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Health, Well-being and Sports Preparation Programme
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Aims and Principles
The mission of the Health, Well-being and Sports Preparation Programme is to inspire our pupil body to embrace a passion for sport, exercise and mental health. Whatever their personal goals, our aims are to educate every child with the knowledge and skills required to make the necessary lifestyle choices.
The Programme will support a committed relationship between physical and mental well-being. Whether you are an aspiring Olympian or aiming to soar in the business world of work the opportunity to live a balanced and stress-free lifestyle is something that we aim to achieve.
Programme Outline
The Health, Well-being and Sports Preparation Programme will offer & educate students in the following:
- Personalised performance programmes
- Monthly monitoring
- Diet evaluation and calorie requirements
- Recovery modalities
- Movement assessments
- Student mentoring
- Metabolic conditioning / reasoning
- Mindfulness (how to implement daily)
- Psychology
- Injury management
- Science of strength training
- Lifting rationale
- Flexibility and mobility work
- Speed agility and quickness
- Training demand and work load
- Workout cards to track and record workouts
The meeting will be running bi-weekly within the sports centre using one of the following facilities:
- Fitness Gym
- Swimming pool
- PE 1
- Upper gym
The sessions will take place either at lunchtime or after school, with the different areas planned into a 32-week long period.
A termly report will be provided for every student out lining the successes over the period against our Henry’s standards and all information, data and notes will be visible to all parties throughout the programme.
Our Key Gold Standards:
- Future
Coaching athletic development for young people is more about their future and long-term growth than it is about this season. The work and their participation are an investment into their future. The goal, of course, is a healthy and athletic future in the sport and/or life in the capacity that they choose to engage in it. - Fun
FUN can be challenging. FUN can be rewarding. FUN can be effective. FUN can bring ‘serious’ results. In fact, we believe it is the best way for long term success. - Functional
Yes, of course it needs to be functional. But, there is more to that. It is doing the right things, at the right time, for the right reason – for the right person!
In other words, a) Specific to the task and the person b) Appropriately designed and adjusted program for a given situation and environment c) Guided by the big WHY’s on the background. The HOW and WHAT only stay under control when the WHY stays close to the hearts and minds of the coaches.
In practice, the actual system or set of guidelines of Athletic Development is there to guide us, to remind us and to help us make good decisions when writing down the actual plan/program of the day for our athletes.
This table keeps us organised and prioritised:
