Posts Tagged ‘fencing’
How to warm up for fencing
“We want faster, cleverer and more independent fencers”
an aspirational goal discussed by SW Fencing hub coaches last week.
I was fortunate enough to be working on 2 great fencing camps last week: Norman Golding’s summer course at Millfield School and James and Ian Williams’ sabre camp in Grantham.
The above quote came from many conversations I had with some great individuals over the course of the 7 days on camp.
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Sabre camp
It was good to be back on the James and Ian Williams’ sabre camp in Grantham, working with very experienced coaches, Army PTIs and an excellent physiologist (Leo Faulmann).
Cool Downs for Fencers- A Major Rethink?
Last week I was talking to a couple of reasonable fencers (Louise Helyer- Commonwealth silver medallist, Drew Wilsher– Army Champion) about cool downs for fencers and why they should be different from other sports.
Read MoreIntroducing fitness to fencers.
Fencers physical development should stay one step ahead of skill development.
That was the theme behind the fitness training sessions I did at the weekend for the South West Fencing Academy.
My experience of current fencers is that they specialise in fencing early, with liitle or no background in other sporting activity.
Read MoreFit for fencing; part 3.
Summer training for fencers
Sunday saw our 3rd training day of the South West Fencing Hub. The first half saw me working with the fencers in getting them ready for the summer, the second half was on coach education.
Traditionally, fencers take the summer off training because there are no competitions, then return to a week long camp in 6-8 weeks time, get beasted on day one and break.
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Getting young fencers fit
We are currently working with the South West Junior Fencing Hub introducing and developing fitness protocols. The first session was an introduction to fitness by me, Matt took the second session.
Peaking for fencing competitions
At the H&W competition last weekend, one current Excelsior athlete (Chris Hay) came first, and one alumni (Louise Helyer) came 2nd in their respective categories.
Well done to both. Other athletes remarked on their own inability to produce results on the day, despite just coming back from a winter training camp in Hungary.
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