Part 1 Coaching essentials: organizing a successful programme, Joseph L. Rogers; predictive testing of athletes, Phil Henson and Paul Turner. Part 2 Running events: 100 and 200 metres, Curtis Frye; 400 metres, Gary Winckler, 100 and 110-metre hurdles, Ralph Lindemand and John Millar; 400-metre hurdles, Gary Winckler; 800-metres mile, Mike Poehlein; 3000-10,000 metres, Lance Harter and Harry Groves; relays, Rob Johnson and Karen Dennis. Part 3 Jumping events: long jump, Kyle Tellez and Kathy James; triple jump, Dean Hayes; high jump, Sue Humphrey and Doug Nordquist; pole vault, Jim Beemiller. Part 4 Throwing events: shot put, Bill Godina and Ron Backes; discus, Don Babbitt; javelin, C. Harman Brown, Bill Webb and Bob Sing; hammer, Ken Bantum. Part 5 Race walking and multiple events: race walking, Jeff Salvage, Bohdan Bolwicaski et al; heptathlon Cliff Rovelto; decathlon, Harry Marra.
USA Track & Field (USATF) is the national governing body for
track and field, long-distance running, racewalking and cross
country. It is the United States' member of the International
Amateur Athletic Federation, the world governing body for
Athletics, as well as a Group A member of the U.S. Olympic
Committee.
Through their nationwide membership of more than 2,500 clubs, schools, colleges, universities, and other organizations interested in track and field, long-distance running, and racewalking, USATF promotes programs of training and competition for men and women and boys and girls of all ages; protects the interests and eligibility of its some 125,000 member-athletes; and establishes and maintains the sports' rules of competition. The USATF is comprised of 56 member Associations.
USA Track & Field's mission is to continue its leadership role as the world's preeminent national governing body in Athletics--from the grassroots to the elite level. It will provide opportunities for athletes of all ages to pursue excellence in long-distance running, racewalking, and track and field in the USA. USA Track & Field is located in Indianapolis, Indiana.
The contributing authors of USA Track & Field Coaching Manual are among the best coaches and experts in the sport of track and field. This unique collection of elite track and field experts share the training methods and coaching philosophies they have used to train national, world, and Olympic champions. The list of contributors includes the following:
- Joseph Rogers (organizing a successful program), Head
Track and Cross Country Coach at Ball State University and former
chair of the USATF Coaches Education Committee, contributes his
expertise in the organization of a successful program and serves as
editor of the manual. He has been coaching since 1965 and at Ball
State in NCAA Division I since 1984. He has coached 22 NAIA
All-Americans and three NCAA-I All-Americans.
- Phil Henson (predictive testing of athletes), investigator
of track and field talent identification, has been coaching track
and field for 25 years at the junior high, high school, and
university level. He also was former commissioner of the U.S.
Olympic Festival from 1983 to 1995 and Competition Manager of the
1996 Olympic Games.
- Paul Turner (predictive testing of athletes), Assistant
Track and Field Coach at Harvard University, has 17 years of
Division I coaching experience. He brings to the manual experience
in the practical application of talent identification and human
performance.
- Curtis Frye (100 and 200 meters), coach of Allen Johnson
(1996 gold medalist) and 30 NCAA championships, was named the 1999
World Championship Coach. He currently is the Head Track and Field
and Cross Country Coach at the University of South Carolina.
- Clyde Hart (400 meters), head track and field coach at
Baylor University, is a world-renowned 400-meter coach who has
trained many world and Olympic champions, including world-record
holder Michael Johnson.
- Ralph Lindeman (100- and 110-meter hurdles), Head Track
and Field Coach at the U.S. Air Force Academy, has been on the NCAA
Track & Field Rules Committee since 1996 and Chairman of the USA
Track & Field's Men's Development/Hurdle Subcommittee since 1992.
He was the Head Coach of the USA Men's team at the 1999 Pan
American Games in Winnipeg and on the coaching staff of the USA
Men's team at the 1992 World Junior Championships in Seoul,
Korea.
- John Millar (100- and 110-meter hurdles), Assistant Track
Coach/Speed Coach at the University of Notre Dame, has a list of
accomplishments that include Head Coach of U.S. National Team at
the 1999 World Indoor Championships, Women's Hurdles Coordinator
for USA Track & Field, Assistant Coach of the U.S. Pan American
Junior Team in 1993, and Coach of the 1984 gold Medalist in 100m
hurdles, Benita Fitzgerald.
- Gary Winckler (400-meter hurdles) is currently the Head
Women's Track & Field and Cross Country coach at the University of
Illinois. He has been named Big Ten Coach of the Year five times
(1988, 1989, 1992, 1993, and 1995). Along with his many
accomplishments, he has coached three NCAA-I 400-meter hurdle
champions, four 400-meter hurdle Olympians, and seven 400-meter
hurdles All-Americans.
- Mike Poehlein (800 meters-mile) has been the Head Track
and Field and Cross Country Coach for Purdue University for
twenty-five years. He was Head Coach for the U.S. team in the
Junior Pan American Games in 1997 and was named Big Ten Cross
Country Coach of the Year in 1995. From 1989 to 1997, he also
traveled to Europe with the Men's Middle Distance Olympic
Development for summer competition.
- Lance Harter (3,000-10,000 meters) is currently Head
Women's Track & Field Coach at the University of Arkansas. Harter
was selected to coach the U.S. women's team at the 1999 World
Outdoor Championships. He also was Team USA women's coach at the
1987 World Championships in Warsaw, Poland leading the squad to a
team title, as well as coaching the 1984 U.S. team at the World
Indoor Track and Field Championships in Paris, France.
- Harry Groves (3,000-10,000 meters) is currently Head Men's
Track and Field and Cross Country Coach at Penn State University.
He was Head Coach of the USA Team at the 1989 World Cup, as well as
Head Coach at the World Championships in 1995, Gothenberg, Sweden.
He also was Assistant Olympic Coach in 1992. He has coached 11
American-record holders, 19 national champions, and 13
Olympians.
- Rob Johnson (relays), Head Track and Field Coach at Wabash
College, will be one of five assistant coaches for the USA Track
and Field Team at the 2000 Olympic Games. Some of his
accomplishments include longtime work with the Olympic Development
Committee and two U.S. Junior National Teams, one of which broke
two world records, as well as head track coach for the North Team
at the 1983 Olympic Sports Festival in Colorado Springs and
assistant coach at the National Sports Festival in New York.
- Karen Dennis (relays), Head Coach for the 2000 Olympics
USA Track and Field team, currently coaches at the University of
Nevada in Las Vegas. She has coached many outstanding athletes,
including Judi Brown-King, 1984 Olympic silver medalist in the
400-meter hurdles; 12-time Big Ten champion sprinter Cheryl
Gilliam; three-time All-American and 13-time Big Ten champion
Odessa Smalls; and cross country All-American, 10,000-meter
All-American, and Big Ten champion Mary Shea.
- Kyle Tellez (long jump), Assistant Coach at the University
of Houston, has coached NCAA All-Americans John Davis, Nathan
Labus, and Edwina Ammonds.
- Kathy James (long jump), formerly the Assistant Track and
Field Coach at the University of Texas, was the USA Track and Field
Women's Development Coordinator for Long Jump and Triple Jump from
1990 to 1995. She also was involved with the Olympic Sports and
Festival Teams for the South in 1990 and 1991. In 1991, she
traveled with the U.S. Junior National Team.
- Dean Hayes (triple jump), Head Track and Field Coach at
Middle Tennessee State University, has coached several
All-Americans and three Olympians. These Olympians include Tommy
Haynes and Rayfiel Dupree in the triple jump and Brian Oldfield in
shot put. His coaching accomplishments also include head coach of
the U.S. team that competed in the World University Games in 1985,
coach for the U.S. team at the 1988 Olympic Games, head coach of
the 1990 Goodwill Games, head coach of the U.S. team that competed
in the World Cup in 1994, and head coach of the 1997 World
Championship team.
- Sue Humphrey (high jump), USATF Women's Development
Chairman, has been named the Nike Elite Coach of the Year. She was
an Olympic Coach in 1992 and 1996. Some of her additional
accomplishments include USA National Team Coach since 1974, Head
Pan Am Games Coach 1987, Head World Cup Coach in 1985 and Head
Olympic Manager in 1992.
- Doug Nordquist (high jump) is a former USA Outdoor High
Jump (7'8") Champion. He was fifth place on the 1984 Olympic Team,
the 1986 Goodwill Champion, and a two-time National Champion. He
currently belongs to the USATF High Jump Development team.
- Jim Bemiller (pole vault), Pole Vault Coach at the
University of Tennessee, has coached five NCAA title winners and
seventeen NCAA All-Americans.
- William Godina (shot put), author of the USATF Instructor
Training Course, also was the coach of the 1990 Junior National
Discus Champion. He belongs to the USATF Coaching Education Program
and coaches throws for Cheyenne Central High School in Cheyenne,
Wyoming.
- Ronald Backes (shot put) is currently Assistant Track
Coach (throws) at Ohio State University. He was a shot put
competitor in the 1992 Summer Olympics as well as U.S. Indoor Shot
Put Champion in 1991 and U.S. Outdoor Shot Put Champion in 1987,
1988, 1991, and 1992.
- Don Babbitt (discus) throws and Multi-Events Coach at the
University of Georgia has coached 45 NCAA qualifiers, 45
All-Americans, and 15 NCAA Champions. One of his outstanding
performers includes Janet Hill, who still holds the NCAA Division
II discus throw record; she is a three-time qualifier for the U.S.
Olympic Trials and was ranked sixth in the United States in
1993.
- C. Harmon Brown (javelin) has coached numerous
All-Americans and three Olympians in throwing events. He currently
is the throws coach for Millbrae Lions Track Club, California State
University, Hayward, and San Francisco State University. He has
coached at the club, high school, collegiate, and national and
international levels since 1953.
- Bill Webb (javelin), Head Coach at the University of
Tennessee, has coached 10 NCAA Champions, 49 Division I
All-Americans, 51 Division II All-Americans, 35 SEC Champions and a
total of 24 Olympic Trials competitors. Included in these
outstanding athletes is Tom Petranoff, former world-record holder
in the javelin, and Bob Roggy, a past American record holder.
- Bob Sing (javelin) is currently practicing as an
Emergency, Family, and Sports physician. He authored the book
Dynamics of the Javelin Throw, 1984. He was a Division III NCAA
Champion in 1974 and a finalist in the 1980 U.S. Olympic
Trials.
- Ken Bantum (hammer), former NCAA and USA Track and Field
Shot Put champion and Olympian, formerly shared his talent at Saint
John's University as the Throws Coach. He has coached athletes to
10 National Championships, and indoors and out American
recordholding athletes have competed in the Pan American Games,
World Games, and Olympic Games in Hammer Throw.
- Jeff Salvage (racewalking) holds the position of U.S.
Junior National Racewalk Coordinator. He also is the coach of
national class racewalkers. He is a former international
racewalking competitor himself and has been the director of
racewalks at the Penn Relays.
- Bohdan Bolwicaski (racewalking) was the former coach in
residence at the Arco Training Center and a former Olympic
racewalker himself.
- Gwen Robertson (racewalking) is currently Head Girls and
Boys Track Coach at Issaquah High School in Washington. She is the
National Team Coordinator and a former National Team racewalking
member.
- Ian Whatley (racewalking) is the USA Track & Field Sports
and Sciences Subcommittee Chair. He has competed in three U.S.
Olympic trials and has competed internationally in racewalking. He
currently is an advanced concepts and research and design
consultant in the sporting goods industry.
- Gary Westerfield (racewalking) is currently on the IAAF
racewalk Judges Panel. At this time, he is one of only three
certified judges in the U.S. and one of only 60 around the world.
He is the coach of national-class racewalkers and coaches Boy's
Track and Field at Smithtown High school in New York. Formerly, he
was the TAC National Team Coordinator for racewalking.
- Cliff Rovelto (Heptathlon), Head Track and Field Coach at
Kansas State University, has coached two Olympians, three NCAA
Champions, and 59 NCAA All-Americans. These include Nicole Green,
NCAA outdoor 400-meter champion; Percell Gaskins, 1993 NCAA indoor
high jump champion; Connie Teaberry, six-time All-American high
jumper; and Clifton Etheridge, six-time Big Eight horizontal jump
title winner.
- Harry Marra (decathlon) is currently the coach of the USA
National Decathlon Team. Since its founding in 1990, the National
Team now holds every possible World Record in decathlon
competition. Marra has been named as coach for the Olympic Festival
(1981 and 1982) and three times coach for the USA Decathlon Team
that competed against the Germans, Russians, and Canadians. He has
recently been named as Assistant Coach for the 1999 Pan American
Games. Brian Brophy, Marra's current top decathlete, made the USA
World Championship Team, Gothenborg, Sweden, 1995, was third at the
1998 USA National Championships, and represented the U.S. at the
1998 Goodwill Games.
"There is a tremendous amount of good information in the USA Track
& Field Coaching Manual, with alternative techniques explained very
well. The book gives coaches valuable tools from basic teaching
methods to advanced workout patterns. It's a valuable tool for
coaches or athletes in any stage of development."
Sam Bell
President of United States Track Coaches Association
Indiana University Head Coach, 1969-1998
"This manual represents material presented by some of the top
coaches in the world. The sharing of their expertise and
applications for other coaches is invaluable!"
Deanne Vochatzer
Head Coach, Women's Track and Field
University of California-Davis
Women's Head Coach, 1996 Olympic Games
"What I liked most about the USA Track & Field Coaching Manual is
that it covers all aspects of coaching track and field and stresses
the athlete's best interest. This book is appropriate for all
coaches from those starting out to higher levels."
Irv Hunt
Head Coach, Men's Track and Field
University of California-Berkeley
Men's Head Coach, 1996 Olympic Games
"The USA Track & Field Coaching Manual is a resource library for
coaches at all levels. The shared knowledge imparts fresh ideas
into any coaching repertoire."
Karen Dennis
Head Coach, Women's Track and Field
University of Nevada-Las Vegas
Women's Head Coach, 2000 Olympic Games
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