Nike Speed Clinic at Olympia High School

SPEED | ACCELERATION | EXPLOSIVENESS

2023 DATES ANNOUNCED!

Join us for the 2023 NIKE SPEED CLINIC at Olympia High School. The renowned coaching staff of Olympic Champion Justin Gatlin, former Buckeye and US Team Member Joel Brown (Associate Head Coach, Sprints/Hurdles, Ohio State University), World Champion David Oliver (Director of T&F at Howard University), and former Bahamas National Team member Rodney Green provide world-class coaching on topics including training, drills and technique, plyometrics, motivation and goal setting, nutrition, and much more.

Hosted at Olympia High School in Orlando, FL, you will have the opportunity to learn from some of the fastest athletes in track & field, to maximize your game-day speed, whether you're an individual and/or team sport athlete.

Highlights Include

Top-notch college coaching
Focus on Speed Development
Training for both Individual and Team Sport Athletes
Individual & Group instruction
Open ages 8-18
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Coach David Oliver

David Oliver is the Director of Track & Field at Howard University. A World Champion, Olympian, and Howard University alum, Coach Oliver has been leading the Howard University Bison Track & Field program since 2017.
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Coach Oliver returned to Howard University in 2017 after being inducted into the 2014 Howard University Athletics Hall of Fame and the 2016 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Hall of Fame. Oliver recently led the Howard women to a 1st place finish and the men to a 2nd place finish at both the 2022 MEAC Indoor and Outdoor Championships.

As an athlete, Oliver was the 2008 Olympic Bronze Medalist in the 110-meter hurdles, and the 2013 World Champion in the same event. On the indoor track and field stage, he earned the Gold medal in the 2008 USA Indoor Championships in the 60-meter hurdles and bronze in the 2010 World Championships.
Coach Joel Brown

Former Buckeye and professional runner Joel Brown is in his fourth season the Associate Head Coach at The Ohio State University, where he works with the men’s and women’s sprinters and hurdlers and serves as one of the program’s recruiting coordinators.
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A former professional runner for Adidas, Brown spent nine years ranked among the Top 15 athletes in the world in the 60-meter hurdles. As the U.S. indoor champion in the 60 hurdles in 2005, Brown placed sixth in the event at the 2005 World Championships. He is a two-time U.S. bronze medalist and was a member of a world-record shuttle hurdle relay at the 2008 Penn Relays with Aubrey Herring, David Oliver and Aries Merritt.
Coach Justin Gatlin

Olympic and World Champion Justin Gatlin has eight global championship 100m medals (three Olympic and five World Championship), making him the most decorated 100m sprinter of all time.
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Gatlin's personal best of 9.74 seconds ranks fifth on the all-time list of male 100-meter athletes. He is a two-time 100m World Champion and a two-time 60 meters World Indoor Champion. Gatlin won both the 100m & 200m at the 2005 World Championships. He is also a World Champion in the 4x100m relay, which the United States of America team won at the 2019 World Championships.

Gatlin won the gold medal in the 100 meters at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games. At the London 2012 London Olympic Games, he ran a time of 9.79 seconds, earning a bronze medal. He won his third Olympic medal in the 100 meters in the 2016 Olympic 100m final, finishing with the silver medal. At 34, he became the oldest man to win an Olympic medal in a non-relay sprint event. At the age of 35, Gatlin won the gold medal in the 100 meters at the 2017 World Championships, 12 years after his first triumph in the event. At the 2019 World Championships, Gatlin won the silver medal in the 100m in a time of 9.89, making him the most decorated 100m sprinter in World Championship history, with a record of five individual 100m medals. Gatlin’s tally of eight global championship 100m medals (three Olympic and five World Championship) makes him the most decorated 100m sprinter of all time, a feat he accomplished at the 2019 World Athletics Championships in Doha.
Coach Rodney Green

Rodney Green is a former Professional track and field athlete for the Bahamas, having represented its national team on several occasions in international competition.
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Rodney's professional coaching career for track and field was under Elite Coach Brooks Johnson 2017-2021, and assisted coaching a number of Olympic world class athletes, inclduing Justin Gatlin, Francena McCorory and Lashawn Merritt.

Rodney now coaches his own professional group under the name of Prime Royalty Sports and develops high school youth speed and agility in all sports. Rodney has had success coaching on all levels respectively.

SECURE YOUR SPOT! 2023 CLINIC DATES: MARCH 25-26

You can expect a high demand on these first-come-first-serve camper spots, so please be sure to register early.

2023 SESSION INFORMATION

Camp Details:

Dates: March 25-26, 2023
Ages: 8-18
Gender: Co-ed
Camp type: Clinic
Schedule:
- Saturday: 12:00 - 4:00pm
- Sunday: 9:00am - 1:00pm
Check-in: 15 minutes prior to camp start time
Meals: Campers should bring their own water/snacks

Events available:

Speed Development for Individual and Team Sport Athletes

INSTRUCTION, EQUIPMENT & FACILITY

Ratio: 1:10 staff to athlete ratio
Grouped by: age, ability and event
Evaluation: by coaching staff
Equipment Needed: Athletes should bring at least one pair of broken in running shoes. Event shoes/spikes are recommended but not required. Please be sure to properly mark your equipment, so that it can be easily identified. Please review the Information Packet for a detailed checklist of items to bring.
Facility: Olympia High School

HEALTH & RELEASE FORMS

All registered athletes are required to have a parent or legal guardian fill out US Sports Camps’ mandatory Health & Release Forms online before arrival at camp. This camp does NOT require a doctor's signature on the forms.

INFORMATION PACKET

A detailed Information Packet containing check-in location and address, on-site staff contact information, a checklist of things to bring, site-specific forms, and more will be emailed to all registered athletes prior to the clinic. To check if your Information Packet is ready, click here.

TRANSPORTATION

Transportation is not provided. Athletes are responsible for getting to and from the clinic on their own. There is no supervision before or after clinic hours so please make arrangements to pick up your child on time.

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Saturday

12:00pm Athletes check-in
12:30pm Conditioning
2:00pm Instructional Break-Out session
2:30pm Plyometric drills
3:30pm Recap
4:00pm Athletes Check-out

Sunday

9:00am Athletes check-in
9:30am Conditioning
11:00am Instructional Break-Out session
11:30am Plyometric drills
12:30pm Recap
1:00pm Athletes Depart

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Olympia High School in Orlando, FL, is the perfect location to focus on maximizing your game day speed.

How and when will I receive my information packet with important camp details?

Well before the start of your camp (at least 3 weeks), you will receive a Information Packet which will include all the important details about camp: directions to camp, when to arrive, what to pack/ bring, camp address, and camp contact numbers and the Medical/Release form, etc.

Does the Health & Release Form need to be signed by a doctor?

Our Health & Release Form does not require a doctor’s signature. This form is required to be filled out accurately, and completed online prior to camp arrival.