ABERDEEN SPEED CAMP -AUTUMN 2006

ABERDEEN SPEED CAMP

MANY CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THOSE WHO ATTENDED THIS SPECIAL ABERDEEN SPEED CAMP.THE 4 DAY CAMP TOOK PLACE AT KAIMHILL GARTHDEE.ONCE AGAIN THE CLASSES WERE OVERSUBSCRIBED WITH SOME PLAYERS UNFORTUNATELY MISSING OUT ON LEARNING SOME OF THE SPECIAL TECHNIQUES TO BE FASTER AND MORE EFECTIVE ON THE PITCH.

THIS YEAR WE SPLIT THE CLASSES INTO AN INTRODUCTORY GROUP OF 7-11 YEARS OLDS AND AN ADVANCED GROUP OF THOSE WHO HAVE ATTENDED CLASSES BEFORE AND THOSE IN THE 12-16 YEARS OLD AGE BAND

THE YOUNGER CLASSES WERE A PLEASURE TO WORK WITH, SMILING AND HAVING FUN EVEN IN THE POURING RAIN. 75% OF THEM BEAT THEIR OWN 30M TIMES AT THE END OF THE WEEK –THIS WAS A MASSIVE ACHIEVEMENT AS THEY WERE RUNNING INTO THE WIND, ON A WET SURFACE AND WITH TIRED LEGS. THEY SHOWED GREAT APPLICATION AND ENTHUSIASM –ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS BEING THEM USING THE STABILITY BALLS FOR THE FIRST TIME-THIS REALLY PUT THE FUN INTO FUNCTIONAL TRAINING!! IN THE FINAL DAY FUN FITNESS TESTS THE COACHES WERE AMAZED WHEN A 9YEAR OLD GIRL SET THE BEST SCORE (19 IN 1 MINUTE ALL PERFECT FORM) FOR BOTH GROUPS IN THE “BODYBUILDERS EXERCISE” WELL DONE HEATHER.

PLAYERS CAN BE SEEN BELOW DOING SOME PLANKS -BASIC CORE STABILITY EXERCISE AND HAVING SOME FUN-CTIONAL TRAINING ON THE STABILITY BALL

THE OLDER GROUP SHOWED A HIGH LEVEL OF ENTHUSIASM AND COMPETITION THROUGHOUT THE WEEK .PLAYERS FROM DIFFERENT TEAMS PUT THEIR RIVALRIES ASIDE AND WORKED HARD, EVEN WHEN SOAKED, TO IMPROVE THEIR SPEED. THE SPEED WITH A BALL SESSION ON FRIDAY SHOWED SOME MAGNIFICENT EFFORTS AND A FEW COMEDY MOMENTS AS PLAYERS FELL OVER WHEN SHOOTING AFTER GOING OVER THE HURDLES OR DOWN THE LADDERS.

ALL THE PLAYERS RECIEVED A REPORT ON THEIR WEEK INCLUDING THE VIDEO ANALYSIS OF THEIR RUNNING TECHNIQUE. EACH HAS A NUMBER OF AREAS TO WORK ON. MANY OF THEM HAVE ALREADY BOOKED PLACES IN FUTURE ABERDEEN SPEED CAMPS. THE COACHES WILL BE WATCHING WITH INTEREST OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS TO SEE SOME OF THE TECHNIQUES BEARING FRUIT IN BETTER SPEED ON THE PITCH. A FINAL GET TOGETHER TO CONGRATULATE THE PLAYERS HIGHLIGHTED THAT ALL 30 HAD WORKED HARD ALL WEEK WITH NO INJURIES-A TESTAMENT TO PROPER DYNAMIC WARM UPS, GOOD POST WORKOUT STRETCHING AND THE IMPORTANCE OF CORRECT POST WORKOUT NUTIRITION.

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