Winter training!!!
After a week's break due to the Senior competition hosted by Milnerton, nippers resumed.
Friday was cold and rainy. (the milnerton primary gala was cancelled due to this)
Satrurday was cold, windy and chilly. Luckily there was no rain so we could still train for a bit. However, due to the freezing cold wind, we decided that we would only train until 4pm as we didnt want the kids in the cold wind for too long.
We started them off with a leapfrog run. we allocated each of them a number, and then set off on a run. When i blew the whistle, the nipper whose number it was (1-12) had to stop. So 1 would stop on the first whistle, 2 on the second and so on. This was done until all the nippers had stopped in a long straight line. The nippers (1) who stopped first had to then go and jump over nippers 2-12. This would continue until all the nippers had jumped over each other. The nippers seemed to enjoy it, until we made them go through each other's legs. For some of the taller nippers, its quite hard to crawl through the smaller nippers legs.
Some decided to try and "Superman" dive through each other's legs which was quite amusing.
B took the nippers on a run and Mikayla got stung by a blue bottle. This is a new record as it was within her first 40 minutes as a nipper! She handled it very well though and didnt cry or complain. Joe took her off to get some Sting-go's then she was back, right as rain to continue with training!
we split the nippers into 2 groups and ran some relays. we kept then running for a bit until they were tired and hot! (strange considering the weather! just goes to show how much we make them run)
We kept them in their relay teams for some ins-and-outs relays. They really enjoyed being in the water as it was very warm, and were all soon begging to swim.
We had Sarah and Shaun in the water as safety officers, so we decided to let them swim. At first we had them all link arms and go out together, then when i blew the whistle they had to turn and sprint for shore. They begged to be allowed to swim further out, which we did.
This had to be dome in groups of 4 or 5 as the conditions were very rough and the rip was very strong. They had to swim out, and then back in....
Some of them landed up in big trouble with us as they decided to stay in the water as opposed to comming in. (ot a smart choice given the horrid conditions!)
Towards the end of the session we had them do 3 run swim runs. Some of them were very tired and cold after this. The non-competing nippers got to go and shower, while the competing nippers had to go off on a long run with B.
The nippers were given timed showers to make sure that there was hot water left for the others
We have put a new reward system into place. If a nipper misbehaves, or complains we are going to reward them with some manual labour. this reward will allow them to contribute to the beautification of the clubhouse, by sweeping, scrubbing and general cleaning to make our clubhouse sparkle.
Friday was cold and rainy. (the milnerton primary gala was cancelled due to this)
Satrurday was cold, windy and chilly. Luckily there was no rain so we could still train for a bit. However, due to the freezing cold wind, we decided that we would only train until 4pm as we didnt want the kids in the cold wind for too long.
We started them off with a leapfrog run. we allocated each of them a number, and then set off on a run. When i blew the whistle, the nipper whose number it was (1-12) had to stop. So 1 would stop on the first whistle, 2 on the second and so on. This was done until all the nippers had stopped in a long straight line. The nippers (1) who stopped first had to then go and jump over nippers 2-12. This would continue until all the nippers had jumped over each other. The nippers seemed to enjoy it, until we made them go through each other's legs. For some of the taller nippers, its quite hard to crawl through the smaller nippers legs.
Some decided to try and "Superman" dive through each other's legs which was quite amusing.
B took the nippers on a run and Mikayla got stung by a blue bottle. This is a new record as it was within her first 40 minutes as a nipper! She handled it very well though and didnt cry or complain. Joe took her off to get some Sting-go's then she was back, right as rain to continue with training!
we split the nippers into 2 groups and ran some relays. we kept then running for a bit until they were tired and hot! (strange considering the weather! just goes to show how much we make them run)
We kept them in their relay teams for some ins-and-outs relays. They really enjoyed being in the water as it was very warm, and were all soon begging to swim.
We had Sarah and Shaun in the water as safety officers, so we decided to let them swim. At first we had them all link arms and go out together, then when i blew the whistle they had to turn and sprint for shore. They begged to be allowed to swim further out, which we did.
This had to be dome in groups of 4 or 5 as the conditions were very rough and the rip was very strong. They had to swim out, and then back in....
Some of them landed up in big trouble with us as they decided to stay in the water as opposed to comming in. (ot a smart choice given the horrid conditions!)
Towards the end of the session we had them do 3 run swim runs. Some of them were very tired and cold after this. The non-competing nippers got to go and shower, while the competing nippers had to go off on a long run with B.
The nippers were given timed showers to make sure that there was hot water left for the others
We have put a new reward system into place. If a nipper misbehaves, or complains we are going to reward them with some manual labour. this reward will allow them to contribute to the beautification of the clubhouse, by sweeping, scrubbing and general cleaning to make our clubhouse sparkle.
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