Sport-Specific Coaching Certification

Sport coaches are recommended to complete sport-specific courses relevant to their coaching.

Sport coaches at National and World Games are required to complete relevant sport-specific certification.

i. Summer sports

Sport

Course name / Website / Contact information

Upcoming courses

Aquatics

(Swimming)

“Swimming 101” (Fundamentals Coach training)

Click here and here for more info

Click here
(Select: “BC”; “Swimming 101”)

Contact: Chad Webb to register, Swim BC NCCP Coordinator. P: 604.376.8199

Athletics

(Track & Field)

Level 1 Technical “Sport Coach” workshop

Click here for more info

Click here
Basketball

Competition-Introduction (also “Introduction to Competition”)

Click here for more info

Click here

 

Bocce None. Coaches at National and World Games should have had at least 125 coaching hours.  
Bowling 10-pin Community Sport Initiation course

Click here for more info

Contact: Special Olympics BC, coach@specialolympics.bc.ca 
Contact: Kimberley Green, Director, 10-pin Bowling BC
 
Golf

Special Olympics Canada PGA Golf Coach course

Click here for more info

 

Golf Caddie Training
 

Contact: Contact: Special Olympics BC, coach@specialolympics.bc.ca 

 
Powerlifting

Special Olympics Canada powerlifting coach course

Contact: Special Olympics BC, coach@specialolympics.bc.ca 

 
Rhythmic Gymnastics

Gymnastics Foundations

Click here and here for more info 
 

Training consists of 3 parts:

1)      Gymnastics Foundations Intro (Course #1)

2)      Gymnastics Foundations Theory (Course #2)

3)      Gymnastics Foundations Discipline (i.e. rhythmic gym) specific           course (Course #3)

For Intro (Course #1) and Theory (Course #2), click here (filter: “Coaching”).
Soccer

TO BE DETERMINED

Click here for more info

Click here
Softball

“Learn to Coach” clinic (Initiation coach; Community Sport Initiation)

Click here for more info 

Click here

 

ii. Winter sports

Sport

Course name / Website / Contact information

Upcoming courses

5-pin bowling

Community Sport Initiation workshop

Click here for more info

Contact: Mickie, Program Coordinator

 
Alpine Skiing

CSCF “Entry Level Coach Workshop(Instruction-beginner)”  OR CSIA Level 1

Click here for more info

Contact: BC Alpine

Click here or here

 

 

Cross-Country Skiing

TO BE DETERMINED
(Coaches will require at least the Intro to Community Coaching course)

Click here for more info

Click here

 

Curling

Community Sport: Ongoing – Club Coach (not to be confused with Club Coach YOUTH)

Click here for more info

Contact: Will Sutton, Educational Programs Manager

Click here
Figure Skating

CanSkate (for coaches of Special Olympics Level 1 & 2)

Primary STARSkate (for coaches of Special Olympics Level 3 to 6)

Click here for more info

Contact: Barb Stott, 604.205.6960

Click here
Floor Hockey

Special Olympics Canada floor hockey coaching module

Contact: Special Olympics BC, coach@specialolympics.bc.ca 

 

Click here
Snowshoeing None. Coaches at National and World Games should have had at least 125 coaching hours.  
Speed Skating

Fundamentals Level

Click here for more info

Contact: Barb Beck

 

 

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