The NCCP Special Olympics Canada Introduction to Competition Workshop helps equip coaches to empower athletes with intellectual disabilities. Topics in this workshop cover associated disabilities, basic delivery of sport skills, sport-specific and competition-based fitness, competition, and safety.
All coaches are required to complete this workshop within their first year of coaching Special Olympics, except for Active Start and FUNdamentals coaches.
This is an in-person workshop happening May 25 and 26 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day at Vancouver Island University.
It is important to note that attendees must attend all days of the course. They are not able to attend day one on one date and day two a few months later. They must be consecutive days with the same course conductor(s).
SOBC will invoice Locals $65.00 per participant for this course.
For more information, please contact:
Christina Shearer, SOBC Sport & Coach Development Coordinator
Tel 604-785-9038
Email cshearer@specialolympics.bc.ca