Junior Training Camp

Brad Setters, who heads up our Junior program is organising a training camp for our Junior cyclists. We will split up our juniors into 2 groups based on ability & experience.
Depending on how the day goes, the session may spill across to another weekend. Young juniors are encouraged.
Interested: E-mail Brad at brad.xc.setters@gmail.com

9.00am Meet and Greet at Taupo Velodrome
9.30am Group talk and run through plan for the day
10.00am Ready to Ride/First Session

• Group 1- Hills
• Group 2- Skills/Intervals

10.45am Second Session

• Group 1- Intervals
• Group 2- Sprints

11.30am Third Session

• Group 1- Sprints
• Group 2- Hills

12.15pm Regroup/Lunch/Q and A time

12.45pm Option of group ride/race

Hills

• Basic climbing technique in & out of the saddle
• Transferring from a seated to a standing position
• Predicting gear changes based on cadence
• Riding over the top of a climb
• Hill reps in big and small gears, in seated and standing positions

Sprints

• Sprinting technique
• Timing sprints
• Holding your line
• Gear selection
• Bunch position
• Run down on basic sprint interval sessions

Intervals

• Body position on hoods
• Body position on drops
• Spin outs and cadence work
• 1km Standing starts
• 10 min efforts