Training Camp Advice

Reference:  D/CSSB 1104 dated 5 May 2006

Training camps are to be structured to enhance the fitness and skills of established sportsmen and women in preparation for a specific event.  They will, therefore, be limited to those participants who have the proven ability, or potential to benefit from high quality training and coaching in an environment not available in the UK.  In order that a common rationale can be applied to training camp applications, the following criteria will be used:

1. Applications must be forwarded through the relevant Combined Services or Single Service Association having first been properly scrutinised.
2. Particpants must be members of the Association's representaive squad with the potential to compete as part of the representative team.
3. Training camps must be designed around a properly structured training and conditioning programme supported by a suitably qualified coach/trainer.
4. The training camp must have a clearly identified objective and be specifically targeted at an event of at least Inter Services standard.
5. The timing and location of the training camp must have a direct bearing on the event being targeted.