Coaches

Coaching Overview

There are two types of biathlon coaching streams:

• Community Coaching (Biathlon Trainer and Biathlon Program Leader) – designed for Biathlon Bears programs
• Competitive Coaching (NCCP Competition Introduction, Competition Development, Advanced Coaching Diploma) – designed for coaching competitive athletes competing at provincial races, Canada Winter Games, Canadian National Championships and similar competitions.

Community Coaching Workshops

Biathlon Trainer offered every May and Biathlon Program Leader offered every September.

Competitive Coaching Workshops

Biathlon Alberta offers the NCCP Competition Introduction course. There are two parts to becoming Competition Introduction trained:

• Successful completion of six multi-sport theory workshops
• Successful completion of a practical dryland/on-snow biathlon-specific workshop

NCCP Multi-Sport Theory Workshops

NCCP Multi-sport theory workshops are available on an ongoing basis through the Alberta Sport.

Dryland/On-Snow Biathlon Workshops

Offered alternating between Dryland and On-Snow each year in the fall.

Coaching Professional Development

Offered yearly to registered Biathlon Alberta coaches.

Coach Training Resources

• • 2012 Shooting Seminar PowerPoint

• • Alberta Concussion Alliance

• • Alberta Sport Connection Coaching Development page

• • Alberta Sport Connection Grant Funding Programs for Coaches

• • Coaching Association of Canada Concussion Awareness Resources

• • Biathlon Canada Biathlon Bears Program Material

• • Biathlon Canada Coach Development

• • Respect In Sport Training for Coaches, Parents and Officials
  • www.betterbiathlon.com

Coach Evaluation Tools

• • Community Coach Evaluation Form

• • Competitive Coach Evaluation Form

• • High-Performance Coach Evaluation Form
  • Coach Self-Evaluation Form

• • Additional Evaluation Questions

Air Rifles

• • Fun Targets for Bears Programs

• • Cibles Canada Targets
  • Target Stands, Outdoors, Pictures and Drawings

• • Air Rifles on test

Canadian Sport Links

• • National Coaching Certification Program (NCCP)

• • Coaches of Canada

• • Canadian Sport Institue (Calgary)

• • Canadian Paralympic Committee

• • Canadian Association for the Advancement of Women in Sport

• • Sport Information Resource Centre (Canadian sport job listings)

• • Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport
  • Canadian Athletic Therapists Association

• • Sport Dispute Resolution Centre of Canada