Junior Championships

Athletes

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Irvine AC Coaches

How Athlete development is

currently being undertaken at

Irvine AC Junior Section

Extra training sessions are been taken place during the week which are focused of athlete development, everyone is welcome to these sessions.  The following session has been developed for this time of year from Oct to Dec, to strengthen athletes and build endurance.  Therefore Jan + Feb more speed sessions will be introduced going into spring, so coaches have developed long, middle, short term training to suit the year.
Put together by Irvine AC coaches in an effective way these will prove essential to athlete’s development amidst other factors (i.e. eating healthy, good health etc).  Extra training sessions are available to all committed athletes.

 

 

 

Detailed breakdown of training

(relating to top paragraphs)

Monday – Speed session, focusing on speed, natural speed, speed endurance.    6pm – 7pm at club house

Monday – New 1.5 Hour session. Lengthy warmup with specific drills focusing on technique, co-ordination and strength. The session will be mixed depending on coaches down. Ther WILL be focused Hurdles and Long Jump training. As well as Speed Endurence based sessions.

Tuesday – [Club normal training] Drills for Technique, Flexibility, Co-Ordination & Strength.  Sessions will be endurance/speed and depending on time of year will be focusing on sprints, middle distance and field event technique.    

Thursday – [Club normal training] Drills for Technique, Flexibility, Co-Ordination & Strength.  Sessions will be endurance/speed and depending on time of year will be focusing on sprints, middle distance and field event technique.

Friday – Circuit training, to provide a good core strength and cardiovascuar adaption that is essential to all athletes and good for general fitness & focused core session.   Flexibility session, also very important to young athletes and development.  6pm – 7pm at Irvine Sports Club, through the gym and in the Gymnasium

Sunday – Technique session, encouraging proper technique and developing muscles.  The basics of this is to keep weight the same but develop muscles and make them stronger (training will be like squats and circuits).  Good technique will allows runners to run efficiently and properly resulting in less risk on injury or growing up to bad running form.
Long run / Hills, Getting athletes to get some mileage in there legs so they’re prepared for cross country distances and races.

OR Race Day for most athletes
10am – 12pm / 12.30pm at club house