C.L.A.Y. LEVEL THREE SEMINARS

Refining coaching acumen and creating an LTAD model specific to your program.

There are two ways to take the C.L.A.Y. Level Three Certification. The certification process is all about the philosophy of the coach and how that thought process gets implemented into the programming in both scenarios. 

No. 1. This process forces coaches to be deeply introspective about coaching beliefs and philosophies.

• What are the youngest ages you will accept?

• What are the oldest?

• Are you a rigid hard ass or happy and fun-loving?

• Is winning your program’s goal or is developing athletes the goal?

• How many practices or training sessions per week?

• What are you doing for parental education?

• Are you in this for the long haul?

The coach must have a lucid understanding of what he or she believes are the steps toward creating phenomenal athletes.

This is great for any coach, but especially pertinent for the coach who works with athletes over numerous years.

We will help the coach create a blueprint for a long-term development program germane to the coach’s needs.

After program design, the coach must then put the strategy in action, on all levels, for a minimum of four months, seeing what aspects of the day-to-day plan work and what needs to be enhanced. C.L.A.Y. coaches will be there for advisement.

Once the coach has achieved a firm grasp on the program, the coach will provide the C.L.A.Y. Advisory board with a written and video report of the program. Six months after the first seminar, the coach returns for a two-day seminar where the C.L.A.Y. staff will review, for the group, each C.L.A.Y. Coach’s program.

The distinction of C.L.A.Y. Head Coach will be bestowed upon advisory board approval.

No. 2. C.L.A.Y. staffers take a more holistic approach to exercise programming. We believe helping create a physically amazing athlete is easy. That’s merely a sound approach to progressive resistance. But helping create a more well rounded athlete, one who is as mentally dexterous as she is physically powerful - that is a challenge.

Therefore, this method is akin to a mini mentorship progam. The C.L.A.Y. Coach and one (1) athlete must attend a 5-day seminar. During the seminar, the C.L.A.Y. staff will assess, evaluate and provide programming for AND train the athlete. The C.L.A.Y. Coach/attendee will assist in every aspect.

This is done to give the C.L.A.Y. Coach a more lucid understanding of how the C.L.A.Y. staff members work with their own athletes to achieve success.

The seminar will also feature:

• New methods of one-on-one and group training.

• Recovery.

• Nutrition.

• Psychology.

• Sociology .

After the five days, the Clay Coach must return home and perform the same process on at least 10 athletes, then track those athletes for a minimum of six months. Once the coach has achieved a firm grasp on the program, the coach will provide the CLAY Advisory board with a written and video report of the program.

Six months after the five-day seminar, the coach returns for a two-day seminar where the CLAY staff will review, for the group, each CLAY Coach’s program.

The distinction of CLAY Head Coach will be bestowed upon advisory board approval.

Prerequisite for CLAY Level Three Certification:

• Each of the Level One and Two prerequisites

• Hold at least two of the Level Two certifications