Canada launches new coaching program
Canada has launched a novel certification programme for equestrian coaches inward 4 disciplines.
The High Performance Coach programme is designed for those working alongside riders looking to succeed at the national entitle degree or toward Junior/Young Rider FEI or similar international degree competition. Certification is available for dressage, eventing, jumping together with reining candidates.
The Equine Canada/National Coaching Certification Program (NCCP) High Performance Certification Coach programme replaces the old Level 3 equestrian coaching designation together with is both to a greater extent than advanced together with to a greater extent than accessible than Level 3. Coaches no longer conduct maintain to operate their agency upwards through coaching levels: coaches who come across the application criteria are invited to apply whether they conduct maintain been certified inward the yesteryear or not. While it is a pre-requisite for applicants to document their personal athletic surgical operation inward their discipline, riding is no longer a ingredient of the evaluation process.
“Aligning the novel programme alongside the electrical flow NCCP multi-sport focus which is based on coaching competency, opens the door for many candidates who are successfully coaching but may non currently last competing,” explains EC Coaching Manager Heather Sansom.
“The programme is much to a greater extent than accessible to coaches who conduct maintain the sense but may no longer last high surgical operation competitors themselves, whether due to injury, lack of appropriate horses, busy coaching schedules or other reasons.
The novel programme likewise offers grooming modules which are opened upwards to whatever interested attendee together with non simply candidates hoping to certify. Topics include: sport medications guidelines (equine); biomechanics; injury prevention; grooming programme planning; human athlete conditioning together with injury prevention; together with insurance together with feed for high surgical operation horses. Several of the available courses are already running successfully, notably the Equine Clean Sport module which covers medication guidelines for horses inward contest together with related issues of involvement to whatever coach, player or official. Training courses inward the novel NCCP are non mandatory, but the courses are strongly encouraged for candidates prior to evaluation.
“As manufacture together with Equine Canada coaches nosotros tin right away utilize the to a greater extent than advanced grooming programme together with testing Equine Canada offers, together with proceed to beingness recognized for all our difficult operate equally trainers, coaches, showpeople together with mentors to laissez passer on our High Performance Certification,” reports Wendy Nelson, High Performance Coach together with High Performance Master Evaluator, Reining.
“The novel programme features enhanced educational resources together with modules, making the programme highly credible together with attractive,” she continues. “Having this certification improves our coaching opportunities equally good equally making it possible to select payoff of lower insurance costs.”
“This is a logical together with detailed programme which is real user friendly,” explains Wendy Christoff, Chair Equine Canada Dressage Coaching Committee, High Performance Coach, Dressage.
“Candidates are evaluated on their coaching competency inward existent situations. The outcomes are structured together with then that each candidate tin access the evaluations according to personal schedules. This accessibility should select almost a renewed involvement inward the higher levels of coaching certification for Dressage.”
To last eligible for certification, candidates must:
• Have competition, coaching together with grooming sense described inward the High Performance Coach Application Packages:
- Jump
- Reining
- Dressage
- Eventing
• Be at to the lowest degree 22 years of historic menses equally of Jan 1 of the electrical flow year
• Hold an Equine Canada Sport License (membership) together with provincial/territorial equestrian federation membership, inward proficient standing
Acquiring certification requires the next steps:
- Submission of sample lesson together with yearly grooming plans
- Participating inward a single-evaluation twenty-four sixty minutes menses alongside 2 evaluators where you lot are evaluated on coaching skills piece giving lessons
- Evaluation of your coaching skills during competition
“I am actually proud of the Equine Canada Coaching Committees that pulled together to exercise this program. We conduct maintain created a bully chance for the athletes together with the coaches that coach them,” states Grant Field, National Coaching Committee Chair, Jump Course Designer, Level 3 Coach together with High Performance Jump Evaluator.
Level 4 Coach, old coach of the Canadian Eventing Team together with three-time Olympic Games rival together with High Performance Coaching Master Evaluator Peter Gray, adds: “I am thrilled alongside our novel mightiness to select applications for the many coaches waiting to move accredited. New components inward the evaluations are fantastic together with really reverberate real-time coaching.”
Complete details on the High Performance Coach Certification programme tin last flora on the Equine Canada website nether Coaching – How to Become Certified.
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