Training periods

Subject: Training periods Sat Jun 21, 2008 5:49 am

Hi Guys

This is something Lito and I wear discussing the other day and I thought I would get other peoples views on so please chip in.

I currently teach for 90 minutes sessions, I find this a good length of time to allow for a brisk warm up, some skills practise and drill session, so if you are teaching or taking part in a group session what time lines fit in best for you.

Alan

Joined : 08 Feb 2008 Posts : 36

I think it's dependent upon the demographic of your students (younger students vs. older, in-shape vs. not) and the lesson plan (strenuous vs. not) than on a set time frame. Please note that what I'm teaching isn't focused on the same stuff most of the folks on this forum seem to be teaching. I teach what's here as a sub-set of a broader curriculum.

My schedule is set up:

45 mins - Athletic Performance Training
60 mins - Beginners
90 mins - Intermediate
60 mins - Advanced

This schedule allows folks to take multiple classes in sequence. Beginners are the most unused to the training / out of shape, so they tend to take 60 minutes (45 minutes operational training time after warm up / cool down) and bleed into the Athletic Performance session as they come up to speed. Intermediates have the most to learn, as they are not only learning a lot of new stuff but are perfecting old stuff. They normally will either do APT, solo workout, Intermediate or Beginners and Intermediate yielding training time of around 2 - 2 1/2 hours. Advanced students can work out as much as 4 hours a night. I recommend 3 workouts per week with at least one day off between sessions, dropping to 2 and 2 for my older students. I also hold a Saturday class that's 3 hours but has no set lesson plan so the student can bring up whatever they want to work on. It also allows me enough recovery time slices to do things like serious anaerobic (all out) training, as I can round robin folks and give them appropriate recovery time between matches. As Saturdays have no lesson plan, students can also come in and leave whenever they want to and we can work things at whatever intensity is desired and quit when we're too tired to continue. Very Happy

Your thoughts?