TRAINING > Earn Your Stripes
At TIGER ATHLETICS, you earn it. You earn the right to be fit. You earn the right to train. You earn the right to be great. You earn the right to be your best. We earn our stripes.
How it works:
Athletes move from one rank to another by testing and training with their coach. Tests focus on everything that the athlete learned up to their last test, plus everything new the coach has been training them since, ensuring the athlete is constantly building on his/her skill set. When an athlete passes, they move on to the next rank, signifying the amount of time the athlete has spent training and typically their level of skill.
Tiger Orange = Level 1 - ENTRY LEVEL of youth/adult participation
Congratulations on taking the first step to elevating your performance, your game, your fitness level, your health. Earn your stripe by gaining the fundamentals of athletic development: fitness assesments, training sessions, class packs, team training, youth SAQ training, pre-school programs, camps.
Tiger Yellow = Level Two - IMPROVEMENT & ACCOMPLISHMENT
You are no longer a beginner, you have moved to the next level. You didn't think you could, but you did. Earn your stripe by: being a leader and role model to the beginner athletes; achieve a specific goal that you set with a Tiger Trainer; improving skills, drills, and cardio endurance; being consistent with your training and showing up; participating in fun runs such as 5K's, 10K's, or specific events established between you and your Tiger Coach.
Tiger White = Level Three - EXCELLENCE
To take your best to the next level, you must have the fundamentals mastered to advance. It feels good, you are proud and inspiring to others. Earn your stripe by: training consistently (3+ months) for a goal, event, or team & individual season training; beating PR's (personal records); achieving weight loss goals; participate in races and athletic events of any active sport combination; or an event established between you and a Tiger Coach.
Tiger Black = Level Four - MASTERY: The Tiger Elite Level
You've accomplished all levels, but want more because you know you can do better. The bar has been raised and you want to rise above it. Put your performance to the test recreationally or competitively. Earn your stripe by: coaching, leading, inspiring, motivating and teaching other athletes; being selected as team captain; winning team championships and tournaments; being recruited by an university athletic program; beating prior PR's (personal records); registering for advanced races and athletic events of any active combination; train with Tiger & participate in the Tiger Athletics Fitness Challenge (to be launched in 2011 - youth & adults) and/or the bi-annual Tiger Athletics Mexico Adventure Cross-Fit Trips (youth & adults).
CAUTION: Ranking does not signify the end of your training, rather the beginning. It shows the maturity and development of an athlete in their respected life sport. Want more?
Tiger Game On = You can always do better
Think you can and you will. Set higher goals individually and/or for your team with your Tiger Coach. Train harder and smarter to be better. How many Tiger Black bands can you earn? Beat your best and find out. Collect them and date them, you earned them! Goals are boundless, game on.
