Warm up session (© IAAF)
In cooperation with the IAAF and the SEGAS, the Hellenic Olympic Committee organised a seminar on the IAAF Kids’ Athletics Programme on 20 - 21 March 2010. Conducted in the HOC premises, the seminar drew 47 participants who were for the most part coaches or PE teachers.
The two-day seminar comprised KA specific theory, workshops and practical sessions, and ended on a historical Kids’ Athletics competition on the site of the ancient stadium, the venue for diverse events since Antiquity and in particular, for the first modern Olympic Games. 36 kids split into six teams, were proud to take part in the competition in such a prestigious venue. As usual, they were given a Certificate by the General Secretary and the Treasurer of SEGAS, in the presence of the President of the HOC who had chaired the Opening Ceremony of the seminar.
At the end of the second day, the course participants have undertaken to implement the Kids’ Athletics programme in their respective schools and clubs. They received a Certificate of attendance during the Closing Ceremony under the scrutiny of the General Secretary of SEGAS. The Kids’ Athletics programme has won unanimous support. Incidentally, the feedback from the participants, the President of the HOC and the General Secretary of SEGAS, has been very positive about it. It’s odds on that the IAAF Kids’ Athletics will be very successful in Greece.
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