Running Club

[sprinterjones]

Hey, I want to start my own personal runnng club; basically training the local youth in sprints. I live in Santa Monica California. I am 33 years old and have sprinting experience behind me at a DIV I school. Any thought show I would go about doing this?

Do i need some type of certification? thanks! just doin what I enjoy best...living, running, breathing fresh air......

[Quarter Horse]

The first thing you'll want to do is get your club registered with your local USATF office.
https://www.usatf.org/clubs/application/download/

I always recommend ceritification for all coaches (whether for high school/USATF/AAU/...etc).
https://www.usatf.org/groups/coaches/education/

There are a lot of expenses and costs associated with running a track club so I would recommend looking for local sponsors (local shoe stores, banks, local health food store...etc).

Get a business bank account (checking/saving) under your track club's name. This helps for accounting and keeping your personal funds separate for tax purposes (you don't want those types of problems).

Recruit, recruit............recruit!!!

Best of luck!

[Kevin Richardson]

After looking over your web page, be sure and mention your resume when seeking sponsorship. The fact that you were self-coached, and so danged fast, ought to impress anyone. For one, I am looking forward to seeing how this works out for you.

Best of luck!