Those who have been following the Hampshire Judo Academy project will be aware of the history of the project and the progress made to date. In 2011 we aim to speed progress and grow the activities and really start to help develop performance Judo in the Hampshire county.
The Hampshire Academy is a project to prepare young athletes physically and mentally for the higher levels of the sport of Judo. The focus is on teenage athletes from 12-18 years of age. We have recently incorporated as a limited liability company so as to give us a legal structure.
Our goal is to help athletes, this takes time, energy, people and sadly money. As such the academy needs to generate revenue to invest in the coaches, athletes and support staff. To this end, we shall be working on events and merchandise and of course delivering Judo in schools and clubs.
It is our aim to work with hampshire clubs and the coaches in those clubs to help ensure that their players are able to travel a scientific training programme. A programme that allows the player to develop in their own time and way. A programme that is unique to the individual athlete.
In the coming months we shall be working hard to contact all the clubs in Hampshire to discuss the academy and how they can help their players extend themselves and move to becoming athletes. It is important to us that players remain affiliated and loyal to their clubs. The club that plants the seeds of success should (we think) benefit when those athletes grow beyond the club and start to aspire for international glory.
We will also be extending the work we do in clubs and schools. This will include the direct delivery of coaching into schools and clubs as well as less direct activities such as helping clubs and club coaches with long-term planning and session planning. We shall also look to help find new opportunities for coaches to do what they do best.
This will help the academy become a viable entity financially. It will also help hampshire clubs and coaches financially. This will support the development work we aim to do with athletes. We will also be putting on events, such as the camp we attempted to arrange previously, competitions and training sessions are also on the cards.
If you are interested in the development of young Judo athletes in Hampshire, then please do get in touch with us. We need people of all sorts to help the project take shape in 2011.
