Summer Track Clinic

 


How to Shatter Your Personal
Bests in the Sprints, Hurdles, Jumps and Throws

Discover the Training Secrets of Champion Track & Field Athletes

 

ATTENTION SPRINTERS, HURDLERS, JUMPERS, THROWERS & COACHES::

If you want to get better in the sprints, hurdles, jumps and/or throws, you’ll need to change the way you approach your training.

Picture the last big meet you competed in…

When you think about it, the best athletes in your events do things differently than everyone else, don’t they?

They warm up differently. (Like they have a specific plan and purpose…)

They do different drills. (And they do them better than you do…)

They do complicated drills you’ve never seen before and probably can’t do. (Like they know something you don’t know…)

And that’s just what you see at meets.

Here’s the truth:

There are specific things you should be doing in practice and at meets. Things you’re probably not doing. Things the best athletes already know and do on a regular basis. That’s one of the main reasons why they’re beating you.

But you can put an end to that. Starting today.

If you want to stay ahead of the competition or close the gap on people you know you can beat, you’ll want to know what the best sprinters and jumpers do. And start doing it too. And doing it better.


Waiting for everyone to arrive!

Because if you don’t, those people you’re just edging out now will start beating you. Those people who keep placing one or two spots ahead of you will be totally out of reach.

Why work so hard every day just to stay frustrated about not seeing consistent results or consistent improvements? The answers to your training questions are right in front of you!

If you’re ready to step up to the next level and find out exactly how much better you can sprint, hurdle, jump and throw, then you need to register for the 2012 Complete Track & Field Clinic.

For Sprints, register here.

For Hurdles, register here.

For Jumps, register here.

For Throws, register here.

Coaches, register here.

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The 2012 Complete Track & Field Clinic is For:

All High School (age 14 – 18) Sprinters who want to set new personal bests in the 55m, 100m, 200m, 300m, and/or 400m races.

  • Why mastering the first 5 steps out of blocks will make or break your race…from 55-400m
  • Which speed drills make you faster…and which ones make you slower…
  • Race strategies guaranteed to lead to new personal bests…without running an extra step or a painful ‘booty-lock’ workout!
  • 4 magic words proven to bring your fastest top speed to a whole new level…
  • And much, much more…

 

All High School (age 14 – 18) Hurdlers who want to set new personal bests in the 55H, 100H/110HH and/or 300/400IH

  • Why mastering the ‘cut step’ will minimize time spent in the air (air time = slow times for hurdlers!)
  • How to establish and maintain the ideal number of steps in the 300/400 hurdles (it changes as you get deeper into the race…)
  • Specific speed skills and hurdle techniques guaranteed to shave off chunks of time between hurdles
  • Exactly how to fix that lazy trail leg once and for all…
  • And much, much more!

 

All High School (age 14 – 18) Jumpers who want to set new personal bests in the High Jump, Long Jump, Triple Jump and/or Pole Vault.

  • How to develop consistency in your approach so you take off on the board…every single time
  • Proven drills for mastering penultimate step and take off mechanics
  • How to use the board and/or the bar to make last second adjustments leading to new personal bests in pressure situations
  • Event specific drills tailored to the high jump, long jump, triple jump and pole vault
  • And much, much more

 

All High School (age 14 – 18) Throwers who want to set new personal bests in the Shot Put, Discus and Javelin.

  • The secret to maximizing your leverage in the shot, disc and javelin
  • How to quickly and easily generate and sustain rotational momentum
  • Exactly why javelin throwers get injured and how to throw pain free all season
  • Glide vs Rotational: Which method best fits your throwing style
  • Specialized drill to create that Championship whip!
  • And much, much more!

 

All High School Coaches who want to learn new workouts, drills, cues and training techniques from coaches getting Championship results year after year…after year

  • The verbal cues, drills and techniques that cause the light bulb to go off for your athletes…instead of struggling through the same technical issues practice after practice
  • How to successfully manage, teach and progress groups of athletes with a wide range of needs and abilities
  • The specific differences between teaching acceleration and maximum velocity…from warm up to workouts and across event groups
  • Answers to your coaching questions straight from our featured clinicians experienced in working in situations similar to yours
  • And much, much more!

 

To ensure each athlete gets enough individual attention, we will limit the number of athletes in each event group. Last year’s clinic sold out four weeks before the event. And this year will be no different. Registrations are taken on a ‘first come, first serve’ basis, so register today to ensure you don’t get put on the waiting list.

Once an event group fills up, we will not add any more athletes. No exceptions!

For Sprints, register here.

For Hurdles, register here.

For Jumps, register here.

For Throws, register here.

Coaches, register here.

 

2012 Complete Track & Field Clinic Staff

Our clinicians coach at every level of track and field (NCAA Division I, Division II, Division III and High School) so they’re experienced in working with a wide range of ages, skill and ability levels.

We will be adding more staff as we get closer to the clinic, but here are your Featured Clinicians:

 

SPRINTS & HURDLES (55m-400m)

Latif Thomas
Bishop Feehan HS (MA)

  • 2005 MA State Track Coaches Association Coach of the Year
  • Holds a USA Track & Field Level II Certificate & USTFCCCA Event Specialist Certification   – Sprints, Hurdles & Relays
  • Earned All IC4A, All Big East & All New England honors while attending the University of Connecticut on a track scholarship
  • Coached: MA Class B & All State Championship Meet Record (girls 4×100), Class D Championship Meet Record (boys 4×200), Class C & Class D Championship Meet Records (boys 300m), 2004 MA All State Champion (55m), 2006 MA All State Champion (300m/400m), 2008 & 2009 MA All State Champions (girls 4×100 & 4×200)

 

Marc Mangiacotti
Brown University (RI)

  • 2008 NCAA DIII National Coach of the Year & Regional Women’s Coach of the Year
  • USA Track & Field Level II Certified – Sprints, Hurdles, Relays, Jumps & Combined Events
  • Spent three seasons as Assistant Cross Country and Track & Field Coach at the University of Houston under head coach Leroy Burrell, former world record holder in the 100 meter dash
  • Coached 8 NCAA National Champions, 53 NCAA All-Americans and 31 school record performances while at DIII Wheaton College

 

Ron Grigg
Jacksonville University (FL)

  • 10 x Atlantic Sun Conference Coach of the Year
  • USA Track & Field Level II Certified – Sprints, Hurdles, Relays, Jumps, Throws & Combined Events
  • USA Track & Field Level I & II Instructor
  • Coached: 9 NCAA National Champions, 25 NCAA All Americans, 86 Atlantic Sun Conference Champions
  • Coached: All American long jumper Natasha Harvey – 21’10" and National Champion Monique Tubbs – 60m – 7.24 (6.75 55m)

 

Dave Cusano
Wheaton College (MA)

  • Coached 30 America East champions, 11 NCAA Regional qualifiers, two New England champions, and two Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) champions in 7 years at the University of Maine
  • 2009 UMaine Coach of the Year and member of America East Coaching Staff of the Year
  • A four-year student-athlete in both track & field and football for the Black Bears, earning nine all-conference selections in track & field while helping the football team to a pair of Atlantic 10 conference championships. An all-conference and All-New England selection as a defensive back, Cusano is a three-time recipient of the Walt Abbott Defensive Player of the Year Award.
  • Holds a Master’s Degree in exercise physiology and has coached 11 current or former NFL Players.

 

Colin Aina

  • USA Track and Field Level 1 and Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist with Distinction (CSCS*D) through the National Strength and Conditioning Association
  • Head Trainer/Coach at Punch Gym Rumford, Rumford RI, traina various HS athletes from MA and RI, as well as a number of NFL and other pro athletes.
  • 14 time Atlantic Conference Champion at URI (hurdles, long jump, 4x100m relay)
  • 2004 Olympic Trials Qualifier (110 High Hurdles) and finished 8th at 2009 USA Indoor National Championships

 

Kebba Tolbert
Harvard University

  • Former USATF Level II Jumps Instructor and current USTFCCCA T&F Academy Sprints/Hurdles/Relay Specialist School Instructor
  • While at UTEP, helped coach NCAA Champion Blessing Okagbare – 100m: 10.98
  • Began his coaching career at Iowa Wesleyan and produced 21 All-Americans and the school’s first national champions, 25 school records, 21 conference records
  • While at Portland State, he produced eight PSU Athletes of the Year, 22 Big Sky Champions and 79 All-Big Sky honors recipients.

 

 

 

JUMPS (LJ, TJ, HJ, PV)

Fletcher Brooks
Williams College (MA)

  • USA Track & Field Level II Certified – Jumps, Combined Events,
    Sprints, Hurdles, Relays & Throws
  • 2010: NESCAC, New England, ECAC Champions – Men & Women; NCAA NE and NESCAC Coach of the Year.
  • 2009: NESCAC Champions – Men & Women; NCAA NE and NESCAC Coach of the Year.
  • Coached: 10 NCAA Champions and 54 All-Americans

 


Reuben Jones

Brown University (RI)

  • Coached the Big South Conference Outdoor Record Holder in the men’s high jump (7’4.5"), and women’s 200m dash (23.27), school record in women’s indoor high jump
    (5′ 7.75)
  • Male and Female Triple jumpers have improved their performances by an average of one foot
  • 7 Brown University All Time Top Ten Performances
  • 2 NCAA 1st and 2nd Round Qualifiers in the Women’s Triple Jump
  • As an athlete: 2007 IC4A Champion in the 100m and 200m Dashes and 2nd All-Time in Virginia Track and Field History in the 100m (10.45) and Indoor 60m (6.79)

 


Rob Whitten

University of Rhode Island

  • USATF Level II Certified – Jumps and Combined Events and Certified Member of the National Pole Vault Coaches Association
  • 5x All-Conference and 5x All-New England in the pole vault and multi-event
  • Coached (since 2008) 11 Conference Champions, 4 Runners up, 2 different conference record holders in the heptathlon, 1 New England Champion, 6 All-IC4A performances

 

Jen Harlow
Stonehill College (MA)

  • 2 x NCAA DIII National Champion and 5 x All American (PR – 5’ 10”)
  • Coached: 4 New England Champions, 2011 NCAA DII National High Jump Champion

 

 

 

THROWS (Shot Put, Discus, Javelin)

Michelle Eisenreich
Brown University (RI)

  • Coached throwers to 47 All-Ivy Honors, 28 Ivy Champions, 8 school records, 15 NCAA Regional Qualifiers, 6 NCAA Championship Qualifiers, 3 NCAA All-American Honors and 1 NCAA National Champion (Javelin)
  • 2009 USTFCCCA Men’s Northeast Region Assistant Coach of the Year.
  • As an athlete, Coach Eisenrich earned NCAA All American status in the discus (1995)
  • Brown University Director of Men’s and Women’s Track and Field & Cross Country Alden-Rothenberg Coaching Chair

2012 Complete Track & Field Clinic Daily Schedule

Thursday July 19 & Saturday July 21, 2012
8:00-9:00am – Registration
9:00-9:15am – Introductions
9:15-10:00am – Active Warm Up # 1
10:00-10:45am
– Acceleration Mechanics
10:45-11:30am – Acceleration with your event group
11:30am-12:30pm
– Event Groups
12:30-1:30pm
– Lunch
1:30-2:00pm – Active Warm Up # 2
2:00-2:45pm – Maximum Velocity Mechanics
2:45-3:45pm – Event Groups
3:45-4:00pm
– Cool Down and Stretching Routine
 
Friday July 20 & Sunday July 22, 2012
9:00-9:45am – Active Warm Up # 3
9:45-11:45am – Event Groups
11:45am-12:15pm
– Multi Jumps Session
12:15-1:15pm
– Lunch
1:15-1:45pm
– Active Warm Up # 4
1:45-3:15pm
– Event Groups w/ Competition
3:15-3:40pm
– Multi Throws Session
3:40-4:00pm
– General Strength and Core Session
4:00-4:15pm
– Cool Down and Stretching Routine
 
Friday July 20, 2012 – Coaches Seminar
6:00 – 6:50pm – Topics TBD
7:00 – 7:50pm – Topics TBD
8:00 – 8:50pm
– Topics TBD

 

2012 Complete Track & Field Clinic Info

Dates:
Session I (Sprints or Hurdles): Thursday July 19, 2012 – Friday July 20, 2012
Session II (All Events): Saturday July 21, 2012 – Sunday July 22, 2012

Times:
9am – 4pm (Registration begins at 8am all days.)

Location:
Brown University
400 Elmgrove Avenue
Providence, Rhode Island 02906

Events:
Sprints (55/60m, 100m, 200m, 300m, 400m)
Hurdles (55/60H, 100H/110HH, 300/400IH)
Jumps (Long Jump, High Jump, Triple Jump, Pole Vault)
Throws (Shot Put, Discus, Javelin)

Ages:
All High School (Age 14-18) Sprinters, Hurdlers, Jumpers & Throwers

Coaches:
All Coaches are also invited to attend. Click here for details.

Cost for Athletes (per Session):
$197 – When you register by May 31, 2012
$247 – If you register after May 31, 2012

Cost for Coaches (both Sessions):
$197 – When you register by May 31, 2012
$247 – If you register after May 31, 2012

Coaches: Want to attend this clinic for free? Send 3 athletes from your team and you don’t have to pay. (For more information, email us click here.)

 

For Sprints, register here.

For Hurdles, register here.

For Jumps, register here.

For Throws, register here.

Coaches, register here.


All athletes will receive the following as part of their registration:

  • T-Shirt (if you register by June 15, 2012)
  • Comprehensive Training Manual covering all the warm ups, drills, exercises and techniques you will learn during the clinic. (So you don’t forget what you learned!)

 

Inclement Weather Policy: The 2012 Complete Track & Field Clinic will be run outdoors, rain or shine. In the event of thunder and lightning, we’ll delay the clinic until the weather passes. We will not run the clinic indoors!

Complete Track and Field Clinic Disclaimer: Camps run at Brown University are done for the benefit of the Brown coaching staff and not affiliated directly with Brown University.

 

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If you have questions about the 2012 Complete Track & Field Clinic, visit our Frequently Asked Questions page.

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