Module 3
The third module will be held at the USOC’s Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs. The module will consist of a continuation on the development of the participant’s personal project and of the coaching education program through practical application of coaching methodologies taught by the USOC’s Sport Performance Services Division and other experts.
SPECIFIC TOPICS COVERED:
- Anti-Doping Measures
- Biomechanical Analysis: Video Analysis and Application
- Biomechanical Analysis: Deterministic Modeling
- Coaching Feedback
- Coaching Education Programs
- Exercise Physiology: Environmental Factors and Performance
- Exercise Physiology: Overtraining
- Exercise Physiology: Energy Systems
- Sport Physiology: Using the Rate of Adaptation to Guide Training
- Nutrition Periodization
- Sports Nutrition: Training Considerations
- Sports Nutrition: Competition Preparations
- Strength and Conditioning: Planning and Periodization
- Strength and Conditioning: Testing and Evaluation
- Sports Psychology: Team Build/Cohesion
- Sport Psychology: Individual Peak Performance
- Sport Psychology: Mental Preparation for Athletes and Coaches
- Team Management and Travel Preparation
- Olympic Training Centers success factors – U.S. Olympic Training Centers case study
- USOC Sport Services Division – case study
- Mini Projects
- Sports Nutrition
- Sports Psychology
The last four days of the module will be dedicated to the coaching of the participants on their projects by their tutors, and will include a presentation by the participants on their proposed projects. There will be one tutor per three participant coaches.
Accommodation: You will be staying at the United State Olympic Training Center (USOTC) which issetup in a dormitory style. Each participant will have a shared room. Bathrooms and showers are communal by gender. Guests at the Training Center are provided with a blanket, sheets, two bath towels,a wash cloth, and a pillow. Towels are exchanged Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
