IAAF Coaches Education and Certification System (CECS)

Level IV Course – Middle and Long Distances

    IAAF CECS Level IV Course in Middle and Long Distances was held in Moscow in the period of September 17 – 30, 2011 in the facilities of the Russia State University for Physical Education, Sports and Tourism.

    Prof. Vitaliy Cherkashin (Russia) was moderating this Course. He was assisted by IAAF Official Lecturer Vladimir Bozhko (Russia).

    The Course was attended by 16 participants from 13 countries – Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bulgaria, Estonia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Russia (4), Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan.

    There were 32 theoretical sessions during the Course, 14 sessions were dedicated to the plan setting (mezocycles and microcycles), 20 practical sessions including the sessions with a group of young athletes, University students. In addition to official program of the Course there was a round table discussion dedicated to the issues of development of middle and long distances in Europe and Central Asia. Dr. Elio Locatelli, Director, IAAF Member Services Department, and Vadim Zelichenok, Dierctor, IAAF Moscow RDC, took part in the discussion.

    All materials issued by IAAF for this particular Course were translated into Russian language and distributed among participants in the electronic format after the course.

    At the end of the Course participants had to sit for exams in 4 areas: written, oral, planning of microcycles, practical sessions. All 16 participants have successfully passed exams and received certificates “IAAF Coach Level IV”. Two participants, namely Valentin Davalov (Rusian) and Harry Lemberg (Estonia) received the highest marks in all four parts of examinations.