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

activitiesSCHOOLS

PROGRAMME

Links to clubs

REGIONAL REGIONAL SCHOOLS OF SCHOOLS OF

RACINGRACINGCoached sessions

Competition based

High Performance

Centres

MEMBERSHIP

1 – 2 years membership

MEMBERSHIP

D e l i v e r y

Selection Criteria:Skills basedRecommendations from club coaches

Selection Criteria:Skills AssessmentErgo TestCommitmentRace ResultsLife SkillsDesire

NATIONALREGIONALLOCAL

PATHWAY DIAGRAMPATHWAY DIAGRAM

Inputfrom Olympic Talent Coach

Residential Camps

Discipline Specific opportunities

International Competition Opportunities

Represent Region – Inter regional's, UKSG’s etc

Go-Ride Racing

Local RacingGo-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 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 9L3 Core Unit (Route 1)/Training

Theory (1)

1 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 60Time (mins)

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

•7 - 9 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

Any Questions?