Young Athletes™
Overview: The Young Athletes™ program extends training-only opportunities to children with intellectual disabilities who are six and seven years old. By introducing sports at an early age, future Special Olympics athletes become interested and engaged in sports. They also realize the benefits of motor skills development, fitness, socialization, and how to be a part of an organized activity with peers.
Children can participate in training programs for Soccer Individual Skills, Basketball Individual Skills, and Track and Field.
- Sport Season
- Fall: Basketball Individual Skills
- Spring: Soccer Individual Skills and Track and Field
- Training Sites
- Basketball Individual Skills and Soccer Individual Skills: Turkey Thicket Recreation Center, 1100 Michigan Ave., NE, Washington, D.C. 20017
- Track and Field: At each individual school.
- Practice Dates
- Basketball Individual Skills: Every Monday from 10:30 am – 12:30 pm beginning August 29 through November 4.
- Soccer Individual Skills: Mid-March – Late May
- Track and Field Individual Skills: Mid-March – Late May September 1 and 2 through October 20 and 21
- Contacts
- Anthony Sokenu, Associate Sports Director at asokenu@specialolympicsdc.org
- Rodney Williams, Assistant Sports Director at rwilliams@specialolympicsdc.org
