Coaching – 2024/25
Welcome to the wonderful world of track and field!
A sport with something for everyone!
There is no better feeling for athletes than achieving a new personal best (PB’s) and seeing our athletes’ faces light up with pride is just a special for parents/guardians and coaches.
All athletes benefit from coaching whether they are new to athletics or an experienced competitor. Coaching provides opportunities to improve overall skill, strength and fitness so that achieving PB’s becomes a regular event.
Our coaching program allows athletes to learn and develop skills across multiple events offered through little A’s. At Ryde we provide coaching across sprinting, middle distance, hurdles, jumps and throwing events.
Many younger competitors show good athletic ability but need coaching to develop this natural talent to a level where they are proficient and can produce their best results. Often it takes a number of years to discover the event athletes are most suited to. Many of our state and national champions joined the club at an early age, competing in a variety of disciplines before finding their best event.
Our coaching program provides progressive coaching depending on your athlete’s ability and skill across a number of disciplines. Variety and quality are our focus.
For example: With our youngest athletes more emphasis is placed on developing athletic fundamental skills and competences needed to support them as they progress. At the outset, we aim to provide an inclusive environment where the breadth of athletics can be explored.
With practice children develop movement patterns and coordination, that progresses to developing technique, strength and fitness so that they can focus on the more technically challenging areas of the many events athletics has to offer.
COACHING FEES and FAQ’s
At Ryde Athletics our hybrid coaching model caters to all athlete abilities with a range of different coaching options available:
• Weekly Opt-In Coaching
• Event Clubs
• Holiday Clinics
WEEKLY OPT-IN COACHING: Starts September 2024 Cost: $40 per athlete
This small fee paid either at registration or online gives you access to the online booking platform SignUp Genius. Here you can select the training session(s), which suit your athlete for the coming week.
Once registered for coaching you will receive an email on to help you set up your profile and get access to the upcoming weeks sessions. Sessions for the following week go live on a Sunday and are booked on a first come first serve basis.
Coaching sessions are offered across all our Little A events including beginner (skills sessions) to more technical event-specific coaching sessions.
Payment can be done at registration or by revisiting the registration page and paying for coaching through the shop
WEEKLY OPT-IN COACHING INFO
Training sessions are run throughout the week (Monday – Thursday) afternoons at Dunbar Park over two blocks during the season.
Session times vary depending on individual coaches with multiple sessions being run each afternoon.
Athletes who opt-in for coaching will have a range of coaching sessions to choose from and will be required to use the weekly online sign up roster to manage athlete numbers per session.
Block 1: Training commences mid September over a 10 week period (with small hiatus during school holidays) and concludes the week of the Zone Championships being held in December.
Block 2: Will commence early 2025 and conclude the week prior to State Championships in March 2025.
NB: A parent or guardian must attend training to supervise their child/ren and be available to help with set up and pack away. Athletes attending sessions without a carer present will not be able to participate.
PRE PAID EVENT CLUBS: Start from late September 2024. Cost tbc.
Due to the high demand for some events and the technical aspects required for development in these events we are introducing small group Pre-Paid Event specific Clubs to compliment the normal weekly opt-in coaching.
These will be run over a 4/5-week block and will be limited to 8 participants.
When confirmed your athlete’s spot will be secured for the duration of the block and you will not be required to sign them up each week.
This will enable coaches to progress the groups faster and allows for maximal training opportunities with a smaller group.
Event Clubs are available for:
• Throws
• Hurdles
• Horizontal Jumps
Further information will be available in the coming weeks regarding how to join an event club should you wish.
HOLIDAY CLINICS: December & January School holidays
Our holiday clinics offer small group event-specific coaching for athletes in the events of their choice.
Coaching is available for throws, jumps and track events for each day across the clinics.
Groups will be limited to approximately 10 athletes per group to allow for quality content and training opportunities.
Spaces are limited so first in best dressed.
Further Information and Becoming A Coach
Coaching is an extremely rewarding experience, especially when a young athlete tells you through a huge smile how they achieved a personal best. The sense of achievement as your athletes improve is wonderful. New coaches are always welcome. We can assist with coach education and mentoring.
We will ensure that you feel part of the team. If you would like to gain some coaching qualifications and join our team as a coach, please email coaching@ryde-athletics.org.au
The LANSW website also lists coaching courses available throughout the year.
Coaching Team
The perfect blend of experience and youth ☺
Our coaches have many years of experience both competing and coaching their specific event/s and volunteer their time to develop future athletes in a safe and supportive environment.
This year we have a number of skilled senior athletes who excel in their events and will be joining our coaching team. They are mentored by the senior coaching team and provide a youthful and fresh approach for our club.
Click on our coaches photos for more information!