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MTF Triathlon Kids & Juniors School – Session 3 – The Swim
October 7, 2023 @ 1:00 pm - 3:45 pm
€10
Session Plan “The Swim”
MTF World Class Performance Pathway
Skills School DAY 3
Date : 7th October 2023
Location: Salina Bay
Fee : €10
Application : Below
Participants: 2006 onwards
TS2 10 to 11 year old triathletes
TS3 12 to 13 year old triathletes
Youth 14 to 16 year old triathletes
Juniors 16+ triathletes (+ Development Squad)
Fun Tri & Tri 1 ( Fun Games )
Arrival 12.45pm
Venue
Welcome
Coaches : Venue walk and set up explanation of the different skill stations
MTF World Class Performance Pathway
Skills School DAY 3
Date : 7th October 2023
Location: Salina Bay
Fee : €10
Application : Below
Participants: 2006 onwards
TS2 10 to 11 year old triathletes
TS3 12 to 13 year old triathletes
Youth 14 to 16 year old triathletes
Juniors 16+ triathletes (+ Development Squad)
Fun Tri & Tri 1 ( Fun Games )
Arrival 12.45pm
Venue
Welcome
Coaches : Venue walk and set up explanation of the different skill stations
Timings and rotation system
Teams and skills allocations
Skills school philosophy
Participants: Safety briefing
Teams and skills allocations
Skills school philosophy
Participants: Safety briefing
Group allocations (ABILITY/AGE GROUPS)
Start @ 1:00 PM
Start of the skills school
Pre swim (race) effective warm-up SCENARIOS
Swim starts POSITIONING
Open water swimming TECHNIQUE/DRAFTING/SIGHTING/
Swim finish EXIT INTO TRANSITION 1
Start of the skills school
Pre swim (race) effective warm-up SCENARIOS
Swim starts POSITIONING
Open water swimming TECHNIQUE/DRAFTING/SIGHTING/
Swim finish EXIT INTO TRANSITION 1
3.00 PM DEBRIEF PARTICIPANTS
3:35 PM DEBRIEF COACHES
3:45 PM DISMANTLE AND LEAVE
3:35 PM DEBRIEF COACHES
3:45 PM DISMANTLE AND LEAVE
Aims of Skills School
● Nurture happy, healthy, and skilled triathletes
● Inspire continued engagement with triathlon
● Develop creative coaches that specialise in fun and developmentally appropriate triathlon sessions.
● Encourage “whole child” coaching – developing the child and the athlete.
● Produce better performances at all levels of triathlon
● Inspire continued engagement with triathlon
● Develop creative coaches that specialise in fun and developmentally appropriate triathlon sessions.
● Encourage “whole child” coaching – developing the child and the athlete.
● Produce better performances at all levels of triathlon
How will Skills School achieve this?
● Provide resources that guide and challenge triathletes to discover a positive learning process
● Create a dynamic framework of skills that encourages triathletes towards personal excellence
● Encourage athletes to enforce personal behaviours that support a healthy, balanced triathlon lifestyle
● Support coaches of young triathlete (and not so young ones) through opportunities to enhance their
● Create a dynamic framework of skills that encourages triathletes towards personal excellence
● Encourage athletes to enforce personal behaviours that support a healthy, balanced triathlon lifestyle
● Support coaches of young triathlete (and not so young ones) through opportunities to enhance their
Coaching practice.
● Provide environments that better develop athletes and coaches using the Skills School principles of development
● Enable coaches to build and engage in relationships and supportive networks that offer peer learning
and development opportunities
Provide additional experiences and strategies to address gender specific differences in adolescent and coach development.
● Provide environments that better develop athletes and coaches using the Skills School principles of development
● Enable coaches to build and engage in relationships and supportive networks that offer peer learning
and development opportunities
Provide additional experiences and strategies to address gender specific differences in adolescent and coach development.