Top US Coach for Throws Seminar

 

PRESS RELEASE

 

 

Top US Coach for Throws Seminar

 

After a successful hurdles seminar held just over three weeks ago, the NAAA’s will be hosting a two day throws seminar on Saturday 10th and Sunday 11th November at the athletes lounge Hasely Crawford Stadium. Once again, the NAAA’s will be employing the services of one of the USA’s top coaches, Mr. Don Babbitt.

 

Mr. Babbitt, head field coach at the University of Georgia has coached eight athletes that competed at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece, including former world champion and shot put silver medalist Adam Nelson. In addition, he was the personal coach of six-time U.S. Champion and current American record holder Breaux Greer (javelin), as well as Canadian record holders, Jason Tunks (discus) and Brad Snyder (shot put). Mr. Babbitt coaches former Bulldogs Reese Hoffa, currently ranked first in the world in shot put after winning his event at the U.S. Championships and both the World Indoor and Outdoor Track & Field Championships; Andra Haklits, the two-time Croatian Olympian and hammer record holder; Lieja Tunks, the top Dutch shot putter and Grete Etholm-Snyder, a repeat winner of the Norwegian discus championship. He is the former personal coach of Terri Steer, the top U.S. women's shot putter in 2001 and 2002.

 

The sessions begin at 9:00am on both days. On Saturday, Coach Babbitt will be covering both shot put and discus, while Sunday’s lecture is on the disciplines of hammer and javelin. Over the weekend there will be classroom sessions covering biomechanics and teaching progressions, field sessions and strength and conditioning training in all four disciplines.

 

This seminar is the third in a series of seminars that the NAAA’s are hosting during the track and field off season. The next seminar which is scheduled to be held on the 15th December will be on doping control, nutrition and sport therapy.

 

INVITATION

 

 

 

All sport media are invited to cover this event.

 

Classroom sessions will be held from 9:00-10:15am and 1:30-2:30pm

 

Field sessions 10:30-11:30am and 2:45-3:45pm

 

Gym sessions 11:45-12:30pm and 4:00-5:00pm on both days

 

Interviews with Mr. Babbitt can be conducted during the lunch break (12:30-1:30pm)

 

 

 

For any other information please contact Mr. Alan Baboolal, Secretary (771-2556) or Mr. Peter Samuel, PRO (498-0219)