PERFORMANCECOACHING September/October 2011


IN THIS ISSUE: Ben Solomon COACHES CORNER


or U.S. Paralympic Team, and many coaches who will try to help them get there. It’s important for both the athletes and their coaches to understand what


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steps to take to reach their goals. We have articles that will cover paratriathlon classification, equipment, travel and training.


We hope you enjoy the newsletter.


Linda Cleveland USAT Coach Development Manager


he focus of this issue is paratriathlon. Now that paratriathlon has been chosen for inclusion in the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio, we have many athletes who will be trying to make the USA Paratriathlon National Team


PARATRIATHLON COACHING EDUCATION UPDATE .....page 2


INTRODUCTION TO PARATRIATHLON CLASSIfICATION Julie O’Neill......................................page 4


EqUIPMENT NEEDS fOR PARATRIATHLON BASED ON CLASSIfICATION Keri Schindler and Hailey Danisewicz ...........................page 6


TRAINING fOR PARATRIATHLETES Sergio Borges and Joan Murray ....................................page 10


TRAvELING fOR PARATRIATHLETES Daniel Tun........................................page 12


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