Coaching the Developing Athlete

7:00 – 19:00

Thematic Poster Presentations – Schedule (.pdf)
Thematic Poster Topics to be covered:
High Performance Coaching 1
Coaching Ethics and Issues
Program and Coach Evaluation
Coaching Effectiveness
Teaching in Coaching
Ongoing Development
Youth and School Sport
Status of the Coach

Coaching Research Abstracts (.pdf, 2.6 MB)

ICCE, SPort INnovation Summit and Own the Podium Research Exposition and Social – Leading sport scientists and researchers will present poster presentations describing recent research related to athlete and coach development, followed by a social.

Thematic Poster Presentations – Schedule (.pdf)
Thematic Poster Topics to be covered:
Mental Preparation
High Performance Coaching 2
Athlete Preparation 1
Athlete Preparation 2
Oral presentation: Video and Web-based Technology

Coaching Research Abstracts (.pdf, 2.6 MB)

Opening Plenary – Keynote Address
Presented by: Province of British Columbia

Storytelling is one of the most timeless and familiar art forms of humanity. It is also one of the most powerful communications tools available to leaders. When properly practiced, storytelling can give coaches and sports administrators the ability to sell their ideas, turn clients and employees into passionate advocates and build commitment in a program. This year's opening plenary will feature strategic storyteller Bill Baker, from Envisioning + Storytelling. Bill will guide delegates through a process that will help them craft a compelling story around their programs, strategically engage others in that story and then focus and unlock the human energy needed to bring that story to life.

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Bill Baker, (Bio .pdf)
Chief Strategic Officer, Envisioning+Storytelling Inc.

Emcee: Catriona Le May Doan, (Bio .pdf)
Canada's two-time Olympic Gold medallist in Speed Skating

Making it Real – Sport For Life: Implementation at the Provincial Level
As the Canadian Sport for Life (CS4L) movement moves to provincial implementation, many questions arise on how to address the challenge of change. Provincial and territorial governments are now investing and launching programs aimed at support to provincial sport organizations. What can be and should be done? This session will outline ‘what to do’ and provide examples of ‘how it can be done’.

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Presenter and Facilitator: Richard Way, (Bio .pdf)
Citius Performance Corp.

Panel:
Orest Stanko,
Ontario Volleyball

Brenda Taylor,
Rowing BC

Georgia Manhard,

Cross Country Canada/Cross Country BC

The opening ICCE keynote will present four perspectives to stimulate delegates to consider the following questions: What is our vision for coaching development? What are the expectations senior managers have of coaches? What impact do coaches have on the life skills of young athletes? How are International Federations contributing to coaching development?

Format: 2 x 45-minute presentations and a 30-minute question period.

This workshop will be directed at senior managers of sport organizations who face many of the same challenges that Frank addresses as one of the most sought-after speakers in the business world.

Presenter: Frank Dick, OBE, (Bio .pdf)
President of the European Athletics Coaches Association, former Chief Coach, British Athletics

Facilitator: Lorraine Lafrenière, Director General, CanoeKayak Canada

Support for High Performance Athletes
The Government of Canada’s Athlete Assistance Program has been providing support to Canadian high performance athletes since 1977. Over the last few years, athlete support has changed considerably including new public and private support being offered. This interactive session will provide a snapshot of Canada’s carded athletes; will provide an overview of the Athlete Assistance Program and athlete support programs from Ontario and Quebec, as well as various corporate programs such as the Petro-Canada Fuelling Athlete and Coaching Excellence (FACE) program. The session will also explore current and future program considerations.

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Marie Gendron, Sport Canada, Steven Keith, Petro-Canada, Martin Cléroult, Government of Quebec, Bryan Ozorio, Government of Ontario

Moderator: Lane MacAdam, Sport Canada

Sport Exchange Forum
Presented by: Tourism Burnaby

The Forum is an opportunity for exhibitors/participants from provincial/territorial and national sport organizations and multi-sport agencies to share programs/services and best practices in system development, innovation, research, accessibility, and outreach.

Information package .pdf | Registration form .doc | List of Exhibitors .pdf

Lunch will be served.

Delegates attending this session will be presented with and discuss best practice examples of how municipal sport strategies can be developed and potentially adopted in their programs and communities.

Facilitator: Drew Mitchell, 2010 Legacies Now

Panelist presentations: 45 minutes
Q&A: 45 minutes

Delegates attending this session will have an opportunity to hear about the challenges and solutions being implemented. Discussions will focus on what can be done showcasing sport program ideas as solutions.

Facilitator: Ajay Patel,
Langara College

This session will provide delegates with a variety of perspectives on the training of coaches from developing countries.     

Olympic Solidarity has provided tremendous support to encourage coaching development around the world.  Project Manager, Yassine Yousfi, will describe the opportunities that are available through this crucial International Olympic Committee (IOC) program, outline the changes that have recently been made, and share his views on the key factors that lead to successful program delivery.   

Oliver Dudfield, from UK Sport's International Development team, and Hikabwa Chipande, the Supreme Council of Sport in Africa Zone VI’s project officer,  will present examples of international coach education and development projects in Sub-Saharan Africa, the Indian sub-continent and Caribbean. The presentation will concentrate on initiatives aimed at supporting community and participation coaches and the interface with agencies using sport as a tool for community development. The pair will describe the International community Coach Education Standards (ICES) project and the Africa Zone VI Sport Education and Accreditation Framework (SEAF) projects.

Andra Ferreira, Secretary-General of the South African sport trainers and coaches association, and Jacques Faul, CEO of the NorthWest Cricket Association in South Africa, will describe recent developments in coaching, focusing on the protection of coaches as a workforce. Because coaches are part of the Sports industry in a country, it is often forgotten that they are part of the workforce and that their interests as employees should be looked after as well.

Matthew J. Robinson, from University of Delaware, USA, will present the monitoring and evaluation process used to assess an Olympic Solidarity coaching education project.

Yassine Yousfi, Olympic Solidarity, Oliver Dudfield, UK, Andra Ferreira and Jacques Faul, South Africa, and Matthew J. Robinson, USA

Facilitator: Ladislav Petrovic, ICCE

ICCE Workshop 2:
Facilitating on Demand: Adjusting and Adapting on the Go
NCCP Master Learning Facilitators will share proven techniques to help you think on your feet prior to or during a session when faced with challenging and changing facilitation situations. Consider the use of t-tables, classroom assessment techniques (CATs), mural add-ons, and more.

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• The development of coaching expertise on the Diploma-Coaches-Study

• Preparation of future national coaches: National coaching scholarship program

• Référentiels professionnel et de formation des entraîneurs nationaux  « Chef de projet performance » des équipes de France

• Strengths, need for optimization and development potential of high performance sports coaches in Switzerland

• Redesigning the National Coaching Institute Diploma for advanced coaches

• The junior sport coach: What do they really do

• The USA national coaching report: Update of findings and implications in a neoliberal society
  

• High quality extra-curricular physical education and school sport - A Welsh perspective through the 5 x 60 School Sport programme
  

• A project on the revolution of school sport through the balance of athletics and academics in Korea
  

• A developmental perspective of sports participation in the UK: Implications for coaching
  

• Status of the High Performance Coach in Canada
  

• An analysis of the present situation of China's coaches
  

• The myth of the typical Scandinavian elite sport coach
  

• A snapshot of the coaching workforce in Scotland
  

Alain Delorme,

Centre national multisport - Montréal

Matt Jordan, (Bio .pdf)
Strength and Physiology Consultant, Canadian Sport Centre Calgary

Chris Dalcin,

Canadian Sport Centre Ontario

Format: 3 x 20-minute presentations, followed by a 15-minute panel discussion, and a 15-minute question period.

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Pat Oaten,

Water Polo

Randy Bennett,

Swimming

Kenna Robins,

CanoeKayak

Facilitator: Tim Frick,

Wheelchair Basketball

Topic 1: Establishing an Internal Appeal Panel;
Topic 2: Resolution Facilitation – A Preventive Strategy; and
Topic 3: Being Heard without Legal Representation.

Small discussion groups will be formed for case-based scenario analysis. The scenarios, taken from real events, will allow the participants in this session to integrate the concepts explored during the panel session.

Panel:

Jane H. Devlin, (bio .pdf)

Graeme Mew, (bio .pdf)

Paul Denis Godin, (bio .pdf) SDRCC

All Sport Dispute Resolution Centre of Canada (SDRCC) arbitrators and mediators are qualified professionals with private practices and extensive experience in alternate dispute resolution; their résumés are available on the SDRCC website: http://www.crdsc-sdrcc.ca/
eng/dispute-resolution-arbitrators.cfm.

Bob Lenarduzzi,
President, Vancouver Whitecaps Football Club

Michael S. Downey, (Bio .pdf)
President and Chief Executive Officer, Tennis Canada

Facilitator: Pierre Lafontaine, Chief Executive Officer/National Coach, Swimming Canada

Sport Leadership Awards
The Sport Leadership Awards are a highlight of the conference. Awards to be presented include Petro-Canada Coaching Excellence Awards, Jack Donohue "Coach of the Year" Award, Sheila Robertson Award, Investors Group National Volunteer Sport Administrator Award, and Geoff Gowan Award.

Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre - Grand Ballroom
Formal "theatre" presentation.
Doors open at 17:45 and presentation will begin promptly at 18:30. A cash bar will be available.

Lights start to be dimmed at 18:15 for delegates to take their seats.
Business casual attire.

A cornerstone in the Granville Entertainment district and a premier concert venue in Canada, join us at the Commodore Ballroom to eat, network, and celebrate Coaching Excellence.

A dinner buffet will be served with a full cash bar available. Enjoy a live performance by Tainted Lovers and a DJ to keep the flow for an evening of music and dancing.

The Commodore Ballroom is fully wheelchair accessible. Wheelchair entrance is located at the main door.

Directions: From the Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre, start out going NORTHEAST on BURRARD ST (160 metres). Turn RIGHT onto NELSON STREET (300 metres). Turn LEFT onto GRANVILLE STREET (160 metres). Go to the Commodore Ballroom, 868 GRANVILLE STREET.

Plenary: Lessons Learned from the Creation of Own the Podium
Roger Jackson, the CEO of Canada’s high performance sport initiative, Own the Podium, will describe the technical, political, financial, and leadership issues faced in developing athletes, coaches and sports to reach the Podium. He will also provide his view of the challenges ahead, and the commitment, programs, and financing required to place Canada amongst the top few sport nations in the world.

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Panel:
Christian Hrab,
Director, High Performance, Canadian Snowboard Federation

Cathy Haines,
Chief Technical Officer, Gymnastics Canada

Note: Coaches attending this session are to complete an online personality assessment developed specifically for sport coaches prior to the commencement of the session. Please go to the following URL and complete the complimentary assessment (http://tinyurl.com/ckx27w).
Upon completion, please click the "view report" button and save or print your report immediately. Please bring a printed copy of your full report to the session.

Jared King, (Bio .pdf)
Professional Services Consultant, Self Management Group

ICCE Workshop 4:
The Development and Certification of High Performance Coaches in Various Domains and its Interface with Higher Education: The Emergence of the UK Centre for Coaching Excellence
The UK Centre for Coaching Excellence was established a year ago with a remit to develop high-performing coaches in the UK. This seminar will present the findings of scoping research into the various domains in which high-performing coaches operate, and will identify approaches to their development, including:

• negotiated coaching development programmes,
• targeted apprenticeships,
• and certified courses of education.

Of particular note will be the development of the UK Coaching Certificate Level 4 as a vocational post-graduate University award, complementary under-graduate degree endorsement, and the development of the coach educator workforce necessary to support such programmes.

Research and Best Practice Parallel 4: Aspects of Coach Teaching and Learning

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• Finding a better way to teach coaching: An empirical case for action research
  
  

• Agency and affordances in high performance coaches' learning

• Coaches' self-assesment of their knowledge and future needs for education

• Comment des entraîneurs en sport scolaire et amateur apprennent-ils à enseigner des habiletés de vie aux athlètes?

• Analyse des connaissances des entraîneurs inscrits à une formation « Introduction à la compétition – Partie B » en matière de planification d'entraînement

• The education of a coach: Insights from a PCP perspective

• Give us back our game' and the human rights of sporting children: Critical analysis of an emergent youth sport movement in the UK
  
  
  
  

• Successful coaching making the most of athletes' character

Mariko Kanaya
University of Tsukuba, Japan

• BeLikeCoach, Inc.: A national learning community for coach education in the United States

Wade Gilbert, Mark Siwik, Swen Nater
BeLikeCoach, Inc., USA

• Innovative reflective methodologies in sport: the case for video enhanced reflective discussion
  

Gavin Chesterfield, Dean A. Clark
University of Gloucestershire, UK

• Coaches' character building efficacy: Are they as good as they believe?

• Integrating moral values into a competitive coaching philosophy

• Israel coach education system - The starting point for sport in Israel
  

• The competency-based teaching mode for Chinese coaches
  

• Structural changes to coach education in Hungary
  

• The big change: Implementing a national coaching curriculum

• The role of 'coach developers' - Evidence of impact from a UK perspective
  

• A national "Women into Coaching" programme
  

Format: A brief description of current best practices in Australia followed by discussion and evaluation of current plans.

b) Rehabilitation, Recovery, and Regeneration
When an athlete is challenged with an overuse injury, the recovery process may seem complex to the coach. This session will provide information and demonstrations on best practice techniques which will reduce the recovery time relative to the daily training environment.

Format: A brief description of current best practices at the Burdenko Water and Sports Institute followed by a discussion on intervention techniques.

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Shona Halson, (Bio .pdf)
Senior Recovery Physiologist, Australian Institute of Sport

Dr. Igor Burdenko, (Bio .pdf)
Chairman of the Burdenko Water and Sports Therapy Institute

Format: A brief presentation will be made followed by an interactive workshop.

Bruce Craven, (Bio .pdf)
Craven Sport Services

Greg Redman

Making it Real – Sport For Life: Linking Canadian Sport for Life Long-Term Athlete Development (CS4L-LTAD) to National and Provincial Sport Organizations Strategic Plans
In the 5-year evolution of long-term athlete development (LTAD) there has been an increasing understanding that the LTAD model outlines the core business of the national organization. LTAD is also seen as an opportunity to link the national, provincial, and local organizations in a number of areas including athlete, coach and officials’ development, as well as leadership (governance), competition, and facilities. Once an organization has identified these key development areas as their core business, building successful plans for excellence and participation become dependant on strategic planning, which lead to sustainable capacity and enhance interaction.

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Panel:
Carolyn Trono,
Rowing Canada Aviron

Peter Montopoli,
General Secretary, Canadian Soccer Association

Mark will help you understand your organization’s purpose and positioning in the eyes of potential sponsors, while outlining strategic and practical tactics to organize your presentation and validate your sponsorship fee. You will walk away understanding your own equity in the market, and be equipped to tackle the toughest of challenges with organizational confidence.

Women in Leadership Roles
In recent years, female participation rates in sport and recreation have increased substantially at all levels of the sport continuum, from grass roots community-based programs to international competition. Furthermore, the performance level of women in sport has increased, as evidenced by medal counts in recent Olympic Games. Despite these increases and successes, the number of women in sport leadership positions has not increased, and some would argue has actually decreased. Women are often underrepresented in leadership at the Board level, leaving a void in discussions, perspectives, and decision-making.

This session will explore reasons for the lack of female leaders and leadership opportunities for women in sport and recreation, make a case for the importance of a diverse leadership team, and identify strategies for developing female leaders. It will conclude with discussion on effective strategies for recruiting, training and retaining women in leadership positions, contributing to development of a stronger and more equitable Canadian sport system.

Dru Marshall, (Bio .pdf)
Coaching Association of Canada (CAC) Women in Coaching Program

Nora Sheffe, (Bio .pdf)
Canadian Association for the Advancement of Women and Sport and Physical Activity (CAAWS) Master Trainer – Women and Leadership Program

Women in Coaching Luncheon and Plenary
Presented by: 2010 Legacies Now

The Women in Coaching Luncheon and Plenary is a unique opportunity for the Canadian sport community to be inspired by “women who make a difference”. Guest speaker Melody Davidson is the head coach of the National Women's Hockey Program, a position she has held since 2006. She has a wealth of international experience, serving the team in coaching, scouting, development, and coach mentorship capacities for 13 seasons. She has spent the past three years as an assistant coach with the Calgary Canucks, a Junior “A” hockey club.

Melody will provide insights into the national team’s preparation for Vancouver 2010 and will share her own journey from coaching a boys’ team while in high school to her current position. A Level 4 NCCP certified coach and a graduate of the University of Alberta and the National Coaching Institute-Calgary, she also coached Team Alberta at the Canada Winter Games and has held head coach positions in the NCAA.

Lunch will be served.

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Developing Athleticism – The Foundation of Long-Term Sport Success
Every athlete wants a competitive edge and coaches invest countless hours helping athletes of all ages and abilities improve their sport skills to gain an advantage. A focus on the development of athletic abilities (coordination, body control, balance, speed, agility, quickness, power, whole body strength, and reaction skills) through childhood into adulthood gives athletes a solid foundation to become more proficient with sport-specific skills. Sport conditioning develops the physical tools that an athlete uses to perform their sport and when applied consistently with growth and development milestones in mind, coaches can maximize short- and long-term success. In this session coaches will learn a strategic approach to developing athleticism that is both age and ability appropriate, providing them with a practical progressive developmental model to improve athleticism in their sport. Skills, drills, and methodologies will be presented through images and video to help coaches leave this session with cutting-edge practical and theoretical sport conditioning knowledge.

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This discussion began at the London International Coaching Conference in November 2008. Much has happened in a short twelve months! This workshop will outline possibilities and present current directions in Canada and abroad. Feedback from the coaching, coach education, and research communities is crucial and the workshop will be designed to solicit such feedback.

Facilitator: Wendy Bedingfield

Format: 2 presentations (1 Canada, 1 Europe)

Discussion: Roundtables, each led by a member of the international group that met in London. Report back.

Delegates will choose the issue/topic group to which they wish to contribute and, at the conclusion of the workshop, each group will make recommendations on actions that will deliver real progress.

Issues/topics proposed are:

1. Creating an instrument/protocol for measuring and monitoring coaching effectiveness
2. Planning professional career pathways for coaches and agreeing on supplementary skill sets for such careers
3. Preparing a strategy to promote The Coaches Charter and embracing it within the coaching culture
4. Establishing an International Elite Coach Mentoring Network and Program
5. Learning and teaching processes that strengthen coach decision making skills
6. Building effective 4 year performance structures
   

Frank Dick, OBE, (Bio .pdf)
President of the European Athletics Coaches Association, former Chief Coach, British Athletics

Facilitator: Lorraine Lafrenière, Director General, CanoeKayak Canada

ICCE Workshop 7:
Stages of Experience – Creating a Foundation for Facilitation and Design
Learners at different levels of experience and maturity require different facilitation styles and designed materials. Explore with NCCP Master Learning Facilitators how to successfully manage different learners using knowledge of group development and learning activities to engage coaches in directing their own learning.

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• 'Hands-off coaching': presumed guilt and the politics of touch

• The coach's influence: type and level of physical activity in a junior coaching session

• Coaching perceptual skills

• The impact of coaches behaviour on players performance during the coaching process

• "Our profession is a powerful tool": A qualitative exploration of coaches thoughts on ethics in sport
  

Format: A brief presentation will be made followed by interactive discussion.

b) Coach Professional Development: A Success Story
One of the keys to a successful organization is to encourage ongoing learning for its coaches. Graham Barton will present three coach development programs that CanoeKayak Canada has undertaken since early 2008.

The three key themes focusing on professional development for coaches will be:

1) professional development experience from Beijing
2) coaching professional development pilot project with CAC-OTP
3) “Coach the Worlds Project” – 2009 World Championships

Format: 35-minute presentation and a 10-minute question period.

Dr. Charles Samuels, (Bio .pdf)
Medical Director, Centre for Sleep and Human Performance

Graham Barton,
Sprint High Performance Director, CanoeKayak Canada

Format: Panel of presenters (20 minutes each) followed by panel discussion (15 minutes) and a question and answer period (15 minutes).

Presenters:

Kristin Collins,

High Performance Advisor, Performance Technology, Own the Podium (Winter)

Barney Wainwright,
High Performance Advisor, Performance Technology, Own the Podium (Summer)

Facilitator: Mike Christie

Mark will help you understand your organization’s purpose and positioning in the eyes of potential sponsors, while outlining strategic and practical tactics to organize your presentation and validate your sponsorship fee. You will walk away understanding your own equity in the market, and be equipped to tackle the toughest of challenges with organizational confidence.

Sport and Community Development: Getting Everyone in the Game

Everyone should have the opportunity to participate in sport. How can we make sport more inclusive and open the door to those who are often excluded? This session will look at this issue from different perspectives. Dan Thompson will describe how the Canadian Tire Jumpstart program is helping children aged 4 to 18 to participate in organized sport, leading to the development of important life skills, self-esteem and confidence. Dr. Rolf Carlson from the University of Stockholm will present on the impact of sport in reducing crime in an inner city Swedish community, which was the result of recruiting gang leaders into leadership roles in sport. Pete Quevillon from KidSport will explain how that program is supporting children by removing financial barriers that prevent them from playing organized sport. Discussions will focus on how clubs and sport organizations can facilitate increased opportunities for sport participation.  

Rolf Carlson, Ph.D.(Bio .pdf)
University of Stockholm, Sweden

Pete Quevillon,
Director – KidSport™ BC

Facilitator: Marion Lay

Closing Plenary – Keynote Address
Presented by: Commonwealth Games Canada

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Allison and Priscilla will look at 2010 and Beyond from the perspective of the successful coach and successful athlete. In an engaging and entertaining way, their stories will be told on how they were able to achieve their success to date. They will then provide us with their vision of what is required to achieve excellence in the future.

Join us for the closing session for your chance to win the Petro-Canada Sport Leadership sportif 2010 prize package. Only those in attendance are eligible to win the following:

• Complimentary conference registration for two delegates (courtesy of the Coaching Association of Canada);
• Hotel accommodation (courtesy of the Westin Ottawa)

Allison McNeill,

Basketball Senior Women’s National Team Head Coach, bronze medallist at the 2009 FIBA Americas Championship

Priscilla Lopes-Schliep,

100-metre hurdles silver medallist at the 2009 World Championships and bronze medallist at the 2008 Beijing Olympics

Emcee: Catriona Le May Doan, (Bio .pdf)
Canada's two-time Olympic Gold medallist in Speed Skating

Social
Presented by: Tourism Vancouver

Light finger-foods and refreshments will be served.

The bus will drive by the Olympic Village.

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