jul.31.2006

The Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee(TTOC) will host in September a high level planning and periodization course as a follow up to it's Art and Science of coaching course.

The TTOC as part of it's ongoing emphasis on coaching development will bring in an expert in that area from Canada to conduct the one week course.

"This is a very important building block for coaches.We intend to invite national coaches and trainers.This particular area is one that our local coaches with no exceptions need to improve on if we are to achieve consistency at the world class level" said TTOC President Larry Romany.

The Course description :
 Complete an analysis of your sport, your contextual reality and the needs of the athlete(s). Integrate key performance factors and major tasks with their corresponding training load within an annual training and competition plan. Sequence training objectives and tasks within the key meso / microcycles (general basic; specific basic; competition). Design a taper phase leading to the decisive competition of the year.

Generic competencies
 The coach is able to analyze and solve problems in a given situation/context/ environment, relating and integrating several variables in the global picture. The coach is capable of critical thinking, characterized by his/her rationale or justification related to decisions taken.

Specific objectives of the course.
 After successfully completing the course, the coach should be able to …

  • Understand the demands of his/her sport, able to assess the athletes’ needs and analyze the contextual reality he/she must cope with.
  • Demonstrate a comprehension of key training principles and training load models that are currently being implemented.
  • Design an annual training and competition plan, tailor made to the requirements of the sport, the athletes age and performance level, the competition structure, taking into account the annual and weekly training volume as well as the contextual reality constraints.
  • Sequence training objectives / tasks with the corresponding load throughout the mesocycle / microcycles in order to get optimal adaptations resulting in significant performance gains.
  • Adequately plan the taper phase leading to the decisive competition of the year.