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ACCREDITED ATHLETICS COACH NEWSLETTER – November 2014
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Steve Backley Coach Education Session
Athletics Australia are delighted to announce that Steve Backley, world class Javelin
Thrower is coming to Australia to run coach education sessions as part of the AIS Winning
Edge Strategy and generously supported by NSW Institute of Sport.
To be held in Sydney at the end of the U19 talent Squad Camp, the workshop will involve
both theory and practical sessions focusing on developing core strength for throwers as
well as mental preparation for competition.
Backley was formerly the world record holder for javelin throwing. During his career, he
won four gold medals at the European Championships, three Commonwealth
Games gold medals, two silvers and a bronze at the Olympic Games and two silvers at
the World Championships.
Venue:
Date:
Times:
RSVP:
Sydney Olympic Park Athletics Centre
17th January 2015
TBC
kylie.italiano@athletics.org.au
This event is FREE OF CHARGE for Athletics Australia Accredited Athletics Coaches.
Henk Kraaijenhof Coach Education Sessions
Athletics Australia was extremely fortunate to have Henk Kraaijenhof come out to
Australia and present world class material on speed development as well as
individualization of training.
The sessions were thought provoking and challenging concepts were delivered with
simple analogies and with Henk’s generous creative touch.
For those who were unable to attend the sessions and would like to view them, please
contact kylie.italiano@athletics.com.au for a link to the videos.
Athletics Australia would like to thank the AIS competitive innovation funding for
supporting this initiative.
Australian All Schools Championships Coach Education Sessions
During the upcoming Australian All Schools Championships, Athletics Australia are offering
a number of event specific coach education sessions with the National Junior Coaches.
The sessions will be practical and focus on skills and drills to develop the technical model
of the event and for middle and long distance coaches programming for junior athletes.
Please email kylie.italiano@athletics.org.au to register for the various sessions.
Venue:
Date:
Times:
9:00 – 10:00am
Santos Stadium, Adelaide
Saturday 6th December
9:30 – 10:30am
Distance with Nicky Frey (indoor session) – note time change
Hammer with Karyn Di Marco
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11:00 – 12:00pm
Sprints with Michael Dooley
3:30 – 4:30pm
Pole Vault with Mark Stewart
Horizontal Jumps with Nicole Boegman-Stewart
5:00 – 6:00pm
Hurdles with Lyn Foreman
5:45 – 6:45pm
High Jump with Sandro Bisetto
Javelin with Dion Collins & Grant Ward
Walks with Megan Szirom
Important changes to World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) 2015 Prohibited List and
WADA Code
As coaches it is important to familiarise ourselves with the following changes to the
Prohibited List and WADA Code that will come into effect on the 1st January 2015
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) 2015 Prohibited List which will come into effect on
1 January 2015.
Summary of significant changes:
 The change of most interest to many athletes is to pseudoephedrine, a substance
commonly used to treat nasal and sinus congestion. WADA has removed
pseudoephedrine from the 2014 Monitoring Program and it will remain on the
Prohibited List.
 For athletes this means pseudoephedrine concentrations found in urine above 150
microgram per millilitre are prohibited in--competition in all sports.
 Medications that contain pseudoephedrine like Sudafed, Codral, etc. must be
ceased 24 hours prior to competition.
 Other changes for 2015 seek to provide greater clarity to the List, with the majority of
amendments being of a technical nature, including re-categorising and improving
the terminology of existing substances and methods.
Further information about the new Prohibited List can be found on the Australian Sports
Anti-Doping Authority website and WADA website.
You can use the Check Your Substances tool on the ASADA website to find out the status
of Australian medications. Check your Substances will be updated to reflect the 2015
changes on 19 December 2014.
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) 2015 Anti-Doping Code which will come into
effect on 1 January 2015.
Summary of significant changes:
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Addition of 2 new Anti-Doping Rule Violations - Complicity and Prohibited Association
Longer mandatory sanctions for deliberate doping (increasing from 2 to 4 years)
Increased time of storing samples for testing (increasing from 8 to10 years)
Whereabouts violations (reduced time -3 violations over 12months instead of 18
months period)
Increased focus on intelligence and investigations
An increase in investigation of support personnel in any cases of Anti-Doping Rule
Violations.
Ensure you are ready for the changes to the 2015 Code. Best way to do this via
undertaking the ASADA 2015 Code Learning Update. Further information can also be
found on the ASADA website and WADA website.
Please make contact with Lynda Gusbeth on lynda.gusbeth@athletics.org.au if you need
additional information or clarification
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Distribution List
The Coaching Department is fortunate that we are provided access to innumerable
coaching articles and current research documentation. We have created an
opportunity to share this information with Accredited Athletics Coaches.
If you are interested in this opportunity, please email jill.taylor@athletics.org.au and we will
add you to the distribution list.
Para Athletics Coaching Register
Athletics Australia has created a national coaching network for para-athletics coaches in
Australia. This network identifies coaches who cater for para-athletics athletes. It is used as
a tool to link newly classified athletes in the para-athletics system to existing coaches in
their respective state.
The network will also be used to bring para-athletics coaches together at major state and
national meets and a tool for the para-athletics department at Athletics Australia to
communicate directly with coaches regarding para-athletics information.
If you would like to be included on the national network for para-athletics coaches
please contact Athletics Australia, Para-athletics Development Officer Brett Watton on
brett.watton@athletics.org.au and include your name, address, events coached and
contact number.
If you have any questions please contact Brett Watton on 03 8646 4570
UPCOMING EVENTS
Accredited Coach Education Courses
Athletics Australia has all coaching courses throughout Australia listed on the Athletics
Australia website.
To view the complete Coach Education Calendar, please visit here.
Australian All Schools Championships – Coach Education Sessions
Date:
6th December
Times:
9:00 – 10:00am
Hammer with Karyn Di Marco
11:00 – 12:00pm
Sprints with Jackie Byrnes
3:30 – 4:30pm
Distance with Nicky Frey (indoor session)
Pole Vault with Mark Stewart
Horizontal Jumps with Nicole Boegman-Stewart
5:00 – 6:00pm
Hurdles with Lyn Foreman
5:45 – 6:45pm
High Jump with Sandro Bisetto
Javelin with Dion Collins & Grant Ward
Walks with Megan Szirom
Location: Santos Stadium, Adelaide
Cost:
Free of charge for Accredited Athletics Coaches
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Steve Backley Throws Coach Education Session
Date:
17th January 2015
Venue:
Sydney Olympic Park Athletics Centre
Time:
TBC
Cost:
Free for Accredited Athletics Coaches
Registration:
Email kylie.italiano@athletics.org.au
ARTICLES OF INTEREST
Podcast
by Mike Hurst with Henk Kraaijenhof
Athletics Australia was fortunate enough to have the great Dutch sprints coach Henk
Kraaijenhof visit the country last week as part of an education tour supported by the
Australian Institute of Sport.
Whilst in town, renowned sports journalist and sprints coach Mike Hurst sat down for a
one-on-one interview which can be listened to here.
Additional resources from his seminars can be requested through Kylie Italiano, with
details on this above.
Henk is one of the greatest minds in speed-power performance development, having
also had the practical experience of leading Nellie Cooman to set a world record over
60m and “the” Merlene Ottey to breakthrough for her first gold medal at a world
championships over 200m.
Guidelines for Young Athletes to Reduce Injuries
How Parents Can Set Age-Specific Limits
by Sumathi Reddy, Published in The Wall Street Journal
Children are dedicating themselves to a single sport too early and spending too much
time playing it, say doctors who are seeing more children coming in with overuse injuries.
Playing multiple sports leads to fewer overuse injuries, lower burnout rates and better
overall athletes, experts say. Focusing on a single sport should only begin around the age
of puberty or even later, when a child’s body has developed enough to handle the
stress.
“The perception is you train early and only do a single sport and do as much as you can
until you’re better than everyone else,” says Neeru Jayanthi, medical director of primary
care sports medicine at Loyola University Health System in Chicago. “I think it’s pretty
clear from the injury and performance-data side that that’s a terrible developmental
model.”
In addition to acute injuries, such as concussions, doctors say they are seeing an increase
in serious overuse injuries, such as stress fractures in the back, elbow-ligament injuries and
damage to cartilage and underlying bone, known as osteochondral injuries. Such
incidents can sideline athletes for one to six months or more.
Overuse injuries develop over time due to the repeated stress on the same bone, muscle
or tendon. Children are at greater risk in part because their bones are still growing. Experts
say as much as 50% or 60% of injuries in young athletes are due to overuse.
Read Full Article here
ACCREDITED ATHLETICS COACH NEWSLETTER – November 2014
USEFUL CONTACT INFORMATION
National Coaching
Development Manager
Coach Accreditation
Administrator
Coach Development
Administrator
Jill Taylor
jill.taylor@athletics.org.au
Lynne Evans
lynne.evans@athletics.org.au
Kylie Italiano
kylie.italiano@athletics.org.au
For further information about Accredited Coach Education Courses, please contact your
state provider listed below:
ACT
Ben Offereins
eo.act@athletics.org.au
NSW
Lisa McConchie
Glen Howell
lisa.mcconchie@sealglobal.net
glen25_howell@hotmail.com.au
NT
John Bowden
development@ntathletics.org.au
QLD
Daniel Rowe
Daniel.rowe@qldathletics.org.au
SA
Kate Semiz
Kate.semiz@athleticssa.com.au
TAS
VIC
WA
Simon Bennett
Kylie Italiano
Sharon
simon@tasathletics.org.au
kylie@athsvic.org.au
info@waathletics.org.au