This year indoor rowing replaced the bleep test as our baseline measure of fitness. One of the many benefits of this change was that it was much easier to engage overweight young people in rowing than in running.
All LYR Programmes and activity are evaluated and measured. This is important to us on several levels, it enables us to:
- track participation levels and progress of participants, and so demonstrate the effectiveness of what we do to sponsors and investors;
- give participants and athletes accurate feedback as to their development against fitness or performance goals;
- help schools and local authorities monitor progress against government targets around fitness and health
We also encourage young people to set and achieve goals for themselves, whether it’s competing against others in Indoor Rowing competitions or Rowing Regattas and Head Races, or competing against themselves by making progress in our Distance Award Scheme [DAS].
Club Data
- Participation Data
Each of our indoor clubs collect participation information, which provides a clear indication of the number of children involved and the on going commitment that they have demonstrated.
- Fitness and Anthropometric Data
In addition to this, fitness and anthropometric assessments are conducted twice in a 13 week period to measure changes in ability. Information gathered is processed and made available to club leaders in an easy to read format where they can specify the level of detail they require. School clubs often also wish to recieve this data in its raw form, to make some interesting performance calculations for the club members!