Athletics / Track and Field at Home for Junior Athletes
What you'll learn
- How to train for athletics from home in a variety of events, so junior athletes are ready to take their performance to a track when appropriate.
Requirements
- No - except being healthy and keen
Description
In this course we introduce skills for every athletics event - including all the running, jumping and throwing events.
Learn to sprint start, how to improve you top speed, get better fitness, hold a pole vault, do some hurdle exercises, throw a shot putt and lots more.
The content of the course will provide content for about 2-3 months of athletics activities with the athlete training twice a week and provide any youngster with a great start in this fantastic sport.
Each event has skills we can learn at home or in a small area (eg a local park).
The equipment needed will all be stuff from around the house (eg. a broomhandle).
Who this course is for:
- Junior athletes from the ages of 6 to 18
Course content
- Preview01:47
- 01:58Introduction
Instructor
We are a company of athletics coaches, with 20 years experience of coaching all ages and abilities. We have coached literally thousands of athletes over the years - so we know we can help you too.
Head Coach Richard Holt (pictured in the logo) set up the company in 2000 and has been leading it ever since. He is a UK:Athletics qualified coach, has coached athletes from total beginner through to elite level and is also an athlete himself having won national age group titles as both a junior and Masters athlete.