Soo Finnish Nordic is committed to providing training opportunities for our volunteer coaches to ensure our skiers continue to achieve their personal goals in cross country skiing. In addition to online module training, the club is hosting three coaching courses in the 2018-2019 season, facilitated by Helen Lindfors.
Course reimbursement will be considered after one season of coaching with the club, after potential bursaries, and following budget and accounting requirements*. Please email [email protected] if you have any questions.
Introduction to Community Coaching, ONLINE
New this year! The first step to ski coaching includes two online modules: the Coaching Association of Canada (CAC) multisport training “Coach Initiation in Sport” and Cross Country Canada’s Introduction to Community Coaching module. Course content is appropriate for parents and entry-level coaches, and will take approximately five hours to complete (you can pause and resume the module). See Cross Country Ski Canada’s website for more course content details.
Date: Complete prior to signing up for the Community Coach workshop
Location: Online
Prerequisite: None
Minimum Age to Participate: 14 years old
Cost: $15 + $52*
Instructions on How to Register
Community Coach, December 1-2, 2018
This workshop is directed at coaches working with children 6 – 9 years of age (Jackrabbits). See Cross Country Ski Canada’s website for more course content details.
Date: 01-Dec-2018, 9:00AM – 5:00PM, 02-Dec-2018, 9:00AM – 1:00PM December 1, 9AM-5PM
Location: Kinsmen Centre, Hiawatha Highlands, Sault Ste. Marie
Prerequisite: Two online Introduction to Community Coaching modules
Minimum Age to Participate: 14 years old
Cost: $125*
Registration for the Community Coach Workshop
Learning to Train, November 17-18 & January 25-26
L2T is for coaching skill development to children nine to 12 years of age and is comprised of two parts; dryland (19 hrs) and on snow (16.5 hrs). It is the third course to take in the coach development progression. See Cross Country Ski Canada’s website for more course content details.
Dryland
Date: TBA in spring 2019
Location: Kinsmen Centre, Hiawatha Highlands, Sault Ste. Marie
Prerequisite: Community Coach or ski race licence holder for 2 years
Minimum Age to Participate: 16 years old
Contact [email protected] if you are interested.
On Snow
Date: 26-Jan-2019, 8:00AM – 5:30PM, 27-Jan-2019, 8:30AM – 5:00PM
Location: Kinsmen Centre, Hiawatha Highlands, Sault Ste. Marie
Prerequisite: Community Coach or ski race licence holder for two years
Minimum Age to Participate: 16 years old
Cost: $175* applicable for bursary
Register for Learning To Train On Snow
Contact Cassandra [email protected] for more information.