Changes in Teens Groups coming soon

Here's a reminder that there's no more training sessions at Deer Park until Wednesday August 27th. Last “session”, next week, is at the Midsummer Open at Blackridge Stadium (Podsmead Road, Gloucester) and I would encourage all parents to enter their Teen(s). Link to entry : here

NB Deadline to enter is Tuesday.

In line with the schools’ years, we will be moving some Juniors into the Teens, this has required the creation of a new Group : the “ Bears”s, so we will now six groups :

1. Bears - FUNdamentals to Foundation level transition, for our youngest Teens group members

2. Seahawks - Foundation Group for Teens still developing the basics of athletic performance

3. Lions - Foundation Group for our developing Teens who demonstrate capability in the basics of athletic performance

4. Vikings - Foundation to Events groups transition group for Teens who are reaching the stage where some degree of specialisation in Events would be appropriate. The assessment of which groups they are happens within Vikings

5. Giants - Endurance based Event Group, covering middle distance and beyond

6. Titans - explosive strength based Events Group, so focusing on sprinting, jumping and throwing

To help remind us all of which groups the individual Teens are in, I will be producing some Group based performance charts where the Teens will be able to see their previous best performances, so can tell, “on the night”, if they are improving (rather than asking me to remember this and tell them, which I can't!).

For the Foundation Groups : Bears, Seahawks and Lions, this will be based on the U13 Quadkids events : 100m sprint, 800m run, Long Jump and Howler Throw.

For the other Groups, this will be based on selected events relevant to the type of Group and in line with the England Athletics’ PB Awards standards, e.g. 300m for U15s and U17s.

Next time  how the Teens progress through the Groups