Triathlon's most talented youngsters will be at the camp which is to be held at Runaway Bay on December 16 to 21.

Pearson, the reigning Australian ironman titleholder, is heading towards a coaching career, and she will be joined by three-time world champion Peter Robertson, former Tasmanian Craig Walton, the Czech Republic's Jan Rehula and former world duathlon champion Jenny Alcorn.

Also involved is internationally acclaimed endurance coach Bobby McGee and national coaches Keiran Barry, Chris Lang, Dan Atkins and Josh White and Triathlon Australia's national coach development manager Wayne Goldsmith.

They will look after 45 triathletes aged between 16 and 19, with the coaches taking them through their paces and giving them an insight into what it takes to become an elite competitor.

The Tasmanian youngsters invited to take part are Launceston-based triathletes Natalea Smith, Jake Birtwhistle, Jonathan Butler and Lachlan Barnes.

Camp co-ordinator and Triathlon Australia national athlete development manager Craig Redman said the intensive racing and camp activities for the country's next generation of triathletes would serve as a major stepping stone in their careers.

``Triathlon is now one of the most competitive sports in the world and the racing is getting more and more intense, you cannot afford to have a weakness,'' he said.

``We have to ensure that our youngsters have the best possible skill development and skill acquisition to prepare them for what may lie ahead.

``We are genuinely excited about the next crop of juniors in Australia and we are determined to give them every opportunity to develop their skills.

``There are some outstanding prospects in this group and we have to show them what it takes to be an elite triathlete.

``Our aim is to have the best possible athletes ready for 2016 and 2020 and exposing them to the best coaches in the country will help them get there,'' he said.

Redman said it was exciting that someone like Robertson had put his hand up to be involved.

``You cannot buy his Olympic and world championship experience - put him together with the likes of Craig Walton and Jan Rehula and our other coaches and we could not ask for a better group,'' he said.