AAF Level 1 Clinic - Mt. SAC - Saturday January 10th -

Spirit of the 1984 Olympics lives on in great series of local clinics

The very best track and field clinic series geared directly toward the high school coach will begin this Saturday, January 10, with the first AAF Level 1 Clinic to be held at Mt. SAC College beginning with registration at 7:30 AM.

Not only is this great clinic series, which attracted more than 800 coaches last year, free to all coaches and interested adults who want to attend but every coach who attends the entire day at each clinic will receive a free copy of the AAF 450 page coaching manual along with a certificate of completion.

All event areas--sprints, hurdles, distances, throws, jumps, and vault—will have four hour specific beginning and intermediate sessions and there will be other sessions including hands-on prevention and taping track related injuries, advanced stretching, Olympic lifting techniques, recruiting potential athletes, building an age-group program and many other important sessions.

A great line-up of imminently successful coaches are set to present this weekend.

Sprints:
Brian FitzGerald-Rio Mesa HS: high school coach of Marion Jones, Angela Burnham and Porchea Carroll.
Gary MacDonald-Morse HS: head coach of sprint power Morse High School in San Diego.

Hurdles:
Toni Campbell: Former USC star still ranks as one of the top ten hurdlers in US history in 110HH.
Gayle Watkins: Mt. SAC-Former top ten US hurdler and tremendous college coach.

Distances:
Bill Tokar & Ken Reeves: Ventura HS—Just named 2003 LA Times Distance Coaches of the year. No one explains the art of coaching the high school distance runner better than these two.

High Jump:
John Tansley: Author of the Flop Book, coach of Dwight Stones, will be a presenter at the IAAF 2004 Olympic Clinic in Athens.
Mo Haneef: High school and age group coach.

Throws:
Dave Rider: Head coach at Cal State LA. Three decades as a college throws coach.
Chris Barboza: Head coach at Paramount High School—outstanding presenter in Olympic lifting.

Pole Vault:
James Brown: Arroyo Grande: 2002 California State Track Champions—many 15’ vaulters.
Dennis McClanahan: Mt. Carmel High School. Several state meet vault qualifiers.

Long Jump/Triple Jump
Larry Myricks-World Cup champion and US Olympian
Shelia Hudson-Coach at Cal State L.A.-Olympian; American Record Holder in Triple Jump

Hands-on Taping and Injury Prevention:
Andy Paulin: Head Trainer at Mt. SAC.

Once again, this clinic is absolutely free to all coaches and interested adults. You can pre-register and get additional clinic information by going to .

You can register on the day of the clinic; however, all coaches who do pre-register will receive a free gift at the clinic from Venue Sports and SprnigCo Athletics.

There will be two more free clinics coming in the next month.

Brooks Johnson, former Olympic coach and currently the director of the USA Track & Field High Performance Program and USOC Training Center, will deliver the keynote presentation at the Advanced Level Clinic at Mt. SAC on January 24 discussing the “Critical Zone” concept in all events.

There will also be presentations at the advanced clinic covering all specific aspects of training for all track and field events.

Another Level 1 clinic will be held on February 7 at Westview High School in San Diego.

Coaches can get additional information regarding clinic speakers and schedules and also register for one or all three clinics by going to the AAF web site at and selecting Coaching Education.

Tentative AAF Level 1 Track & Field Clinic Agenda
Mt. San Antonio College – January 10, 2004

7:30 - 8:10 Registration, complimentary coffee, juice and refreshments Outside Building 9C

8:10 - 8:30 Welcome, Introductions & Clinic Directions 9C Stage

8:30 - 9:00 “Achieving Success With Today’s
High School Track & Field Athlete” Tim O’Rourke 9C Stage

9:00 - 9:45 The “Absolute Best Recruitng Tool” : Creating
A Track & Field PE Unit Tansley Classroom
Or
10 “Musts” Every Track Coach Should Know McClanahan 9C Stage
Or
How To Be a Successful Walk-on Coach: What
You Need To Know & Survive FitzGerald 9C Carpet
Or
Creating A Successful Age Group Program Haneef Bell Room
Or
Coaching the Kid Rather Than the Athlete Myricks Classroom

Those attending one of the 10:00 AM track sessions should move directly to the track stadium!

10:00 - 11:50 Event Area Sessions—Choose one of the following sessions
Hands On Taping and Injury Prevention Paulin & Mt. SAC Trainers 9C Stage

Sprints-Beginning FitzGerald/MacDonald Track-South Side
Hurdles-Beginning Watkins/Campbell Track-North Side
Long Jump/Triple Jump-Beginning Myricks/Hudson Track-North Side
Throws-Discus Barboza/Rider Track—South Discus Rings
Pole Vault-Beginning McClanahan/Brown TBA
High Jump-Beginning Haneef/Tansley Bell Room
Distances-Beginning Reeves/Tokar 9C Carpet

11:50 - 1:00 Lunch On Your Own

Those attending one of the 1:00 PM track sessions should go directly to the track stadium!

1:00 - 2:50 Event Area Sessions—Choose one of the following sessions
Repeat of Morning Session - Hands On
Taping and Injury Prevention Paulin & Mt. SAC Trainers 9C Stage

Sprints-Intermediate FitzGerald/MacDonald Track-South Side/Bell Room
Hurdles- Intermediate Watkins/Campbell Track-North Side
Long Jump/Triple Jump- Intermediate Myricks/Hudson Track-High Jump Apron
Throws-Shot Barboza/Rider Track—South Discus Rings
Pole Vault- Intermediate McClanahan/Brown TBA
High Jump- Intermediate Haneef/Tansley TBA
Distances- Intermediate Reeves/Tokar TBA

All coaches should return to the original registration lecture area for the final lecture sessions.

3:05 - 4:15 Choose from one of the four following lecture sessions
Advanced Stretching For Track & Field Atheltes Rider 9C Stage
Or
How To Construct Workouts For Field Event
Athletes Who Must Do Other Events Brown Classroom
Or
Olympic Lifting:Teaching The Clean Progression Barboza Classroom
Or
Creating Specific Distance Workouts Reeves/Tokar 9C Carpet
Or
Creating Specific Hurdle Workouts Campbell/Watkins Bell Room

4:15 PM Return Evaluations; Pick up your free copy of the AAF Track & Field Coaches Manual

Registration Form

Online Registration

Map to Mt. SAC

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