I’ve been coaching the GTI Squad which has been a great experience, although I did underestimate the amount of work required sorting out the logistics for competitions.
Keen GTI sparrers travel up to three hours on a Sunday morning to train, which is greatly appreciated. However, this is now becoming a barrier for some people, which is a shame and I’m not sure what the solution is…. I could rotate the squad sessions in different venues, but then if I go north, it makes it difficult for the people in the south and vice versa. If anyone has any suggestions, it would be much appreciated!
We have our first “away” non-GTI squad tournament coming up, in Scotland. I’m hoping this will be a good chance for people to bond and improve the team dynamics. Things are looking good, although a long drive, it’ll be a nice little road trip and we can also enjoy the sites of Glasgow.
The following week is the PUMA World Championships, which I’m hoping a formal GTI Squad will be debuting. I’ve made the next squad session compulsory for those who want to be considered to be in the team, we’ll see how that goes…
Two other points before I sign off: I’ve bought the squad a bunch of skipping ropes, which is turning out to be a great little investment – it provides an effective and “fun” warm up. I do 3 minutes skipping, 3 minutes jogging and repeat this two times (will probably need to cut it down to two minutes and do three rounds – people were hanging last time)! Final point, I used a round timer in the last squad session – big LED screen and loud beeps indicate rest period, round times and 10 seconds to go etc, and its programmable which means I can join in too :-)
Keen GTI sparrers travel up to three hours on a Sunday morning to train, which is greatly appreciated. However, this is now becoming a barrier for some people, which is a shame and I’m not sure what the solution is…. I could rotate the squad sessions in different venues, but then if I go north, it makes it difficult for the people in the south and vice versa. If anyone has any suggestions, it would be much appreciated!
We have our first “away” non-GTI squad tournament coming up, in Scotland. I’m hoping this will be a good chance for people to bond and improve the team dynamics. Things are looking good, although a long drive, it’ll be a nice little road trip and we can also enjoy the sites of Glasgow.
The following week is the PUMA World Championships, which I’m hoping a formal GTI Squad will be debuting. I’ve made the next squad session compulsory for those who want to be considered to be in the team, we’ll see how that goes…
Two other points before I sign off: I’ve bought the squad a bunch of skipping ropes, which is turning out to be a great little investment – it provides an effective and “fun” warm up. I do 3 minutes skipping, 3 minutes jogging and repeat this two times (will probably need to cut it down to two minutes and do three rounds – people were hanging last time)! Final point, I used a round timer in the last squad session – big LED screen and loud beeps indicate rest period, round times and 10 seconds to go etc, and its programmable which means I can join in too :-)
Worthwhile kit investment
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