A Talent Team Case Study

Youth a talent team RSR’s etc

Olympic Talent Programme INTER CLUB ACTIVITY Inter-Club Competition & Coaching activities ‘Learn to bike race’ School & club Programmes CLUB ACTIVITY Regular Competition and Coaching activities SCHOOLS PROGRAMME Links to clubs REGIONAL SCHOOLS OF RACING REGIONAL SCHOOLS OF RACING Coached sessions Competition based High Performance Centres MEMBERSHIP 1 – 2 years membership MEMBERSHIP D e l i v e r y Selection Criteria: Skills based Recommendations from club coaches Selection Criteria: Skills Assessment Ergo Test Commitment Race Results Life Skills Desire NATIONALREGIONALLOCAL PATHWAY DIAGRAM Input from Olympic Talent Coach Residential Camps Discipline Specific opportunities International Competition Opportunities Represent Region – Inter regional's, UKSG’s etc

Go-Ride Racing Local Racing Go-Ride Interclub Regional Racing Inter-Regional National Racing Club Coaching Sessions & Weekly Riding Regional Schools of Racing Talent Team and/or Domestic and International Competition Pathway Ongoing CoachingOngoing Coaching The Competition Pathway

What are Talented Young People doing? Racing! When are they doing it? All year round!! The Talent Team Model

What are Talented Young People doing? Racing! When are they doing it? All year round!! What are the demands of the events? “...intense, changes of pace...” “...dodgy, scary, random...” Highly skilled Fast We therefore need to develop highly skilled, fast, tactically aware, brave, hard-working bike riders The Talent Team Model

Developing a Rider The Snickers!

Developing a Rider Nuts Nougat Chocolate Caramel Wrapper Skilful Fast Tactically Aware Brave Work Ethic

Slide 9 L3 Core Unit (Route 1)/Training Theory (1) Time (mins) Track MTB/CX Road/Crits The Demands of Youth Events

Planning and Prescribing Training

What does an ‘average’ week look like? Longer/Endurance rides Roller sessions Turbo sessions Short Intense sessions with Race orientation Skills sessions Racing “Periodised weeks” Based on the same principles we would apply to senior riders Planning and Prescribing Training

Under 12’s One or two club sessions per week Plus another bike ride, if they want to (maybe with family or friends/when the weather is good) A race most weeks Riding the bike when they want to

Under 14’s A couple of club sessions (if available) A club run or group ride A race or two every week (developing as they grow) Second year starts to need to train – maybe for six months (having a loop, getting on the turbo once or twice per week, getting out when they don’t always want to)

Under 16’s hour per week 5 – 8 races per month A mix of club sessions, group rides/club runs, solo training loops, turbo and rollers Volume in the school holidays Second year would start to ride to races, etc

An Example Talent Team Diary – Youth A Female

Example Talent Team Diary – Youth A Male

Isle of Man Youth Tour 2010 Theory into Practice

Wim Hendriks Trofee 2010 Theory into Practice

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