US National Coaches
Conference and Coaching Education Summit
Lake Placid, New York
September 24, 2005
Event Update: Goals and
Schedule Released, Registration Deadline Moved, Coaches Education Materials
Requested
August 19, 2005 – For
Immediate Release
Contact Nathan Schultz
720.227.9400, www.NatronNordic.com
The 2005 US National
Cross-Country Ski Coaching Conference and Coaching Education Summit in Lake
Placid, NY released its goals and final schedule today. The schedule, as well
as registration and detailed information on the conference is available at
www.NatronNordic.com. The 3-day conference’s purpose is to present a wide
range of relevant coaching information, discuss these ideas and find ways for
the US XC coaching community to collaborate on a project to create a National
Coaches’ Education Resource. The conference requires registration, but the
Summit on Coaches Education Resources on Saturday, September 24 from 6-9:30PM
will be free and open to anyone.
Registration Deadline
Moved Up
Additionally, the final
registration deadline has been moved forward to September 9, 2005. Early
registration at a reduced price ends Tuesday, August 23, 2005. The change was
precipitated by requirements for lodging at the Olympic Training Center. [Editor's Note on August 25: Because it took us a few days to post this listing, you may still be able to sign up for the early registration price. Contact Nathan Schultz right away if interested.]
Goals and Schedule
The purpose of the conference
is to present ideas about training, technique and athlete development from a
wide range of sources while bringing together coaches from across the country
to discuss these ideas and collaborate on how best to implement a new coaching
education resource. Previous attempts at creating coaches education systems have
tended to legislate guidelines on what coaches should be doing. We hope to
bring a new approach where the function is to create resources for coaches’
education where it is understood that there are many different ways to create
capable skiers. To facilitate this, we will kick off the conference with the US
Ski Team coaches presenting their concept of a National Development System
(NDS), which focuses on athlete competencies rather than specific training
methods. We will then discuss the NDS as a framework for coaches’ education.
From there, speakers will
present topics on intensity training, strength training, and technique. Each
area will have multiple presentations which will focus on presenting their
ideas, the reasoning and science behind them and specific ways to implement and
test these ideas. Each session will be followed by time to question the
speakers. We will then break into small working groups to discuss the topics
and their relevance to specific age groups and the development pipeline. Each
working group will then make a short presentation back to the entire
conference.
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Friday, September 23 |
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Topic |
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1:00PM |
1:15PM |
Introduction & Agenda |
Nathan Schultz |
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1:15PM |
1:45PM |
National Development System |
Peter Vordenberg |
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2:00PM |
3:30PM |
Intensity Training |
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3:45PM |
4:15PM |
Intensity Training Panel |
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4:15PM |
4:55PM |
Intensity Working Group |
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5:05PM |
5:40PM |
Working Group Leader |
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5:45PM |
6:30 |
Dinner |
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6:30PM |
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High Peaks Tech Night |
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Saturday, September |
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8:00AM |
9:30AM |
Strength/Speed Training |
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9:45AM |
10:15AM |
Strength/Speed Training |
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10:15AM |
10:55AM |
Strength/Speed Working |
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10:55AM |
11:30AM |
Working Group Leader |
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12:00PM |
1:00PM |
Lunch |
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1:00PM |
1:30PM |
Teaching Technique |
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1:30PM |
3:00PM |
Technique Presentations |
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3:15PM |
3:45PM |
Technique Panel Q&A |
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3:50PM |
4:25PM |
Technique Working Group |
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4:30PM |
5:15PM |
Working Group Leader |
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5:30PM |
6:15PM |
Dinner |
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6:30PM |
9:00PM |
Coaches Education Summit
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Sunday, September 25 |
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8:00AM |
9:00AM |
Presentations: Building |
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9:00AM |
9:45AM |
Training Plan Working |
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10:00AM |
11:30AM |
Presentations: Building a |
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11:30AM |
11:50AM |
Q&A |
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12:00PM |
1:00PM |
Lunch |
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1:00PM |
1:45PM |
Establish Coaches Education |
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1:45PM |
2:30PM |
Create Coaches Education |
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2:45PM |
3:00PM |
Fill Working Groups |
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3:00PM |
3:30PM |
Working Group Meetings |
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Coaches Education
Materials Sought
The goal of the Summit will
be to bring together coaches from across the country to collaborate and evaluate
current coaches’ education materials and to establish what is left to be done
to build comprehensive and effective resources for the education of coaches in
the US. Leading up to the Summit, we hope to identify and compile the current
resources available within the USSA/US Ski Team, regions, teams and individual
coaches for review and evaluation.
This is a collaborative
effort and we need the help of everyone who can contribute materials and ideas,
as well as review the existing materials or simply spread the word about this
project to other coaches. The US Ski Team coaches and many of the leading
coaches from around the country will be there to share their experiences and
ideas. We are hoping to involve as many people as possible from every
geographical location and every level of coaching.
Leading up to the summit, Nathan Schultz, the conference coordinator, will collect
educational materials and post them to a web site for review. This site will
accept comments, new ideas and additional materials as well. These will all be
presented at the summit and lead off the discussion as to what should be done
to develop a useful, informative coaches’ education program in the US. The
goal is to have significant materials posted by September 1.
Please contact Nathan for
more information about the Summit and the National Coaches Conference or to
contribute ideas and educational materials. Conference registration, compiled
coaches’ education materials and additional information can be found at
www.natronnordic.com. Materials or ideas can be emailed to
nathan@natronnordic.com.
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