This weekend will focus on foundational movement and Long term athletic development (LTAD), the training methodology which underpins youth athletic development and physical literacy including speed and agility, plyometrics, bilateral and unilateral squat squat progressions, hinge patterns, vertical / horizontal push and pull patterns, lumbopelvic control, performance specific RAMP warm ups and the fundamental principles of athletic performance training.

This weekend will focus on strength training, progressing the previously explored LTAD and physical literacy movement patterns to their loaded equivalents, including loaded bilateral squats (front / back / overhead squats) hinge patterns (deadlift variations and pulls) vertical and horizontal pushes (push presses, overhead presses, powerlifting bench press (vertical and horizontal pulls (Pendley rows, bentover rows) explosive rotational ballistic training (med ball throw variations) and advanced transfer of training effect strength training methodology.

This final weekend will firstly include the required foundational movement and strength-based training summative practical assessments, followed by our one-day Olympic weightlifting workshop, introducing practitioners to the Olympic lifts, their performance training benefits and their applications within S&C. Coaches are introduced to the snatch, clean and jerk classic lifts and their derivatives (e.g. hang and power variations, etc.) using a reverse engineering coaching process, with the final aim being that coaches understand the key principles of each lift, how to implement the lifts within performance programming and how to develop their own Olympic weightlifting competency.