Handbook on Performance Review of Coaches
The Handbook on Performance Review of Coaches is an easy-to-implement, step-by-step tool to assist national sport organizations in reviewing the performance of the national coach(es) they employ. The handbook presents a comprehensive approach to performance review that includes a full range of aspects that contribute to performance.

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A Golden Tear: Danièle Sauvageau's Journey to Olympic Gold
by Sally Manning
Through interviews with Danièle Sauvageau and many of the people who have played hockey under her tutelage and coached with her behind the bench, author Sally Manning has provided an insightful look at the making of one of the few master hockey coaches-from either the professional or amateur ranks-in North America today.
145 pages. $19.95. Find out more

Straight Talk about Children and Sport
Straight Talk about Children and Sport provides parents, coaches, and teachers some important information about the early developmental needs of young children in organized sport. This free resource offers tips from authoritative sources – doctors, psychologists, sport scientists, and coaching consultants – on how young participants can get the most from their sport experience.

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Coaching Athletes with a Disability
Coaching Athletes with a Disability is a manual designed to provide grassroots coaches who have never worked with athletes with a disability with basic information, guidelines, and tips that will assist in creating conditions for effective participation and inclusion. Coaching Athletes with a Disability is available exclusively to coaches that have participated in NCCP training and to partners delivering the NCCP. You must have a valid NCCP Database login (user name and password) to download the file. To download your free copy of this resource, click here.

Gender Equity in Coaching
Gender Equity in Coaching is a resource designed to provide Learning Facilitators, Course Conductors, and other educators with:

• a better understanding of gender-related issues,
• a series of learning scenarios that can be used with coaches to raise awareness of gender equity and to create a more equitable environment for girls and women in sport.

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Power and Ethics in Coaching
How to build healthy coach-athlete relationships is a central challenge for everyone committed to excellence in coaching. This handbook explores the issue of power and leadership in these relationships and provides guidelines for coaches on learning how to use power positively.

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