COURSE DESCRIPTION:
The following Competition Development Modules will be offered over three days on the Family Day long weekend (February 16-18th):
- Psychology of Performance
- Coaching and Leading Effectively
- Managing Conflict
Completing Psychology of Performance will allow you to:
- help athletes learn to manage distractions and use visualization techniques to prepare themselves technically and tactically for training and competition;
- learn how to work with athletes or teams to identify performance and process goals related to their ability to focus on performance;
- learn debriefing skills that can be used to help athletes assess their performance in both training and competition.
The Coaching and Leading Effectively module gives you the skills needed to:
- promote a positive image of sport, and model it to athletes and those supporting their performance;
- deliver clear messages and explanations when communicating with athletes and their supporters;
- identify opportunities to interact with all athletes and use feedback to improve and correct performance and behaviour.
Please note this module is taking place over two days. It will run from 9am to 5pm on Sunday February 17th, and 9am to 10:30am on Monday February 18th.
The Managing Conflict module will allow you to:
- identify common sources of conflict in sport;
- determine which individuals or groups are most likely to find themselves in situations involving conflict;
- learn important skills that will help you prevent and solve conflict resulting from misinformation, miscommunication or misunderstanding;
- develop skills that will empower you to listen and speak effectively in conflict situations while maintaining positive relationships with athletes, parents, officials and other coaches.
- Dojo Instructors who are interested in developing their ability to analyse movement and to provide constructive feedback to their athletes
- Coaches aspiring to be a member of the Karate BC Team staff
- Coaches who wish to coach at the Provincial Championships
- Coaches who wish to coach at the BC Winter Games
- Provincial Coaches at National Championships
COURSE DETAILS:
Course: Competition Development Multisport Workshops
Dates: February 16-18th, 2019
Times:
- Saturday, Feb. 16: 0900-1700h
- Sunday, Feb. 17: 0900-1700h
- Monday, Feb. 18: 0900-1030h
- Monday, Feb. 18: 1100-1600h
Location:
Cost:
Manual: Manuals will be provided for this course.
Pre-Requisites:
- Brown Belt, at least 16 years old.
- Have completed a Competition Introduction or Instruction Beginner workshop or the equivalent.
Registration: Complete the online registration form HERE . NOTE: Deadline to register for the course is Feb. 12th.
Course Conductor: Gail Donahue and Rodney Hobson
For any questions, please contact the Coach Development Coordinator, Donna Gardecki, at coachdev@karatebc.org.