Annual Competition and Training Program for Senior Weightlifters
Annual Competition and Training Program for Senior Weightlifters
Annual Competition and Training Program for Senior Weightlifters
I would like to share the knowledge of Professor Dimitar Gurikov. A well known educationist and sports scientist from Bulgaria. I was with him regarding my PhD enrolment at National Sports Academy Sofia, Bulgaria, he gave me this paper. He was appointed as supervisor for my research work and I got this golden opportunity to learn more and new things from him. He is such a great sports scientist and has a deep knowledge in Olympic weightlifting. Bulgarian weightlifting reached to its climax with his ideas and methodology introduced by him. He produced many coaches and these coaches produced Olympic and World Champions.
Structure and Periodization of One Year Training
The Periodization of the annual training in the non competitive age (up to 14 years) and the competitive age is radically different. The basic prerequisites for its planning in non competitive age are the following:
1.The existence of vacation summer months, which should be used also as vacation for the young athletes. We recommend this persistently from psychological rather than physiological point f view.
2.The absence of official competitions. in such cases we can not speak about getting the proper sports form, phase character of training, etc.
Despite the absence of competitions, the sports training and the development of children should be controlled twice annually, which will give them the opportunity to see the real results of their work. Because of all we think that it will be correct the training in pre competitive age to be planned on the bases of two semesters:
Winter Season and Summer Season
With the coming of competitive age the purpose objectives tasks methods and exercises and respectively the annual training program change radically. For reasons, which we have explained in detail below, the planning of the training is based on the major competitions throughout the year. The major competitions are those whose purpose is participation with all might and improvement of the individual results. 3 to 4 competitions annually are the maximum number of such competitions for the young weightlifters. This means that training will be planned in 3 4 cycles. Each of the cycle included the presented below four periods.
I:- Active Rest Period
II:- Recuperation Period
III:- Basic Training Period
IV:- Pre Competitive Period
The so called perspective planning gives only a general idea. Within the limit of annual cycle the basic parameters of the training work are planned generally, although this planning is more than the long term planning.
The real working planning concerns not more than one cycle from 3 to 5 months and all the necessary conclusions and corrections for the next cycle planning are made after its completion. The form known also as " creeping planning" is one of the most effective planning. It is clear that sport sports training in the initial stage when there is not a participation in official competitions is totally different from that for more advanced athletes.
How ever, we would like to explain our concept about the structure and the basic purpose of training in the annual cycle, which concerns more advanced competitors.
In their work on sports training planning the specialists in weightlifting as well as in other sports disciplines meet with the same short comings and difficulties, which result from the terminology and the universally acknowledged structures and practical forms of planning. The basic reason for these short comings comes from the mechanical transposition of the structure and the contents considerable number of literary sources are available which generalize the experience of sports planning in most sports disciplines. Unfortunately, such generalization is often marked by a reduction to a common dominator, which is irrelevant to most disciplines. There is an obvious necessity for further improvement of the theory of planning if not by the introduction of total differentiation then at least by the dividing of the sports discipline in to groups. The training work in every sports discipline and in weightlifting particular, includes three basic elements:
A:- Relative Rest
B:- Active Training and Participation
C:- Participation in Competition
The active training it self includes also three clearly defined moments:
A:- Gradual recuperation of organism to normal level of work capacity ( in comparison to the previous cycle)
B:- Basic training which means performing of training work with such qualitative and quantitative dimensions which should lead to the improvement of potential capacities and even of the individual records during the training.
C:- Pre-competitive training, whose purpose should be the creation of conditions for the total realization of the potential capacities and even of the individual records during the training process.
This is the real practical structure of lifter's training and it is a complete cycle with a duration neither more nor less than 3-5 months.
Why not less than 3 months?
Because the trained man's abilities (above all his strength) can not be improved in one or two weeks time. At least two months of intensive and undisturbed by competitions, training is necessary. If we add the decrease of training sessions before the competition, the rest after it and the following gradual recuperation , we will see that the necessary time is not less than 3 months.
Why not more than 5 months?
Because in this case the total number of competitions and the metal readiness for the stimulation of the whole training process, etc. we will follow some basic moments of the general theory of planning and its practical application which contradict our sports practice and do not satisfy us.
1:- According to some authors the characteristic feature of modern sport is the considerable increase in the number of competitions. In fact, it is true that the number of competitions with "compulsory participation" increases. But being aware that this interrupts the training work and hampers the sports development, the coaches have found quite reasonable conclusion:
1:1:- The competitions are defined as basic and secondary. The basic competitions are those in which the athlete's purpose is to manifest his top capacities (eventually records). Their numbers are not more than 3 annually. The participation in all the other competitions is " by the way" which means the absence of the decrease in the training sessions and in the individual weight and lack of purpose to set records.
1:2:- All this proves that the concept basic (or competitive) period is irrelevant, generally speaking, it is not clear why this period should called "basic" since the basis includes the loading training sessions before it. A competitive period consist of many competitions in a short time, the participation in them is with all might and they are based on one and the same previous training. This could be present in other sports discipline has not and can not have tournament character like boxing, wrestling sports games because all opponents meet at one and same time. It has not a seasonal character either. It is necessary to avoid accidental factors such as rain, wind, temperature, lot, which are to be considered in other sports disciplines. Frequently, the individual weight is lost, which is not healthy. This is only a part of the motives to direct the whole training to one competition and 3-5 months to another.
1.3:- For what I have explained up to up to now follows that even the concept " annual cycle" should be doubted, when it refers to a sports discipline which is not connected with the seasons. In fact, there is not an annual cyclic recurrence. It exists only with in the limits of the successive basic competitions. According to tradition, the training is planned for one year on the basis of three cycles. Having in mind the logical rule for a successions, which means that every cycle training is based on the previous cycle training, we can see that we can have a real working planning only for the next cycle 3-5 months. The planning in the following cycle should be related to perspective planning.
1.4:- Within the limits of a traditionally accepted cycle there exists also the concept " transitive period", which is acknowledged to be the final one for a certain cycle. There are two objects here:
A. The "transitive" is not most relevant. It does not give an idea about the essence of the work, so we must find more adequate terms. Since we assert that the transitive period is the time of active rest?
B. this period is relative to the previous competitive cycle which is wrong. In other words, the competitors who finish their sports career in a certain major competition, in our notion, continue to be in a certain period. Logically, the end of cycle should be its purpose: the participation in a competition. The active rest is valuable only when it is directed to the next competition. Actually, it is active, so that a complete relaxation is avoided and its duration and contents are defined by the future competition. In this way it appears to be the beginning of new cycle not the end of the previous one.
1:5:- The concept preparatory period is also irrelevant, since every thing except the competition and some times even the competition it self, is a preparation. In fact, even now in the theory, the preparatory period has subdivisions because the work in certain moments is radically different. In such case, there is nothing to prevent us from relieving ourselves from the traditional framework and introducing a new classification and terminology which covers the real training work structure and gives a clearer idea and system.
Thus having in mind the:
Content of the training session at a certain moment, the character and the quantities of the training loading and tasks to be solved:
The reasonable aspiration for clear and informative terms, which should correspond to their contents, we think that it is advisable to suggest the Periodization and terminology, presented below, which, as it is clear up to now, refer to one basic training cycle that separates two basic competitions in a period of 3-5 months.
The training in one cycle included 4 clearly defined periods.
Period of Active Rest
Period of Recuperation
Period of Basic Training
Pre Competition Period
Period of Active Rest
This period of active rest lasts from one to two weeks. As its name suggest, at that time there is neither weightlifting nor a complete rest. Its purpose is gaining mental relaxation, treatment or eventual injuries, etc.
Period of Recuperation
This period of recuperation lasts from 2-4 weeks. Its purpose is regaining the level of work capacity from the previous cycle by achieving the respective training volume. In the competitive exercises there is a gradual increase of weights up to 90% which aim is mastering the technique. The training exercises should restore the maximal results. In this period the most important in the competitive exercises are the repetition method ( one trial includes 3-5 repetitions). The repetition method is applied at the beginning of the basic training exercises and the method of maximal efforts is included towards the second half of the period.
Period of Basic Training
This period lasts at least 2 months. At that time the basic task is solved, improvement of training results. This could be achieved if training loadings surpass those of the previous cycle. The volume of work (the total number of lifts) as well the quantity of the working weights should be increased. If the volume of work has not reached its utmost, then at least the training quality (average training weight) should be improved. Otherwise, nothing will lead to the improvement of the sport performance. The period of basic training includes as significant parts the three methods of the strength development, maximal, repeated and utmost efforts (when the athlete is unable to continue after 6-10 repetitions. The principal of loading's variations, stress training sessions and others is also applied mostly in this period.
Per Competition Period
The duration of this period is 2-4 weeks. Its basic task is not further improvement or physical abilities ( which is task of this period of basic training) but the creation of prerequisites for a realization of the accumulated potential. This is achieved basically by a decrease of the loading and the method of utmost efforts should be excluded from the training session (6-10 repetitions).
In the last 7-8 days the method of maximal efforts is excluded as well and the average working weight in the competitive exercises is decreases with about 10Kgs, and 10-20kgs in other exercises.
Undoubtedly, we can assert that this kind of structuring the sports training and applied terminology lead to correspondence between theory and practice, the terms and their contents. This refers to weightlifting, in particular, but in many respects it is relevant other sports discipline.
By:-Khizer Hayat RajaSr. Lecturer in Physical Education & SportsInternational Weightlifting Coach & ExpertE mail: wlexpert@yahoo.comhttp://www.articlesbase.com/extreme-sports-articles/annual-competition-and-training-program-for-senior-weightlifters-3637922.html
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