I have been running them for 12 yrs or so every winter and summer. First, a lot depends on the group size. I do intensive camps with less individuals for high level athletes(high school and collegiate football mostly). These camps have maybe 8-15 athletes. The acumen is based a lot on Charlies type of template. It’s easier to make finite adjustments with this group size. I do camps with 25-40 kids for younger individuals. Much of this is just learning basic warm-ups, proper mechanics, and developing work capacity. I time the older kid’s because they need to know where they are for testing and to gauge progress and map training. The younger kid’s I find get demoralized too easily by times. Like ESTI said, they know who is fast. That being said, I like to make them run in two’s as the competition seems to keep them more focused. This is just my experience. I may pair them up with a runner of similar speed or one slightly faster to push them to keep up. We have had a lot of success with this format. It’s great to have kid’s from 3rd and 4th grade through college. Not only is it nice from a planning stand point, but it’s very gratifying to see what was once a little kid grow into a collegiate athlete and young man and know that you have had much influence on his/her life. Hope this helps out.
Thank you for your input. I believe the age range will most likley be 13-17 or 18 but again I have no clue until we market it and get people signed up which won;t be until May or so.
I appreciate the words and advice speedcoach and ESTI, I may PM you for more questions if you don’t mind.