A message from us about training at Gladstone Athletics Club
Training information
Let’s talk training at Gladstone Athletics Club.
Our in-season training afternoons (in-line with school terms) are:
- Wednesday's 3:30pm - 5pm. Keep up to date with training days information week to week on our Facebook page
There are some guidelines for our training program:
- Training is for U10 and up.
- If you have an athlete in the under 10 and up bracket with a younger sibling, they may attend the fields on training afternoons, however….....
- Your younger than U10 athlete will be playing/practising under parent supervision. They will not have coach supervision (unless advertised otherwise or subject to coach availability). Younger siblings must be 100% supervised by parents
- Training is not a drop-off and pick-up service. We are not a daycare. Please stay with your children
- Our coaches are there to coach - please allow them the capacity to do this.
- Athletes who do not listen/cause disruption may be asked to leave. This may include a committee member/coach contacting you/chatting to you about your athlete's behaviour. As you can imagine, if we have to attend crowd control, our focus isn’t on athletics which is where we want our focus to be.
Our club is 100% volunteer-based. Our wonderful coaches, committee members and regular volunteers donate their time and expertise to our club. We would hate to lose them so we need your cooperation.
We are always keen to welcome new coaches/officials. If you want to become a coach/official, chat with us. With more coaches, we can table welcoming younger age groups to training. Until then, the training requirement is U10 and up. The more help we can get, the better.
Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.
Training Tips and Videos
Warm Up
Key Principles of Plyometrics training
Dynamic Warm-up / Streches
This is a video of the warm up that we do each week up to and including number 17 Ankle rotations at time mark 02:19
Dynamic Warm-up / Streches
Key Principles of Plyometrics training
Dynamic Warm-up / Streches
Train with purpose. Know your training plan and what its purpose is. Start your purpose-designed training plan with Dynamic Stretches. Comprehensive list and demonstration is on this valuable video.
Key Principles of Plyometrics training
Key Principles of Plyometrics training
Key Principles of Plyometrics training
Consisting of 3 phases; Eccentric (pre-stretch (loading) phase, Amortisation (coupling or time to rebound) phase and Concentric shortening (rebound phase) this quick video introduces you to Plyometrics Training
Plyometrics
High Jump Youth Coaching Guidelines
Key Principles of Plyometrics training
Broaden your understanding of Plyometric Training here
High Jump Flop
High Jump Youth Coaching Guidelines
High Jump Youth Coaching Guidelines
Drill Progression for High Jump
High Jump Youth Coaching Guidelines
High Jump Youth Coaching Guidelines
High Jump Youth Coaching Guidelines
Fosbury Flop Youth Coaching Guidelines - more hints and tips for the art of High Jump Flop.
Coach Shona refers to:
Any decision about when to introduce the Fosbury Flop technique to a young athlete must be based on the individual athlete’s physical maturity (biologi
Fosbury Flop Youth Coaching Guidelines - more hints and tips for the art of High Jump Flop.
Coach Shona refers to:
Any decision about when to introduce the Fosbury Flop technique to a young athlete must be based on the individual athlete’s physical maturity (biological age) and coordination. It is important to remember that a difference of up to two years between a child’s chronological age and their biological age is within the normal range of variation, and differences up to four years have been known. Therefore, some children may have the physical maturity and coordination to commence training at 13 years of age, whereas other children will not possess the same competencies and strength until 15 years or older. The decision about the appropriate age to commence learning the Fosbury Flop should be left to experienced Accredited Coaches and Physical Education Teachers and be based on the individual physical and mental characteristics of the athlete.