The Last
Day:
Review of
the day:
This was
the last day and the team had bought me a 'coach of the year' hat to say
farewell, I thought this was a nice jester and it actually eased my nerves as I
was extremely worried about the results of the retest. After the small
presentation Graham gave and how I have been an asset to the team over the past
several weeks, I thought to myself it does not matter about the results the
team had been playing well, I have had no major injuries and both the team and
I had evolved in our knowledge and skills.
The
retest:
I had the
initial scores from the first day and I showed all the team their previous
scores and times. I wanted them to know exactly how far they got last time in
the hope this would drive them through the barrier. I am extremely pleased to
say that the majority or the team improved in ALL areas, literally everyone was
scoring better on the YOYO test and the majority of the team improved on their
20m sprint. I was extremely happy with this result, I felt like such a weight
had been lifted from my shoulders. The feeling that my training programme and
their effort combined gave them a better result after 6 weeks was incredible.
Results:
The results
were not a large improvement but that did not matter. Mainly I was glad that
the results were not negative.
Below is
the comparison of the initial team average to the final team average.
Initial
testing team average:
- YO YO Test: 11.1
- 20m Sprint: 3.70 secs
Final
team average:
- YO YO Test: 11.6
- 20m Sprint: 3.53 secs
Summary:
All in all a good and a good way to end my work placement. I am so glad that the results were positive and the team got something visual back for all their hard work. In hindsight, I am glad that I used a testing protocol because this gave me good evidence that my training programme helped them to improve their fitness levels.
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