Diploma Course of Study
The NCI offers a competency-based Diploma Program that
integrates classroom study with a coaching practicum
in partnership with a highly qualified Master Coach.
The knowledge, skills, and attitudes required in a coach
at the top of the profession are developed through a
wide variety of applied courses.
Required Courses
Diploma Practicum
NCI coaches work with a high performance team or athletes
on a regular basis under the direction of a Master Coach.
A workbook is used to record observations and critical
reflections, and tutorials are conducted to review the
Master Coach's approach to athlete preparation. The
NCI coach is expected to assume responsibility for the
preparation of a group of athletes.
Energy Systems
Understand the energy demands of your sport, methods
to train and increase the power and capacity of the
energy systems; control of intensity; sequencing of
training; and tapering for peak performance.
Strength Training
Learn teaching progressions for strength, flexibility,
and agility exercises; how to manipulate loading parameters.
Nutrition
Develop nutritional strategies for training and competition;
develop a nutritional plan and become familiar with
a variety of sport nutrition topics such as hydration,
supplements, nutrition during travel, weight control,
and eating disorders.
Recovery and Regeneration
Understand the causes of fatigue and select appropriate
recovery modalities; understand injuries and the mechanisms
for healing and recovery as part of the normal training
process; nonadaptive responses to training/stress.
Mental Preparation for Coaches
Analyse coaching interventions; deal with conflict
in elite athletes and practise effective communication;
psychological implications of injuries in elite athletes
and strategies of intervention.
Mental Preparation for Athletes
Identify the mental training needs of athletes; help
them refine a variety of mental imagery skills and learn
how to cope with distractions; integrate and sequence
mental training activities within the yearly plan.
Planning and Periodization
The systematic integration and sequencing of training
and competition activities within a comprehensive sport
program; planning and periodization models; major and
minor peaks to produce optimal athletic performance;
volume and intensity of training; recovery. Athlete
Long-Term Development
Discuss how athletes should progress in sport from
childhood on; skill acquisition leading to specialized
skill development; talent identification; sport-specific
long-term planning.
Leadership and Ethics
An intense learning experience to help you initiate
and support positive changes in your work environment,
with an emphasis on values clarification, critical thinking,
communication skills, leadership practices, and group
dynamics.
Course work is also required in the following areas:
- Coach Effectiveness
- Coaching Philosophy
- New Technologies
Optional Courses
(subject to availability)
Environmental Factors and Performance
Adapt a training program according to environmental
influences; effects of altitude and thermal stress on
training and performance; dealing with travel and time
changes.
Biomechanical Analysis of Advanced
Skills
Apply the principles of biomechanics to the detection
and correction of errors in technique and to injury
prevention; video analysis and applications.
The Business of Coaching
Learn management and marketing concepts; learn how
to create a business plan and manage financial projects;
identify ways to access professional services for high
performance coaches.
Sport-Specific Performance Factors
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