U.S. Olympic Team Trials Super Clinic on July 1

U.S. Olympic Team Trials Super Clinic to be held on July 1, Hosted by the High Performance Division and Coaching Education of U.S. A. Track and Field: South Eugene H.S. (8 blocks from Hayward Field) More than 45 of the nation's best coaches and sports scientists will share their knowledge on what enabled the nation's best athletes to qualify for the U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Track & Field and the Beijing Olympic Games.

Registration begins at 7:30 a.m., with introductory and five event-specific sessions from 8:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. Registration is free for USATF members. Super Clinic t-shirts and session notes will be available for the first 500 attendees who pre-register online via the USATF website. On-site registration will be available for $30.00 (USATF membership fee), which will also include session notes. All attendees must be current USATF members.

Confirmed speakers as of 28 May:
General session speakers: Dr. Rick McGuire (head coach-U. of Missouri, Chair-USATF Sports Psychology) on what it is to be a coach, Dr. Will Wu on motor skill acquisition.

Endurance: Dr. Joe Vigil (former Adams State Coach, Olympic Coach, and coach of Dena Kastor), Bob Larsen (former UCLA coach, Olympic coach, coach of Meb. Keflezighi), Alberto Salazar (Oregon great, coach of Galen Rupp), additional speakers t.b.a.

Sprints: Brooks Johnson (US Olympic Women’s Head Coach ’84, Chair of High Performance Division USATF, former Stanford, Cal-Poly SLO coach) Amy Deem (U. of Miami, coach of Lauren Williams), additional speakers t.b.a.

Throws: Don Babbitt (Georgia Tech, coach of Reese Hoffa), Ramona Pagel (former US Record holder in shot, Fresno State, current coach of Kim Kreiner), Bud Rasmussen (USATF national throws coach), Brett Halter (U. of Missouri, coach of Christian Cantwell), Duncan Atwood (US Olympian in javelin), Bing Yu (biomechanist).

Vertical Jumps: Sue Humphrey (US Olympic Women’s Head Coach ’04, USATF Women’s Development Chair), Diane Wholey (Texas Tech), Dave Kerin (USATF Wm’s Vertical Jumps Chair), Jan Johnson, (US Olympian, Sky Jumpers), Dave Nielsen (Idaho St., Stacy Dragila’s coach), Jim Bemiller (U. of Tennessee), Pat Licari (U. of Washington), Peter McGinnis (biomechanist), John Rembao (U. of Cal-Berkeley)

Horizontal Jumps: Al Joyner (USOC Training Center, Olympic Gold medalist), Joe Walker (U. of Mississippi), Randy Huntington, Rock Light (Texas Tech), Mel Ramey (biomechanist)

Hurdles: Curtis Frye (U. of North Carolina, Olympic Coach) Mike Holloway (Univ. of Florida), George Williams (US Olympic Men’s Head Coach ’04), Gary Winckler (U. Of Illinois), Ralph Lindeman (Air Force Academy, Olympic Coach), John McNichols (USATF Men’s Hurdle Chair, Indiana State), Rahn Sheffield (San Diego State U.), Ralph Mann (biomechanist)

In addition to: Ingrid Skoog-nutrition list (Oregon State), Rick McGuire-sports psychology (U. of Missouri, USATF Sports Psych. Chair), Cliff Rovelto-combined event training (Kansas State U.)

ELITETRACK Gold Medal Clinic by HPC: Mike Young, Will Wu (biomechanist), Tom Tellez (former U. of Houston coach, Carl Lewis’s coach), Larry Judge (Ball State, USATF Coaching Education throws chair), Dan Pfaff (Tri Valley Athletic Coach) Note: This HPC advanced level clinic is best suited for coaches who have a fundamental understanding of the sport sciences.
For updated schedule, and pre-registration, refer to:
http://www.usatf.org/groups/Coaches/education/specialPrograms/2008/SuperClinic