Quest
training teams for Challenge Events
Quest has
been training teams for Challenger World events since 1993. Quest training
helps teams improve their teamwork, technical skills, navigation, fitness
and get so much more from their preparation and participation in challenge
events.
January
2008 |
March
2008 |
March
2008 |
| 25
- 27 January
Salisbury
& New Forest
Event
1 - Team selection / building key skills / initial practice
|
14
- 16 March
Brecon
Beacons
Event
2 - Further skills/ practice / honing performance
|
29
March
New
Forest
Event
3 - Questars Race 1
www.questars.co.uk/raceportal/
|
May
2008 |
May
2008 |
July
& September |
| 9
- 11 May
West
Country
Event
4 - Competitive practice over Challenger type stages
|
31
May
Brecon
Beacons
Event
5 - Questars Race 2
www.questars.co.uk/raceportal/
|
19
July & 6 September
Cannock
Chase
Purbecks
Questars
Race 3 & 4
www.questars.co.uk/raceportal/
|
What are the
benefits of training for and participating in Challenge Events?
Why train for
the events?
Individuals, teams
and their organisations get a great deal more from the whole ‘Challenger’
experience by preparing and training well for the event.
Teams have time to acquire and develop
the necessary performance levels, which fall into four categories:
Quest has developed a comprehensive
programme of training geared to all levels of teams and individuals
entering challenge events.
Tell
me more about these four types of performance requirements and how Quest
can help
a.
Team performance
Top performing teams are well attuned teams who have reached the real
"performing" stage of Tuckman's
team model elements: “forming, storming, norming and then performing“.
This happens by a combination of the following:
- Correct selection of complimentary individuals
- Getting to know and trust others within a team
- Defining clear objectives and goals for team &
individuals
- Motivation to achieve
- Clear and concise communication
- Great team dynamics
- Excellent execution and delivery of results
Quest’s
training majors on these team performance areas through providing practical
experience and encouraging feedback within and to teams.
Skills
learned and practiced while training for and competing in corporate
competitions enable individuals and teams to return to the office with
greater confidence, capability and commitment.
b.
Technical performance
Quest provides a comprehensive range of skills training which includes:
- Personal preparation and organisation for the outdoors
including the right clothing, kit, diet and countryside awareness
- Moving over (progressing to running over) difficult
terrain and in varying conditions
- Micro navigation at day and night including effective
use of a compass
- Route choice and accurate assessment of time:distance
equations
- Creating a winning strategy for a stage from various
options and reviewing execution of this mid and post stage
- Mountain biking including necessary maintenance
and en-route repairs
- Canoeing, kayaking and other water based activities
- Construction tasks and exercises in physical dexterity
- Puzzles and mental alertness, expanding breadth
and depth of view and interpretation
- Quickly assimilating information and making trade
off decisions
c.
Fitness performance
A range
of assessment and performance improvement regimes are provided. These
enable individuals and teams to acquire the necessary levels of fitness
to enjoy challenge events and exceed personal fitness goals.
d.
Practice performance
By providing
many opportunities to practice new skills, and to test teamwork and
fitness Quest training reinforces learning and boosts performance. Activities
and full Challenge stages are created that mirror the types of stages
experienced in actual competition. Practicing hard alongside other teams
acclimatises teams to the real sense of competition.
Why
undertake Challenge Training with Quest?
-
Quest personnel have taken part in every CW UK Challenge since 1993
and have an unrivalled experience and passion for CW events.
-
Quest have trained teams with all levels of previous experience and ambition
including overall winning teams. In 2004 for instance four of the
top eight teams who qualified for the inaugural World Team Challenge
via the Microsoft UK Challenge were trained by Quest.
-
Quest personnel include members of past Microsoft
UK Challenge (MUKC) winning teams who are also active in a range
of outdoor activities and other competitive events.
-
Quest
training is intensive and practical. It will combine all the four
key performance areas. Therefore during a Quest challenge training
weekend participants will have improved their fitness, team and
technical performance by undertaking and practicing a range of fun,
challenging and highly rewarding activities.
What
type of training is available from Quest and when?
The training programme is modular and
progressive building performance over the preparation period.
The earlier teams start to train the
more they will enjoy the event, get more from the whole Challenger experience
and perform better. The chart below shows how the the programme builds
from November through to the May and how the various elements of training
develop. Different organisations choose all or some of these training
events from the overall programme.
The
following chart displays the training opportunities with Quest by month
and the underlying colour diagram represents the four elements of training:
Technical Skills, Teamwork, Practice and Fitness and how much emphasis
on each you will experience through the course of your training.
| January
2008 |
March
2008 |
March
2008 |
25
- 27 January
Salisbury
& New Forest
Event
1 - Team selection / building key skills / initial practice
|
14
- 16 March
Brecon Beacons
Event
2 - Further skills/ practice / honing performance
|
|
May
2008 |
May
2008 |
July
& September |
9
- 11 May
West
Country
Event
4 - Competitive practice over Challenger type stages
|
|
|
