Saturday Competitive Squad Training

Welcome to our Saturday Competitive Pathway Sessions.

We have 2 venues, the first is the usual Netherhall venue where we have the rest of our club sessions and we can also use Marleigh Primary Academy, Marleigh Ave, Cambridge CB5 8BG. It will be confirmed in good time which venue we are at and I will send a WhatsApp reminder for this.

The times will be 14.00 to 17.00

Parking for Marleigh is in the adjacent Park and Ride

These are 3 hour sessions where you will work on:

Honing your competitive skills

Competition preparation in the weeks before the event

Competition prep the week before and on the day

A typical Saturday might look like this

•Saturday start at 2pm 

•2-2:20 footwork warm up 

•Rest break + setup/kit up 

•2:40-3 circuit training 

•3:00- 3:10 Introduce the topic for the day e.g attack on preparation

•3:10- 3:30 free fencing 

•Peer + coach teaching time during scenarios

•3:30-3:45 scenario 1 (close quarters), 3:45-4:00 scenario 2 (absence of blade + parry riposte), 4:00-4:15 scenario 3 (setting up 2nd intention hits)

•4:20-4:40 sit down rest, quiz + talk time

•4:40-5pm clear up, kit off, set homework and then home time

The first 2 squad sessions this term will focus specifically on competition prep for those who are qualified and entering the BYCs start of May.

Looking forward to seeing you there.

Sarah and Archie