The Ontario Track Academy is a high performance athlete development program run by Ontario Cycling in partnership with the National Cycling Institute Milton. Running from October to April, the program provides targeted U17/U19 athletes with enhanced training opportunities to compliment their club/team training.
Athletes receive weekly on-track training sessions, led by Provincial Coach David Jack, and supervised strength and conditioning programming from the Canadian Sport Institute Ontario. Additionally, athletes are provided with sport science workshops [nutrition, mental performance] and attend standalone technical camps with guest coaches including Cycling Canada coaches and former national team members.
The primary objectives of the program are to:
The transition from junior into U23/Elite is a significant development jump, often creating challenges for many strong athletes that aren’t able to progress directly into a national team program, trade team, or another supported programming. Additionally, even when athletes can enter these programs, they are often facing new lifestyle challenges transitioning into post-secondary, starting careers, and/or moving away from their familiar home and training environment. All these changes can result in elevated stress levels and decreased motivation, often resulting in talented athletes leaving the system prior to reaching their full athletic potential.
To assist in addressing this issue, Cycling Canada and Ontario Cycling have partnered to create the Ontario Performance Program to help foster a national training hub for targeted athletes. Although the program will be based out of the Milton Velodrome, the program is open to identified athletes from all cycling sports. The program will provide open and flexible training opportunities to help accommodate athlete schedules while creating a “training group” support system to help motivate athletes and push their training potential.
The primary objectives of the program are to:
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