Lessons | BETTER BIATHLON

LESSON PLANS

The plans below are meant to be used as a guideline to help you design your own practices. They are designed to encourage athlete engagement and meaningful questions for the athletes to learn. They are listed in the order created, but of course could be mixed and matched to work best for you and your team. They are all roughly 1.5 hours with the same timing to help athletes get into a consistent practice pattern.

10 minutes – Discussion Points/Important Questions

15 minutes – Range Preparation, Zero, Confirm

35 minutes – Combo Practice Working on Session Focus

25 minutes – 1 Skill/Drill and 1 Game Based on Focus

These could be suitable for athletes aged 9 to 13 with some adaptation for each group.

DATE

LESSON 1

INTRODUCTION/SAFETY

First night at training and introduction to biathlon.

LESSON 2

POSITION

Fundamentals of Position

LESSON 3

PARENT HELPERS

Recruiting and Educating Parent Helpers

LESSON 4

BREATHING

Fundamentals of Breathing

LESSON 5

SIGHT PICTURE

Fundamentals of Sight Picture

LESSON 6

POSITION AND GROUPING

Fundamentals of Position

LESSON 7

CORRECTING SIGHTS

Teaching young athletes how to correct sights.

LESSON 8

NATURAL ALIGNMENT

Fundamentals of Natural Alignment

LESSON 9

TRIGGER CONTROL

Fundamentals of Trigger Pull

LESSON 10

DISTRACTION

Training with distractions and strategies to overcome.

LESSON 11

THEME: HALLOWEEN NIGHT

A Fun Theme Night

LESSON 12

THEME: CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS

A Fun Theme Night

LESSON 13

AIMING CONTROL

Sight picture and aiming on lines.

LESSON 14

FOCUS

Where should the focus be during shooting and timing the shots.

LESSON 15

PRECISION

Working on accuracy and learning how to do a precision test.

LESSON 16

BREATHING HARD

Practicing breath rhythm with a high heart rate.

LESSON 17

SHOOTING UNDER PRESSURE

Process vs. Outcome focus and how to utilize them in races.

LESSON 18

CUE WORDS AND SHOT RECALL

Using cue words to focus and how to tell where your shots went.

LESSON 19

HEAVY TRIGGER PRESSURE

Teaching how to load the trigger and follow through with shots.

LESSON 20

PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER

How to be efficient and purposeful with your training as a biathlete.

LESSON 21

TRACKING AND RIFLE CONTROL

How to track for consistency between shots and autonomous set-up.

LESSON 22

SPEED POSITION

Getting in and out of position efficiently and shooting quickly.

LESSON 23

MENTAL TOUGHNESS

Training grit and mental toughness through focus.

LESSON 24

WIND AND RANGE ANALYSIS

Range entry assessment and fundamental wind analysis.

LESSON 25

QUIET EYE

Teaching athlete gaze point on target.