Endurance Handbook

AN INTRODUCTIONTO ENDURANCERUNNING

SECTION 9 ENGLAND

NATIONAL ASSOCIATIONS England Athletics strongly believes in an inclusive approach and that the quality of experience a young person receives in both the school and club environment is crucial to retaining them in the sport. With this in mind, we have been working in close partnership with Sportshall Athletics and QuadKids over the past few years to provide a comprehensive development plan which covers skills, awards and competition in schools, clubs and community environments. Both these modified formats offer a multi-skills approach which we believe is essential in athlete development and can easily be adapted to include disabled athletes. For more information please visit www.sportshall.org and www.quadkids.org.uk For more information about disability athletics www.englandathletics.org/disabilityathletics Athletics 365 is a multi-event, development programme for 8–15 year-olds which introduces athletes to the fundamental skills of athletics (vital to every sport). Athletics 365 focuses on developing the technical skills required to realise full potential and reinforces the importance of a good all round skill base. In addition to technical skills, Athletics 365 also looks at an athlete’s physical, mental and emotional development, as well as their lifestyle and social development. The Athletics 365 programme is broken down into nine progressive stages with each stage providing athletes with new and progressively more difficult challenges appropriate to their stage of development. For more information please visit www.athletics365.org WEB COPY ©EVEQUE WEB COPY ©EVEQUE Other Schools and Club programmes: Run in England is a community based running project which gives everyone an opportunity to get active and begin running for fun and fitness. Supported by Sport England, we are delivering community running groups across the whole of England. Delivered by the Run in England team, Run in England 3-2-1 is a community based initiative where we work with schools and local councils to provide safe measured courses in school grounds, parkland and open spaces. It isn’t about races or times; it’s about participation for all and offers support for complete novices. For more information please visit www.runinengland.co.uk

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