USATF Campus (Online)

The online learning platform is available to all coaches, athletes, and educators with an interest in better understanding human performance. Users can access valuable information about the sport of track and field to use towards certifications or continuing education hours for work completed. Each course on USATF Campus features hours of lecture videos, readings, and quizzes, and is accompanied by a digital certificate of completion.

To order a course or view the course description, login to your USATF Connect profile and click “Coaching Schools”. A USATF membership is required for enrollment.

Course Catalog

Sport Science

• Basic Principles of Endurance Training
• Basic Principles of Long Jump
• Basic Principles of Sprinting
• Basic Principles of Training Design
• Coaching Race Walking
• Effective Technique Analysis
• Energy Systems and Biomotor Abilities for Optimal Performance
• Essential Coaching Pedagogy
• Level 2 Sports Science
• Motor Learning and Effective Coach Communication
• Physiology for Long Term Athlete Development
• Reactive Strength: the Fast Stretch Shortening Cycle (SSC)
• Reactive Strength: The Fundamentals
• Recognizing Overtraining Causes, Symptoms, and Prevention
• The Skill Learning Process
• The Athlete's Strength and Power
• Understanding Acute Fatigue in Training and Competition

Elective

• USADA Coaches Advantage (Free)
• Connection Based Coaching (Free) – available on the USOPC Mobile Coach Platform

USATF Professional Pathway & Specialist Courses

• USATF Bridge to Level 1 Program

• USATF Developmental Coach Program

• USATF Level 1 Program

A current USATF membership is required to enroll. Exam access for Level 2 & 3 Schools and Specialist course materials may also be distributed via USATF Campus for registered participants.

Benefits

• Access to courses for athletes and coaches which are applicable to all sports, plus specialized track and field courses
• Online, asynchronous professional development which is affordable and convenient
• Evidence based sport science courses from 2022 USOPC Coach Educator of the Year and accomplished exercise physiologist and training theory expert, Dr. Christine Brooks
• Methodology, training tips, and words of wisdom from Legend Coach, Dr. Joe Vigil as part of Basic Principles of Endurance Training
• Digital certificate of completion and Skills Passport to manage all your professional development certificates