Metro Knoxville XC/KIL Coaching Clinic with Loren Seagrave 2013

Oak Ridge, TN

Meet Information

Sprint and speed guru Loren Seagrave will be our clinician for the January 5, 2013 clinic at the Oak Ridge HS amphitheatre beginning at 9:00 AM. Topics will include starts and start mechanics for sprinters, periodization for high school sprinters, and speed development. Seagrave is a very well-known USATF clinician who has worked with numerous Olympic and professional athletes:

Loren Seagrave Co-founded Velocity Sports Performance Inc. in 1999 and served as its Chief Performance Officer. Mr. Seagrave is regarded as one of the most renowned speed and sports performance coaches in the world. His specialties include human performance optimization, health and wellness, and greater quality and enjoyment of life through lifestyle and eating behavior modification. His holistic and multi-disciplinary approach to performance optimization has earned him acclaim from athletes and coaches throughout the world of sports. He is considered one of the leading exponents of applied sports science to today's high performance athlete. Establishing a reputation in Track and Field as one of the best sprint and hurdle coaches in the world, he has worked with over fifty Olympic and World Championship medallists, National and World record holders, and Collegiate All-Americans. He has coached such sprint talents as Donovan Bailey and Andre Cason (Silver medal in World Championship 100m). Mr. Seagrave has also coached three of the topten US women 100-meter sprinters of all time, Dawn Sowell, Sheila Echols, and Gwen Torrence. His coaching experience includes other sports including football, baseball, basketball, soccer and ice hockey. Since 1998, he has worked as a speed and conditioning coach with the Atlanta Falcons, and consults regularly with the Detroit Lions and other NFL teams. Some of his NFL pupils include Dorsey Levens (Packers); Marco Coleman (Redskins); Willie Clay (Saints); Terrell Davis (Broncos); and Herschel Walker. Mr. Seagrave worked with numerous distance runners and triathletes concentrating on increasing running efficiency and decreasing oxygen cost of running. Having coached and lectured in dozens of countries around the world, Mr. Seagrave is one of the co-authors of the SPEED DYNAMICS Training System and Instructional Video Series. His approach empowers the coach and athlete, giving them the knowledge and the tools to become self-sufficient in their quest for excellence.

Cost is $50 per school for an unlimited number of the school's coaches in any sport, or $25 per individual coach. Checks to KIL Coaches. You may mail to Allen Etheridge c/o Oak Ridge High School, 1450 Oak Ridge Turnpike, Oak Ridge, TN 37830. You may also bring to the clinic. We can provide receipts for school bookkeepers.

For more information, email me at AEtheridge@ortn.edu