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Coaches Newsletter - Fall 2012



Please provide newsworthy information to Pacific Association coaches chair Dave Shrock at coachshrock@gmail.com for inclusion in the next newsletter due out in the late sping. For current information refer to: www.pausatf.org



Annual Pacific Association Coaches Committee Meeting Notice:

Sat, 2 Feb at Sacramento City College from 12:45-1:15pm in Lillard Hall 101. The meeting will be held during lunch at the VS Athletics SuperClinic. Registration to the clinic is not required, though suggested to improve your coaching effectiveness: www.vsathletics.com/clinic.



Upcoming USATF Coaching Schools and Clinics:

Level 1 Schools: Level 1 Certification-New!The USA Track & Field Level 1 Coaching Education course has officially been certified by the National Council for Accreditation of Coaching Education. NCACE promotes and facilitates coaching competence within all levels of amateur sport by overseeing and evaluating the quality of coaching education programs.
Level 1 Schools, the most comprehensive track and field training in the nation, consist of 21 hours of instruction focused on the events of track & field and related sport science. The course consists of classroom instruction as well as hands-on training. The Level 1 program covers all events by emphasizing fundamentals, rules, safety/risk management, and instruction techniques in addition to specific event group training of endurance, sprints/hurdles, throws and jumps. Upon passing the exam, participants will be issued a Level 1 Coaching Certificate and be eligible for this summer's Level 2 at CalState East Bay.

The next Level 1 School will be: Orange Coast College, Costa Mesa(Orange County): 16-17 February. Refer to: http://www.usatf.org/groups/coaches/education/schools/level1/2013/C13003801/index.asp,



Level 2 Schools: News Flash:

The Event Specific Level 2 School will be held at CalState East Bay this summer form 7-13 July. This is the first time an Event Specific School has been held in Northern California. Information should be posted on the USATF CE site in early February. Refer to:

http://www.usatf.org/groups/coaches/education/level2.aspx.
The Youth Specialization Level 2 School is normally held in conjunction with the national JO's in July. Information will be posted some time in February.


VS Athletics West Coast SuperClinic: Saturday, 2 February - Sacramento City College. Come join us in improving your coaching effectiveness in a one-day clinic devoted solely to maximizing your athlete's success. Twenty nationally recognized clinicians will provide information that you will be able to apply immediately to your program's improvement in the event group areas of sprints/hurdles, endurance, throws, and jumps. Spread the word to all coaches! Last year's clinic was a great success with over 300 coaches gaining practical information to begin their seasons, and this year the clinic features London Olympic athletes' coaches Harry Marra, Bob Larsen, Jeremy Fischer, Mac Wilkins, along with many other top coaches in our sport. For further info. refer to www.vsathletics.com/clinic.


SCAUSATF - Running Summit West
Orange Coast College - Costa Mesa. The nation's premiere endurance clinic is coming to California with the likes of Jack Daniels - Author: Daniels' Running Formula, Dr. Joe Vigil Author: Road to the Top - Coach of Olympic Bronze Medalist, Jay Dicharry -Author: Anatomy for Runners, Peter Thompson - International IAAF Endurance Instructor , and Matt Fitzgerald
Author: Brain Training for Runner and Racing Weight. A USATF Level 3 Credit Course though open to all coaches and athletes. Refer to: www.runningsummit.com, and for a $10.00 registration discount use the word 'pacific'. For further information, contact Andrew Allden at aacoaching@aol.com

New Website replacing DyestatCal: With the demise of the ESPNRise prep websites, Dyestatcal webmaster Rich Gonzalez has started http://www.prepcaltrack.com. The website has a similar feel to the old DyestatCal site, and Rich promises much more California specific coverage and information.



Running Network Publications Available Digitally: Digital editions for American Track & Field, Athletes Only, California Track & Running News, Missouri Runner, Coaching Athletics, and Latinos Corriendo.
Here is the email subscription form at this link, where you can get any or all of the magazines digitally. http://visitor.r20.constantcontact.com/d.jsp?llr=bocbvycab&p=oi&m=1102486473153. It takes less than two minutes to sign in, subscribe and you are done.

Editor Larry Eder is still doing print copies for Athletes Only, American Track & Field, Cal Track. Coaching Athletics, Latinos and Mo Runner are only digital. If you have needs of any other copies, email Larry at larry@runningnetwork.com



Master T&F Meet Schedule: invitational, league, conference, and regional championship meet information for all age divisions can be found at:
http://www.pausatf.org/data/officials/off2013Calendar.pdf

With the cooperation of the three other associations in California, USATF has created a link detailing all events being held in California: http://www.usatf.org/calendars/searchResults.asp?associationNumber=44,33,46,38



Open-Masters News:

London Olympic competition video clips available for view:Andy Ferrara of USATF has compiled an invaluable video resource of the London Olympic competition videos housed on Dropbox: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/zmgj8581dssfvyz/HYnWU5hOov?m.

To view and save, use copy/paste or Dropbox's download feature. These videos will be moved soon to a USATF site and combined with recent World Champs video.
Kirk Freitas, Chico State Men's T&F Coach has retired after 33 years at the helm of the state's most successful NCAA D- II program. Freitas coached 6 NCAA champions in addition to 47 All-Americans while the Men's team was ranked in the top 30 nationally for the past 11 seasons. Women's head coach
Oliver Hanf will take over on an interim basis until a national search is conducted in the spring.


Kathleen Raske, the Head coach at CSU Sacramento was the Head U.S. Women's Coach for the U23 NACAC Competition this past summer in Guanajuato, Mexico.
American River College's (Sacramento) Men's Cross country team won its second California State Community College title this past November with Rick Anderson
as coach.


2012 Legacy Coach Award Recipients: The Legacy Coach Award has been initiated by the PA Coaches Committee in recognition of the many influential coaches who have served in our association, and have selflessly strengthened our sport(s) through teaching, mentoring, and promoting our profession.

Margaret Dixon, Oakland PAL

Coach Dixon is a retired Oakland Police Officer and has dedicated over 33 years volunteering to serve youth in the city of Oakland. It was during her years as a police officer that Margaret founded the Oakland Police Activities League (PAL) Track and Field Team, and since then, the program has grown to be one of the largest youth track clubs in the bay area. The PAL track team has allowed hundreds of Oakland youth to travel beyond the city limits, a first-time experience for many kids in the PAL program. Every year, more than 100 boys and girls, ages 5-18 years old, register to run for PAL, and many of those boys and girls continue running in high school and college.


Walt Lange, Jesuit High School-Carmichael

Walt Lange ranks as one of the nation's most successful cross country coaches guiding the Jesuit Boys teams since 1970. Under Lange's guidance Jesuit has won nine state Div. 2 Boys Championships with eighteen appearances. Through the decades Lange has been a great resource for regional coaches speaking at countless clinics in addition to writing training article for distance runners. As an ultimate tribute, many of Lange's runners have gone on to coach in Lange's footsteps including Scott Abbott, currently the distance and cross country coach at Sacramento State, Micheal Stembler, along with Micheal and Eric Mastalir who work for Nike.



Youth-High School news:

New Youth age division titles:

At this year's USATF annual meeting all youth divisions were renamed. The new designations are the following with the old designations in brackets: 8-Under Division (Sub-bantam), 9-10 Division (Bantam),11-12 Division (Midget), 13-14 Division (Youth), 15-16 Division (Intermediate), 17-18 Division (Young Men/Women).
Lee Webb, successful Logan HS and Mission Valley TC coach has been selected as the Head USATF Boys Coach for the Youth Championships team this July in the Ukraine.

The Golden West HS

Invitational will move to UC Berkeley's Edward's Stadium from Folsom, and be held on Sunday 9 June this season.
USA Paralympics needs your help identifying athletes: With the recent success of our Para team in London and increased awareness of Para competition at the high school level, Cathy Sellers of USA Paralympics needs your help identifying potential national team athletes. For more information view the Para webpage at: http://www2.teamusa.org/US-Paralympics/Sports/Track-and-Field.aspx or email: Cathy.Sellers@usoc.org.
For the 2013 Association Youth schedule refer to:

http://www.pausatf.org/data/2013/youth/ytf2013sched.html



Officials Education Clinics for 2013:

Official's education chair Shirley Connors has organized successful half-day officiating clinics for all levels in preparation for the 2013 season. Below are listed the remaining clinic opportunities. For further information, refer to: http://www.pausatf.org/indexofficials.html

Saturday, 2 February: UC Davis, Davis
Sunday, 10 February: Serra HS, San Mateo


Additional Information: Websites for additional information and resources: National: www.usatf.org; Northern California and Nevada Pacific Association: www.pausatf.org; California Central Valley Association, from Merced county south: www.central-california.usatf.org; Southern California: www.scausatf.org; and San Diego-Imperial, refer to: www.sdusatf.org.













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