EDITORIAL
Lenford G. Levy (JAM)

MESSAGE FROM THE AREA REPRESENTATIVE
Neville "Teddy" McCook (JAM)

RDC REPORT
Lenford G. Levy (JAM)

SPEED AND POWER-ORIENTED TRAINING FOR YOUNG ATHLETES
Dr. Gudrun Lenz and Dr. Hans Jürgen Frolich (Germany)

ENDURANCE TRAINING FOR THE TEENAGER ATHLETE

Editorial

This year our senior athletes will see competition mainly on the Grand Prix and Golden League circuits, complemented by the Commonwealth Games, NACAC U 25 and in the latter part of the year the World Cup in Athletics and the CAC Games.

Meanwhile, Junior Athletes will have a heavy schedule of regional and international competitions, culminating with the World Junior Championships (WJC) in Kingston, Jamaica from July 16 21, 2002. The season started with a highly successful CARIFTA Games in Bahamas at the end of March for the Caribbean zone. The 31st edition of these games, organized by the Bahamas Association of Athletics Associations (BAAA) was highlighted by the presence of the IAAF President, Lamine Diack. Twenty one (21) nations competed over three days of keen competitions, of which 17 won medals. Jamaica continue, to maintain dominance at this level, on having crowned as the overwhelming champion with a haul of 67 medals. However, not to be outdone, their regional counterparts from Trinidad, Grenada and host Bahamas also took their share of the glory.

Meanwhile, the Central American zone celebrated their Junior Championships May 25 26 in Guatemala City, a competition of much less intensity and caliber in comparison with their Caribbean counterparts.

The build up for Junior Athletes to the World Junior Championships (WJC), continues with the staging of the Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Junior Athletic Championships in Bridgetown, Barbados from July 5 7, 2002. This promises to be a highly competitive event as the region's top juniors demonstrate their level of preparation in vying for places to the Worlds in Kingston, just 10 days prior to the main event.

In order to develop camaraderie and overall preparedness for the WJC in Kingston, the RDC San Juan in collaboration with the Amateur Athletic Association of Barbados, CACAC and NACAC is planning a camp in Barbados after the CAC Championships. All athletes and coaches destined for the World Junior Championships will be invited. We trust that all national federations will seize the opportunity to participate, with a view to enhance the quality of their participation in this year's Championships.

The 2nd. edition of the NACAC under 25 Championships in San Antonio, Texas (August 9 11) will show the standard of our continents' athletes at the intermediate level and should serve as a platform for the IAAF World Championships in 2003 and the 2004 Athens Olympic Games.

We at the RDC San Juan will continue to advance the means of development of our sport at the regional and subsequently international levels and trust that you will make use of the services we provide to that end. We salute our juniors in this edition of the Technical Bulletin and wish them much success in "Kingston 2002".


Lenford G. Levy (JAM)
Director