Project 2012

With this in mind, here at Momentum Sports we have chosen to take a more professional approach to the athletics of the elite athletes that we coach, with a view to giving them the best opportunity available to fulfill their talent come 2012.

We are not saying that we can create Olympic champions, just by providing a proper focus and back up to training, but with an environment where we look to an attitude of "no compromise" for our athletes then we believe they can go a long way.

In return for the athletes continued determination and dedication - coupled with their undoubted talent - Momentum Sports aims to provide a level of support for its athletes which as closely as possible fulfills all the needs an athlete has in the modern athletics arena.

This is a lot more than just top quality coaching, also including

Mentoring, Guidance and Schedule Management

Sports Masseurs - see below

Physiotherapists when necessary

Nutritionists

Sports Psychologists

and more besides

Most good athletes put far more time and resources into their sport than most people appreciate. Whilst track athletics is fairly simple (moving from A to B quickly) it does require specialised spikes, good trainers, decent kit, equipment (eg video analysis, blocks, stopwatches, GPS's, Heart Rate Monitors and more) - not to mention all the travel that is involved to get to meetings all round the country and sometimes abroad as well. We estimate an average athlete at this level spends between £1500-2000 a year on their sport.

Whilst we at Momentum Sports are happy to bear quite a number of the costs involved here - it is beyond our means to fund everything. Individual athletes bear many of the costs as do their often hugely supportive families, but if this is to be done as thoroughly as we believe is necessary, then extra sponsorship for the group is necessary.

If there are any potential backers for this project, please get in touch with us at coaches@momentumsports.co.uk and we will be happy to talk in further details about our plans. It is not a purely one-way street. In return for any help you can offer we'd be happy to advertise you, if you wanted, through both our website and on any appropriate kit purchases. Remember, Momentum Sports is one of the biggest running websites in the UK with over 40,000 visitors and 200,000 page impressions every quarter - so you will get good exposure.

2012 Athletes

Currently we have 6 athletes involved in this project who have shown over the last few years that they have the aptitude and dedication to achieve some top level performances by 2012.

We need to be relatively systematic about their inclusion as it is going to be a two-way street, with the supply of resources for these athletes needing reciprocal dedication and performance from them.

The group will therefore need to be fluid to an extent with each year more athletes who achieve high levels of attainment and show the potential to improve further being included and any not living up to expectation leaving the group.

If you are an athlete with aspirations to achieve high levels of performance over the next four years and might be interested in joining the program, please get in touch with us.

We would like to gain from your experience not only in terms of your providing massages for athletes in the group but also by helping the athletes to look after their own muscles better, from the viewpoint of self-massage, stretching and anything else that might help.

We have some funding available for this and will hopefully have more available soon, so why not get involved with preparing some talented and dedicated athletes to perform up to their potential?

If you are based near Kingston, SW London and this might interest you, please e-mail richardholt@momentumsports.co.uk and we can discuss an arrangement to suit us all.