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 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 |
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| 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's Christina Shearer Contact: Kimberley Green, Director, 10-pin Bowling BC | |
| Golf | Special Olympics Canada PGA Golf Coach course Click here for more info Contact: Special Olympics BC's Christina Shearer | |
| Powerlifting | Special Olympics Canada powerlifting coach course Contact Christina Shearer | |
| 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 |
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| Cross-Country Skiing | TO BE DETERMINED Click here for more info |
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| 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 Christina Shearer | 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 |