FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida, February 10. EACH year, the American Swimming Coaches Association (ASCA) selects a small group of coaches to serve a year of fellowship working on a project with a mentor in the Fellows program.
The program's aim is to identify and begin educating the future coach-leaders of our sport. As such, ASCA Fellows are typically young coaches with a passionate interest in improving American swimming.
The fellowship year is a year of education and action. The education portion begins in early September with an intensive "clinic-within-the-clinic" held at the start of the ASCA World Clinic. The Fellows clinic will begin on Monday night (9/7/09) and run through Wednesday (09/09/09), with additional sessions later on in the week – so plan to attend the 2009 World Clinic, as well, which goes through Saturday (9/12/09). The 2009 ASCA World Clinic will be Sept. 8-13, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
The action portion of the program consists of working on and completing a project. Each Fellow, under the direction of the ASCA staff and Board of Directors, completes a project during the Fellows year (from the 2009 World Clinic to the 2010 World Clinic).
For a second year, the 2009 Fellows project will focus on the ASCA/ College Swimming Coaches Association of America initiative called "Preserve, Protect & Expand NCAA Swim Programs" (PP&E for short).
Coaches interested in applying for the Fellows 2009 Class may obtain an application by contacting ASCA Staff member Matt Hooper via email at mhooper@swimmingcoach.org or by phone at 1-800-356-2722. Questions can also be directed to Matt, as well.
Application deadline for the 2009 Fellows Class is: Tuesday, March 17, 2009.