Our Junior Academy is a great place to start athletics!

Aimed at athletes in school Year 5 to Year 10, Junior Academy sessions take place on:

• Tuesdays 6-7pm

• Wednesdays 6-7pm and 7-8pm

• Thursdays 6-7pm

• Saturdays 9-10am

All sessions take place at Yate Outdoor Sports Complex.

Under the supervision of our qualified coaching team, young athletes can experience a broad range of events, from sprinting and long jump to high jump and javelin, all at our fantastic athletics track. Athletes are split into smaller groups (by age) and the athletics activity will vary each week so that we can cover a broad range of athletic skills, ensuring that young athletes can experience all the run, jump and throw events. For those who just want to run, we have a run only session open to Y6+ aimed at improving speed and technique, before moving on to our sprints or middle distance groups as appropriate

Once you’ve got the hang of it you may want to focus on one or more specific disciplines, and we’ll introduce you to one of our Club Nights (Tuesdays & Thursdays) for specialist coaching.

We’ll also help you to try out your new skills in local competitions if you fancy it. You never know you may be the next Usain Bolt! And there will also be opportunities to compete as part of our Yate team in local or national league matches.