Sarah

We run a junior section in Broughton, and I've had some input up at Ambleside too.

The FMR Coaching courses will give you some more confidence about what you are doing. Graeme Woodward is the man to talk to about them. His details are on the FRA website.

6-12 is quite a range. Ambleside have that kind of range, we have two groups, 6-9ish and 9ish upwards. The Minis do a range of fun running activities, pretty much at the whim of the coaches on the night, sometimes driven by requests. Short sprinty type games, relays, chasing after frisbees, follow my leader in the woods, running down / or up a local MTB downhill course - all driven by fun and encouraging them to keep running.

With the older group we do a more structured schedule, you can see it at www.broughtonrunners.org.uk. Having this planned means that we don't have to make stuff up on the night.

Recently we split the group and I ran a sprinting group, which was fun. All those on the sprinting group beat their PBs on the time trial, which takes about 5-9 minutes, so running fast is good for you.

There are some examples of sessions on my coaching blog 223coaching.co.uk. Feel free to look, copy or comment.

If you like to talk about things, give me a ring, my number is on the blog under the Services tab.