COACHING EDUCATION UPDATE VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR YOUTH


NATIONALS CLINIC In preparation for USA Triathlon’s 2011


Junior and Youth national Championship Aug. 6-7, USA Triathlon will be hosting a pre-race youth clinic on friday, Aug. 5 from 9-11 a.m. at the Chula vista Marina in San Diego, Calif. Athletes will be guided through the swim, bike and run courses, as well as the transition area. The clinic is limited to the first 100 participants ages 7-15 and is free to all athletes registered for the race and who hold a USA Triathlon youth annual membership. USA Triathlon coaches are needed to


assist in running the clinic from 8:30-11:15 a.m. in either the swim, bike, run or transi- tion stations. four coaches will be identi- fied to be the lead for each station. Stations will consist of as many as 30


athletes for a 20-minute time period. Coaches at the swim station will need to be prepared to get in the water with the athletes, and coaches at the bike station will need to have a bike and helmet to ride


the course with the athletes. USA Triathlon certified coaches will


satisfy their service to the sport recertifi- cation requirement by volunteering at this clinic. please contact Angie Murphy at 719-


955-2811 or angie@usatriathlon.org with your name, email address and phone number if you are interested, and indicate if you have a preference of which station you would like to volunteer at and if you would like to be considered to be a lead coach at one of the stations.


CERTIFIED COACHES DISCOUNTS The latest coach discounts are in the


documents tab in your membership ac- count. Directions: Log in to your USA Triathlon account at


www.usatriathlon.org/login. If you have not signed into this account before, you must click the ‘Sign Up’ button. If you have issues signing up, please contact member- ship@usatriathlon.org or 719-955-2807.


once you have logged in, click on the ‘Doc- uments’ tab at the top of the page. You will see a list of documents available. Click on the ‘Certified Coaches’ tab. The product discount program is listed


as ‘Coach Discount program:’ click on the ‘Download’ link to the right for a pDf of the current purchase program discounts for certified coaches. The available dis- counts change quarterly.


SHARE YOUR COACHING EXPERTISE USA Triathlon is accepting submissions


for its weekly e-newsletter, Multisport Zone. Articles are accepted on a variety of topics, including swim, bike and run train- ing and nutrition. If you are interested in widening your reach as a certified coach and would like to contribute to MZ, email Lindsay at lindsayw@usatriathlon.org.


WEBINAR SURVEY please take 1-2 minutes to complete this


quick webinar survey: http://bit.ly/jbujcW. Your feedback is greatly appreciated.


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