Convention Moves Online

March 30, 2020 Greg Earhart

Following the cancellation of this year's CSCAA Convention, many of our speakers have graciously agreed to provide online presentations over the coming weeks. These presentations are free to all coaches and will be archived for all CSCAA members to access. Registration is limited. Login to Register for Webinars

Improve Technique Skills While Away From the Pool

USA Swimming High Performance consultant Russell Mark continues to be the expert in technique and race analysis. Every year, USA Swimming’s Russell Mark spends more time away from each National Team athlete he works with, than time he spends with them. Very similar to our current coaching situation where it’s been over a month since you last saw your team in the water – and could be months more – learn how Russell prepares himself in his time away from athletes. He will use video examples to show the first technique aspects he looks for when he walks on deck. These tips and tools can help you and your team be better in the water even after all this time away.

Swim Strength Training When Pools are Closed

Dr. Genadijus Sokolovas, PhD in Exercise Physiology, author, FINA expert, former USA Swimming Director of Physiology and Sport Science, and current High Performance Director at USA Pentathlon will guide us through the myriad of focused strength training options that benefit swimmers when no pool workouts are available.

Returning to Training - The Post Covid Transition

Legendary Olympic Coach Bob Bowman (Arizona State University) covers the future we’re all thinking about - how to get back to training when we get back into the pool. He tries to answer some of the key questions we will all be dealing with:

1. When will we return to a more “normal” training environment?

2. What can we expect it to look like from an athlete preparedness standpoint?

3. How will we organize our program to transition from the stay at home largely land based activity to structure in water training?

Change, Keeping Together and What Now for Coaches?

Presented by Bo Hanson - 4x Olympian and 3x Olympic Medalist and Performance Consultant at Athletes Assessments.

Let’s focus on what coaches need to know about how to effectively deal with what’s going on now. Dealing with change at the best of times, is challenging for most people and we are all dealing with significant change. There will be a time in the future when we are through this. It will be then that we find out who dealt with this change and who managed this time the best. This webinar covers all you need to understand about dealing with change and focuses on practical strategies you can take now to keep your team together, not to just survive but to thrive. Make the most of this time to emerge even stronger and prepared for the next opportunities to practice and compete again.

Leveraging the Role of Mindfulness In Sport

Most of us are so focused on training the physical and technical components of sport that we often overlook the critical effect mental health exerts on performance. Mental health is not merely the absence of illness; it’s a dynamic and overarching construct used to describe a person’s condition regarding their social, psychological and emotional well-being, i.e. how we feel, think and act. When we strengthen our mental health, we strengthen our ability to regulate our thoughts, emotions and behaviors, which allows us to positively cope with stress and adversity - an integral part of successful performance.

Decades of research make it clear that emotional and attentional awareness and regulation are traits that foster well-being and pave the way for peak performance. Generating awareness and giving athletes the tools to reduce the likelihood of mental illness, positively cope with stress and anxiety, and achieve these states of mind is as crucial as technique, body alignment, strategy and the like. One way to strengthen emotional and attentional awareness and regulation is through the practice of mindfulness.

Join Olympic Gold Medalist & high-performance consultant, Samantha Arsenault Livingstone, on April 30th for a conversation on how to leverage the role of mindfulness in sport.