Lucozade refreshes?
Saturday 29 May 2010
Cardiff AAC has been selected as one of only two Welsh clubs to benefit from a specialist advice programme being funded by Lucozade Sport, one of UK Athletics’ sponsors.
Matt Furber, a sports scientist specialising in nutrition and performance analysis, will be running a series of consultations over the next twelve months that can benefit the club’s athletes and coaches.
Matt, who is one of Lucozade Sport’s eight strong sports science team (and who still runs, for Crawley), has been given specific responsibility for four athletic clubs; Cardiff, Swansea, Team Bath and Windsor Slough & Eton. Twenty one other clubs in England, Scotland and Northern Ireland will benefit from the programme.
Sessions will be held on club nights at the Cardiff stadium and will include practical as well as theoretical workshops on topics such as general nutrition, the importance of hydration, recovery from training and competition, strength, competition day planning, supplements, etc.
The theoretical sessions will be open to all athletes and coaches and it was encouraging that a good number of athletes attended Matt’s session on nutrition after training on Thursday, 20th.
Practical workshops will include performance analysis of selected athletes for reaction times, speed variability and pacing, plyometrics, hydration, etc.
Matt is working with coaching coordinator Georgina Williams to plan the sessions in detail but dates for the next five have been agreed and are:
28 June; 5 July; 19 July; 2 August; 19 August.
These are all Mondays except the last one which is a Thursday.
This is an excellent opportunity for athletes and all coaches to learn some more about these important topics, so all are encouraged to join in. There is no cost and, indeed, discount vouchers for Lucozade products will be made available.
Don’t miss this opportunity to hone your skills.
Further information can be found on the dedicated Lucozade website by going to LUCOZADE SPORTS.
http://www.lucozade.com/sport/athletics/Default.aspx