German Weightlifting

Federation
Topics
• Structural changes of the German Weightlifting
Federation

• The „Athletikschule“
Structural Changes
• Federation divided in two corporations
• German Weightlifting GmbH (Shop, Education..)
• Leistungssport gGmbH (Performance Sport)

• Reason:
• Federations loose their non-profit status if earn to much
money
• Less financial support from the government
• Businisses outsourced
Structural Changes
• German Weightlifting GmbH
• Shop, Educational Affairs and Events
• 100% subsidiary company of the German Weightlifting
Federation
• 5% of sales go back to the German Weightlifting
Federation
• Leistungssport gGmbH
• Performance Sport Affairs
• Still a non-profit organisation
• Support from Government
• Sponsored by German Weightlifting GmbH
Structural Changes
• Benefits:
• Two seperated financial households
• Unlimited buisiness by German Weightlifting GmbH
• Profit Organisation
• No influence on governmental support to Leistungssport
gGmbH
• Still non-profit Organisation
• Cashback to Leistungssport GmbH from German
Weightlifting GmbH
Athletikschule
Athletikschule
• Youth development
program

• Talent identification
tool for Weightlifting

• Athletic training for

schools
Athletikschule
• Less kids in sports
• Less (talented) Kids in weight-
lifting clubs
• Lower U20 performance
• Also seniors
• Less success in international
competitions
Athletikschule
• Poor Performance in
Seniors due to:
• Less performance in
youth
• Less performance in
kids
• Kids entering a club for
WL:
• No fundamental
movements
• Less pullups, pushups
etc. than kids 20y ago
Athletikschule
Reasons:
• Focus on Education
• All-day schools
• Private tutoring
• Less Sports in school
• No time for sports

• Less time to play

• Playgrouds
• Climbing
• Running
• Cycling
• ..
Athletikschule
• Lack of basic motor
skills
• Lack of fundamental
movement skills
• Less:
• Endurance
• Strength
• Power
• Flexibility
• Coordination
Athletikschule
• High performance sport:
• Solid movement foundation
• Todays kids entering clubs without foundation
• Without basic foundation no chance to achieve high
performance
• Before learning weightlifting start w general training
• Get the kids to Basic FUNdamentals

• Athletikschule!
Athletikschule
• Athletikschule
• Strength & athletic
training
• Kids at age 8-12 years
• Consists of two parts
I. Test-Parcours
II. Training sessions
• Across all sports
• No specific WL
Exercises
Athletikschule
• Parcours:
• Consists of 8 exercises
• General movements
• Climbing
• running
• Jumping
• Balancing
• Crawling
• As fast as possible
• Evaluation of total time
• The quicker, the better
the movement skills
 More talented for sports
Athletikschule
Athletikschule
• Physical Education Class in Schools:
• First lesson → Parcours
• Then: Exercise sessions for general strength and athleticism of
the Athletikschule (prepared lesson schedules with exercises)
• After 5-10 exercise sessions → Parcours again
• Comparison of times before and after the exercise sessions
• Goals:
• General conditioning for all kids
• Talent identification
• Fastest Kids
• Kids with the largest improvement before and afterwards the
training sessions
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• Implementation in teachers education programm
• Every PED teacher does Athletikschule in his
lessons
• Every kid gets conditioning
• Level of motor skills of all kids gets raised
• Entrance level of kids coming into WL Clubs is
improved
• Early talent identification for sports without barbell
Athletikschule
• For Schools and
Weightlifting Clubs
• Kids who like athletic
training – sent to WL
club
• Coach uses exercises to
get further general
conditioning
• Accompanied by WL
Technique training
Athletikschule
• Benefits:
• FUNdamental training for all kids in schools
• Talented identification
• More kids coming to weightlifting clubs
• Tool for general training for coaches
• Training starts with athletics not just weightlifting
• Building the general foundation in kids for high
performace in senior age
Athletikschule
• Exercise Sessions:
• About 100 whole body
exercises
• Needed equipment is
standard in every school
• Fun oriented
• Game character
• Team exercises
• Variation in difficulty
Athletikschule
Athletikschule
• Implementation to
schedule of all PED
classes
• Accsess to thousand of
kids
• Huge pool for talent
identification
• More kids in WL clubs
• More successful senior
weightlifters..