Over the past few months, several of the coaches at Elmira have upgraded their skills in order to provide better and more up-to-date instruction within our program. Most of these courses are curling-specific courses offered within the National Coaching Certification Program (NCCP) developed by the Coaching Association of Canada and Sport Canada.
Here’s a brief summary:
- In early October, Marc Bernard became Competition Coach – Trained by completing the technical Competition Coach course (formerly “Level 2 technical”) held at the K-W Granite Club in Waterloo. Previously, Marc was Club Coach – Youth trained.
- In April, Glenn Paulley became a Certified Competition Coach (formerly called Level 2). In August, he completed his first theory course, entitled “Coaching and Leading Effectively”, towards achieving his Level 3 coaching certification. In September he re-certified his Red Cross First Aid and CPR “C” credentials. This past weekend, he completed the Level 3 Technical coaching course offered by the Ontario Curling Association, which was held at the Napanee and District Curling Club in Napanee.
- Also this past weekend, Geoff Martin became Club Coach trained through taking the Club Coach course held at the Mount Forest Curling Club in Mount Forest.
My thanks to both Geoff and Marc for taking the time and effort to complete this training.