUTTING EDGE
SCIENCE
Our technique analysis methods and the design of our whole training system are unique. They are based on extensive scientific research and the innovative approaches of our expert team.
PROVEN
SUCCESS
Athletes and coaches from around the world have been choosing us since 2010 because results matter! In 2019 TiP worked with 15 athletes from 5 countries competing at the 2019 ICF World Championships, with 8 athletes qualifying for the Tokyo Olympics.
EXPERT
TEAM
At TiP we have an amazing team of specialists with exceptional knowledge and experience. Many of our coaches are former Olympians, all have a kinesiology degree, and an extensive 10+ year record of coaching success at all levels.
INCREDIBLE
NATURE
Our paddling clinics are set in an astonishing natural environment. Lush forests, crystal clear water and fresh mountain air will make paddling here an unforgettable experience.
LATEST NEWS & ARTICLES
FROM OUR BLOG
TIP TECHNIQUE ANALYSIS: A QUOTE FROM COACH FRED LOYER
In spring and summer 2019 we helped former NZL men’s kayak squad coach Fred Loyer optimize the performance of the NZL men K2 1000m...
TIP PADDLING CLINIC: A QUOTE FROM SOUTH AFRICAN JUNIOR LIZZY CONRADIE
Lizzy visited us on Lake Bled last September with the South African team in preparation for the Youth Olympic Hopes Regatta in Bratislava. Together we did some technical work on land and on the water, some race pace sessions and even had a lot of fun together on top of all the work!
VISITING THE CHINESE WOMEN’S OLYMPIC KAYAK TEAM
We just had the honor to meet with the Chinese women's Olympic kayak team again. After being a small part in their successful 2019 season where they qualified for all the possible 6 places in the women's kayak category for Tokyo, we are now looking to continue our cooperation to bring these ladies to the Games in Japan in the best possible shape.
TIP COACHING CLINIC: A QUOTE FROM SOUTH AFRICA
In September we had a small group of athletes from South Africa visiting us on Lake Bled. The young guys were here to finalize their preparation for the Olympic hopes Regatta 2019 in Bratislava, but also to get a chance to learn from our coaches and get some paddling technique advice.
TIP COACHING: A QUOTE FROM MELANIE SCHEMBRI WAITE
After last week’s quote from the super-fast Chinese paddler Yu Zhou, about our stroke analytics, we want to share with you a different story today. The story is about coaching a different kind of athlete. Melanie holds dual Maltese/Australian nationality, and after being a professional violinist and amateur athlete in various sports for most of her life, she chose to have a rest from music and spend some time learning to paddle fast in a sprint boat.
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At TiP we are passionate about improving the level of paddling around the world. We enjoy helping paddlers and coaches by giving away a large amount of content about sprint kayaking through our blog and free resources sections of our website.
For those athletes and coaches who would like to go into more detail and understand how to systematically apply our knowledge during training and coaching, we will be offering exclusive videos, premium articles, and other in-depth technical resources to members of the TiP TOP LIBRARY.
TiP team has helped individual athletes or whole teams from the following
TiP team has helped individual athletes
or whole teams from the following
NATIONAL TEAMS
TiP team has helped individual athletes or whole teams from the following
TiP team has helped individual athletes
or whole teams from the following
NATIONAL TEAMS