Overview

• 1. How It Works

  A station is a designated time and place to focus on learning and practicing specific track & field skills. Event organizers may select from the stations and adjust the program to best fit their situation. Activities can be modified and scaled for small and large single-day events. (the list of examples includes 5-6 week programs, not only single day events)

• 2. How to Modify Your RunJumpThrow

  Examples of how RJT could be modified for an event organizer’s situation include:
  
  > A parent may organize a 3-hour RunJumpThrow for children in his or her neighborhood or school.
  
  > A parks & recreation organizer may operate a series of single-day RunJumpThrow events, or implement a 5-6 week plan.
  
  > An elementary school teacher may design a 3-hour Saturday morning neighborhood event focusing on acceleration to help kids on all the local sports teams. She would select activities from the posture & breathing, loosening, dynamic-warm-up, and “Ready-Set-Go!” stations. She may want to include a practice meet with a functional fitness test, a short dash, a jump for skill, and a fun relay.
  
  > For an internship, a health & fitness major may partner with local parks & recreation to build a 5-6 week walking club. The goal of the club could be to teach kids to easily walk 3 miles in an hour. They would select activities from the posture & breathing, loosening, learning about running, and tempo work stations. A likely consequence of such a club is some kids will learn to enjoy walking and go much faster.
   

• 3. RJT Core Plan, 6 Week Plan, and Addendum for Physical Educators

  There are three versions of the RunJumpThrow plan describe the stations and provide examples of how to use them:
  
  > The RJT Core Plan informs event organizers how to put together a single-day RJT event. It begins with descriptions of 20 stations along with teaching cues and specifics on what “getting it right” looks like.  Guidelines and examples for putting together RJT events follow the descriptions. All single-day RJT events are registered through usatf.org/runjumpthrow are USATF-sanctioned events, with liability insurance provided by USATF. Click here to register to host a one-day event.
  
  > The RJT 6 Week Plan, provides the Core Plan plus inspiration and ideas for physical educators, parks and recreation administrators and program coordinators on how to use RunJumpThrow as an extended 5-6 week unit. This plan is ideal for organizers looking for unique, long-term programming. This 6 Week Plan is instituted at the discretion of the educator or administrator under their existing structures. Should an educator or administrator wish to conduct a single-day practice meet or event as part of their program, they may register the one-day event as an official RJT event, with USATF sanctioning and insurance. Click here to download the 6 Week Plan.
  
  > The Addendum – RJT for Physical Educators, supports PE majors, physical educators, coaches, coaching educators, and coach education accreditors by providing a deeper understanding of the program from a pedagogical perspective, in line with SHAPE America standards and outcomes. This addendum is available after downloading the RJT Core Plan or the RJT 6 Week Plan. 
   

• 4. RJT At Home 

  Parents - Here’s an idea for your next at-home PE class! Try RunJumpThrow, a program for youth created by USA Track and Field and The Hershey Company. This condensed program consists of five stations that can be easily adapted to your home or backyard.
   
  Using items found around the house, kids can practice Warming Up, Jumping, Speed & Agility, Throwing and Strength while they imagine themselves as a future Olympian.
  
  Click here to download RJT at home.