Crew Nigeria Athletics has intensified preparations for the upcoming Commonwealth Video games as their six-week first-phase coaching camp entered its second week in Asaba, with athletes and coaches reporting optimistic progress.
The camp at Stephen Keshi Stadium brings collectively a mixture of seasoned campaigners and rising skills, with a phased programme designed to regularly construct health, technical ability, and staff cohesion.
Head Coach of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN), Solomon Aliyu, expressed satisfaction with the camp’s progress, noting that the preliminary section focuses on normal conditioning earlier than transitioning into event-specific drills. “To this point, so good. The camp is in three phases, and that is the primary. The response from athletes has been encouraging,” Aliyu stated.
Morning periods emphasize endurance and energy, whereas evenings are dedicated to technical refinement, velocity work, and event-specific workout routines for sprinters, jumpers, throwers, and hurdlers. Aliyu highlighted the significance of diet, restoration, and psychological preparation along with bodily readiness.
A number of athletes are but to affix the camp as they take part within the Niger Delta Video games, however their arrival within the coming weeks will full the squad, making certain full participation within the closing phases of the primary section.
Athletes on the camp expressed optimism and focus. Footballer Chidera Ezeakor and hurdler Musa Knowledge Nice are amongst these decided to translate rigorous coaching into medals, whereas youthful athletes like Jenet Sunday and Valuable Uduvweghre view the Video games as a platform to announce themselves on the worldwide stage.
The teaching staff, together with Gabriel Okon (sprints & relays), Ken Onuaguluchi (throws), Kola Adebayo (vertical jumps), George Obiano (horizontal jumps), and Esabunor Mavouh, has praised the professionalism and self-discipline of the athletes.
Medical and help workers, together with Derrick Akhafa, Francis Eramu, and chaperon Olapade Lawal, have been credited with sustaining optimum camp situations, whereas the secretariat, led by Taldang Tanimu, ensures clean operations.
With 4 weeks remaining within the first section, the AFN is assured that the phased coaching technique will fine-tune Crew Nigeria Athletics for a robust medal competition on the Commonwealth Video games, reinforcing Nigeria’s ambitions to reclaim dominance in observe and subject.
