Online Coaching Race Walking Course Coming Soon to USATF Campus

Dr. Christine Brooks, the USATF Coaching Science Instructor, and Ian Whatley, a Team USA athlete and coach specializing in race-walking, collaborated to create Coaching Race Walking, a new self-paced course coming to USATF Campus in late fall 2024. It offers essential knowledge for coaches aiming to help athletes progress from novice to early-stage advanced race walkers. The course also covers the topic of power walking, which is particularly popular among athletes in the masters age groups. Depending on the depth of your review, it will require approximately 6 hours to complete the online training. The course includes lessons on walking techniques, race walking teaching progressions, technique correction steps, and fundamentals of race preparation.

NOTE: This course is open to everyone and USATF membership is not required.