4-week Running Technique Course - Improve Athletic Performance through better running!

SPEED’s 4 week (3 x week) summer running technique sessions for children and teens are designed to improve your child’s running technique using a variety of drills and exercises. Improvements in running mechanics not only increase your child’s on field performance and reduce the likelihood of injury, they will build your child’s self-esteem and assist in developing a life-long competence in running.

Course Price: $400

Adult Running Courses available too! Call SPEED at 6314-2313 for more details.


Get your Kids out and moving!! Summer Camps!

SPEED Summer Holiday Camps are a great way to keep your children active over the holiday season! Camps are offered weekdays in 3 hour or 1 hour blocks. SPEED summer camps include drills and activities that address key developmental areas in sports training and are conducted in fun and motivating environment. Advanced booking required. Please call SPEED Institute at 6314-2313.

3 hour camps: $80
1 hour camps: $40


Great Running Style – Genetic? Or Learned?

Do you ever notice how some kids run like the wind and others like they were knee high in mud?

Many think that running style is inherited and there's not much you can do to improve it other than to simply run more often. This is often the case in youth sports where athletes are made to run mile after mile. This however is not the best angle of attack. First of all, improved running technique can be taught and learnt. Secondly, by doing a lot of slow running incorrectly, kids only learn to run slowly incorrectly. Children should be taught that one of the most important things to concentrate on with running is movement economy. In other words, taking strides too big for your legs will exhaust you more quickly and swinging the arms in incorrect movements (ie.too much lateral movement) will use up valuable energy you should save for running.

Teaching running technique at the junior level is desirable for quite a number of reasons. The plasticity of the nervous system is high and therefore prone to accept biomechanical changes in movement. By embedding the correct movement patterns at a young age there is a greater chance that the athlete will take this efficient movement through to adulthood. This will significantly reduce the likelihood of movement related overuse injuries such as shin splints, and stress fractures and also ensure that they have a sound basis from which to develop strength, as their bodies develop. In teens and adult athletes, training programs will focus on the development of power to improve running economy through jump and plyometric training. Although highly effective for older teens and adults, this type of training is less optimal at improving speed in young athletes under the age of 12 - 13. Biomechanical considerations should be the primary focus in improving speed at the pre-pubescent level. Contact one of SPEED’s coaches or staff for more information and the day and times of running classes.

OSIM Triathlon Training for kids!

A great way to introduce your children to the lifelong enjoyment of triathlons! This 3 x 2 hour session’s preparatory program will walk your children through the ins and outs of triathlons including transitions and race strategy. Whether they are participating in their first race or this is one of many, young competitors will gain the confidence needed to perform their best while, having a great time!

Boys/Girls 7 – 9 years:
100m Swim, 5km Bike, 1km Run

Boys/Girls 10 – 12 years:
200m Swim, 10km Bike, 2km Run

Boys/Girls 13 – 14 years:
200m Swim, 10km Bike, 2km Run

Course Price: $200

For information on SPEED’s adult triathlon training programs, please contact us!


Know your numbers!

Body Composition Analysis and Wellness Evaluation is a great way to give yourself a baseline from which to gauge your progress! At the completion of the evaluation you will be given a detailed report of your results as well as how they compare to the general population. A sample report can be viewed at: http://www.speed-institute.com/report.pdf May we suggest scheduling your assessment before your group or one-on-one- training.

Assessment Price: $60