Athletics At Grassroots Level

Discussion in 'Miscellaneous Sports' started by falcon_91, Aug 25, 2010.

  1. falcon_91

    falcon_91 Pro Bowler

    I'm trying to help a friend out who is doing their international study(remember i'm English) on American Athletics grass roots and how they are organised and funded,
    I already explained the bits i know about like scholorships but outside of that i don't know a whole lot so can anyone help out.
    These are the points that need to be addressed
    what support and provision there is for grassroots (elementary school -> highschool / local clubs).
    Schools competition structure, e.g. interschool/state events
    Are there any sport camps that focus on track and field and how kids can go about getting onto them
    Funding for the camps/competitions(both of the organisers and competitors)
    Hope that makes sense, and any help is muchly apprechiated :)