USMS Level 3 Coach Certification - Charlotte, NC

U.S. Masters Swimming is hosting a USMS level 3 Masters coach certification course on Saturday, November 7, 2015, in Charlotte, NC.

Saturday, November 7, 2015
Classroom Instruction Level 3
9:00am - 3:00pm

Location of Classroom Instruction:
Residence Inn - Charlotte South Park
6030 Piedmont Row Drive South
Charlotte, NC 28287

Instructors: Dominic Latella, Mel Goldstein and Bill Brenner

Dominic Latella is the Assistant Head Coach of L4 Swimming which services swimmers in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.  Coach Latella has a decade of experience training Masters swimmers nationally and abroad.  He is an adjunct professor of Health and Fitness at American University and also works in swimming rehabilitation of Paralympic Military athletes in Washington, D.C.  Coach Latella focuses on execution of appropriate swimming technique to achieve not only improved efficiency and propulsion, but to also prevent injury. Coach Latella’s philosophy emphasizes proper technique so that a swimmer may attain one’s best time while optimizing performance for a lifetime of swimming.

Mel Goldstein was the 2001 Speedo US Masters Coach of the year, Mel won the 1997 Ransom J. Arthur MD Award that goes annually to a person who best supports the objectives of Masters swimming. It is the highest honor bestowed by United States Masters Swimming. He is a past President of USMS and a USMS All American with 255 Individual Top Ten Achievements. In 2012, he was inducted into the International Masters Swimming Hall of Fame.

Bill Brenner is the Education Director for USMS. He has 30 years coaching experience working with age group, college and Masters swimmers. Bill has served as a support team member for his local Masters club, team representative to the LMSC, an LMSC officer as the Top Ten Recorder, a multi-year delegate to the USAS convention and a member of national committees. He has served as the meet director for multiple events, helped organize the 2013 Pan American Masters championship and hosted the 2014 and 2015 YMCA Masters national championship in Sarasota, Fla.. A USMS Level 4 certified Masters coach, he enjoys attracting adult athletes to the sport of swimming and coaching all levels of ability.

Prerequisites
You must have completed Levels 1&2 of the USMS Masters coach certification program and be a current USMS Member to participate in the course. Please note that you can not take the level 3 certification on the same weekend that you are taking levels 1&2.

Certification Process
Upon successful completion of the certification process, including all required memberships, applications and completed tests: Each person will be awarded a USMS Level 3 Masters coaches certification certificate.

Fees
$225 for Level 3 Course.

Maximum
Maximum attendance is 25.

Who should attend? Current full-time, part-time or volunteer coaches who would like to explore the possibilities of coaching Masters swimmers as a profession. Anyone interested in supporting their existing team and coach.

Scholarships
The NC LMSC will fully subsidize the cost of registration, as well as reasonable transportation costs, for those NC LMSC athletes who successfully complete Coaches Certification at the November 7, 2015 event in Raleigh.

Scholarship requirements are as follows:

1. Each coach must plan, publicize, and complete a coaching clinic at any NC site.
2. Each coach must submit an article on coaching suitable for publication in the NC LMSC newsletter, "Across the Lanes", edited by Son Nguyen.
3. Importantly, if these requirements are not met within 6 months of certification, the reimbursement, even if the course is successfully completed, will not be authorized.

Coaches must actively submit documentation of completed requirements, along with proper documentation of fees and costs incurred, for reimbursement through NC LMSC Treasurer, Jeff Murray .Incomplete documentation will result in NO reimbursement. If these requirements are not met within 6 months of certification, the reimbursement, even if the course is successfully completed, will not be authorized.

Agenda
Saturday, November 7, 2015
Check-In: 8:30-9:00 am
Level 3 Training: 9:00am to 3:00pm
Lunch: 12:00-12:30pm
Lunch will be provided USMS

Online Registration
Online registration only. Registration closes at midnight pacific time on Friday, November 6, 2015 or when the course enrollment reaches 25.

Online Registration is Paid by Credit Card
Your online registration for this course will be paid by credit card and processed by Club Assistant. Please look for "ClubAssistant.com Events" on your credit card statement.

Lodging
The Residence Inn Charlotte South Park is offering USMS class participants a special guestroom rate of $109.00 for Friday November 6, 2015.  In order to receive this special rate of  $109.00 you must make your guestroom reservation no later than October 16, 2015.  Rate is subject to availability at time of booking.

Questions
Contact Marianne Groenings mgroenings@usms.org.

Coach certification registration fees are non-refundable and non-transferrable to another individual. However, If you can provide the USMS national office with a minimum of 72 hours notice before the start of the scheduled course, you may transfer your registration to a course at an alternate date and location. Written email notification must be sent to clubandcoach@usmastersswimming.org