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The Bytown Storm Triathlon Club offers the widest and most extensive triathlon programs for beginner to competitive.  Our club has been providing triathlon specific training for all ages and skill levels for almost 10 years.  Over that time we have introduced hundreds of kids, youth and adults to the sport of triathlon.  Our approach to training ensures every athlete is comfortable, has fun and progresses at their pace. From weekend recreation races to National Champions The Bytown Storm program has exactly what your looking for.

 Program Content and Criteria

 

Our training and development program is based on four pivotal aspects of sport and development.

1)       Physical – Skills and technical training, safety, general fitness and flexibility, nutrition, core strength, rest and recovery, training to train and race, balance and agility

2)       Cognitive & Emotional – Responsibility for yourself and your behaviour, knowledge of yourself and your feelings, awareness of thoughts and actions, ability to solve problems and make decisions (tactics), preparation and time management.

3)       Cultural & Spiritual – Philosophy and values, perspective and beliefs, understanding the principals of sport, honouring all participants and peoples.

4)       Social – respect for yourself, others and the rules, responsibility as a role model, leader, friend, teammate, positive sports perspective, life outside sports, value family and friends.

                                     




PROGRAMS

Recreation Program  -

Objectives:

Stress the importance of being active, setting personal achievement goals as opposed to winning / losing goals. Develop skills in swimming, biking, running and sport strength training through exercises, games, contests and races.

 

Build an aerobic base, develop speed and strength towards the end of the stage, and further develop and consolidate sport specific skills. During Training, young athletes consolidate their basic sport-specific skills, this is a window of accelerated adaptation to aerobic, speed, and strength training. During competitions, athletes play to do their best, but the major focus of training is on learning the basics.Make aerobic training a priority, maintaining or further developing levels of skill, speed, strength, and flexibility. 

Emphasize flexibility training given the rapid growth of bones, tendons, ligaments, and muscles.

Development Program- 
Objectives:

Learn competition skills, increase aerobic conditioning, power, speed and agility. 

Provide year-round training, teach athletes, who are now proficient at performing basic sport specific skills, to perform those skills under a variety of competitive conditions during training. 

Individual training programs, recovery programs, psychological preparation, and technical development. Emphasize individual preparation that addresses each athlete’s individual strengths and weaknesses. Introduce periodization as the framework for training plan preparation.

Consolidate their basic sport-specific skills, develop tactics. During competitions, athletes compete to win, to do their best, training is used to improve limiters, and develop competition plans.

                                                                                                                         

Emphasize flexibility, strength and power training.  Learn to cope with the physical and mental challenges of competition.   Train athletes in daily competitive situations in the form of practice matches or competitive games and drills.


Performance Program.

Objectives :

Optimize sport specific skills, competition skills, recovery, strength, speed, technical expertise. 

Provide year-round, high intensity, individual event specific training. 

Teach athletes, who are now proficient at performing basic and sport specific skills, to perform those skills under a variety of highly competitive conditions during training. 

Introduce and refine advanced skill development

Place special emphasis on optimum preparation by ‘modeling’ high competitions in training. 

Emphasize individual training plans and preparation that addresses each athlete’s individual strengths and weaknesses. 

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The club has annual registration fees for individuals, and families.  The club fees must be paid at time of program registration.  Please contact the club registrar if you have any questions

                                    

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