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Coaching Initiatives Roadmap

After discussions with Nigel (chair of the Coaching Committee) the following are the initiatives that are underway or upcoming.

Generic Coaching Adult Athletes manual for CAC

• written by Nigel under contract to CAC
• being finalized for publication by CAC

Stroke Evaluation Guide

• based on the NCCP stroke evaluation criteria
• fleshed out and illustrated with pictures and video
• add common flaws
• guide to using video for stroke analysis
• a very preliminary and incomplete prototype intended to just illustrate the concept can be seen here, visit the info links next to Breathing and Body Position.

Swimming-specific Coaching Masters Swimmers manual

• Expand the CAC document to cover swimming specific materials
• contract Nigel to write

Drills Videos

• or do we just link to goswim.tv?
• specific drills to correct stroke flaws?

Clinic Curricula

• how to run a video analysis clinic
• stroke specific clinics

Coach Certification

• built on the above materials, test and certify coaches
• deck coaches
• clinic coaches

Posted at 07:37PM Sep 06, 2008 by Lindsay in Coaching  |  Comments[0]