2. Week 1/4
Improvement Priority 1: (Set Moves) Improvement Priority 2: (Flexibility)
Date: 05/2/15 Date: 02/2/15 & 06/2/15
Time: 13:30pm Time: 14:15pm both sessions
Venue: Sports learning zone Venue: Rugby Pitch (both)
Equipment: Ipad, pen and note pad/ printed table of moves Equipment: N/A
Weather: N/A (inside test) Weather: Clear Sky (both)
Coaches Review: This is something which I try and let the players do and
manage independently, the resources are all available for the
players to access and use for doing the video analysis .
Coaches Review: The warm up is completely left down to the players and what
stretches they do, as we hope that the players are able to
manage and condition themselves.
Athlete Feedback
/ Questions:
Video analysis is important to do after every game, as it allows
you to see what wrong and what you could of done differently
to get a better outcome from the game.
Athlete Feedback
/ Questions:
During our training we warm up ourselves, doing a number of
stretches as a group before doing some individual stretches if
need be.
Is Progress As
Expected?
If No Describe:
As it’s the first week, and its an observational test for the first
week. I chose to have the video analysis session in this first
week to give Daan an idea of which moves he has a less
success rate with.
Is Progress As
Expected?
If No Describe:
The second session this week was more of a recovery session,
after an high intensity week of training and game, so the
intensity level isn’t as high as it normally would, however it is
to keep the athlete safe from injury.
Are the Next
Session Overload
and Progression
Plans
Appropriate?
If No Describe:
The next session I have planned is a training session of the
moves, which I both myself and Daan feel in an appropriate
progression following the analysis.
Are the Next
Session Overload
and Progression
Plans
Appropriate?
If No Describe:
The sessions next week are progressed on from this weeks
sessions as which seem to be appropriate and
Was Contingency
Needed?
If Yes Describe:
N/A Was Contingency
Needed?
If Yes Describe:
3. Week 2/4
Improvement Priority 1: Improvement Priority 2:
Date: 09/2/15 Date: 09/2/15 & 10/2/15
Time: 14:30pm Time: 14:15pm & 09:20am
Venue: Rugby Pitch Venue: Rugby Pitch / College Gym
Equipment: At least x2 rugby balls and a stack of cones. The cones can you
used to give Daan and the other players in the move an idea of
where they should be running their lines.
Equipment: N/A / N/A
Weather: Clear but Windy Weather: Clear but windy / N/A due to being inside
Coaches Review: Due to the windy conditions it was a difficult day for passing,
which resulted in a few dropped balls an. The cones are a
good idea to help the players keep their shape by running the
lines. The guys then did a team run during training and Daan
tried to run each move to see if they could do it in a higher
intensity situation.
Coaches Review: The warm up is completely left down to the players and what
stretches they do, as we hope that the players are able to
manage and condition themselves.
Athlete Feedback
/ Questions:
The wind made it difficult when passing it wide, which meant
it was often went to ground, some of the guys started to get a
bit frustrated and the team run wasn’t as smooth as it should
have been. Especially with a game this week.
Athlete Feedback
/ Questions:
After we did all our group stretching which involves both static
and dynamic stretches, I focused more on dynamic stretches
in my personal warm up.
As well as this I did a number of dynamic stretches in a warm
up before I did a gym session due to muscles in my legs
feeling tight.
Is Progress As
Expected?
If No Describe:
The session is progressive in my program and as for Daan’s
actual progress, the work in training, using the cones really
seemed to benefit him and he seemed a lot more confident
afterwards in his knowledge and understanding of the moves.
Is Progress As
Expected?
If No Describe:
Daan spoke about feeling tight in his hamstring so we are
going to careful not to over do the amount of training or the
level of intensity of which he part takes in. But for the moment
he has said he’s ok.
Are the Next
Session Overload
and Progression
Plans
Appropriate?
If No Describe:
The next session was for Daan to play in game, which in fact
was played this week, which means this weeks session also
involves weeks 3 planned session. So this means week 4’s
Video analysis will now happen next week instead. This means
the next session is still progressive as appropriate.
Are the Next
Session Overload
and Progression
Plans
Appropriate?
If No Describe:
The next planned session is for Daan to look at active stretches
which is a progression for the dynamic and static stretches
previously done. Plus it also depends on whether or Daan will
be fit enough, not he is not we well look at the contingency
plan.
Was Contingency
Needed?
If Yes Describe:
Was Contingency
Needed?
If Yes Describe:
4. Week 3/4
Improvement Priority 1: Improvement Priority 2:
Date: 16/2/15 (Half Term) Date: 16/2/15 (Half Term)
Time: Time:
Venue: Venue:
Equipment: Equipment:
Weather: Weather:
Coaches Review: Coaches Review:
Athlete Feedback
/ Questions:
Athlete Feedback
/ Questions:
Is Progress As
Expected?
If No Describe:
Is Progress As
Expected?
If No Describe:
Are the Next
Session Overload
and Progression
Plans
Appropriate?
If No Describe:
Are the Next
Session Overload
and Progression
Plans
Appropriate?
If No Describe:
The next session is overload and progressive as it is looking at
isometric stretching which is about using resistance. I feel this
is appropriate as the last few weeks have been about getting
to stretch properly to decrease the risk of injury and make him
aware of how important it is to stretch, so the sessions from
now on will be all about increasing and improving his flexibility
Was Contingency
Needed?
If Yes Describe:
Due to it being half term Daan went back to Holland so
therefore I was unable to do the video analysis with him,
however Daan downloaded copies of the game from the
previous week and did the analysis at home, and he has since
shown me the player profile sheets to see that he has done
what is required of him.
Was Contingency
Needed?
If Yes Describe:
Again due to Daan going home this was something which I had
to leave to him to make he completed the training. However
due to him still suffering from a tight hamstring, I suggested
that he did some foam rolling and just did a few stretches of
his choice to loosen it up. I did receive some evidence of him
doing some rolling in the form of a SnapChat.
5. Week 4/4
Improvement Priority 1: Improvement Priority 2:
Date: 24/2/15 Date: W/C 23/2/15
Time: 15:00 Time:
Venue: Sports learning zone Venue: N/A
Equipment: Ipad Equipment: N/A
Weather: N/A (inside) Weather: N/A
Coaches Review: Because Daan was having health issues this week he wasn’t
able to be involved in what was happening whilst he was
unwell, so sat out of training with week.
Coaches Review: Because Daan was having health issues this week he wasn’t
able to be involved in what was happening whilst he was
unwell, so sat out of training with week.
Athlete Feedback
/ Questions:
Due to being unwell I wasn’t able to play or train which is
annoying and I was advised to not do any physical activity
Athlete Feedback
/ Questions:
Due to being unwell I wasn’t able to play or train which is
annoying and I was advised to not do any physical activity
Is Progress As
Expected?
If No Describe:
No, This week was a set back as Daan would have been
training the set moves this week using the information he got
from the video analysis to improve his performance.
Is Progress As
Expected?
If No Describe:
No, this week Daan was unfit to part take in any more of
physical activity which means no progress was made.
Are the Next
Session Overload
and Progression
Plans
Appropriate?
If No Describe:
This will depend how Daan is feeling. If he is able to take part
in physical activity, it then depends on whether he feels good
enough to train outside doing skill and game scenario work or
whether he just does some conditioning work in the gym.
Are the Next
Session Overload
and Progression
Plans
Appropriate?
If No Describe:
If fit the next session I will have Daan do a Plyometric session
to see how is able to cope with the overload. However if he
isn't able to do the plyometric session as it can cause fatigue,
so the isometric training may be a better option as he can vary
the amount of resistance.
Was Contingency
Needed?
If Yes Describe:
Daan spent the week going to and from hospital and having
blood tests after becoming unwell. So rather than just doing
nothing we did some extra video analysis, comparing his
performances to those of one of the other Fly-halfs in the
teams.
Was Contingency
Needed?
If Yes Describe:
Due to his health issues this week it would off been a mistake
to make him do any physical activity or anything too
strenuous, so it decision was made to have Daan rest and
recover this week to help his chances of having a speedy
recovery.
6. Week 4 Review Testing Excellence Trait – Weakness 1/2
Trait: running set moves
Test Name: Video analysis
Standardised
Test:
No Normative Data: No
If Not A
Standardised
Test Detail
Method Here:
• This will require the athlete to have writing resources for notes
• This test will be consists of a interview and a observation, as
myself and Daan, will watch game footage and will pause it at
certain points were we will discuss what he did, asking why it did
it, and what he could of done instead.
• Moves check sheet
Test Result 1: Test Result 1 Rating:
Test Result 2: Test Result 2 Rating:
Test Result 3: Test Result 3 Rating:
Best Result:
Best Result
Rating:
7. Week 4 Review Testing Excellence Trait – Weakness 2/2
Trait: Flexibility
Test Name: Sit and Reach Test
Standardised
Test:
Yes Normative Data: Yes
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If Not A
Standardised
Test Detail
Method Here:
Test Result 1: 7cm Test Result 1 Rating: Good
Test Result 2: 6cm Test Result 2 Rating: Good
Test Result 3: 7cm Test Result 3 Rating: Good
Best Result: 7cm
Best Result
Rating:
Good, although still towards the lower end of the rating.
8. Describe whether the tests show that
progress is being made as planned?
• There is a small amount of progress made
with improving Daan’s flexibility, the results
could have been greater, however we had to
deal with a hamstring injury in the last few
weeks which as slowed progress. As for Daan’s
confidence and success rate of running set
moves, again there are signs of progress in the
number of moves attempted, the execution of
them just needs improving, so perhaps more
training under pressure it required.
9. Does the mid point review show that weeks 5-8
need to be adapted?
Describe How you will adapt your sessions?
• I think the target improvement 1, Running of the set
moves, needs to be adapted as we saw it the first 4 weeks I
had to make an adaption due to Daans health as well as the
fact that I should of put the training and games in the same
week rather than spread then across 2 weeks. I think that I
will adapt weeks 5-8 so that they are in the same week and
if there is no games one week he can do game scenario
training, training under pressure. As for the flexibility
training, again I think weeks 5-8 will change to focus more
on the development and improving of his flexiblity as
weeks 1-4 were more about making him aware of the
importance of stretches and managing to maintain that
level of flexibility.
10. • Before under going the 8 week training
programme I asked Daan to complete a
(PARQ) Physical Activity Readiness
Questionnaire, to make sure that he was fit
and health enough to take part in training.
• PARQ Form
