Coaching Tips
#CoachToolKit: NCCP-inspired Coaching Tips Presented by TeamSnap
Dive into our bi-monthly NCCP-inspired tips on everything from practice planning to resistance training. You’ll find plenty of practical information to better support your athletes. TeamSnap believes in the power of community and team spirit, and is dedicated to encouraging and supporting more community coach volunteers by taking the hassle out of managing, coaching, and participating in sports.
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- 6 step Return to Play guidelines following a concussion
- 5 ways for a coach to maintain integrity in sport
- 3 Steps to Empower your Coaching Personnel
- 5 tips to make a coach a better leader
- 5 reasons why hydrating is so important
- How to prepare for air travel from departure to arrival
- Food to help optimize your athletes's performance
- 7 signs your athlete is suffering from sleep deprivation
- Goal-Setting in 6 Easy Steps
- Overcome performance anxiety and stress to enhance performance
- 6 steps to help master the difficult conversation
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#CoachToolKit 2016
- Tips for eating well before, during, and after activity
- Choosing the right exercises at the right time for maximum performance
- General considerations for exercise sequencing within a practice
- Lower the risks of concussions with a safe environment for athletes
- 7 Exercises to Stay Loose While Travelling
- The 3 Steps of the Mentoring Process
- Preparing an Emergency Action Plan (EAP)
- 3 Tips for Delivering a Clear Message
- 6 Steps for Making Ethical Decisions
- 4 Myths about Giving Feedback
- 6 Tips for Effective Athlete Testing
- 5 Approaches to Conflict Management
- Questions to Consider When Putting Together a Seasonal Plan
- Creating positive sport experiences: A self-reflection tool for coaches
- Developing Focus Plans for Athletes
- How to add the ABCs of Fundamental Movement Skills to your Practices
- Fuel your Post-event Recovery with Carbohydrates
- Helping Athletes Manage Anxiety
- Planning a Practice
- Designing a Resistance Training Workout
- Developing a Coaching Philosophy
- Leading Drug-free Sport
#CoachTipTuesday: Coaching Tips From Canada's National Team Coaches
On October 16th, 2014, His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston, Governor General of Canada, proclaimed 2015 as the Year of Sport in Canada. In light of the many exciting sporting events that will take place in Canada in 2015, the Coaching Association of Canada will publish, on #CoachTipTuesday, a weekly tip from one of our national team coaches pertinent to an upcoming or recent major sport event.
Below you'll find all the tips as we publish them. Some are sport-specific, to enhance your delivery of coaching in your sport, while some are holistic and intended to help you reflect on your coaching as a whole. Follow the CAC on Twitter and like our Facebook page for a new coach tip every Tuesday and the latest daily coaching news.
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| Deborah Carter - BC | Matthias Ahrens, ChPC - AB | Joanne McLeod, ChPC - BC | Nicolas Gill, ChPC - QC |
| Athletics, Special Olympics | Biathlon | Figure Skating | Judo |
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| John Hogg, PhD - BC | Janet Arnott, ChPC - MB | Gerry Dragomir, ChPC - BC | Award-winning |
| Swimming | Curling | Athletics | Coaches |
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| Tom Annett - ON | Peter Lawless, ChPC - BC | Graeme Moffat - AB | Tom Norton - BC |
| Football | Athletics, Cycling | Rugby | Athletics, Special Olympics |
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| Dennis Fairall - ON | Tara Chisholm & Derek Whitson - AB | Shawnee Harle, ChPC - AB | Andrzej Sadej, ChPC - ON |
| Athletics | Sledge Hockey | Basketball | Judo |
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| Kate Van Buskirk (athlete) & Heather Hennigar, ChPC - BC | Chris Cowan - ON | Peter Eriksson, ChPC - ON | The Parent |
| Athletics | Sailing | Athletics | Playbook |
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| Dave White | Parapan Am Games | Jamie Turner, ChPC - BC | Pan Am Games |
| Para-Alpine | Coach Tips | Triathlon | Coach Tips |
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| Nicola McGovern | Dick Howard, ChPC - ON | Michael Boroskae - MB | Jack Donohue, M.S.M. |
| Special Olympics Golf | Soccer - Part 2 | 10 Pin Bowling | Basketball |
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| Andrew Muir - AB | Jay Keddy - AB | Randy Bennett, ChPC - BC | Germain Bisson, ChPC - QC |
| Water Polo | Alpine Ski | Swimming | Karate |
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| Dick Howard, ChPC - ON | Mark Smith - NS | Dan Proulx, ChPC - BC | Paul Webster, ChPC - AB |
| Soccer - Part 1 | Softball | Cycling | Curling |
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| Ram Nayyar, ChPC - BC | Michelle Leigh, ChPC - ON | Bob Kierstead, ChPC, ChPC - NB | Beth Barz, ChPC - ON |
| Badminton | Figure skating | Shooting | Rugby |
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| Brian Smith - QC | Pierre Lafontaine, ChPC - QC | John Stuart - BC | Shawnee Harle, ChPC - AB |
| Snowboard | Swimming | Softball | Basketball |
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| Elaine Dagg-Jackson, ChPC (BC) & Rick Lang, ChPC (ON) | Meng Chen, ChPC - QC | Barb Bautista - AB | Michael Mondin, ChPC - BC |
| Curling | Synchronized Swimming | Ringette | Sledge Hockey |
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| Daniel Robitaille - ON | Roger Archambault, ChPC - QC | Duff Gibson - AB |
| Weightlifting | Biathlon | Skeleton |