This is some great information.

I've been trying to help my son who is 12 start into the athletics. He is too young to do any of the adult competition stuff so I've been looking to find ways of helping him. He took it upon himself to use my weed eater for the hammer throw. (weed eater is now dead) With that in mind I've found a friend to help train my son. He uses smaller weights that are more age appropriate.

While many classes including womens are out there, I have not found anything for my son's age group. Young teenagers are simply out of luck when it comes to the games. They usually have something for smaller children, but after about age 10 there really isn't anything until they are old enough to compete with adults at around age 15 or 16.

I'm glad I have some more detailed information to keep his spark of interest alive. Thank you again.