Summer School Holidays · Ages 8 to 12
Keep the engine warm.
Summer is the longest break of the year, and the easiest one to lose ground in. The Summer Holiday Athlete Academy is coached speed, strength and movement for athletes aged 8 to 12, in our room in Norwood, so they walk into the new school year ahead.
DatesMonday 14 December 2026 to Friday 22 January 2027
Sessions15 coached sessions, with a break from 25 Dec to 3 Jan
Session timesMon, Wed and Fri at 10:15am, one hour (Christmas week: Mon, Wed and Thu)
Cost$295 for all 15
Where32 Magill Road, Norwood SA 5067
$295 for 15 sessions. Book through our TeamUp page and register your athlete as the participant, not yourself, then pick the sessions that suit your summer.
What the holidays are for.
The gap between young athletes doesn't open in season, when everyone's training. It opens in the holidays, when most stop. A coached block over the break means more repetition, faster progress, and room to go deeper on speed, strength and movement than one session a week ever allows.
What a session looks like
Every session is coached start to finish. They learn to sprint, stop, change direction and land. They build strength through body-weight control, posture and balance long before any real load. They work in a group of athletes their own age who take it seriously, and they leave knowing exactly what they got better at.
No one's getting screamed at or ranked. The room carries a standard, calm and focused, and young athletes rise into it.
Who coaches it
Our academy coaching team, the same coaches who take our Foundations athletes through the term. They know how to hold a room of young athletes and actually coach them, not just supervise them.
Aged 13 or older? The Summer Pre-Season Block runs the same mornings at 11:30am, with a small group of six at 3:00pm.
Questions parents ask us
When exactly are the sessions?
Mon 14, Wed 16, Fri 18 December, then Mon 21, Wed 23 and Thu 24 December (Christmas Day is a Friday). A break from 25 December to 3 January, then Monday, Wednesday and Friday every week from 4 to 22 January. All at 10:15am, one hour.
What if my athlete has never done strength and conditioning?
That's most of the room. At this age it's body-weight control, posture, balance and clean movement, coached progressively. Nobody is loaded before they're ready and nobody is treated like a small adult.
Is it the same as the Foundations Academy?
Same coaches, same room, same standards. The holiday academy is a concentrated block of it, so a young athlete who has never trained with us gets the real thing, and one who already does keeps their engine warm over the break.
What if we're away for part of it?
Most families are, at some point over summer. The pack is fifteen sessions to use between 14 December and 22 January, so you book the ones that suit and skip the ones that don't. Sessions you don't book before 22 January don't carry over.
What do they bring?
Runners, a drink bottle and clothes they can move in. That's it.
Is there a small group for 8 to 12 year olds?
Not at the moment. Our summer small group of six is for athletes 13 and over. If you'd like one for your athlete, email hello@thenthdegree.com.au and tell us. If enough families ask, we'll look at opening one.