| *05SEASON 2004/05 | | News | 25th April, 2005
April '05 Review & Planning Training Camp | 20th February, 2005
Konica Minolta World Championships | 12th February, 2005
GBR Take 1st And 2nd In Challenge Cup | 11th February, 2005
World Cup Titles Decided | 22nd January, 2005
Gold & Silver For GBR At World University Games | 7th January, 2005
British Championships 2005 | 1st January, 2005
Silver At World Junior Championships | 20th December, 2004
Amy Williams Takes Silver In Konigssee | 2nd December, 2004
Bromley Is European Champion | 1st December, 2004
GBR Ice Sports Most Ever Top5 Results | 10th November, 2004
Shelly Rudman Europa Cup Victory | 1st November, 2004
Insights Education Visits Lillehammer | 13th October, 2004
Europa Cup Team Start Season | 20th July, 2004
Michael Gruenberger Appointed GB Coach | | Talent ID Enquiry Form |
Staff and Athlete Training Camp, April 2005 25th April, 2005 The coming together of 13 members of staff at the first BBSKA staff training camp signalled a new and exciting era for British Skeleton. The camp kicked off with a two-day workshop by one of the country’s leading sport psychologist Professor Lew Hardy. Lew lead a highly informative session designed to enhance what is already regarded as the world’s best support team in Skeleton. The diverse staff team range from masseurs and physiotherapists to administrators and sport psychologists all responsible for ensuring that athletes in the BBSKA high-performance pathway reach optimal performance.
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The staff moved onto the idyllic surroundings provided by Bisham Abbey National Sports Centre to continue the review & planning camp. After two days in the ‘classroom’ at the University of Bath it was time for the staff to enjoy some more physical team building exercises. All out war was raged on the paintball battlefield with ‘Team Gruenberger’ (feat. Jonnie Greene, Andi Schmid & Daisy Brooke) coming out victorious. Matthew Thombs’ skill with a paintball grenade surprised everyone including himself!
Slightly shell-shocked the staff were back to business when they were joined a day later by the Performance Pathway athletes. After a successful series of performances on the ice this season across all three squads there was much to discuss during the review sessions. Sessions covered all aspects of performance including nutrition, psychology and physical preparation.
The team challenge this year was an inflatable ‘it’s a knock out competition’. The photos speak for themselves! Thanks to Phil Searle for arranging the activities.
Jonnie Greene (BBSKA Masseur) held workshops on massage. Athletes learnt the basic principles of massage and got some hands-on experience using each other as guinea pigs. Matthew Thombs (BBSKA Sport Psychologist) continued his excellent sport psychology support programme with workshops with each squad.
Well done to everyone involved for their hard-work over the course of the training camp! The support team and athletes look forward to their next training camp to be held in June.
For more pictures of the training camp click here to take a look at the Gallery |
