Fleet Feet Menlo Park (859 Santa Cruz Ave., Menlo Park CA 94025)
and
www.CrossCountryExpress.com present:
The 4th Annual NorCal Distance Coaches’ Collaborative Round Table
Here is who will be attending:
Albert Caruana Crystal Springs Uplands School (CCS)
Chris Puppione Eastside Catholic School (Wash.)
Jason Oswalt Amador Valley High School (NCS)
Josh Small Valley Christian SJ (CCS)
Peter Brewer Northgate High School (NCS)
Walt Lange Jesuit High School (SJS)
Doug Chase Scotts Valley High School (CCS)
Hank Lawson Lynbrook High School (CCS)
Tim Hunter San Ramon Valley High School (NCS)
Vince Sturgis Evergreen Valley High School (CCS)
Laura Schmitt Redwood High School (NCS)
Nicholas Frank Berean Christian (NCS)
Mike Puncsak San Lorenzo High School (NCS)
Andrew Hutchinson Sequoia High School (CCS)
Marty Beene Alameda High School (NCS)
Chris Williams Dublin High School (NCS)
Craig Stern Albany High School (NCS)
Noel Mattern Granada High School (NCS)
Matthew Lai Priory School (CCS)
Ernie Lee Gunn High School (CCS)
Keely Gabbert KIPP San Jose Collegiate (NA)
Brad Alban Miramonte High School (NCS)
Dan Oren Los Altos High School (CCS)
Tony Fong St. Joseph Notre Dame (NCS)
Eric Sun Mayfield School (SS)
John Pelster De La Salle School (NCS)
Rob Collins San Lorenzo Valley High School (CCS)
Pamela Borg Yreka High School (NS)
Frank Hunt Aragon High School (CCS)
Nino Hernandez Alameda High School (NCS)
Liz Gottlieb Marin Academy (NCS)
Jon Bretan Marin Academy (NCS)
Chuck Woolridge Campolindo (NCS)
Bill Gregg Davis (SJS)
Location: Crystal Springs Uplands School
400 Uplands Drive
Hillsborough CA 94010
Date: Saturday, January 7th, 2012
• Session I: 9am-12pm
• Lunch: 12pm-1pm
• Session II: 1pm-3pm
Round Table Leaders
•
Chris Puppione – Clinic Co-Director
o Eastside Catholic School
•
Albert Caruana – Clinic Co-Director
o Crystal Springs Uplands School
•
Jason Oswalt – Clinic Co-Director
o Amador Valley High School
Round Table Features
• Everyone is a clinician, everyone is a student.
• Round table topics selected by attendees in advance via email..
• All attendees receive “A Packet of Nuggets”—a compilation of coaching gems from each attending coach.
• Attendees will also receive a collection of training programs submitted by the other coaches in attendance.
• Cost for the round table discussion is FREE.
• Event is open to the first 30 coaches to register.
Contact
Chris Puppione (coachpup@gmail.com) to register for the event, as
well as to receive further information. This event is for HIGH SCHOOL
COACHES ONLY.
Please contact Chris ASAP as spots are
filling up fast. Some of the best coaches in NS, SJS, NCS, and CCS will
be at this Round Table. Don't miss out.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE ROUND TABLE. KEEP READING!
November 22, 2011
Dear Coaches,
Now
that cross country season is almost in the books and the track and field
season looms on the not-so-distant horizon, we would like to invite you
to join us for a clinic unlike any other in the state of California.
On
January 7th, 2012, we will be hosting The NorCal Distance Coaches
Collaborative Round Table in Hillsborough at Crystal Springs Uplands
School. The event is scheduled to kick-off at 9am and will be attended
by many of the finest coaches from our part of the state. This clinic is
unique in format and conception.
Many of us have
attended clinics over the years, and although we have been lucky enough
to hear some great speakers, the part most of us look forward to is
the aftermath—sitting around with your peers, swapping stories,
discussing training ideas, asking questions, all while enjoying some
good food and drink.
We have decided to get rid of the
lectures and ditch the conventional while getting straight to the good
stuff—some high-energy shop talk with some of our sport’s finest coaches
in a relaxed environment full of friends and soon-to-be friends.
At this event, the attendees will choose the topics. Whether you want to
rehash the last cross country season or talk about the track season
ahead, you tell us and we will put it on the agenda.
1.
Limited to the first 30 coaches to sign-up via email, this round
table discussion is completely based on the contributions of all
attendees. Here is how it works:
2. Coaches are asked to email Chris Puppione (coachpup@gmail.com) to sign-up for the event.
3. Upon receipt of your email, Chris will ask you to submit the following for the clinic by December 21, 2011:
a.
Topics and ideas you would like to discuss or gain knowledge about
at the clinic (training, recruiting, nutrition, state of the sport,
etc.)
i. This is an absolute necessity, as these suggestions will function as our agenda for the day.
b.
A 1-3 page installment (or “nugget of knowledge”) describing something
you do with your athletes that you feel is key to your program’s success
(i.e. a particular workout, coaching philosophy, mental training, etc.)
i. All coaches are expected to contribute with this—consider it as Part I of your entrance fee!
ii. These
“nuggets” will be compiled and all attendees will receive the full
collection of notes at the clinic in both print and digital formats.
c. A copy of your training plan and notes from the past cross country season or the upcoming track season.
i.
This is Part II of your entrance fee, and coaches are to submit these
so that they may be shared with other attendees for review, critique,
and to foster discussion of training methods.
ii. These training
programs will be sent out to all attendees in digital format, and you
are asked to print them out prior to the round table and make notes on
them for discussion purposes.
iii. By submitting your training
ideas or plans in advance, you can have your season’s training discussed
by some of our sport’s greatest coaches, so don’t miss out on this
opportunity.
d. All submitted information must be sent in either
MS Word or MS Excel docs so that they can be easily formatted for
compilation.
4. A running tally of coaches who commit
to attending the round table willbe maintained on Albert’s website
(www.crosscountryexpress.com) so everyone can prepare any specific
questions that they may have for their fellow coaches.
5.
Prior to the event, Chris and Albert will release a schedule that will
outline the topics for the day so that each coach attending may come
prepared to participate and contribute.
6. THERE ARE NO
LECTURERS AT THIS EVENT. We are not presenting a seminar—this is an
opportunity to expand the discussion and for everyone to be a student
and a teacher.
7. Attending coaches are encouraged to
bring any information they wish to discuss or share to the event. We
will have overhead projectors, LCD projectors, as well as AV
equipment—bring it all.
8. Also, we would like all
coaches in attendance to bring their laptop computers with them, as we
will be using internet connections to access information during
discussion periods. Please be sure to have your flash drive or
memory stick with you so you can steal/borrow info from other coaches.
9.
Sign-in on January 7th will begin at 8:30am with the round table
beginning promptly at 9am. We will section the day into topics picked by
our attendees,
10. Break for lunch at noon, and then
reconvene for further discussion starting at 1pm. The round table ends
when either you go home or they kick us out of the building at 3pm.
11. While this is an open discussion, we have designated the following coaches as leaders for the event:
a. Chris Puppione, Eastside Catholic School
b. Albert Caruana, Crystal Springs Uplands School
c. Jason Oswalt, Amador Valley High School
12.
These coaches will act as guides for the discussion, keeping the round
table focused while moving the group through the agenda and moderating
input from all coaches. They will offer their insights as well, but they
are not clinicians or panelists.
13. On the day of the event, all attending coaches will receive the following:
a. “A Packet of Nuggets”—a compilation of coaching gems from all attendees
b. A collection of all attendees training programs
c. Great conversation with amazing colleagues
It
is our belief that this collaborative round table will be of great
benefit for all coaches—rookies and veterans alike. Please join us for
this amazing event by emailing your registration to Chris Puppione
(coachpup@gmail.com).
Be a part of the excitement—be a
part of the conversation. Join us January 7, 2012 at Crystal Springs
Uplands School in Hillsborough, CA for The 4th Annual NorCal Distance
Coaches’ Collaborative Round Table.
Yours in running,
Chris Puppione
Albert Caruana
Jason Oswalt
