After their big wins at The Roar Of The Rings, Jennifer Jones and Brad Jacobs have little time to reflect

Enjoy your big wins at the Roar Of The Rings, Jennifer Jones and Brad Jacobs.

Okay, that's long enough. Now, get back to work.

The victory celebrations we saw this past weekend were glorious and all, but now some more heavy lifting is about to start, as Team Jones and Team Jacobs prepare to meet the world's best at the Sochi Olympics, in February.

They'll have help with all that weight, as Canadian Olympic Curling Team Leader Paul Webster and his crew begin to prep the teams for the Olympic experience.

Webster, who was a team assistant at both the 2006 and 2010 games, says Jacobs and Jones have this week to enjoy the spoils of their victories - and to deal with all the hoopla surrounding their ascent on the Canadian portion of Mount Olympus. Some time to meet with friends, continue hugging their loved ones and deal with all those media requests.

Then, this Friday night, the teams head to Calgary and the Glencoe and District Curling Club to begin a weekend of schedule-planning, information-gathering and getting to know just what lies ahead.

“We want to knock this right out of the park," Webster said of this weekend's Olympic lift-off. "We want to really get them excited about being a part of Team Canada at the Olympics. We want them to get excited about knowing their larger role as part of Team Canada at the Sochi Olympics.”

Not that some planning hasn't already be done. Plenty of it, in fact.

For one, Webster and his team have already been to Sochi to glean as much information as they could about all things Olympic. They've gone to great lengths to ensure Canada's curling teams will be well taken care of, next February. (You can read about that in a column I posted earlier this year).

As well, while the Jacobs team was battling John Morris on Sunday in the men's final, Webster and his organizers were meeting with Jones and her teammates Kaitlyn Lawes, Jill Officer, Dawn McEwen, alternate Kirsten Wall and coach Janet Arnott.

“We sat down during the men’s final and mapped out their next 69 days," said Webster. "Made some choices around the competitions (they’ll take part in), training days and all that kind of stuff.”

Those schedules - for both the men and women - should be made more clear towards the end of this week, with Webster expecting to have a focussed picture of the competitions both Jones and Jacobs will play in by the time they meet Friday night. There will be a healthy dose of Canadian appearances. Might well be an overseas competition in the mix as well.

“Those are the key questions that we need to decide," explained Webster. "There are a number of different scenarios that are on the table right now. The teams are working through what they think is best for them.”

When it comes to practice schedules and techniques, Webster says Jones and Jacobs obviously know how to train, so they will leave well enough alone. “Oh, one hundred per cent," he said. "We want to be an addition to what they’ve been doing.”

When he says 'we,' Webster refers to the entire support team, which includes the two he calls the "masterminds of the operation," Rick Lang and Elaine Dagg-Jackson.

Although the schedule calls for the players to arrive in Russia on February 3rd, the support team will arrive two days prior to that.

“I want to get there a day or two ahead of the teams arriving, to get everything organized, in the village, for them, explains Webster. "Make sure everything is comfortable for them. If there’s any hiccups then I’ll look after it."

"We’re giving them (the players) a minimum five days to get acclimatized. They all figured that was pretty good. The women’s team might take an extra couple days, so we’re looking to accommodate that right now," he said.

The 2014 Olympic Winter Games opening ceremonies are scheduled for February 7th, with the first curling practice sessions slated for the next day.

Competition begins on February 10th, when both the Canadian women and men take on - as yet - unknown qualifiers. Those opponents are being determined this week, at the Olympic qualifying event in Fussen, Germany.