AME South Jersey Youth Triathlon Development Camp - June

This is a triathlon developmental camp for youth in grades kindergarten through fifth grade (age 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 the IslandKids Triathlon, a local youth triathlon, which takes place the day after camp ends.

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 of 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:

• June 19 – June 23 (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 June 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.