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Paratriathlon 101 Session: FREE

Individual Sessions: $14.99 each

Purchase the Entire Series Here:
$85, USAT members, $100 non-USAT members

*Contact USAT Webinar Coordinator Julie Hill to purchase the entire series.
  

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Series: USA Paratriathlon Webinar Series                           Offered: Winter 2013: February 5 - April 10

Course Benefits: The 2013 USA Paratriathlon Webinar Series is created for race directors, coaches, clubs, athletes, & paratriathlon supporters seeking to learn more about the sport in a variety of areas.
   
   

Overview 

The USA Paratriathlon Webinar Series will offer seven webinars conducted by leading Paratriathlon experts in their respective fields (as listed below) for athletes, coaches, club directors, race directors, guides, handlers, and anyone interested in learning more about the current state of Paratriathlon in the USA and the world.

Purchase the entire series or individual webinars here.
     
   

Courses Offered
   
 

Amanda Duke- Paratriathlon 101
FREE Archived Event - Access your FREE WEBINAR here.
Paratriathlon 101 is a FREE webinar and open to any and all interested athletes, coaches, race directors, or constituents of USA Triathlon. This webinar will be a brief and very basic overview of the current Paratriathlon landscape in the United States with information on the current classification categories as well as information on handlers, competition rule modifications, and the athlete development pipeline.

*There is no CEU exam attached to this webinar.
         
         
   



 

Mike Lenhart and Brad Smith - Engaging Paratriathletes in Your Multisport Club
Live Event: February 13, 2013, 3 PM MT
Purchase this archived webinar here.

Join two seasoned individuals, Mike Lenhart, current chairman of the USA Paratriathlon Committee, and wheelchair athlete, Brad Smith, USAT Southeast Council member as they present the value of incorporating paratriathletes into your club's annual programs.  

Topics to include:

  • Pros and cons of an integrated multisport program with disabled athletes
  • Myths and realities of working with paratriathletes
  • Special considerations for your club's programs when including paratriathletes
  • Examples of integrated training programs, racing and other events
  • Realizing the value to your clubs.
         
         
   



 

Mark Sortino and Peter Harsch - Training the Paratriathlete
Live Event: February 19, 2013, 4 PM MT
Purchase this archived webinar here.

From adaptive equipment to different training considerations for different disabilities, "Training the Paratriathlete" will provide how best to approach training for the Paratriathlete - both beginner and elite.

Topics to include:

  • History
  • Classifications
  • National and international competition
  • Organizations.

If you're interested in coaching paratriathletes or want to become more familiar with Paratriathlon in general, this webinar event is for you.

         
         
     

Keri Schindler - Making Your Race Accessible: How to Include Paratriathletes
Live Event: March 12, 2013, 4 PM MT
Purchase this archived webinar here.

Learn to identify the unique needs or Paratriathletes.  We will discuss how you can make some small changes that will allow you to include Paratriathletes at your local races.  Topics that will be covered include: why this important, how to do it, what the implications are, best practices, and getting your race USAT Sanctioned Paratriathlon Friendly.

         
         
         
   
  Aaron Scheidies - Guiding 101: How to Guide a Blind/Visually Impaired Athlete Through a Triathlon 
Live Event: March 21, 2013, 3 PM MT
Purchase this archived webinar here.

Current and prospective guides will gain the knowledge they need to effectively guide those who are blind/visually impaired through a triathlon.

Topics to include:

  • Paratriathlon rules and equipment that apply to the T6 athletes (blind/visually impaired) and guides.
  • Crucial aspects of guiding in each of the disciplines; swim, bike, run and transitions, including first-hand knowledge and examples of effective and ineffective techniques.
  • The importance of knowing your role as a guide, effective communication with your athletes and understanding athlete-guide dynamics will be addressed. 

After this webinar, participants will have the base knowledge needed to begin the guiding experience.

         
         
   
  Julie O'Neill - Paratriathlon Classification & Coaching: How a Better Understanding of the Classification Process and Data can Bring Greater Success to your Athletes
Live Event: April 9, 2013, 3 PM MT
Purchase this archived webinar here.

Classification education is an ongoing function of the Paralympic Division of the USOC – both the education and training of classifiers and sharing of information with coaches, athletes, program managers and the like.  Coaches and Program Managers who gain a better understanding of the general premises of Paralympic sport classification are often better equipped to coach, teach and support their athletes more effectively due to a greater understanding of the impairment, better knowledge of the overall classification process and procedures, and ability to understand basic medical data to evaluate what the athlete truly can and cannot do in a sport setting.
         
         
   

 		  

Peter Harsch - Paratriathlon Lower Limb Amputee Considerations for Coaching and Training
Live Event: May 14, 2013, 3 PM MT
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Gain a better understanding of the challenges and solutions of training and racing with a lower limb prosthesis and options for both coaches and amputee athletes to improve biomechanics in running and cycling.  Also covered is an overview of prosthetic components for improved comfort and suspension along with options for both T1 and T2.

   

Certification Credit
   

Race Directors:

Upon completing the entire 7 webinars, RD’s are eligible to receive 4 CEUs.

Certified Race Directors are eligible to receive 1 CEU from the following webinars:

  • Paratriathlon 101 by Amanda Duke
  • Making Your Race Accessible: How to Include Paratriathletes by Keri Schindler
Coaches:

Certified Coaches are eligible to receive 1 CEU from the following webinars:

  • Guiding 101: How to Guide a Blind/Visually Impaired Athlete Through a Triathlon by Aaron Scheidies
  • Training the Paratriathlete by Mark Sortino and Peter Harsch
  • Amputee Training by Peter Harsch
  • Paratriathlon Classification & Coaching: How a Better Understanding of the Classification Process and Data can Bring Greater Success to your Athletes

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