USA Swimming and Indiana Swimming have partnered to bring to Indiana 3 Regional Coaching Clinic conducted by the USA Swimming Sport Performance Consultants.  These clinics have been designed to offer material to coaches of all levels of experience and entire staffs are encouraged to attend.

April 24-26, 2009       

Crown Point, IN  Registration Page

(Crown Point High School)

Indianapolis, IN  Registration Page

(Lawrence Central & North HS)

May 22-24, 2009

Georgetown, IN   Registration Page

(Highland Hills Middle School)

Clinic Topics

Friday Night

Traits of Highly Successful Programs

Learn what the most successful USA Swimming teams have in common and how to apply these ideas to your program

Gold Medal Starts

See the latest techniques used by USA National Team members

Saturday

Growth & Development of the Age Group Swimmer - Coaching the genetic mutant

What to do with the early maturing athlete and how to keep the late maturing athlete in the sport and other similar topics will be covered in this presentation. Also covered are general psychological and physiological traits of the developing athlete.

All about Season Planning - The Roadmap to Success

Get your Athletes where you want them year after year. Writing your Season Plans that lead to success. Age Group and Senior Season Plans the difference and how to connect the two.

Aerobic & Anaerobic Conditioning

White, Pink, Red, EN1, EN2, SP1…Making Sense of the Energy Zones  - Find the optimum balance at the correct developmental level. Understand how to use test sets and what they mean. Learn the physiology behind the training.

Dryland Strength & Conditioning from Age Group to Senior

Effective Robust Dryland for Robust Athletes. Learn the ins and outs of long term strength, power, and physical conditioning. Getting it Right - developmentally appropriate Dryland. Does your Dryland program train the swimmer for swimming? Harder is not always better.

Successfully Managing Your Coaching Staff - Ready, Set, Manage!

Are you managing your club, or is your club running you into the ground?

Q & A Panel Discussion

Sunday

2008 Olympic Highlights & USA Swimming Video Stroke Analysis

Memorable video and technical analysis of 2008 Olympic swims. Analysis of video and review of stroke techniques of USA Swimming’s top swimmers.

Lights, Camera, Action!

Quick, Easy and Inexpensive Ways to Use Video in Your Program - USA Swimming Video Practicum – Coaches will receive instruction and get hands on experience in using CoachCam, DVR / TiVo, Dartfish, fixed underwater cameras. Discussion topics include - How to find inexpensive video equipment and what do I need for equipment. What is the most effective way to use video with your program? How often should you video?                             

Registration for the clinics NOW available on the USA Swimming website: by clicking on the COACHES tab of the USA Swimming website.