New South Wales TID Camp

Published Fri 11 May 2018

On the 6^th of May 14 athletes participated in the first NSW TID Camp. The camp was a fantastic day of development for the state’s top performers. Three coaches attended the camp: Jamie Pittman, Skye Johnson and Mo Alyatim, with three others sending their apologies.

Athletes in attendance were:

Jason Fawcett	67kg	Steve Anton	72.5kg
Caitlin Torrington	78.2kg	David Ho	66kg
Viviana Ruiz	52.5kg	Josh Fitzpatrick	66kg
Aamin Issa	58kg	Taj Kagho	76.5kg
Jacob Sheridan	60kg	Keegan Stewart	56kg
Noah Chami	60kg	Jarrod Kosorukow	57kg
Henry Woods	68kg	Jared El Hassan	65kg

The camp consisted of three sessions. During session 1 Coach Jamie talked the athletes through some different warm ups and suggested set warm ups for competitions. This was followed by open sparring (evenly matched and well controlled). Coach Jamie explained that athletes need to work on development during sparring and not focus solely on results. Athletes were informed that a useful way to develop is working with former and future opponents.

The second session included Stance, Hand Guard, Foot and Trunk Defences and a presentation and explanation. Several minutes was then spent on each aspect with athletes reacting to a whistle. The session concluded with 3x3min ABC circuit and 15 minutes of condition sparring.

The final session was 3x2 minute Timed Circuit and 3x3 minute Open Sparring. Overall the camp was very successful and coaches provided great feedback to the athletes.