Coaches who take this two-day workshop become “Club Coach Trained”. This workshop does not lead to CERTIFICATION. This is a program designed to enhance the skill set of the coach or instructor who functions primarily at the club level but whose teams are starting their competitive experience. The Club Coach will be competent in training curlers from youth to masters, with skill levels of beginning to intermediate. The Club Coach will be proficient in planning and designing a practice/clinic, ethical decision-making, teaching correct curling skills, skill analysis, safety and program management.
Prerequisite: Must be a minimum of sixteen (16) years of age at the start of the course.
Course Cost: $175
Course content:
- Role of the Coach and Organizational Management
- Game Orientation, Rules & Etiquette
- Safety
- Warm-ups & Cool-downs
- The Curling Delivery
- Introduction to Strategy
- Brushing
- Ethical Coaching
- Practices
- Clinics
- Skill Analysis
- Special Interest Groups