Maties Swimming benefits greatly from HP programme : 2016-03-23
After only one year as part of the Maties Sport High Performance programme the Maties Swimming team won the USSA overall swimming competition for the first time since 2008.
Up until recently the swimming club has run its own OPEC and self-funded HP programme that produced two Olympians and four Paralympic medals in 2012. “The Maties Sport HP program has allowed the Swimming club to expand this program in terms of the number of swimmers being able to access HP services,” said Pierre de Roubaix, head coach at Maties Swimming.
“The HP program also gives us the ability to provide services that were not affordable before. This includes the ability to provide more specific swimming programmes for different specialist swimming groups. It also allows us to provide additional support during training with regards to Sport Science, recovery and strength and conditioning. During competition we are now also able to provide massage therapy as well as video analysis that was not always possible before.”
Since the new 50m Olympic standard pool was taken into use the club has grown significantly and according to De Roubaix it is nearing its capacity. The goal for 2016 is to stay the number one University team in the country, but it wont be easy. “Tuks will be out to beat us after their defeat last year.”
The main goal of the Maties High Performance programme is not only to take sport at the Stellenbosch University to the next level, but also to help the students become national and international stars. Along with swimming other sports in the programme include rugby, hockey, athletics, netball, soccer, cricket, Paralympic athletes and various individuals from sports not incorporated in the programme yet.
The Maties HP programme consists of three main categories: Performance Management, Performance Enhancement and Athlete Empowerment. There is also Sports Medicine. Performance management is planning, monitoring and evaluation of the high performance programme custom developed specifically for the team, coach and/or athlete and includes quality insurance and special event training programme for tournaments like USSA. Performance enhancement involves strength and physical conditioning, performance analysis, vision and decision training and testing. These training sessions and tests are lab and field based. Player empowerment entails sport-related mental skills training and knowledge development. There is also special academic and development support. Athletes can also rely on a long-term sustainable academic programme. The High Performance programme is focused on the player as a sportsman/woman and a student.
At its heart the High Performance programme is about attracting and retaining top athletes and coaches to an inclusive holistic and elite training environment that will offer them the opportunity to achieve at national and international levels.
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Maties Swem baat baie by HP-program
Na slegs een jaar as deel van die Maties Sport Hoë Prestasie-program het die Maties swemspan die USSA-titel vir die eerste keer sedert 2008 gewen.
Tot onlangs het die swemklub sy eie OPEC en HP-program gehad en het twee Olympiese swemmers en vier Paralimpiese medaljes in 2012 opgelewer. “Die Maties Sport HP-program het toegelaat dat die swemklub die program kan uitbrei in terme van die aantal swemmers wat toegang tot HP dienste het,” Pierre de Roubaix, hoofafrigter by Maties Swem, gesê.
“Die HP-program gee ons ook die vermoë om dienste wat nie bekostigbaar voor die tyd was nie nou te kan voorsien. Dit sluit in die geleentheid om meer spesifieke swem programme aan verskillende spesialis swemgroepe te verskaf. Dit laat ons ook toe om addisionele ondersteuning te bied ten opsigte van sportwetenskap, die herstelproses en krag en kondisionering. Tydens die kompetisie is ons nou ook in staat om masseerterapie asook video-ontleding, wat nie altyd moontlik was vantevore nie, te voorsien.”
Sedert die nuwe 50m Olimpiese standaard-swembad in gebruik geneem is, het die klub aansienlik gegroei en volgens De Roubaix nader dit nou sy kapasiteit. Die doel vir 2016 is om die nommer een Universiteit-span in die land te bly, maar dit sal nie maklik wees nie. “Tuks sal daarop ingestel wees om ons te klop na hulle nederlaag verlede jaar.”
Die hoofdoel van die Maties HP-program is nie net om sport by die Universiteit Stellenbosch na die volgende vlak te neem nie, maar ook om die studente te help om nasionale en internasionale sterre te word. Saam met swem is van die ander sport in die program rugby, hokkie, atletiek, netbal, sokker, krieket, Paralimpiese atlete en verskeie individue van sporte wat nog nie in die program opgeneem is nie.
Die HP-program bestaan uit drie hoof kategorieë: Prestasiebestuur, Prestasie-verbetering en die bemagtiging van atlete. Daar is ook mediese ondersteuning. Prestasiebestuur is beplanning, instandhouding en evaluering van die hoë werkverrigting-program spesifiek ontwikkel vir die span, afrigter en/of atleet. Dit sluit in gehalte versekering en ‘n spesiale geleentheid-opleidingsprogram vir toernooie soos USSA.
Verbetering van prestasie behels krag en fisieke kondisionering, prestasie-ontledings, visie- en besluitneming-opleiding en toetsing. Hierdie opleidingsessies en toetse word in die laboratorium en op die veld gedoen. Alteet-bemagtiging behels sportverwante geestelike vaardigheidsopleiding en kennisontwikkeling. Daar is ook spesiale akademiese en ontwikkeling-ondersteuning. Atlete kan ook staatmaak op ‘n langtermyn-volhoubare akademiese program. Die HP-program is gefokus op die atleet as ‘n sportman/vrou en ‘n student.
In sy kern gaan die HP-program oor die lok en behou van top atlete en afrigters in ‘n inklusiewe holistiese en elite opleidingsomgewing en om hulle die geleentheid te bied om op nasionale en internasionale vlak te presteer.
