Introduction to Competition
Make Ethical Decisions (3.5 hours)
Suitable for all coaches, regardless of the type of athlete they are working with.
By successfully completing the Make Ethical Decisions workshop you will be fully equipped to handle virtually any ethical situation with confidence and surety. MED is one of the NCCP’s cornerstone workshops, and leaves coaches with no doubt as to what to do when the going gets tough.
Upon completing the MED module you’ll be able to:
•Analyze a challenging situation and determine if it has moral, legal or ethical implications;
•Apply the NCCP Ethical Decision-Making Model to properly respond to each situation in a way that is consistent with the NCCP Code of Ethics.
Nutrition (75 mins)
Suitable for Instructors, Community and Competition Coaches
After taking the Nutrition module you will be able to:
•Determine if foods and beverages consumed by your athletes before, during and after training are adequate;
•Offer suggestions for more suitable food and beverage alternatives when necessary;
•Gain a better understanding of the best way to promote healthy food choices that are consistent with basic sport nutrition principles to both athletes and their parents.
Plan A Practice (6 hrs 15 mins)
Suitable for Instructors, Community and Competition Coaches
The Planning a Practice module will give you the skills to:
•Organize a well-structured practice plan with safe, age-appropriate activities you’ve designed to match the proficiency level of participants;
•Identify potential risk factors that could impact the sport and practice activities;
•Create an emergency action plan;
•Identify practice goals and design activities that offer the best training benefits for the athletic skills required in your sport.
Design A Sport Program (4 hours)
Suitable for Instructors and Competition Coaches
Design a Basic Sport Program will teach you to:
•Create a sound outline for your sport program that includes competition and training events;
•Compare your program to those outlined by the NCCP in terms of long-term athlete development;
•Assess the athletic development opportunities your program offers, and identify ways to remedy any weaknesses;
•Interpret the information in a sample program, identifying training priorities and objectives at certain periods;
•Establish a link between your program’s training objectives and the content of practice sessions.
Teaching & Learning (6.5 hours)
Suitable for Instructors, Community and Competition Coaches
After taking this module you will be able to:
•Assess your own beliefs regarding effective teaching;
•Analyze certain coaching situations to determine if they promote learning;
•Create conditions that promote learning and self-esteem through:
•Appropriate consideration of the affective, cognitive and motor dimensions of learning;
•The use of words and methods that relate to an athlete’s preferred learning style;
•A sound organization;
•Active supervision; and
•The use of well-formulated feedback offered at the right time and with the right frequency.
•Use teaching assessment grids to gather objective information on teaching effectiveness, and use this data to develop an action plan to enhance your own effectiveness as a teacher and coach.
Basic Mental Skills (3 hours)
Suitable for Instructors and Competition Coaches
The Basic Mental Skills module gives you the ability to:
•Recognize signs indicating that an athlete may need to improve his/her goal setting, focus, and anxiety control skills; and develop tools to help the athlete to make improvements in these areas;
•Run simple guided activities that help athletes improve basic mental skills.
Make Ethical Decisions (3.5 hours)
Suitable for all coaches, regardless of the type of athlete they are working with.
By successfully completing the Make Ethical Decisions workshop you will be fully equipped to handle virtually any ethical situation with confidence and surety. MED is one of the NCCP’s cornerstone workshops, and leaves coaches with no doubt as to what to do when the going gets tough.
Upon completing the MED module you’ll be able to:
•Analyze a challenging situation and determine if it has moral, legal or ethical implications;
•Apply the NCCP Ethical Decision-Making Model to properly respond to each situation in a way that is consistent with the NCCP Code of Ethics.
Nutrition (75 mins)
Suitable for Instructors, Community and Competition Coaches
After taking the Nutrition module you will be able to:
•Determine if foods and beverages consumed by your athletes before, during and after training are adequate;
•Offer suggestions for more suitable food and beverage alternatives when necessary;
•Gain a better understanding of the best way to promote healthy food choices that are consistent with basic sport nutrition principles to both athletes and their parents.
Plan A Practice (6 hrs 15 mins)
Suitable for Instructors, Community and Competition Coaches
The Planning a Practice module will give you the skills to:
•Organize a well-structured practice plan with safe, age-appropriate activities you’ve designed to match the proficiency level of participants;
•Identify potential risk factors that could impact the sport and practice activities;
•Create an emergency action plan;
•Identify practice goals and design activities that offer the best training benefits for the athletic skills required in your sport.
Design A Sport Program (4 hours)
Suitable for Instructors and Competition Coaches
Design a Basic Sport Program will teach you to:
•Create a sound outline for your sport program that includes competition and training events;
•Compare your program to those outlined by the NCCP in terms of long-term athlete development;
•Assess the athletic development opportunities your program offers, and identify ways to remedy any weaknesses;
•Interpret the information in a sample program, identifying training priorities and objectives at certain periods;
•Establish a link between your program’s training objectives and the content of practice sessions.
Teaching & Learning (6.5 hours)
Suitable for Instructors, Community and Competition Coaches
After taking this module you will be able to:
•Assess your own beliefs regarding effective teaching;
•Analyze certain coaching situations to determine if they promote learning;
•Create conditions that promote learning and self-esteem through:
•Appropriate consideration of the affective, cognitive and motor dimensions of learning;
•The use of words and methods that relate to an athlete’s preferred learning style;
•A sound organization;
•Active supervision; and
•The use of well-formulated feedback offered at the right time and with the right frequency.
•Use teaching assessment grids to gather objective information on teaching effectiveness, and use this data to develop an action plan to enhance your own effectiveness as a teacher and coach.
Basic Mental Skills (3 hours)
Suitable for Instructors and Competition Coaches
The Basic Mental Skills module gives you the ability to:
•Recognize signs indicating that an athlete may need to improve his/her goal setting, focus, and anxiety control skills; and develop tools to help the athlete to make improvements in these areas;
•Run simple guided activities that help athletes improve basic mental skills.