Triathlon
Coaching Camps

Craven Complete offers various camps offering athletes specific skills, knowledge and performance development to facilitate their development within the sport.

Full triathlon camps are run twice a year; winter (Nov/dec – base and tri skills) and spring (March – pre-season race prep).  Incorporated around these are more specific camps (discipline based – currently swim only, but cycle and run to follow) as well as the possibility of a kids camp. 

November / December – Base (off-season) and Tri skills

• Technique development to maximal efficiency: Going further with less effort and hence faster.
• Pacing development to build the ability to change speeds as needed
• Building an effective training plan that fitness into a lifestyle
• Theory and practical workshops on adjuncts to Triathlon – allowing all components to fit together – topics include Nutrition, strength and conditioning, flexibility, Pilates, breathing and much more.
• Building the skills to train, stay healthy and progress in the sport.

March – Early and Pre-season; including Race specific skills

• Move from winter (off-season) training and/or complete goals for this period.
• Performance development skills to promote and improve Power and speed, hence performance. For those less competitive, this refers to race enjoyment and satisfaction as well as completion.
• Race/Event specific skills – relative to each discipline; swimming (OW/starts/turns/close contact), cycling (ascending, descending, cornering) and Run (agility, ascending and descending)

Theory and practical workshops with topics that enhance race day experience – transition, race day nutrition, pacing in event, recovery.  Core areas such as flexibility, Pilates, breathing and S&C continued

Single Discipline camps

• A shorter, intense camp concentrating on a single discipline and elements relating to it.
• Higher emphasis on technique, endurance & performance along with related strength, progressions and specific training methods.
• Currently ‘Swim only’, but possibly coming soon cycling and running. Watch this space!
• Swim-based – ideal for learning to swim, Breast stroke to front crawl and introduction to open water.
• Need to improve your swim times, want to be more efficient in the water, need to learn some marginal gains

Little people (children’s) camps

• Following on from the success of our adult programme, we are introducing the children’s camps.
• Camps designed for and around the younger age groups, helping them build the enjoyment and skills at this earlier age.
• Age / ability-based sessions; suitable for attendees to develop the necessary skills that enable the individual to enjoy the sport in a safe manner; as well as progress with good patterns and habits.
• Delivery through a mix of skill-based activities and games.
• Mix of child only (no parent essential) and child and parent; as well as parent development sessions (educational).

Considerations for the above

• Do not be scared off – all abilities welcome and catered for as we run a personalised system with smaller groups and multiple coaches.
• All sessions (theory and practical) are based around the needs and levels of the participating athletes. Smaller group sessions mean everyone is catered for; no one is left behind.
• Fun is an essential part of practice; games are often used to develop all of the things mentioned.