Lockdown No Barrier to Senior Training

Whilst there may be a general feeling that sport has come to a bit of a standstill right now that is certainly not the case for the senior teams at Perthshire.

Our coaching and support staff have viewed this as an opportunity to give us an edge for the upcoming season by moving to an innovative online approach using Zoom.

Head Coach Alan Clark said, “At this time in the season we expect the players to focus on strength and conditioning work so to call it the off season just isn’t accurate anymore. Normally they’d be working in groups themselves in addition to the 2 coached sessions each week in the gym. What we are doing now isn’t any different although we’ve had to be a little more creative in our methods.”

Therefore, all players are able to access coached sessions every Tuesday and Thursday through Zoom. S&C coach Valerio takes the guys through their paces over an intense 40 minutes which each player logs into from home. Buy in from both the men’s and women’s squads has been excellent.

In addition, each of the players has been allocated a group to complete daily challenges with. These challenges complement the work they are doing with Valerio and also give the guys both a social connection with others in the squad and a competitive outlet. Each group of 10 is managed by one of the more experienced guys in the squad who reports back to the coaching staff on player commitment and performance.

The aim of the senior section in doing this is simple. It is our job to inspire the club and we take that very seriously. We want to give ourselves the best chance to do that as possible.