Category Archives: Week 10

Session 20: Hall Plyometrics

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Overview

The training went well and the athletes enjoyed the session as they controlled their own rest periods. A game of ladders was used to keep fun at a high.

The Session

The session was based at Yarborough School Sports Hall. The warm up was coach delivered due to limitations of space. the Coaching assistants set up the equipment while the warm up was in session.

The main session had 9 stations (see session plan for more). The athletes started with 30 seconds rests between 1minute effort stations. I noticed some athletes were starting to show signs of boredom, so I asked if they were out of breath. of which a quick “no” occurred. This resulted in recovery times being reduced to 15 seconds, then 10 seconds.

Room for Improvement

Challenge athletes according to their ability individually if needed.

Session 19: pyramids/Plyos

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Overview

This session was coached to half of the group due to competitions. The session involved 50m, 100m and 150m sprints in a pyramid. This was combined with the ongoing plyometric training. Bull dog was played as a reward.

The Session

The planning of this session was complex ad was shown in the athletes enthusiasm. Although they were happy with the training it could have been better organized and made simpler. The session should have been split into two training session and not one. The head coached advised the intensity will have to be less to complete.

Room for Improvement

In future athletes training intensity and rest following session should be compensated for. Thus Thursday session to be harder than Tuesday, unless competition on the weekends.