USATF Potomac Valley Sprints/Jumps/Hurdles Clinic - Thank You is Not Enough

Thanks to our generous donors, four of our student athletes and two coaches were able to attend a Sprints/Jumps/Hurdles Clinic hosted by Tiombé Hurd Chair, Women’s Track & Field Potomac Valley Association. Ms. Hurd is our American Record Holder, 6-Time U.S. Champion, Olympian (Triple Jump). Ms Hurd invited some of America's best in to teach our kids.
Hyleas Fountain: Olympic Silver Medalist, 5-Time U.S. Champion (Heptathlon)/Long Jump, Terrence Trammell: 2-Time Olympic Silver Medalist, 2-Time World Indoor Champion, 3-Time World Outdoor Silver Medalist, 7-Time U.S. Champion, Co-Owner American Indoor Record (Hurdles),
Trell Kimmons: U.S. Indoor 60m Champion, 2011 World Championships Semi-Finalist, Silver Medalist 2012 Olympics 4x100m

Timobe organized an informative, well run, exciting and interactive clinic. I was so excited to watch our athletes navigate our teachings with a different set of coaches for a day. It made us feel validated in our strives for improvement. Additionally this clinic brought a new respect for Sprints/Jumps/Hurdles as a technical and meticulous events for our athletes.

Sprints was phenomenal. My athletes learned those blocks. We will keep working but, I saw the light come on today. It was such a relief. I and my staff went to Level 1 training last year so that we could get certified and teach the basics right. It was so beautiful to watch my athletes smile even in the face of constructive, meaningful, quality criticisms while getting the tweaks they needed. I finally got someone else to validate my A skip pet peeve!! Now I get to harp on it Lol!

I learned to hurdle at that clinic, because I don't have a hurdle coach. WOW! it felt good to go over hurdles for the first time. Learning to do it right the FIRST TIME and I loved it. I am a triple jumper but I needed to do the activities that I strive to teach so that I can teach properly. My roomate and teammate @ Villanova was an elite hurdler and still stands on the all time lists, but I have never until that day attempted hurdles. I watched her for years and put what I saw in motion that day at the clinic. Terrance was helpful and efficient he made it so simple! I really got it down, and teaching it at practice was actually a breeze.

So to USATF-PVA, Tiombe Hurd and our generous donors, Thank You is Not Enough!