Training

Six ways we coach, every one priced.

Speed and strength in the four age-band programmes, camps before the season, holiday days for younger athletes, sessions at your club or school, and an evening for parents.

Four teenagers doing agility ladder drills on an artificial pitch under floodlights at dusk, a coach watching with a stopwatch

All six

Speed and agility

Acceleration, top speed and changing direction taught as skills, with timing gates on the twenty-metre indoor lane.

Part of every programme, from £72 a term.

Strength for young athletes

Bodyweight and dowels first, dumbbells and kettlebells next, barbells last, and every lift signed off by a coach before the load goes up.

Part of the Developing, Performance and Senior programmes, from £130 a term.

Pre-season camps

Three days in late August to arrive at the first training session ready: fitness testing, speed, strength and a plan.

£75 for three days, 9am to 1pm.

Holiday academies

School holiday days for 11 to 14-year-olds: games, relays, speed, strength and a different sport every afternoon.

£22 a day or £95 for five days, 9am to 3pm.

Contracts for clubs and schools

Athletic development for a club squad or a school team, at your ground or in your sports hall, with your coaches.

From £60 for a sixty-minute session for up to twenty athletes, with two coaches.

Parents' information evening

A free hour once a term at the unit for parents and carers: growth spurts, training load, sleep, food and how we keep young athletes safe.

Free.

Programmes

The four age bands.

  • Foundations

    Ages 11 to 12 · 1 a week · 60 min

    Running, jumping, landing, throwing and catching, balance and bodyweight strength, taught through games and drills. No barbells.

    £72a term
  • Developing

    Ages 13 to 14 · 2 a week · 75 min

    Sprint mechanics, agility, landing and the first strength lifts with dowels, dumbbells and kettlebells, technique signed off lift by lift.

    £130a term
  • Performance

    Ages 15 to 16 · 2 a week · 90 min

    Speed, power and strength built around the athlete's sport and season, with barbell lifts once the technique is signed off.

    £150a term
  • Senior performance

    Ages 17 to 18 · 3 a week · 90 min

    A periodised plan around the athlete's competition calendar, testing each half term, and preparation for senior or university sport.

    £195a term

Book a free taster session.

A parent or carer books, tells us the athlete's age, sport and any health needs, and Owen or Ffion replies within a working day with a taster in the right group. Under-13s have a parent on site for the first session.