STRIDERS ENJOY EXPERT TRAINING FROM AN OLYMPIC COACH

George Skafidas, a U.K. Athletics coach from Greece, based at the renowned Loughborough University, has spent the last four weeks with Striders Juniors and shown them some expert techniques for track and field events.

The Skafidas sessions, swelled by an increase in numbers, have proved very popular and the Greek coach has been both helpful and patient as he showed the Juniors how to perform like the experts.

George keeping an eye on the way the athletes put into practice the training tips given earlier

Striders Seniors were treated to a session of bio-mechanics training and shown how top level athletes learn use positive and negative movements of their body to make a difference to their own running styles. The evening ended with a quick question and answer session and all involved found it very helpful. There was even mention of a return journey from the Olympic level coach in the future.