A question that parents
quite often ask is whether their children are required to attend
training.
Athletics is not a team
based sport that demands teamwork and knowing the game plan to get
selection on to the team. It is mainly a sport for individuals competing
against themselves, trying to improve their personnel best effort each
week.
On a running night there is not enough time to teach anything but the
basic skills, also some of the age managers are parents like yourselves
whose knowledge of track and field events is possibly out of date or
learnt in a rush.
There is nothing more demoralising for a young athlete to be fouled or
disqualified during an event when they believe that they have done
everything correctly.
Coaching will develop good skills and eliminate incorrect technique.
Children will pick up hints by watching others and copying and these
often need to be unlearnt.
Parents, age managers and officials will learn more about events and
this will help the club and the children as well.
As a club we offer training on Tuesday and Thursday nights from
6:30p.m to 7:30pm.
Our training is flexible and offers
coaching in an extensive range of Track and Field Disciplines. This
includes;
