Canada Games

2011 Canada Games

Technical Package v2.0 (December 14th, 2009)

Canada Games Website www.canadagames.ca  

Coaches Criteria

In an effort to keep you as well informed as possible, we are sending you today the criteria for your coaches for next years Canada games.

All coaches must have completed the training at least 90 days in advance (by November 13th 2010) in order to be eligible to coach at the Canada Winter Games.  In order to be recognized as a trained coach at the Competition Development level coaches must complete the following:

1. Synchro Specific Competition Development Training (Either Level 3 or Comp Dev Synchro Specific Modules). Please find the modules listed below :
   1. Developing Athletic Abilities Module 
   2. Performance Planning 
   3. Planning a Practice 2 
   4. Analyzing Routine Performance 
   5. Analyzing Figure Performance 
   6. Training and Developing Routines 
   7. Managing a Sport Checklist
2. Multi Sport Comp Dev Training: 4 of the 6 modules below must be completed (note all 5 of the modules that weren’t made sport specific will have to be taken in order to maintain the Comp Dev level after the Canada Games)  Please contact your local coaching course provider for information on local courses or taking courses via correspondence. Here is a list of each provincial contact: http://www.coach.ca/eng/links/ptcc.cfm.
   1. Prevention and Recovery 
   2. Coaching and Leading Effectively
   3. Psychology of Performance 
   4. Managing Conflict 
   5. Doping Prevention 
   6. Developing Athletic Abilities (Not available because module has been made sport specific by Synchro Canada)
      
      
3. Make Ethical Decisions Comp Dev training
4. Designing a Basic Sport Program Module (if not already completed for the Competition Introduction Context)

We would also like to reiterate the Comp Dev Pilot being help in June after the Espoir competition will be an excellent opportunity for any potential Canada Games coaches to get their Synchro Specific Comp Dev training does as soon as possible.  
 
If you have any other questions please feel to contact Bryan Cook (bryan@synchro.ca) or Jadine Cleary (Jadine@synchro.ca) for more information or clarification.