Brief Report - IAAF CECS Level III Course

The implementation of the ‘new’ five tier structured IAAF Coaches Education and Certification System (CECS) is well on track, as evidenced by the successful hosting of the first ever IAAF CECS Level III course by the Regional Development Centre – San Juan.

Coaches with instructors Oscar Gadea (URU) and Larry Judge (USA)

In our quest to promote  the development of  Throwing events in the region, this inaugural course was done in the area of this event specific area and attracted eleven (11) coaches from ten National Federations, namely: Antigua & Barbuda, Aruba, Barbados, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Grenada, Jamaica, St. Lucia, Trinidad & Tobago & The US Virgin Islands.

Dr. Larry Judge during a lecture

The new CECS Level III course effectively bridges the gap between the ‘old’ general events’ CECS Level I course and the ‘old’ Event Specific Levels 2 courses. Under the expert tutelage of Oscar Gadea (Uruguay) and Larry Judge (USA), complemented by the active participation professional athletes Liz Wanless and Erin Gilreath (USA), supported by a cadre of throwers from the University of Puerto Rico, this course successfully realized its theoretical and practical objectives.

A practical session of dynamic stretching

 Nine (9) of the eleven coaches were successful, which would allow them to participate in a Level IV course in the future, assuming that they remain active in the coaching of the throwing events in their respective National Federation.

 Hopefully, the knowledge attained from this course would be transferred to the field by these coaches, thereby developing their competencies, as they strive to be better coaches and be able to move on to the more advanced IAAF CECS level IV course.

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