BSA Regional Development Program

The first BSA Regional Development Training Camp for 2018 was held over the weekend of 28-29 April 2018. Northside Boxing Club were very accommodating to offer their premise and facilities for training during the weekend. All Coaches and Athletes in attendance were very positive and keen to become involved in learning and practicing new skills. It was a very successful camp with the athletes in attendance responding well to the exercises. There was an obvious skill progression amongst the athletes as Coach Jamie Pittman delivered the syllabus in a very relatable manner.

The first day primarily focussed on Coach Jamie Pittman delivering the syllabus to the group and ensuring that the essential fundamentals were consistently reinforced so athletes could focus on sensible guard positions for different situations, appropriate footwork for various applications and some selected attacks. This culminated in controlled conditional sparring to allow the athletes an opportunity to utilise all elements that were practiced during the day. Coach Jamie Pitman was training the new BSA Regional Development Coach Matt Read in the delivery of the syllabus throughout the day. This was also an excellent opportunity for coaches in attendance to get a sound understanding of the coaching principles and techniques and how to employ them in their home gyms. Coaches offered very positive comments on their observations.

The second day was primarily focussed on the new BSA Regional Development Coach Matt Read delivering the syllabus to the athletes over the course of three sessions. These sessions took a very similar form to the first day, and concentrated on reinforcing the important principles of guard, footwork, defences, and attacks. All athletes appeared to enjoy their time and gave positive feedback at the completion of the camp.

It is anticipated that the next BSA Regional Development Camp will occur at some time during August, and it will be held in Whyalla over 2 days. Further details will be supplied following appropriate arrangements being confirmed.

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