[ARCHIVE] Training Method for Founder's Run 2023

 

Sun, Jan 1, 2023, 2:48 PM
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STRATEGY FOR WINNING FOUNDER'S RUN

Founder's Run will take place on 10th February at Bukit Kiara, Kuala Lumpur which is near the Damansara Jaya campus. Therefore, the necessary steps that have to be taken: 

1) Target for full participation of athletes in Founder's Run 2023.

2) Target for all top 10 places for each year level and category in Founder's Run 2023.

3) Target for the majority of runners to finish within the first 30 minutes. 

REGISTRATION OF PARTICIPANTS FOR FOUNDER'S RUN

Regardless of Covid test status, all participants would have to register in order to participate and contribute points to Bullseye. We can provide the benefits of registering. Of course, many people will be tired to come to participate in the run as many would be tired of running and their legs will be pain. But the big momentum of the motivation is to make the Bullseye members a part of the victory by emphasizing on the patriotism of Bullseye and the history of the four year victory streak of 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022 in order to win in 2023. One of the ways to make the Bullseye members feel part of the victory would be to emphasize on each and every student's ability to come to a discussion and give their own ideas to the house and show their passion to Bullseye and solve their personal problems in order to achieve the victory.

SELECTION OF FOUNDER'S RUN ATHLETES

In order to achieve Option 2 and 3, a total of 100 athletes will need to be chosen from the entire crowd. There will be a total of 10 athletes from each category and year level, namely the male and female categories. This means a total of 20 athletes per year level, as there are 10 athletes to represent each category. So this means a total of 100 athletes taking into account all the levels. 

Nobel International School has a total of 26 students in 6 classes. This means a total of 156 students per year level and 780 students in the Junior and Senior School. Each house has 195 students, which means over half the house will be chosen as athletes. We can provide a buffer of 200 people but it would need to involve the whole house, so it is not feasible. Therefore, we can only aim for 100 as we need to accept the reality that not all will take part. 

Selection process would occur as follows: 

1) Athletics captains would open the athletics tryouts for track and field events for Bullseye members to try. 

2) If the Bullseye members pass the tryouts, they will not only qualify for their track and field event, but will also be added into Bullseye's priority Top 10 list for Founder's Run 2023. However if they were unsuccessful in their tryouts, they will be allocated to a second tryout opportunity to see if they qualify within a time of less than 25 minutes. If they do so, they will be added into the Top 10 list for Founder's Run. Those who failed will be added into the "Reserve Player List"

3) Regardless of athletics tryouts outcome, all of the participants will be trained by the athletics captain for the Founder's Run. Unfortunately, it only applies to the track and field events involving running events. However, for other events like high jump and shot putt, the individuals will be invited to the Founder's Run athletics training sessions if they failed their tryouts. 

4) The training regime will involve the standard regime of warm ups, warm up runs, strength training and other training just like any other athletics training and will be conducted by the athletics captain. The preferred time for 5km run is 20 minutes, while for 10km (if any), it will be 45 minutes. The athletes will be trained to not use the water station and not talk to their friends throughout the run. The ideal performance for a runner is to run 5km three times and complete all three within 20 minutes. 

Top 10 and reserve player list will undergo serious training and will be prioritized. 

Should the top 10 list be full, the remainder will be selected as reserve players. Players in top 10 who fail to perform accordingly will be switched with other reserved players