HOT OFF THE PRESS
P.L.A.Y.S Conference
Pipeline Leadership for America’s Youth Sports Conference will be held in Colorado Springs on April 16-19th. This conference is designed for those passionate about improving youth sport programs. The lineup of speakers for the conference is outstanding and you will not want to miss this conference if you are involved in youth sport. For more information on this conference: athleteservices@usoc.org
FIRST AID for COACHES
USOC and the American Red Cross have teamed up to provide safety training course “First Aid for Coaches”. The course is an on-line course and covers just about any safety issue that a coach might encounter. The cost of the course is $45.00. To sign up for the course or find more information go to: www.redcrossonlinetraining.org.
Learner Guide
From our friends in Scotland and the UK comes a Learner Guide on Periodization.
http://www2.sfeu.ac.uk/images/periodisationoftraining/printPage.htm
This is an excellent resource to help you through periodization concepts.
The Canadian Athletics Coaching Centre
Another great resource on Periodization with articles by some of the World’s leading experts- Viru, Matveyev, Bondarchuck Verkhoshansky and others..
http://www.athleticscoaching.ca/?pid=7&spid=34
Periodization Breakdown?
Article by Mel Siff
OLYMPIC COACH E-MAGAZINE
The U.S. Olympic Committee Coaching and Sport Sciences Division reminds you that our quarterly magazine, OLYMPIC COACH, is now available electronically as the OLYMPIC COACH E-MAGAZINE.
This quarterly publication designed for coaches at all levels can now come to you via e-mail. The quarterly e-mail provides a summary of each article in the magazine with a link that takes you directly to the full-length article. The E-magazine contains the same content as the print version of the magazine. The best news is that OLYMPIC COACH E-MAGAZINE is available to all coaches and other interested individuals free of charge.
To receive your complimentary subscription, go to the web site at http://coaching.usolympicteam.com/coaching/ksub.nsf, and sign up. The subscription information that you provide will not be shared or sold to any other organization or corporation. Please share this opportunity with other individuals in the coaching community.
Olympic Coach E-Magazine can be searched by keyword. To use this feature go to: http://coaching.usolympicteam.com/coaching/kpub.nsf/webdateview
To view previous issues of the OLYMPIC COACH E-MAGAZINE, visit this URL: http://coaching.usolympicteam.com/archives |