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USATF Foundation | Youth Club Grant YOUTH CLUB The USA Track & Field Foundation youth initiative seeks to support and expand high quality programs that attract diverse ethnic and socio-economic youth and that promote character building, education, active healthy and drug free behaviors, including event participation in track and field and cross country/road running.
The USA Track & Field Foundation considers providing opportunities for youth athletes to compete in track & field, a top priority. We encourage youth track clubs and programs from all areas of the United States to apply for financial assistance. GRANT PROGRAM YOUTH CLUB GRANT PROGRAM Apply Today Donate Now The USATFF provides opportunities for youth athletes to compete in track & field.
We encourage clubs and programs from all areas of the US to apply. Our youth initiative seeks to support high quality programs that attract diverse ethnic and socio-economic youth and that promote character building, education, active healthy and drug free behaviors, including event participation in track and field and cross country/road running.
Donate Now Apply Today The Foundation favors the use of grant money to expand existing youth programs/clubs, to provide additional competitive opportunities for children and to enhance the experience for all participants. Preference is given to clubs that are based in low-income areas. It also favors programs that have a history of solid financial management, multiple funding sources and community support.
Allowable expenses include equipment, uniforms, meet fees, travel, facility rental, staff and volunteer training, and outreach. Requests for funding for coaching and/or administrative salaries are not allowed.
The USA Track & Field Foundation does not discriminate, in its youth club grant selection process, on the basis of race, color, national origin, creed, marital status, sex, disability, age, gender identity or sexual orientation of any club member or staff. Coaching Tips from Director, Martin Dugard First and foremost, running should be fun. Do not use running as a punishment.
Encourage children to participate and try their best. Emphasize good technique. Teach youth good form early and help eliminate bad habits such as excessive arm movement, twisting of the upper body, or over striding.
Focus on participation and self-improvement. In elementary school, running should be about participation and developing a healthy lifestyle, not about being the fastest kid in the school or program. Save competition for middle and high school aged students.
Consider individual differences. Avoid a one-size-fits-all running program. Accommodate for differences in abilities within the group.
Children mature both physically and emotionally at different rates, and this will factor into their ability to participate in running. Limit systematic training and competition before puberty. Before puberty children are rapidly growing and changing.
Excessive, systematic training may interfere with normal growth and cause injury in a child. Between the ages of 3 and 9, encourage regular exercise, which can include organized running for fun as outlined in the Kids Run the Nation Program Guide for Teachers, Coaches, and Program Directors.
Around the age of 8 to 12, children may enjoy participation in a more organized running program that has a more systematic training environment that lasts two to three months. Around the age of 12 for girls and 14 for boys, key developmental changes will enable students to slowly increase training distance and duration leading to participation in a systematic and competitive training environment. Increase running workload gradually.
Running workload includes volume (distance), intensity (speed or effort), and frequency (number of days a week). Just like with adults’ running training, children should start a running program with a low-volume, low-intensity plan and limit frequency to a couple of days per week. Workload should increase over the duration of the program, but should remain appropriate for the individual runner.
Participate in age appropriate running events. Running in a kid’s fun run or youth track event can be a great experience for kids. For children 5 and under focus on “dash” events that range from a few yards to 400 meters.
For children 5 and over, kids fun runs that are a ½ to 1 mile long may be considered, but allow for a combination of running and walking. Children ages 12 and over may want to participate in a 5K run. Children ages 15 and older may want to participate in a 10K to half marathon event.
Children 18 and older may want to participate in a marathon or further distance. These are general guidelines and the distance a child can physically and emotionally tolerate will depend on the individual, however longer distances (10K and over) should wait until after puberty.
SOURCE: Training for Young Distance Runners written by Larry Greene, PhD and Russ Pate, PhD Gratitude From Our Youth Clubs Please accept my sincerest thanks for your continued support of Superior Track & Field. Our program has been a huge asset to our community and it would not have been possible over the years if it were not for the Foundation’s support.
Amy Manson - Superior Track & Field Park Flyers Track and Field is so very pleased to be awarded the USATF Foundation Youth Club Grant! This award will ensure we can continue our club's mission to provide greater opportunities for athletes who otherwise would not have the means. Thank you very much for helping us offer a platform to improve the lives of our youth and athletes!
Minnesota's Park Flyers Track & Field - Devin Snyders, President On behalf of DC Select Track and Field Club, we would like to express our sincerest thanks for awarding the team the USATF Foundation Youth Club grant. We are very excited and appreciative of this opportunity to take the team and athletes to the next level.
DC Select Track and Field Club - Kim Scott The Lightning Spikes Track Club would like to thank you for bestowing this grant to our club. This grant will provide much needed assistance with helping us achieve our goals this year. Lawrence Yamini - Lightning Spikes Track Club On behalf of Park Flyers Track and Field, I would like to sincerely thank you and the USA Track & Field Foundation for awarding our club a Youth Club Grant.
The funds will go a long way toward helping us continue to build this sport and our mission on many levels. We will now have the good fortune to provide our athletes a wonderful experience and look forward to the opportunity to do so. Devin Snyders - Park Flyers Track and Field On behalf of the Lightning Spikes Track Club, we thank you for your generous contribution to our track club!!
It is much needed and much appreciated!! Lightning Spikes Track Club - Lawrence Yamini Need financial support from our Foundation? The USATF Foundation provides a means to attract and guide funds to new and innovative track and field programs with an emphasis on providing opportunities for youth athletes, emerging and experienced elite athletes, along with guidance on future career paths.
The Foundation depends upon donations from its Board of Directors, major gifts, and from generous fans of track & field. Elite athletes are supported by the Foundation via monetary grants, career counseling (mentoring and jobs) and participation in Run With US!. Youth athletes are supported via monetary grants to youth clubs.
For more information, or to contribute to the USA Track & Field Foundation, Click Here or contact Tom Jackovic at (412) 398-2484 or tjackovic@usatffoundation. org .
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