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The Coaches Course scheduled for next weekend (16th and 17th October) has been postponed until February 2011. This decision is due to the small number of people who expressed an interest in attending. Rescheduling the Course for early next year may result in more participants.
It is also my plan to have a Coaching weekend for young orienteers 12/13/14 years who are progressing from Green(easy) to Orange(moderate) navigation at the same time as the Level 1 Coaching weekend. Tentative Dates 19th/20th February 2011. To be confirmed.
Nick Dent, Coaching Director OANSW
The proposed program for the weekend can be found here.
A coaching and training camp is planned for the weekend of the 19th and 20th of February from 8.30am Saturday to 3.00pm Sunday. The camp will be held at Belanglo State Forest and the Belanglo Hut.
This weekend will be of interest to any orienteer wishing to become a coach and progress towards gaining Level 1 coaching qualifications as well as any current coach wanting to help with the weekends activities and further develop their own existing coaching qualifications. The activities will teach the technical skills required to move from very easy (blue) courses to easy (green) courses and to moderate (orange) courses.
The coaching and training sessions will be run concurrently and will involve both theorectical and practical sessions. All particicpant will need to have writing equipment and orienteering equipment, including an SI stick.
Some accommodation is available in the Hut and of course camping is available with toilets, showers and cooking facilities (you must provide your own food). A dinner is planned for Saturday evening (details later).
Interested? You must indicate your intention to attend by email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. (NSW Coaching Director) by Monday 14 February.
An Intermediate General Principles of Coaching Course is being conducted on Monday nights from June 21 till August 2 for any interested Orienteer wanting to develop coaching skills.
This course has been designed by the Australian Sports Commission to complement existing Coach Accreditation Programs higher than the introductory levels and it can also be undertaken as professional development by experienced coaches who wish to improve their knowledge and skills.
Interested coaches also have the capacity to attend individual evenings as professional development seminars, if the topic interests them but they don't wish to complete the whole course.
The Intermediate General Principles of Coaching Course Program is as follows
June 21 - Basic Anatomy and Biomechanics
June 28 - Nutrition & Growth and Development
July 5 - Sports Psychology and Skill Acquisition
July 12 - Communication Processes and Coaching
July 19 - Introduction to Physiology
July 26 - Planning and Program Management
August 2 - Anti Doping & The Essence of Coaching
The specific time and venue details for the course/workshops are:
Times: Monday evenings, 6.00 - 9.30pm, (supper provided)
Venue: Centenary Room, Level 2, NSWIS Building, 6 Figtree Drive, Sydney Olympic Park
Cost: Whole course - $275 : Individual Work Shop - $40
The flyer and application form for this course and each individual workshops are available from:
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.or this information can also be obtained from the website:
http://www.dsr.nsw.gov.au/training/coach.asp
