TENTATIVE-AAF Level
1 Track & Field Clinic Agenda
Mt. San Antonio College – January 10, 2004
Detailed schedule/topics
agenda at bottom of this page.
In addition to several excellent
post-high school clinicians, a few very familiar faces on
the prep circuit will be involved in this weekend's AAF Track & Field
Level 1 Clinic
at Mt. SAC. At left, coaches Ken Reeves and Bill Tokar of girls state
Division I
champion Ventura HS break down the basics in designing your distance program
while
always enlightening/entertaining speaker Tim O'Rourke (former coach at
distance/throws/vault
power Arroyo HS) opens the clinic with a great keynote address pertaining
to all coaches!
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
www.aafla.org . 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 www.aafla.org and selecting Coaching Education.
January 10, 2004
AGENDA
7:30 - 8:10 Registration, complimentary
coffee, juice and refreshments All
8:10 - 8:30 Welcome, Introductions & Clinic Directions All 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 “Best Recruitng Tool”:Creating
A Track & Field PE Unit Tansley Classroom
Or
The 10 Things Every Track Coach Should Know
McClanahan 9C Stage
Or
Being a Successful Walk-on Coach
FitzGerald 9C Carpet
Or
Developing A Successful Age Group Program
Haneef Bell Room
Or
Coaching The Kid, Not 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
TBA
Distances-Beginning Reeves/Tokar
TBA
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
Hurdles- Intermediate Watkins/Campbell
Track-North Side
Long Jump/Triple Jump- Intermediate
Myricks/Hudson 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 TBA
Or
How To Construct Workouts For Field Event Athletes
Who Must Do Other Events Brown TBA
Or
Olympic Lifting:Teaching The Clean Progression
Barboza TBA
Or
Creating Specific Distance Workouts
Reeves/Tokar TBA
Or
Creating Specific Hurdle Workouts
Campbell/Watkins TBA
4:15 PM Return Evaluations; Pick up your
free copy of the AAF Track & Field Coaches Manual.
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