Training

 

Healthy Guide to Sport

 
This book provides a comprehensive plan that helps parents guide their children toward a healthy love of sports. It will show parents, and their kids, how to get involved in triathlon and other lifestyle sports that can be pursued for many years.
 
Triathlon is a fantastic endeavor for children because it promotes involvement in three lifestyle sports. No matter what the age, children who develop some skills in swimming, biking and running will be able to pursue any sport they would like when they are older.
 
Sport should be the most enjoyable, and educational, activity our children get to do. It should provide them with a positive feeling about themselves. It should teach them that they can improve themselves in all endeavors of life by working hard and persevering. A Healthy Guide to Sport will offer parents and children a plan to help them achieve that.
 
 

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Triathlon is a fantastic endeavor for children because it promotes involvement in three lifestyle sports: swimming, biking and running. Triathlon for Youth will help young athletes from 12- to 16-years-old to begin a competitive career in triathlon, but in a healthy way that will enable them to develop to their full potential. It will thereby help parents and their teenagers develop a healthy training plan that will enhance many aspects of their lives.
 
Sports provide children with many educational opportunities. Student athletes do better academically than students who aren’t involved in sports. A positive sports experience will enhance self-esteem for adolescents as they face many changes in their lives. Sport can teach them that they can improve themselves in all endeavors of life by working hard and persevering. It can teach them about the benefits of working as part of a team or training group. It can show them how much they gain in life by striving to achieve their goals. It can help them become good people.
 
This book will offer parents and adolescents a guide how to achieve this and how to make triathlon competition a healthy part of their lifestyle.
 
 

Iammultisport

 

Indianapolis, Indiana: Triathlon Camps and Clinics for Kids
Ages 6-15
Coach Shea Rankin– USAT Level 1 Certified, srankin@IamMultiSport.com
Camps and clinics for kids at various times and locations throughout Indianapolis. Please check www.IamMultisport.com for information.

I am MulitSport is committed to promoting the sport of triathlon for the youth in the local community. We are here to educate kids in sportsmanship, health and in the skills of multisport. The camps are fun and educational. Check our website for changing times and locations.
 

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St. Petersburg: St Pete Stingrays Youth Triathlon Team
Coach Karen Quilty, USAT Level 1 Coach, karenquilty@tampabay.rr.com, 727-827-1037
Ages 6 - 15
Practice times and location: We train one day a week in running and open water swimming at Northshore Beach in downtown St. Petersburg. Our second practice is located at various locations around St. Petersburg for bike and run training. We have met at the Sunshine Skyway, Ft. Desoto State Park, the Airport Park and more. We would love you to join us over the summer. Please call or email for summer times and locations.
 

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Tampa: Tampa Bay Tri Sports Youth Triathlon Club
Coach Dave Deschenes, USAT Certified Coach Level I, Certified USA Cycling Coach Level III
(727) 385-5611
Ages 10 and up
Tampa Bay Tri Sports (TBTS) is a family oriented, recreational triathlon club located in the greater Tampa Bay area of Florida. Our mission: Tampa Bay Tri-Sports is a USAT affiliated adult and youth triathlon club dedicated to the educational, coaching, and training pursuit of the sport of triathlon. TBTS also aims to connect general physical fitness, a healthy lifestyle and the sport of triathlon for youth and adult athletes.

Practices are generally on Monday and Thursday evenings from approximately 5:30 - 7:00PM. We practice at several locations: Taylor Park in Largo, Walsingham Park in Largo, the Long Center in Clearwater and at Indian Rocks Beach. Our Monday practices are generally geared towards running (form, technique, drills and distance) and conditioning (core and plyometrics). Thursday practices are generally focused on cycling or Open Water Swimming. The cycling practices focus on: transition drills, bike handling, safety, pack riding, pacelines, group riding. Most all of our kids participate on area swim teams to supplement the swim training.
 

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Tarpon Springs: Tarpon Total Fitness Kids Triathlon Camp
Coached by Celia Bubey, USAT Duathlon National Champion
July 13-17, Monday thru Friday 8AM to 12PM
$199 per child OR $349 for a family with two children
(727) 938-8551

For ages 6 and up.

While having a blast, children will swim, bike, & run each day. Your child will learn about pacing, bike maintenance, nutrition and much more. Complete training plans for the upcoming area children triathlons will be included along with instruction on each discipline of the multi-sport.. Come ready to swim, bike, run, and have FUN! Please bring, goggles, swim suit, bike, helmet, & running shoes.


CBS Evening News recently produced a segment about the growth of youth triathlon, which featured footage from the IronKids Raleigh event.  The show reaches approximately 3.2 million viewers. 

 

Click here to watch the segment!



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