Competition Development
The Competition Development Program is the next “level” of education for Certified Competition Coaches. Coaches who plan to coach adult athletes competing at the Brier, Scotties, Mixed Doubles and Olympic Trials require this designation, as do coaches who plan to pursue further education like the Advanced Coaching Diploma. Coaches advancing to the Canada Winter Games are required to have two of the eleven “courses” contained within the program. The program’s training is all online using this platform except for three required multi-sport modules and two in-person evaluations. If you’re looking to raise your game to the next level as a coach – this is the program for you.
Coaches must be “Certified Competition Coach” to participate in this program
This program is restricted to Canadian residents only
This program is administered and delivered by Curling Canada and is training is ONLINE with the exception of three multisport modules and two in-person evaluations. The program is available in both English and French. Program will be offered in a blended format with a combination of synchronized and asynchronized learning opportunities.
NCCP status (at course completion): Club Coach Trained
Who Delivers this Training: Curling Canada
Synchronized Courses are Facilitator lead in a “zoom style” environment. Synchronized Courses may have pre-tasks, post-tasks, group work. Coaches should not enroll unless they can attend all sessions for the course. Curling Canada will aspire to offer synchronized courses a minimum of 2-3 times in English per calendar year and at least once per year in French.
Self-paced, individually available courses which are part of the Competition Development Pathway. These Courses will be offered year-round.
Each course is housed on Curling Canada’s Learning Management Website:
Access to the courses on the site is controlled. Coaches will be manually enrolled in each course which they register for through the registration links in the table below. It may take 1-2 business days to be enrolled in the system as this is a manual function at this time.
Coaches will have access to the course for 365 days from the day they are enrolled. Coaches will have to pay a “reactivation” fee to gain access to the course after the 365 days.
Courses
Coaches participating in the Competition Program will need to complete eleven (11) sport specific training courses and the requisite evaluations. In additions – three multisport modules are required (see pathway for details)
Each course will earn coaches five (5) professional development credits towards their NCCP Maintenance of Certification for their Competition Coach status.
Name of Course | Cost | Registration Link | Delivery Method | Next Session |
Understanding the NCCP | Free | Asynchronized – Self Study | Available anytime | |
Long Term Curler Development | Free | Asynchronized – Self Study | Available anytime | |
Health and Wellness* | $40.00 | Asynchronized – Self Study | Available Anytime | |
Manage a Program* | $75.00 | Self-Study, group work, one live webinar | Access Schedule HERE. | |
Brushing | $50.00 | Asynchronized – Self Study | Available Anytime | |
Developing Athletic Abilities | $100.00 | Two live webinars, plus assignments | Access Schedule HERE. | |
Analyze Technical Performance | $25.00 | Coming Soon | Asynchronized – Self Study | |
Performance Planning | $100.00 | Coming Soon | Two live webinars, plus assignments | |
Prevention and Recovery | $50.00 | One Live webinar, plus assignments | Access Schedule HERE. | |
Strategy and Tactics | $50.00 | In translation | Asynchronized – Self Study | |
Delivery | $50.00 | In translation | Asynchronized – Self Study | |
Advanced Practice Planning | $100.00 | In translation | Two live webinars, plus |
Receipts will be automatically sent from Curling I/O which will clearly state that the program is part of Competition Development allowing for coaches to use it as a receipt for provincial funding programs.
*Mandatory courses for Canada Winter Games Coaches
Competition Development Training Detail: Competition Development Training Detail – EN – V 05.31.2021.pdf
Multi-Sport Modules
Coaches in the Competition Development Program will need to also complete three multi-sport modules which are delivered by the Provincial/Territorial Coaching Representatives. For the Competition Development Program Coaches will need:
- Coaching and Leading Effectively
- Managing Conflict (with online evaluation)
- Psychology of Performance
For complete details on how to access this training – refer to the Multi-Sport Training Page.
Evaluations:
There are two evaluations which must be completed in person. When a coach is ready to complete their in-person evaluations – they should follow the instructions in the Evaluation Module on Learn.curling.ca. Evaluations must be coordinated through program administrator – Jennifer Ferris ([email protected])
Fees are applicable to both in-person evaluations.
Payment Link | |
Practice Evaluation $150.00 | |
Competition Evaluation $150.00 |