The session went well apart from 2 athletes not wanting to get involved. Reasons could be them not wanting to be at athletics on this occasion or my coaching style being autocratic? However I won’t know till I ask them in person.
Future sessions will have to keep all athletes engaged within the sessions. This suggests research into session delivery and psychological understanding will provide a good starting point which will be posted in the planning section.
Today’s session will be focusing on plyometrics around CHU & Potash (2008) training developments for performance. This has been chosen as it corresponds well with the ABC development (Almond & Whitehead, 2012). Also this will act as introduction and familiarization into the dissertation “comparison between Tartan and grass on standing long jump performance” requirements.
See session plan tab: session 9
Reference
Potash, D.H.; CHU, D.A.. (2008). Plyometric training. In: Earle, R.W. and Baechle, T.R., (Eds.), Essentials of Strength Training and Conditioning. (3rd ed.) (414–455). Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics.
Almond, L.; Whitehead, M. (2012). “Physical Literacy: Clarifying the Nature of the Concept”. Physical Education Matters 7 (1).