How man y regular posters on this board are USATF certified coaches?
How man y regular posters on this board are USATF certified coaches?
I am.
Yes
Ok. Not how many actually think it means something?
I had the opportunity to sign up for a USATF level 1 course, except I couldn't bring myself to do it. The next steps are a level 2 and 3, except the level 2 is barely offered and the level 3 is essentially not offered at all. I was a bit bothered by the inaccessibility of the upper tier classes, especially when USATF tries to bill itself as the premier organization in America.
I believe other organizations like the RRCA offer courses and the material covered does not seem substantially different. I welcome somebody to prove me wrong, as I would myself like to find a coaching certification route that has solid merit.
Level I
Joe456 wrote:
I had the opportunity to sign up for a USATF level 1 course, except I couldn't bring myself to do it. The next steps are a level 2 and 3, except the level 2 is barely offered and the level 3 is essentially not offered at all. I was a bit bothered by the inaccessibility of the upper tier classes, especially when USATF tries to bill itself as the premier organization in America.
I believe other organizations like the RRCA offer courses and the material covered does not seem substantially different. I welcome somebody to prove me wrong, as I would myself like to find a coaching certification route that has solid merit.
Level 2 is offered annually. Level 3 courses are offered at least as often, if not more often. Check out usatf.org
0/10 LMFAO
I did Level One; it was nice to refresh my memory of some things and I did pick up some new information. I know, there are plenty of certified coaches who don't know what they're doing and many non-certified coaches who are the best.
The best part of my Level 1 weekend was talking with other coaches about how they ran their programs. You can ALWAYS learn something new, which is why I went. Plus, I'm right out of college and although I competed for years, showing the initiative to "educate myself" somehow enabled the AD in my district to find money in order to pay me instead of acting as a volunteer assistant.
However, I was told by someone at Level 1 that legally it's not a "certification" but is more like a credential. Is that true??
Level II in jumps.
Does it mean something? I would say getting level I means nothing except that you commit the time to it. Level II is a demanding program however and I'd be surprised to hear someone who's been through it disagree. It doesn't mean you're automatically a good coach, obviously, and as someone else pointed out, you can be a good coach without doing it. Level III, I've heard, is extremely difficult. You'd have to be pretty damned knowledgeable to get through it, I'm sure. I have no real plans to do it, but frankly, at the level at which I coach, it would be pretty hard to apply the training for the most part. Even the programs I learned in Level II are limited by the constraints of season length, etc.
NSCA CPT
Interesting. When this thread first started, there was a post by somebody named "Coach D" who said he was Level II. That post has been deleted. I wonder why.
My mistake. It wasn't deleted. There are actually two threads on the exact same topic. The one I was thinking of is here:
Level 3. Best part was the other coaches. Did these eons ago - clinicians were people like Vigil, Gambetta, Shane, Harter, Wilson, Boo, Etc. Level 1 presenters were all successful D.1 or D. 2 coaches. Level 2 was particularly good, with some of my fellow "inmates" going on to coach Nat. championship teams. I learned more talking to classmates than almost anywhere else. Great atmosphere.
Level II-Endurance. I would agree that the classmates and the conversations with them were worth the time. However, I really feel that it's just a credential, a resume builder.
Level II sprints/hurdles/relays. It used to be a pretty intense week for first timers but now they're making it all the same for alumni and newbies. The young pups getting their Level II for the first time are going to have it quite a it easier than it used to be.
u r wrong wrote:
Level 3 courses are offered at least as often, if not more often. Check out usatf.org
No Level 3 courses last year and none on the calendar yet for 2010.
however wrote:
No Level 3 courses last year and none on the calendar yet for 2010.
Wasn't the Advanced Distance Summit an L3 session?
Lydiard wasn't a certified coach.
usatf certification? only if it increases my paycheck significantly.
wondering wrote:
however wrote:No Level 3 courses last year and none on the calendar yet for 2010.
Wasn't the Advanced Distance Summit an L3 session?
It might have been, but the Level 3 calendar on the USATF website never indicated a Level 3 course last year if I'm not mistaken as I kept looking. Do you know of any courses, such as the Advance Distance Summit, being offered in 2010? I keep checking the coaching eduction section, but haven't noticed any special classes.