Track & Field Academy Now Accepting Applications for 2014 Summer Specialist Certification Courses

NEW ORLEANS – The USTFCCCA Track & Field Academy’s annual Summer Semester Specialist Certification courses at Philadelphia’s Villanova University on June 21-25 are right around the corner, and the application process to attend is now open.

Coaches with a minimum three years of formal experience looking to gain certification in one of five overall disciplines are encouraged to apply for the opportunity to attend this once-per-year cornerstone event on the Track & Field Academy’s calendar.

The online application can be accessed here.

Only 50 applicants to each program will be admitted, with applications being reviewed for admission in the order in which they are received. Those coaches who are accepted will be notified within two weeks and will have three additional weeks to secure their spot in the program with their $450 tuition payment.

Disciplines for which specialist certifications will be offered include:

• Sprint, hurdle and relay events
• Jumping events
• Throwing events
• Endurance events
• Combined events

Attendees in each event area will engage in a five-day program covering issues relating to the technical coaching of the discipline. Such topics as training theory; biomechanics; training components, design and administration; and peripheral training concerns are among those covered during the 36 hours of instruction time.

Please visit to the Track & Field Academy website for additional information.