European Pole Vault + High Jump Seminar Jeremy Fischer OTC- Chula Vista, USA A WEEK at THE OTC- CHULA VISTA

¡ USOC created to Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista in 1995, by a grant from ARCO

¡ The OTC-CV is located on 155 acres or 63 hectometers

¡ Contains 133 on site beds

¡ 1000 meals/ day cafeteria A WEEK at THE OTC- CHULA VISTA A week at the OTC Chula Vista A week at the OTC Chula Vista A week at the OTC Chula Vista OTC Weight Room (501 square meters) Complex

¡ 9 Lanes Around ¡ 12 Lanes in Straight ¡ 2 HJ Pits ¡ 2 PV Pits ¡ 8 LJ/TJ Pits (10 force platforms) ¡ 8 Throwing circles (Discus/ hammer) ¡ 4 Shot Put Rings ¡ 2 Javelin Runways Facilities Chula Vista/ San Diego

7 Miles from San Diego Population of 243,000K in Chula Vista

OTC Chula Vista

Work for USATF/ Grant Provided by USOC

Staff- Craig Poole- Director, , Joaquim Cruz Paralympic, Art Venegas, Mac Wilkins, Jeremy Fischer

Athletes are in a resident program- stay on site, eat on site, pay for domestic travel indoor and outdoor

Coaches involved in USATF, and IAAF Coaching Education OTC Athletes

¡ Notable Names- , Will Claye, Brad Walker, , Toby Stevenson, Para- Blake Leeper, Para – Jeff Skiba

¡ Foreign Training Camps- Andreas Thorkildsen, Bjorn and Raphael, Karolina Kulft, Antoinette Dimartino, Primos Kozmus NAME/GROUP COMPETITION SPEED ENDURANCE STRENGTH PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTING OTHER

Jamie Nieto

Phase S O N D J F M A M J Month 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Monday 5 12 19 26 3 10 17 24 7 14 21 28 5 12 19 26 2 9 16 23 30 6 13 20 27 6 13 20 27 3 10 17 24 1 8 15 22 29 5 12 19 26 C microcycle # a l 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 e

Championships Championships NEW MEXICO Prefontaine

n DAY World Indoors Guadeloupe ARKANSAS ARKANSAS ARKANSAS

d US Indoors Rome DLRome DRAKE DRAKE a BREAK r Meet USA

Location DL

Peaking

Index 1-5 Speed 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 R e 2 2 3 3 4 4 4 4 l Strength a t Endurance 2 2 3 3 4 4 4 4 i v e Mobility 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 T h Technical 1 1 1 2 2 3 3 3 e m Taper/ e 3 4 4 4 3 4 4 s Restore

Testing x x x x x x x x High Volume Medium Low Hard Medium Intensity Easy Rest Macro-Meso-Microcyle Relationship

Macrocycle (quarterly)

Mesocycle (monthly)

Microcycle (weekly) TESTING

¡ On Track Testing ¡ Quad Test +2 (30m, Standing LJ, Standing TJ, Overhead Shot) (150m, Underhand Forward Shot) ¡ Most Elite male +300pts, Most Elite Female +250pts

¡ Weight Room ¡ Tend to Stay Away from 1 Repetition Max Testing ¡ Body Frame of Elite Athletes Can’t Support Their God Given Ability Quarterly (Macrocycle)

¡ Dependent on Time of Year and Annual Plan

¡ Volume vs Intensity Relationship

¡ Emphasis of Different Biomotor Qualities (Strength, Speed, Coordination, Flexibility, Endurance)

¡ Separated by Pre-Season/General Preparation, Pre Competition/ Specific Preparation, Competition/Competition 1; Competition 2, Out of Season/Restorative Training Components

¡ Please see handouts Videos Microcycle/Weekly Training Session Planner/ Daily Training Thank You [email protected] www.maximumvelocityathletics.com