National Sports Centre Largs
The Development Commission (DC) Squad hosted its first residential camp at the National Sports Training Centre, Largs last weekend. The aim of the camp was to provide a more focussed, intensive training group with smaller numbers designed to identify boxers who have the potential to represent Scotland at the forthcoming tournament in Azerbaijan, the European championships in Hungary and the World championships in Kazakhstan.
A number of training areas were covered in detail including Weight Management, Attitudes to Training, Timekeeping and Discipline.
The following boxers and coaches were residential at the training camp
David Burrell – Doonvalley
Jack Brunton – Denbeath
Aiden McGlynn – Barn
Andrew Tham – Broadwood
Reece McFadden – Forgewood
Brandon Singh – Kingdom
Fraser Gorm – Kelty
Craig McIntyre – Dennistoun
Sam Stewart – Zetland
Wullie Mowat – Barn
Coaches: Bert McShane, Laurie Redfern & Alec Docherty
Coach Danny Lee was present on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, whilst Sam Mullen also coached on Saturday.
The following boxers also trained over Saturday and Sunday
Sam Ball – Greenock
Paul Morrison – Greenock
Aiden Gough – Greenock
Liam Sandford – Forgewood
Ryan Downer – Barrhead
Calvin McCord – Doonvalley
Danny Tarling – Kelty
Below is a programme of events which took place over the weekend
Friday 11th March 2011
16:00 and 18:00 Boxers met at the National Sports Centre before room allocation and team talk.
Friday evening training session 18:30 20:00 weight check
10-15 min Warm up then stretch
4×2 min Shadow boxing (first 2 loose and over exaggerate the moves)
30 min School boxing (understanding & controlling distance) movement and using angles, defence and attack moves. (Ring Craft)
4×2 min Pads
4×2 min Bag
4×2 min Circuit (6×20 sec exercise)
9 min Skip down, loose shadow boxing and stretch (1½ Hour session) weight check
Saturday Morning Session 07:00 08:00
3k warm up run
3x1k laps at 70-80 % in under 3½ to 4 minutes each lap.
4x600m laps at 85-90 % in less than 2 minutes each lap.
5x150m sprints at 100 % with a jog back to the start, using the jog as the recovery.
Breakfast 07:30 9:00
Saturday mid Morning 10:45 12:15 weight check
15 min Warm up then stretch.
4×2 min Shadow boxing (first 2 loose and over exaggerate the moves)
30 min School boxing (understanding & controlling distance), movement and using angles, defence and attack moves. (Ring Craft)
4×2 min Pads
4×2 min Bag
4×2 min Sparring, being recorded for analysis
9 min skip down; loose shadow boxing and stretch (1½ Hour session) weight check
Lunch 12:30 13:30
Evening 14:30 16:00 weight check
10-15 min warm up then stretch, 20 min jog, lengthening the strides then circuit training followed by –
4×2 min Shadow boxing (first 2 loose and over exaggerate the moves)
30 min school boxing (understanding & controlling distance), movement and using angles, defence and attacking moves. (Ring Craft)
4×2 min Pads
4×2 min Bag
4×2 min Sparring, being recorded for analysis
9 min Skip down; loose shadow boxing and stretch (1½ Hour session) weight check
Dinner 18:15 19:45
Team Meeting – Relax
Sunday Morning Session 07:00 08:00
3k warm up
3x1k laps at 70-80 % in under 3 ½ to 4 minutes each lap.
4x600m laps at 85-90 % in less than 2 minutes each lap.
5x150m sprints at 100 % with a jog back to the start, using the jog as the recovery.
Breakfast 07:30 9:00
This was followed by a Video analysis of the sparring Team talk to look for the positives to take into the 6th and final session.
Sunday Mid-Morning session 10:30 12:15 weight check
10-15 min Warm up then stretch
4×2 min Shadow boxing (first 2 loose and over exaggerate the moves)
30 min School boxing (understanding & controlling distance), movement and using angles, defence and attacking moves. (Ring Craft)
4×2 min Pads
4×2 min Bag
4×2 min Circuit (6×20 sec exercise)
9 min Skip down; loose shadow boxing and stretch (1¾ Hour session) weight check
Team Meeting – Discussion
Lunch 12:00
Departured 13:00
This was a highly successful and enjoyable weekend for both boxers and coaches. Six training sessions were completed, providing the coaches with valuable information on skill, attitude and fitness.
The next DC squad training takes place at Forgewood gym on Saturday 26th March. There will be a weight check at 10:15, followed by training between 10:30 and 12:15, full training gear required. Would the following boxers please make themselves available for this session.
David Burrell – Doon-Valley
Jack Brunton Denbeath
Aiden McGlynn Barn
Aiden Gough Greenock
Andrew Tham Broadwood
Reece McFadden Forgewood
Brandon Singh Kingdom
Craig McIntyre Dennistoun
Fraser Gorm Kelty
Craig Cox Greenock
Sam Stewart Zetland
Sam Ball Greenock
Paul Morrison Greenock
Calvin McCord Doon-Valley
Arron Dingwall Doon-Valley
Wullie Mowat Barn
Danny Tarling Kelty
Donald Stewart Kelty
Ryan Downer Barrhead
Liam Sandford Forgewood
Paul Hope North West
Garry Ducie ONeils
Steven Boyle Dennistoun
Nicky Carson – Drumchapel
