Speed walking entry level course
– for private groups
– for touristic and wellness operators
This is the entry level course to start practicing Speed walking. It is therefore addressed to a basic knowledge of this way of walking. To know more, also see the general page of Speed walking. It can be booked by self organised private groups or touristic and wellness operators, for their customers.
Program and organisation
An introduction, differences between ordinary walking, speed walking and race walking. A look at your way of walking. The principles of speed walking: feet rolling, swinging, intensity. relations between feet rolling, knee and hip mobility, with exercises. Arm swinging and leg-arm motion coordination, with exercises. Relations between step amplitude and frequency (intensity), with exercises. Principles of training. How to continue after the course.
Duration: the course in general requires about 3 hours, depending on the number and attitudes of participants.
Possible arrangements
The course is generally carried out in one single session, in the morning or afternoon.
The division in two sessions is possible when coupled to a Nordic walking course
What is necessary
Place
The course can be organised in a place of your choice, that must have the following characteristics: a leveled place, with smooth natural or well managed grass ground; a sufficient length development, of at least 100 metres (also in circle); more is better. If in a public park, the place must be somewhat apart from crowd..
Equipment
Comfortatble clothes (no jeans or tight trousers), suitable to the season, in layers, since rather static moments will alternate with very dynamic ones . Shoes with flexible but sculptured sole (semi-rigid hiking shoes are not suitable).
Reservation
- for private groups: contact me, to agree the organisation; it is necessary to have a contact person for the whole group.
- for operators: booking modalities fro participants are flexible and will be defined by specific agreements between me and the operator.
Indicatively, the course should be booked three weeks in advance. Shorter term bookings are possible in absence of other commitments.
Costs
Contact me for costs details, that vary in relation to place and number of participants.
Indicatively, consider a minimum cost of 200 Euros for a standard course, and a minimum cost per person of 25 Euros. Lower price courses (so for lower number of people) may be possible, in specific circumstances, in the cities of Cesena and La Spezia. For efficacy reasons, the maximum number of participants is 10 (no minimum number, given the above mentioned costs). In case of requests for higher numbers, it will be possible to program additional courses.
Payment
- for private groups: payment is in advance, at the moment of booking confirmation, for the whole group.
- for operators: payment modality to be defined by specific agreements
In case of delay for external reasons (e.g. bad weather) another date will be agreed.
Certificate
A certificate of attendance will be released to participants successfully completing the course.