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Plan Your Training

Therefore I would like to talk about training organization and more specifically about periodization.
What does periodizing mean?
It means distributing workloads over time, in an organized way.
And again: what does it mean to say "today we do this, tomorrow we do that, etc. etc."?
It means that, after studying your own characteristics or those of your Athletes on a logical level, one tries to better achieve the period of form.
And these are not based only on empiricism or experience, but also on the studies that come to us from scientific research, which tells us that "undulating" work is better than using a "linear" training system.
So periodizing is better than not doing it. If you go at random, you improve less.
If you go to the range only to shoot always and only in the same way, there is the risk of wasting time and not to produce the necessary psycho-physical adaptation.
In the logical organization, loading periods and unloading periods must obviously be foreseen, therefore periods in which you work a lot and periods in which you do "little" ... and then improve your performance at a later time.
And in this panorama, we obviously want to eliminate as much as possible the monotony of training that is always the same.

Let's also talk about a little physical preparation.
If I run for 75' (time not taken at random, but even a little less would be enough), I certainly won't the technical gesture of shooting, but if I run constantly I will certainly increase my physical efficiency.
So while I'm going to try to build some muscle tone, not to go to the Olympics to lift weights, but to better manage the pistol or rifle that I usually use.
Therefore I will have the possibility of "occupying" other technical aspects and not "worry" about getting too tired during the competition.
A note for women: being by nature less strong than men, they also have the problem that their strength degrades faster than males, so they should never underestimate strength training not necessarily to increase it, but to maintain it.

As far as the psychological aspects are concerned, I suggest you consult the post on the Mental Training of dr. Gramaccioni, which I covered earlier in this blog.
Dedicating 10-15 minutes every day in the morning and as many in the evening to mental training constitutes a fundamental practice for managing emotional aspects.

In conclusion, the training organization is a good way to plan and find spaces not only for the technical preparation (volume, intensity, frequency and density) but also for the physical and mental preparation, with the main goal to increase performance.

Last but not least, a brief reminder of reality: if an Athlete arrives at the competition physically and mentally "deconditioned", he cannot look for causes outside himself ...

And at this point I just have to wish everyone good job!

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