PARTICIPANTS’ PROFILE & PRE-REQUISITES

Participants should work in the field of children’s athletics and should have experience in it. Teachers or their educators or coaches are ideally suited. They should be interested in supporting new ideas in children’s athletics.

CONTENT

The topics to be covered in the seminar include:

· Seminar Introduction

- Formal opening

- Personal introductions

- The IAAF – philosophy and structure

· Background

- Working with children

- Athletics as a “base” sport

- New materials and first experiences

- History and development of IAAF’s Kids’ Athletics Programme

· Description of Kids’ Athletics

- Video

- Philosophy

· Competition Overview

- Running events

- Jumping events

- Throwing events

- Endurance running events

- Age groups

- Standards

· Working with the Equipment

- First contacts

- Self-realisation

· Evaluation

- Evaluation of training

- Impressions and suggestions

- Scoring

· Organisation

- Venue

- Staff

- Rotation system

- Implements

- Scoreboard

- Teams and scoring

- Lists

· Preparation of a Kids’ Athletics Event

- Competition lists

- Organising judges and other personnel

- Facilities

· New Programmes

- IAAF Diploma

- Structure and organisation of Kids’ Athletics Tours

· Seminar Wrap-up

- Evaluation

- Formal Closing