Kym Miller

Mobile 0408 448 454 Email kymmiller@y7mail.com

Coach at St Albans Reserve Clearview

I am a competing athlete, vice president, life member, ASA management council representative and Summer Manager. I travel interstate 2,3 and often up to 5 times a year helping athletes I coach perform their best at national competitions. I am the manager of the new clubrooms and I live accross the road from our training grounds.

Coaching Times

Monday 5-7pm experienced athletes, Tuesday 4-5.30pm young athletes, Thursday 5-7pm experienced athletes. I coach athletes at other times at request at different locations. I will be coaching Enfield Little Athletics Club on Wednesdays from 5-6pm in Summer.

All Inclusive

I coach Multi Events and Individual Events. Sprints, Hurdles, Jumps and Throws.

I coach Seniors, Juniors, Little Athletes, Athletes With Disabilities, Intellectually Disabled, Masters, Country Athletes and Schools.

I have attended many courses in the field of sport and recreation. Event Management, Gym Instructor, Fitness Leader, Strength and Conditioning and many seminars and Coaching conferences. I have completed courses in Administration and Management and I am a Senior First Aider and Mandated Reporter.

I often coach Footballers and Soccer Players who wish to improve their speed and I have worked with groups from Soccer Teams in the past.

I coach at Gleeson College, East Marden Primary, North Adelaide Primary, Riverland Schools, and have coached with Special Schools for athletes with disabilities. I have previously coached at Kings Baptist Grammar, Prince Alfred College and many other schools over the past 15 years.

My History

I joined Enfield Harriers in 1974 at the age of 8 and I am still competing today. Back then there was a separate under 15 competition that was run on Saturday mornings at Olympic Sports Field at Kensington, before the afternoon Senior Competition. My older Brother and Sister joined a year earlier and I was very keen to get involved. I was not a great athlete in any one event, I had natural endurance and could run distances up to 5,000m, I was fairly good at the Discus, Triple Jump, High Jump and in my mid teens had a go at Pole Vault which seemed easier than what people led me to believe. My whole family competed in Winter and Summer seasons and Mum excelled at the Walks and was President and is a Life Member of the Club. At the age of 16 I started playing Rugby League in the Winter and did mainly field events in the Summer.

I was presented with Life Membership in my mid 20’s and started getting involved with coaching field events. In 1993 I coached Golden Grove Little Athletics Club and in 1994 I completed the Level 1 Coaching Course in Jumps.

In 1996 I videoed a High Jumper I had prepared to win her first National Medal in Perth at The Pacific School Games in the High Jump Competition. Since then I have watched and videoed athletes all over Australia at National competitions, I have gone through 3 tripods and 2 cameras since, and I am planning to move toward viewing on a laptop connected to the camera next.

My most prestigious honour was to win the Open State Decathlon Tittle 3 years straight from 1997 to 1999. Since then I have not improved in athletic performance and have been happy to compete in the Australian Masters Games where I enjoyed winning 10 Gold at the 2005 Games. I am not planning to retire from competitions as I feel it is a great way to be in touch with the events I coach, and the feelings that athletes go through in championships. I am planning to enter more events when I compete in the next Australian Masters Games and I hope to improve my medal tally.

I became the President of the Club near the end of the century and at the same time became very active in applying for Grants to get better equipment and new clubrooms. I also became Enfield’s Club representative at State Level Committee Meetings and became the South Australian Athletes Representative and a Competition Manager for a few of Athletics South Australia events. I stay active in the club and the association to keep track of events and opportunities for athletes I coach.