American Swim Coaches World Clinic Updates Speakers List and Program

The American Swimming Coaches Association (ASCA) has updated their program for the 2015 ASCA World Clinic in September in Cleveland, OH. The annual World Clinic is ASCA’s largest and main clinic, featuring a 5 days of presentations and 3 days of courses to help educate and motivate coaches, as well as the largest exhibitor area in competitive swimming.

Schedule and price information available on ASCA’s website: www.swimmingcoach.org

Cleveland, Sept. 8-13, 2015.
World Clinic Schedule – Draft 17-2015 (see Meetings on Thursday/ FRIDAY – New today 5-8-15)

Tuesday, Sept. 8
1st day of CSCAA Program
1-2 PM – Coach Greg Meehan – Stanford – Topic TBA.
2:15-3:15 PM – Coach Bill Wadley – The Ohio State University – “The Crisis in NCAA Scholarship Swimming.”
3:30-4:30 PM – Coach Wally Morton, Cleveland State, “Generating Endowment Funds. “
4:30-5 PM – Questions and Open Forum.
ASCA Schools: (all have a separate fee)
8-12 Noon – Age Group Sports Psychology – Coach John Leonard
8-12 Noon – Dryland training for Teens – Coach Vern Gambetta –
1-5 PM – Character First – Coach Don Heidary
1-5 PM – How to Write Workouts – Coach Guy Edson
8 AM – 5 PM. Level 5 Administration School. – Ms. Paris Jacobs, MACHINE Aquatics.

Wednesday Sept. 9.
2nd Day of CSCAA Program.
8:30-9:30 AM –
9:45-10:45 AM – Challenges for NCAA Swimming – Mr. Jack Swarbrick, Athletic Director, Notre Dame. (Confirmed tent.)
11 AM -12 Noon – CSCAA Business Meeting. Executive Director Joel Shinofield
1:30-2:30 pm – Recommendations for the Future – Mr. Gene Smith, Athletic Director, The Ohio State University (Invited)
2:45-3:45 pm – Coach Carol Capitani – University of Texas Women. Topic TBA
4-5 pm – Coach Braden Holloway, NC State Topic TBA
ASCA Schools – (all have a separate fee.)
1-6 PM – Coach Eddie Reese – “All About Swimming….Training, Stroke, Brain Waves and Training them on Land and in the Water.”
8 AM-5 PM – Level 2 Stroke School – Coach David Krotiak, Fox Valley Swimming. Illinois. (Age Group Coach of Kevin Cordes)
8 AM – 5 PM – Level 3 Physiology School – Josh White – University of Michigan (invited)
8 AM – 12 Noon – Dryland Training for Age Groupers (“Building Strength, Stability and an Athletic Foundation”) – Coach Charlie Hoolihan, Pelican Athletic Club.
1-5 PM – Level 4 Leadership School – Coach Pat Hogan, USA Swimming
1-5 PM – “Working with Difficult, Challenging Children” – Coach Helen Morris, Australia.
MEETINGS – 1-5 PM ASCA Board
7-8:15 PM – KEYNOTE – Coach Frank Busch – USA National Team Director – “Looking Towards 2016”

Thursday – Sept. 10
7-8 AM – Tom Avischious – USA Swimming – “Learning to Use Your USA-Swimming Club Dashboard. A tutorial waltz through the system.”
8-12 Noon – Masters Level 1 School –Scott Bay.
8:30-9:30 AM – Major Talk – Jon Rudd Great Britain – “The Development of Breaststroke Olympic Gold Medalist Ruta Meilutyte”.
10:15-11:15 – Major Talk – Coach Bob Bowman
11:30-12:30PM – Major Talk – James “Doc” Counsilman Lecture – Rett Larson – “What We Can Learn From Chinese Diving.” (Invited)
LUNCH 12:30-2 PM.
1-4 PM Masters Level 2 School – Scott Bay.
MEETING – WORLD SWIMMING COACHES ASSOCIATION BOARD AND INVITED GUESTS. 1-3 PM
Tracks:

Age Group
2-3 PM. – 2014 National Age Group Coach of the Year Beth Winkowski.
3:30-4:30 PM – Coach Mary Anne Gerzanick-Liebowitz – “What I Learned Coaching At Summer Camp”
4:45-5:45 PM – Coach David Berkoff – “Coaching in a Rural Community.”

Senior
2-3 PM – Coach Ernie Maglischo – 3 Peak Backstroke
3:30-4:30 PM – Coach Bob Bowman – Topic TBA
4:45-5:45 PM – Coach Jon Sakovich – Bolles School – “What We Learned in a Survey of the Top 24 Athletes/Coaches at Junior Nationals.”

High School
2-3 PM – “Motivating High School Students to be the Best That They Can Be” Coach Todd Larkin – St. Xavier High School, Louisville, KY
3:30-4:30 PM. – Coach John Casadia (invited) –“Publicizing Your Program”
4:45-5:45 PM – Coach Eve Julian – “Non-Teacher Coach in a High School? Challenges and Solutions.“
SPECIAL SEMINAR – Coach Jon Rudd – UK – 2-5 PM (30 Registrations only. Separate Fee.)

Evening – 6:30-7 Reception), 7-9 PM – Annual ASCA Awards Banquet and ASCA Hall of Fame Coaches Induction Ceremony.

Friday – Sept. 11
7-8 AM – Tom Avischious – USA Swimming – “Learning to Use Your USA-Swimming Club Dashboard. A tutorial waltz through the system.”
8-9 AM – MAJOR TALK – 2014 ASCA Coach of the Year – Bruce Gemmell – “Preparation of Katie Ledecky”
9:15-10:15 AM – ASCA Business Meeting and Board Election. Travis Tygert – US Anti-Doping Agency.
11 AM-12 Noon – MAJOR TALK – Coach Wayne Goldsmith – Australia –
“Soft Skills and Coaching Swimming; Turning Swimmers into Complete Athletes”
Lunch 12 Noon-1:30 PM.
MEETING – FORMATION MEETING – WORLD SWIMMING ASSOCIATION 1-2 PM
MEETING – FORMATION MEETING – PROFESSIONAL SWIMMERS ASSOCIATION – 2-5 PM.

Friday Tracks:

The Business of Swimming
1:00-2 PM. Coach Wayne Goldsmith – “The Business of Swimming – Your Top Ten Questions Answered.”
2:30—3:30 PM – Ms. Paris Jacobs – “Administration of a Large USA Swimming Program – Keys to Success.”
4-5 PM – Travis Stensby – Counsilman-Hunsaker- “What you need to know to own your own facility”

High School
1:30-2:30 PM – Coach Todd Larkin, St. Xavier High School, Louisville, KY.
“Internal and External Marketing of Your Swim Program”
2:45-3:45 PM – “How and Why to Create a Team Handbook” –Coach Eve Julian-
4-5 PM –“How to Prepare and Run a Large Meet So It Looks Easy” – Coach Peter Hugo, New York.

Age Group:
1:30-2:30 PM – Coach Jon Rudd – Great Britain – “Coaching Principles for a Successful Youth Program”
2:45-3:45 PM – NAG COY Beth Winkowski and Dynamo Head Coach Jason Turcotte
4-5 PM – Coach Cathy Manthey – “Developing a Team with the Financially Disadvantaged Members of a Community. “

Senior Swimming:
1:30-2:30 PM – Coach Todd Schmitz – Colorado Stars.
2:45-3:45 PM. –Coach Ernie Maglischo – ‘The Breaststroke Armstroke…is it a Pull or a Scull?”
4-5 PM – Coach Jim Richardson – Grit Part One.

Masters:
1:30-2:30 PM – Jillian Wilkens – “Differences in Training Masters”
2:45-3:45 PM – Rich Axtell – “Growing a Program with Triathletes”
4-5 PM – Chad Durieux – “Getting a Team of Adults to Travel”

Special Seminar
– With Coach Wayne Goldsmith, Australia – 2:30-5:30 PM (30 registrations only – separate fee.)

Saturday Sept. 12
Build a Pool Conference by USA Swimming – (continues on Sunday, Sept. 13)
Ohio High School Coaches Association Meeting – 9-10 AM. (Jeff Wobser)
National Interscholastic Swimming Coaches Association Meeting – 10-10:50 AM. President Arvel McElroy.
8:30-9:30 AM Major Talk – Coach Bill Sweetenham, Australia, Mr. Craig Lord (SwimVortex) and Coach George Block, WSCA President. “The Changing World Scene of Swimming – WHAT DO WE WANT FOR OUR SPORT? “
10-11 AM – Major Talk – “Leadership – The Process” – ASCA Fellows Class of 2013.
11:30-12:30 PM – Major Talk – Coach Don Heidary – “The Cultural Headwind”.
12:30-2 PM – Lunch
2-3 PM Major Talk – Coach Jim Richardson – “The Coaching and Attainment of GRIT” (Part two)
3:15-4:15 PM Major Talk – VIDEO ANALYSIS OF TODAY’S World Class Best and how it relates to Age Group Swimming! . Coach Scott Colby, USA Swimming and Coach Ira Klein, Sarasota, FL
Special Seminar – 2-5 PM – With Coach Bill Sweetenham. (30 registrations only, separate Price).
Special Class 9 AM-12 Noon then 1-4 PM – Professor Jay Howard – “ Financial Planning to Achieve Your Financial Goals” MHD Financial (separate price)

Tracks:

High School
2-3 PM – “How to Get All Your Swimmers to Swim in College” –
3:15-4:15 PM – Coach Jon Sakovich – Bolles School – The High School Program at Bolles School

Masters:
2-3 PM – Jillian Wilkins – “Masters Business” -“Directing a Large Masters Meet and Adult Swim Lessons as a Revenue Stream”
3:15-4:15 PM – Rich Axtell – “One Pool with Diverse Workouts”
4:30-5:30 PM – Chad Durieux – “Putting on Clinics for Masters Swimmers”

Sunday, Sept. 13 –
8AM-12 Noon – Working Successfully with Swimming Parents. Coach Guy Edson
8AM-12 Noon – “So, You Want to be a College Coach?” Coach Joel Shinofield
8 AM-12 Noon – Soup to Nuts- the Great High School Program –
8 AM-12 Noon – SwimAmerica Program Director Training – Julie Nitti
8 AM – 12 Noon – Certified Stroke Technician Course – Coach John Leonard

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