Program Overview
Coaches completing all 8 NCCP Competition-Development modules will earn the CAS-CSCS Performance Sport Coaching Certificate, recognizing their accomplishment as a NCCP Competition-Development Trained coach.
Expert facilitators for the CAS-CSCS Performance Sport Coaching Certificate include NCCP Master Coach Developers, consultants from the Sport Medicine and Science Council of Saskatchewan, and experienced educators.
The CAS-CSCS Performance Sport Coaching Certificate includes 60 hours of online learning.
The following NCCP modules will be offered as part of the program:
This module that will prepare coaches to:
- Identify the athletic abilities required in your athletes’ sport;
- evaluate athletes’ abilities and interpret data to prescribe training;
- understand training principles, methods and protocols; and
- develop and prescribe training protocols specific to your athletes’ age and stage of development.
This module gives you the skills needed to:
- promote a positive image of sport, and model it to athletes and those supporting their performance;
- deliver clear messages and explanations when communicating with athletes and their supporters; and
- identify opportunities to interact with all athletes and use feedback to improve and correct performance and behaviour.
In order to achieve peak performance, an athlete’s training program needs to be periodized according to the demands of their sport, as well as their individual development needs. The Performance Planning module allows coaches to reflect on the structure of a yearly plan, and appropriately sequence training and development priorities so as to achieve peak performance.
After completing the Performance Planning module, you will be able to:
- perform a thorough analysis of the demands of your athletes’ sport at the elite (high-performance) level;
- outline a program structure based on training and competition opportunities;
- identify appropriate measures for promoting athlete development within your own program;
- integrate yearly training priorities into your own program;
- organize and sequence training priorities and objectives on a weekly basis to optimize adaptations; and
- evaluate the ability of your athletes/team to perform up to their potential in competition.
As coaches begin to take on more responsibility, they are expected to plan and execute tasks that go beyond the delivery of daily training and the management of the daily training environment.
After completing this module, you will be able to:
- manage administrative aspects of the program and oversee logistics;
- manage staff’s roles and responsibilities;
- manage camp and tournament finances and travel; and
- monitor and report on athlete progress throughout program.
This workshop you will have the knowledge needed to:
- identify common injuries in your sport and develop appropriate prevention and recovery strategies to keep your athletes injury-free during training and competition;
- offer valuable information and guidance on hydration, nutrition and sleep as they relate to injury prevention;
- choose skills and drills that help athletes perform appropriate warm-ups and cool-downs;
- develop functional evaluations for an athlete’s return to play; and
- implement recovery and regeneration techniques to help an athlete maintain or return to optimal performance post injury.
For individual training sessions to effectively contribute to the overall objectives of an annual training plan, a coach must understand the outcome of each training session and how their cumulative effects will contribute to athletic development. The Advanced Practice Planning module examines the impact of daily training sequencing, and the manipulations that can affect training outcomes.
After completing this module, you will be able to:
- identify the factors that affect practice planning;
- ensure that practice plans are consistent with the microcycles and phases of which they are part;
- sequence exercises in a practice so that their order is consistent with the research on sequencing;
- develop a plan for training athletic abilities over a microcycle;
- develop a plan for training technical and tactical abilities over a microcycle; and
- develop a plan for a microcycle that helps athletes taper before a competition.
This module will allow you to:
- identify common sources of conflict in sport;
- determine which individuals or groups are most likely to find themselves in situations involving conflict;
- learn important skills that will help you prevent and solve conflict resulting from misinformation, miscommunication or misunderstanding; and
- develop skills that will empower you to listen and speak effectively in conflict situations while maintaining positive relationships with athletes, parents, officials and other coaches.
This workshop will allow you to:
- Help athletes learn to manage distractions and use visualization techniques to prepare themselves technically and tactically for training and competition;
- learn how to work with athletes or teams to identify performance and process goals related to their ability to focus on performance; and
- learn debriefing skills that can be used to help athletes assess their performance in both training and competition.
Program Eligibility
Coaches should complete the following prior to registering for the Saskatchewan Coaches Academy:
- Certified Comp-Intro* or equivalent and minimum 3 years coaching experience
- NCCP Make Ethical Decisions (online evaluation complete)
- Respect in Sport
Program Tuition
Tuition for the Saskatchewan Coaching Academy is $500* and includes all 8 modules. Refunds will be provided if you have already completed available Academy workshops.
*Scholarships up to 50% of registration costs are available through the CAS Coach Development Grant for Saskatchewan resident coaches.
Program Schedule
The Saskatchewan Coaching Academy will be offered in 2024. The program runs Friday evening to Sunday afternoon.
Next Opportunity: October – December 2024
Block 1: October 18th-20th (October)
Block 2: November 22nd-24th (November)
Block 3: December 13th-15th (December)
Program Registration
ICOP coaches – Please complete the ICOP Participant Profile Form instead of using the Academy registration form.
Block 1 – October (TBC)
Friday | Saturday | Sunday | |
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AM | Coaching and Leading Effectively 8:00-12:30 |
Coaching and Leading Effectively 8:00-12:00 |
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PM1 | Prevention and Recovery 1:30-6:00 |
Prevention and Recovery 1:00-5:00 |
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PM2 | Manage a Sport Program 6:00-10:00 |
Block 2 – November (TBC)
Friday | Saturday | Sunday | |
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AM | Performance Planning 8:00-12:00 |
Performance Planning 8:00-12:00 |
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PM1 | Developing Athletics Abilities 1:00-5:00 |
Developing Athletics Abilities 1:00-5:00 |
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PM2 | Performance Planning 5:30 – 10:00 |
Block 3 – December (TBC)
Friday | Saturday | Sunday | |
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AM | Psychology of Performance 8:30-12:00 |
Psychology of Performance 8:30-12:00 |
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PM1 | Managing Conflict 1:00 – 4:30 |
Advanced Practice Planning 1:00- 6:00 |
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PM2 | Managing Conflict 6:00 – 9:30 |