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Ideas for training kids

  • 21-03-2006 1:46pm
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    I start back training U10 camogie. Since the weather is still a little cold i will be indoor in a hall type area. I am just looking for some games/exercises to make up a programme for the girls.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 781 ✭✭✭Rogueish


    How many times a week are you on for training and for how long each session?

    Dynamic warm up (might as well pioneer the field - if they aren't already doing it) check out http://www.pponline.co.uk/encyc/warm-up-exercises.html

    basic plyometric training - skipping, jumping jacks, vertical jumps. Check out. (It's very important that you dont progess the exercises too soon. You might need two or three weeks at level one before progressing) http://www.performbetter.com/catalog/matriarch/OnePiecePage.asp_Q_PageID_E_58_A_PageName_E_ArticlePlyometrics1

    Indoor hurling/camogie

    SAQ training - if you can't access ladders chalk them or tape them on the ground (SAQ is a form of low level plyometric training)

    Mini circuits (mix it up between LME, Skills, SAQ, whatever you can think of)
    - sit ups, push ups, agility run, lunges, jumping jacks, star jumps, bicep curls (using the weight of the camogie stick) tricep dips, standing squats, run-throw-catch- squat- building up to using ordinary footballs as a pretend medicine ball

    core stability and reaction training using balloons - kids love it
    1. sitting on the floor with their heels off the ground (usually start with knees bent) working in pairs (or in a big circle) they have to tap the balloon over and back whoever keeps their heels off the ground the longest and keeping the balloon from touching the ground wins. Increase the difficulty by asking them to straighten their knees
    2. balloon for each person - starting in a sitting position they have to throw the balloon up into the air and have get up onto their feet and catch the balloon before it hits the ground. Increase the difficulty of the exercise by getting them to get up without using their hands.
    3. Players standing in a line at the back of the hall (or you judge the distance) you are standing at the other end of the hall with the balloon in your hand. You drop the balloon and they have to run up to you before the balloon hits the ground. Progress by either getting them to sit or lie down at the start. Or decrease the distance and use a sliotar or football instead of a balloon.

    Reaction ball training (they are available in argos extra for ~€6 each) - they are irregularly shaped and bounce in unexpected directions - great fun especially for camogie training

    your normal skills work - stick and ball

    Don't forget flexibility work - best done at the end of the training session. The dynamic warm-up will sort out the stretching at the beginning

    The best advice I can give you is mix it up. Kids get bored easily so variety is the spice of life.

    If you have any questions on any of the above or if I haven't explained anything sufficently just let me know

    P.S. Best of Luck


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