Five Rings

Success is not achieved by winning all the time. Real success comes when we rise after we fall. I am grateful for all my victories, but I am especially grateful for my losses, because they only made me work harder.

No one starts out on top. You have to work your way up. Some mountains are higher than others, some roads steeper than the next. There are hardships and setbacks, but you cannot let them stop you. Even on the steepest road, you must not turn back. You must keep going up. In order to reach the top of the mountain, you have to climb every rock.

Champions aren’t made in gyms. Champions are made from something deep inside-a desire, a dream, and a vision. They have to have the skill and the will.

Everyone wins and everyone loses every now and again. If we didn’t experience a loss we would never know what we are capable of. The important thing to remember is:

You don’t really lose when you fight for what you believe in. You lose when you fail to fight for what you care about.

Aim for success not perfection. Never give up your right to be wrong, because then you will lose the ability to learn new things and move forward with your life.

Achievement is the knowledge that you have studied and worked hard and done the best that is in you. Success is being praised by others, and that’s nice too, but not as important or satisfying. Always aim for achievement and forget about success.

Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm.

The above quotes have been made by “successful people”. It is an effort to highlight that success is relative. It is relative to the goal and the individual who sets that goal. As we move along the path to achievement/success there will be many stepping stones, each with their own outcome/goal.

It is as well to remember that one person’s idea of failure will more often than not be another person’s idea of success.

This section is an effort to highlight some of the priorities and elements that contribute to achievement/success.

It will contain ideas and advice from many different areas and will hopefully prove to be a useful nurturing tool.

Achievement/success often means being in the right place at the right time doing the right things.

There is a direct and clear pathway, lead by an understanding that it is vital the majority of what we do is acknowledged as experience from which we learn to improve.

Introducing new elements in a structured and logical way will enhance the experience and is commonly known as “nurturing”.

Retention is very much dependant upon the understanding that during early development a solid base of fun and social skills needs to be formed which enhances the ability to introduce many of the basic skills related to success.

As performances progress, decisions and a need to build upon the base become more and more evident.

The base is already set because there is a need to be armed with many elements in order to progress in life.

We all possess the basic elements however it is identifying the path of success and applying those elements within the same basic, structured development pathway that will enhance your chances of realizing your potential.

As you learn and progress towards your goal it is important to recognize the need to add to the structure and implement those elements that will enhance the progression.

It involves the ability to partake in an event with minimal coaching/instruction and perform at an above average level.

Talent is not an element that can be improved it is the single element that is born and bred and can only be compromised if all the other elements needed to succeed are not explored and developed to a greater degree. The link below provides the following quote:

“We have a natural raw talent to create our experiences which is happening all the time. In most cases it isn’t deliberate or focused; therefore it gets created in a way that is scattered and haphazard. It is a little like wandering around aimlessly and hoping to turn up someplace worthwhile.

Well everybody has to have someplace, so we do turn up, but when we arrive, all too often we look around and say. “What’s this? This is not where I want to be”. So we wander off once again, hoping all the while that we’ll get to someplace better….and the cycle continues, and the world goes round and round.

Fortunately with each new departure and each new arrival we learn, so the journeys are not without value. And then one day we have learned enough to imagine a better route. We ask ourselves, “What if I planned the trip, visualized the destination, choose the sights and experiences along the way. Might I then learn what I want to learn, see the things I want to see, and arrive at the place that I have been longing for?

Yes, this is the way we can purposefully create our dreams, by making the choices that support those dreams and progressing steadily and confidently in the direction of those dreams. Remember, what happens “to” us and around us is not nearly so important as how we respond, relate and react to these events.”

Developing and introducing Elements

The development of athletics in Britain are based around the Five Rings model.

The introduction of Fundamental skills is an important aspect of the base and is continually practiced and developed throughout the career of an athlete.

Drills and skills will develop and contribute more to the performance as physical conditioning and strength are progressed.

To focus and build on fitness and increase work capacity - volume

To teach basic learning patterns by learning and perfecting technique to prepare for the high intensity work to follow. This applies to all training.

To build and strengthen the integrity of joints by strengthening muscles, ligaments, tendons around the joints to prepare for key work.

To teach correct warm up patterns to enhance co-ordination. (Drills)

To produce a training effect which increases capillarization, mitochondria and increase the use of fat as a primary energy force - aerobic.

As with any aspect of programming Physical Conditioning must follow the path of identification, creating a simple base and slowly layering that base into a stronger foundation using progressive and developing methods.

Physical Conditioning enhances your chances of performing to your maximum potential whilst reducing the risk of injury.