Planning the Programme

Long Term Event Plan

Enter Major Dates/Events

Enter Intermediate Dates/Events

The Year Plan

1. Allocate Major Event dates to the end of the year to work retrospectively.

2. Add in other Major and Intermediate events that will be necessary to the long term plan.

3. Divide the year into cycles and phases

Preparatory Phase

Pre-Competition Phase

Competition Phase

Transition Phase

General physical preparation, Endurance and Skill Acquisition - Lasts around 4-8 weeks

Specific physical preparation, Skill perfection and Skill Combination - Lasts around 4-8 weeks

Specific physical preparation, Routine consistency and quality, Psychological Preparation - Lasts around 4 weeks

Rest, Recovery, Regeneration, Preparing for the next phase, General Physical Preparation - Around 2 weeks

Phase Plan

The phase plan will take into consideration the aims of that phase in order to transition smoothly into the next and the gymnast be suitable prepared to move on.

Through the various phases the gymnast will be building on their individual skills towards skill combinations, then into half routines and on to full routines.

The workload should peak at around 2 weeks before the event and then taper down until the event, where there is a strong focus on routine quality and consistency and allowing enough time for the gymnast to adequately recover for the event.

Week Plan

From the Phase Plan, the week plan will be a breakdown of the sessions and times and what will be performed on those sessions within that week. It will include:

1. Apparatus and Volume of skills/routines

2. Type of physical prep and conditioning programmes with the volume of Load to avoid burn-out.

3. Flexibility programmes and areas specifically focussed on.

Day/Session Plan

The day or session plan will show in detail the amount of sessions performed in that day, the times and length of the session. It will be in the form of a training diary and delivered to the gymnasts to record the amount of work achieved and to show their daily targets. This data can then be collated to monitor gymnasts individual progress.

Can be in the form of a spreadsheet, list or calandar