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Course 4 - IAAF Road Race Measurement Seminar The Oceania Regional Development Centre, Gold Coast hosted an IAAF Seminar on Road Race Measurement Seminar on the Gold Coast, the 1st - 7th July, 2011. There were 15 participants from 12 Oceania Area Member Federations who participated in the seminar. The seminar was a combination of robust theory and equally vigorous practical sessions. Using the knowledge gained in theory classes, participants took to the streets of the Gold Coast on bicycles to practice measuring courses using the Bicycle Calibration Method and learning the intricacies of the Jones Counter. The Seminar Leader and Lecturer was Dave Cundy (AUS) who is highly qualified and experienced in Road Race Measuring. Dave has been appointed by the IAAF to the ICRO Panel. The Seminar was a live-in seminar and the participants were accommodated at the Sports Super Centre at Runaway Bay on the Gold Coast. The Road Measurers Seminar was conducted alongside the Oceania Half Marathon and Marathon Championships which were held on the 1st July at Southport. Seminar participants were able to attend the Championships and witness real examples of the results of course measurement. One of the seminar participants, Peter Higgins was Race Referee for the Half Marathon, whilst another, Jay Antonio took the opportunity to compete in the Oceania Half Marathon Championships. The aims and objectives of the seminar were that by the end of the seminar participants would have learnt how to precisely measure a course for any road competition and be able to set up the corresponding refreshment and sponge stations. All participants completed the seminar and received an IAAF Certificate of Attendance. On completion of the seminar the participants are eligible to become IAAF-AIMS Grade ‗C‘ measurers. Participants were encouraged to return to their Member Federations and practice their measuring, prepare measurement reports to a reasonable standard and submit reports to Dave Cundy. Once these expectations have been met they may become IAAF-AIMS Grade ‗C‘ Measurers and be eligible to measure local races. Once the Measurer becomes a Grade ‗C‘, he/she can work towards being upgraded to a Grade ‗B‘. To do so he/she needs to continue measuring, preparing reports to a high standard, and be observed by a Grade ‗A‘ measurer on at least one measurement. Oceania RDC Bulletin 2011 Page 30
Course 5 - IAAF CECS III Throws Course Oceania Athletics conducted a 14 day CECS III Throws Course for coaches from eight OAA Member Federations in September at the Super Sports Centre, Runaway Bay on the Gold Coast. The two course lecturers were Fletcher McEwen and Brett Green, a Gold Coast local, who was lecturing on an IAAF Course for the first time. The Sports Super Centre is an ideal venue for a course that requires four hours a day of practical sessions that not only included the four events but also strength and conditioning sessions in the gymnasium. The course content is well balanced with a variety of practical participation by the coaches and instruction in the class room. The structure of the course is each event commencing with Advanced Teaching Progressions for that event, followed by the event Technical Model, then Drills and Exercises and finally the coaches Teaching and Coaching the event. The coaches‘ task was made easier with a group of students from Helensvale State High School, students who were at the Sports Centre on excursion and some local experienced athletes. These athletes enjoyed their involvement in the course and were appreciative of the opportunity to work with the coaches. In addition to the sessions on the events the course content included Dynamic Warm-up, Session Planning including Microcycle Design, Strength and Conditioning (weights, medicine balls, plyometrics), Physiology and Anatomy and Performance Coaching. At the completion of the course each coach was required to complete a written exam, plan two training sessions and sit an oral exam where the coach was given a set of situations and to analyse what had occurred with the athlete‘s throw and how to make the corrections. From the first practical session the coaches were involved in ―coaching‖ whether it was conducting the warm up, working with fellow coaches or the visiting athletes. This enabled the coaches to display their own unique method of coaching. Granted some were not as experienced as others at the beginning, however the group worked extremely well as a team to achieve the common goal of developing more throws coaches in the Federations, In particular the smaller federations such as Tuvalu, Kiribati and Nauru. With only one rest day during the course the coaches put in extra time after hours for study and group planning sessions. The course was divided into three syndicates and each of these had to prepare, for presentation to the course, a Technique Training Session and a Speed Training Session. Following the presentation the course then conducted an open critique of the plans. These proved to be a very good way of expanding the coach knowledge. Not only with the group working together but also the critique, which was a fun time, showing that the sessions could be varied to meet the same goal. The course concluded with a social night at the home of OAA Executive Director, Yvonne Mullins. The atmosphere here was the traditional Pacific Islands chat and laughter. Yvonne put on the usual OAA spread with plenty of good food to satisfy all. Dayne O‘Hara, who is finalising his Bachelor of Business—Sport and Event Management , provided excellent administration and logistics support to the course. Some of the course highlights included: John Quinn attended the course on his way home from coaching the New Zealand team at the Commonwealth Youth Games on the Isle of Man. The continual miss hitting if the arrow key by the Senior Lecturer to the point where he required a purpose prepared template over the key board. Shaka‘s singing of ‗60‘s hits. The variety of hats Golden (aka Anthony) wore. Couple were magpies beanies. Oceania RDC Bulletin 2011 Page 31
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