AME South Jersey Youth Triathlon Development Camp - August

This is a triathlon developmental camp for youth in grades kindergarten through fifth grade (ages 6-11). The camp is one-week long, four hours per day, Monday through Friday, with a mock triathlon on Friday. The goal of the camp is to build the skills and confidence to complete a youth triathlon. Each participant is also encouraged to register for DelMoSports Wild Child Triathlon, a local youth triathlon, which takes place the day after camp ends. Upon registration to our camp we will send you a discount code to register for Wild Child.

Your child does not need to have any prior experience in triathlons, this is open to all ability levels. This is a developmental camp to introduce children to the sport and develop their skills through games and structured play. Key components and fundamentals your child will build in this camp include:

• Building confidence and enjoyment in the water while learning basic swimming skills.
• Learning open water swim safety skills while reducing fear or anxiety of open water
• Learning bike safety and riding rules of the road
• Building fundamentals on the bike and improving bike handling skills
• Building enjoyment in developing speed and endurance in the run
• Building fundamentals and learning key pacing skills in the run
• Learning and optimizing transition skills key to race day

In addition to camp week, kids will receive a free email-based five-week training program leading up to camp week. These weekly emails will include home-based training and activities you can do with your child plus fun, short videos on different aspects of the sport.

*This camp is limited to 25 participants.

Dates and Times:

• Aug 21-Aug 25 (Monday through Friday)
• 9am-1pm each day

What you need:

• Bike
• Helmet
• Swimsuit
• Goggles
• Athletic style, close-toed and backed shoes for running

*Your child must be able to swim 25 yards of the pool (one length down) with or without a swim buoy/floaties to participate.

Swag:

• Polar Water Bottle
• AME Swim Cap
• Camp T-shirt (must register by August 1st to guarantee correct size for camp T-shirt)
• Cape May Running Co. Drawstring Bag
• Discounts towards triathlon-related gear and accessories through AME sponsors including Zoot, Blueseventy and Cape May Running Co.

USA Triathlon Sanctioned Club:

This is a sanctioned club through USA Triathlon.  All participants will receive a free USA Triathlon membership through registering for this program.

Financial Assistance:

If you need financial assistance to help cover program costs or to acquire a bike, helmet or other needed accessories please fill out this form to apply for a scholarship to the program: CLICK HERE.