Customer testimonials
to: Coach Mark Penaz,
Trainer Mark Penaz was a speaker at our 3rd Annual Training Seminar at the Tijuana Training Center this August of 2007. His collaboration to the seminar was greatly accepted, his teaching method was easy to understand and so entertaining it felt as though his seminar, which took half of the day, went by too quickly.
Mark spoke to 36 coaches, some of them beginners at coaching and others with many years of experience, all of them learned a lot from his seminar and he was the speaker that received the most positive feedback from the participants. Even after his seminar he took the time to help out some archers participating in the training camp on a one-on-one basis.
Without a doubt his passion for the sport has made Mark Penaz one of the best trainers in the world. We are preparing for our 4th Training Seminar on a continental scale for next year and we are very excited to have him be one of our speakers again. We hope to continue having the privilege of his participation in our programs here in Baja California where he will always be welcomed.
Sincerely.
Naty Jaime
Seminar coordinator
Seminar in MexicoTijuana B.C. Mexico – 25 September 2007
The 3rd Annual Seminar-Training Camp at the Tijuana Training Center in the state of Baja California, Mexico, was a great success with 109 participants. The event spanned over 4 days from 23 to 26 August and received very positive feedback from the participants. More...
Success for the Archery Seminar in Mexico
Tijuana B.C. Mexico – 25 September 2007
Coaches created a mix of both new and experienced participants.
The 3rd Annual Seminar-Training Camp at the Tijuana Training Center in the state of Baja California, Mexico, was a great success. The 109 participants from several states in Mexico took part in various activities. The event spanned over 4 days from 23 to 26 August and received very positive feedback from the participants.
The distinguished international Coach Mark Penaz who was named Coach of the Year in 2005 by the Archery Coach Development Committee for his achievements in several World Championships where he obtained a great number of medals. Mark Penaz is a specialist in compound bows and his topics were of much interest for the 36 coaches attending the seminar.
She practices archery four hours a day, six days a week, with the hope of making it to the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.
At age 15, Kiley Larrick has broken seven archery world records, eight North American records, 22 national records, and holds more than 38 titles both nationally and statewide in archery. All of these accomplishments came within five years of her picking up her first bow.
Now living in Maricopa, Larrick is training with Coach Mark Penaz, who Barb said is one of the best coaches in the country. By the end of summer, Coach Penaz will have Larrick practicing eight hours a day.
"2012 is a big goal right now. To accomplish that I would have to train more than eight hours a day," Larrick said.
Archery shooting distance is 70 meters, three-quarters of a football field. Larrick gets to practice in her own backyard but it is only 25 yards. Fortunately for Larrick, she met Nancy Marrs, owner of Bargain Corner Boutique, who lets Larrick use her land outside of town to practice the full 70 meters.
Larrick also spends three days a week with Coach Penaz practicing in Phoenix.
And how does Larrick find time for practicing her year round sport?
"I've been home schooled... since I started archery," said the high school freshman.
Come summer Larrick will not be on a summer break because taking time off from school to attend tournaments means she has to attend home school year round.
Before the Olympic tryouts in the fall of 2011, Larrick is working hard to make the archery Dream Team, which gives her the opportunity to go to four-week camps in California to prepare for the Olympic tryouts.
In August, Larrick will be competing for the Junior World Trials. If she makes the team, she will have the opportunity to travel to Turkey in October to compete.
Larrick is also training for the Illinois Cup and the Junior Olympic Archery Development Nationals, all coming up this summer.
"I love competing," Larrick said. "All my friends are in archery so at tournaments I can see and hang out with all of them," said Larrick, who added even though her time is spent practicing she is like every other teen and is excited to get her driver's permit within the next few months.
Larrick will be 19 years old during the 2012 Olympics, a perfect age her mom says.
"Usually this sport is for older people when they hit their prime. Kiley is so young to be where she is now that she still has a lot of years left," Barb said.
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