mar.10.2008

Canadian Strength and Conditioning experts,Dr.L Perry Koziris and Alain Delorme will conduct the Sports Performance Strength and Conditioning workshop for the Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee(TTOC).

The workshop will be held from the 25 March - 2 April at the Athletes Lounge of the Hasely Crawford Stadium.

Dr. Koziris is the exercise physiologist at the Canadian Sport Center in Montreal.He works closely with elite-level strenght and conditioning expert Alain Delorme, a member of the Canadian Olympic Committee,Games preparation team.

Delorme has provided strength and conditioning advice to Canadian athletes competing in boxing, diving, handball, rowing, short-track speed skating, swimming, synchronized swimming, taekwondo and water polo. He is also a Team Leader and Coordinator with the National Multisport Centre in Montreal where he works extensively with alpine skiing, badminton, hockey and rowing athletes.

Koziris, a former McGill University football player and strength coach, has an extensive background of practical experience with high level sports and many years of university teaching and research.

Following his master’s and bachelor’s degrees in fitness education at McGill, the Montreal native obtained a doctorate in exercise physiology at Pennsylvania State University .

He is currently teaching several courses at McGill as a part-time faculty lecturer and also serves as coordinator of the Human Performance Teaching Laboratory in the department of kinesiology and physical education.

Koziris has co-authored numerous publications and is a column editor of Strength and Conditioning Journal and an associate editor of The Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research.

He received certification as a personal trainer from the National Strength and Conditioning Association and is registered as a certified strength and conditioning specialist. He is also a member of the board of directors and a fellow of that association. Additionally, Koziris has been certified as a health and fitness instructor by the American College of Sports Medicine, where he has fellow status.

To reister for the workshop contact The TTOC -625-1285 or email:contact@ttoc.org