Gabor Csepregi appointed Chair of CAC Board of Directors
July 12, 2010 - Recently, CAC has welcomed a new face to lead our Board – Mr. Gabor Csepregi. More...
Way to go, Coach! Celebrating Canada's Coaches at the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games
CAC congratulates Canada's athletes for their outstanding performances at the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. Throughout the competitions, they collected 26 Olympic medals (14 of which are gold), and 19 Paralympic medals (10 of which are gold)!
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Paralympics
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CAC also wishes to applaud the remarkable coaches who inspired greatness in Vancouver. There is still time to get to know these 36 medal-producing coaches and their accomplishments!
NCCP Corner
NCCP Competition
– Development Modules Now Available As of April 1, 2009, the NCCP Theory 3
has now been officially phased out and coaches are now
required to complete Competition – Development
modules. The modules are available within a package
or as stand-alone modules. Coaches wishing to complete
all of the training in the Competition – Development
context will need to complete six multi-sport modules
and a number of sport-specific modules. Contact
your Provincial/Territorial Coaching Representatives
to learn when and where training will be held in your
region.
Women in Sport Advocate Recognized
The Globe and Mail newspaper’s annual list of Canada’s Top 50 in sport is an eagerly anticipated annual news happening. On the list this year was women-in-sport activist Guylaine Demers whose citation read: “University of Laval professor and president of Égale Action, she pushes for more female coaches at the elite level of sport in Canada.”
Taking the Lead: Strategies and Solutions from Female Coaches
A joint initiative of the Coaching Association of Canada (CAC) and the University of Alberta Press, is an extensive and frank exploration by leaders in women’s coaching of the values women bring to the coaching profession.
The issues covered in Taking the Lead include the quest for equal access; ways career aspirations and motherhood are juggled; how to negotiate contracts; communicating with clarity; mentorship; and encounters with homophobia, harassment, and bullying. Also identified are the challenges to progress and essential changes that need to be made. More...
Conferences
OUR
Sport: Moving Forward We are all a part of it: the ever changing
sport community we live in with its economic pendulum,
funding level adjustments, system cycles, and
priority shifts. With so much on the line every
day, each of us has a role to play in OUR Sport:
Moving Forward.
Join the EXPERTS in Ottawa for the premier annual
sport event, Petro-Canada Sport Leadership sportif,
where top coaches, sport administrators, coach
educators, leaders in the corporate community,
and sport scientists come together to CONNECT,
LEARN, NETWORK, and CELEBRATE together OUR Sport. More...
Keith Russell: 2009 Geoff Gowan Award Recipient
For close to 40 years, Keith Russell has helped to guide the development of every gymnastics coach in the country through his teachings and his mentoring, in all disciplines and at all levels of performance.
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Whether you are a first-time participant at the community
sport level or a national team athlete, proper nutrition
is essential to overall good health and optimal athletic
performance. More...
Women
in Coaching
OUR
Sport: Moving Forward
