Coach Connections
July 2010
Co-editors: James Cunningham, Lisa Patterson and Stephane Barrette |
Welcome to the first 'Coach Connections' Newsletter,
In CCC's on-going effort to provide timely and relevant information to the clubs and coaches in Canada we have started this newsletter as a way to pass on coaching and HP development information. We hope that you will find this to be a valuable resource and will assist you in developing your athletes to the best of their potential.
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Thank you and happy reading!
Western HP Coordinator
Bienvenue à la première édition du Bulletin des entraîneurs,
Dans le cadre des efforts constants de SFC pour fournir une information pertinente et d'actualité aux clubs et entraîneurs canadiens, nous débutons la publication d'un bulletin spécifiquement destiné aux entraîneurs comme moyen de transmettre du contenu informatif en matière d'entraînement et de développement HP. Nous espérons que vous apprécierez cette nouvelle ressource et qu'elle vous sera utile pour vous aider à développer vos athlètes au meilleur de leurs capacités.
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Merci et bonne lecture !
Stéphane Barrette (sbarrette@cccski.com)
Directeur adjoint haute performance-développement
Ski de fond Canada
NB: Compte tenu des moyens que nous avons à notre disposition pour réaliser ce bulletin, la plupart du contenu sera en anglais et ne pourra être traduit. Par contre, nous ferons l'effort d'inclure quelques articles en français dans chaque numéro. |
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Canada's performance at World Junior Championships over the last 4 years and what it means
HP system plan and long term HP goals
In the past year, CCC has proceeded with a review of our Canadian HP system with the collaboration of its stakeholders and partners. The process and all of its outcomes can be found in CCC's HP campaign plan to 2014. This plan has now started to be implemented in response to the various gap analyses that have been realized and involves the whole cross country ski community, from clubs to the national ski team.
While long term HP plans are based on results of gap analyses, it is the determination of long term HP goals that allows quantifying the gaps that we feel we can fill with appropriate measures and investments over the next quadrennial or two. For example, most people would agree that it may be wishful thinking to believe we can compete with the top nation in our sport in the short term, Norway, given how far behind we are from them currently, but then what would be reasonable to aim at for Canada in the next 4 to 8 years? Looking at many factors and considerations, our conclusion is that we can aim at being in the top 8 nations by 2014 and in the top 6 by 2018, using a variety of performance measures that also reflect consistency and sustainability of performance.
Click here to read the full article. |
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LTAD - Junior Training Progression Leading to International Success
What does it take to be an internationally successful skier? Usually you will get an answer that includes things like hard work, dedication, many years of training and lots of talent. Those are all likely part of the puzzle but they aren't very tangible, they don't really tell you as a coach or as an athlete what is truly necessary. When the LTAD was first developed one of the key goals was to describe how an athlete goes from 'Playground to Podium' i.e. what is the path that they should take on that journey?
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DLTA - Progression du volume d'entraînement junior menant au succès international Comment atteint-on l'élite mondiale? À cette question, vous obtiendrez souvent une réponse qui inclut des éléments tels un entraînement assidu, du dévouement, beaucoup d'années d'entraînement et de talent. Ces facteurs font sans doute partie de la recette mais ils ne sont pas très tangibles; ils ne vous disent pas, en tant qu'entraîneur ou athlète, qu'est-ce qu'il faut faire de façon pratique. Lorsque le modèle du DLTA a été développé pour la première fois, un des objectifs principaux était de décrire comment un athlète passe du « Traîneau au Podium », c'est-à-dire quel est le cheminement qu'un athlète devrait suivre tout au long de ce processus?
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Check out the latest updates from the NST athletes and coaches. Look forwad to regular updates from the various training camps and races throughout the season as the best skiers in Canada prepare to take on the World.
Justin Wadsworth - NST Head Coach
George Grey - NST World Cup Team (w/Ivan Babikov)
Eric de Nys & Joel Jaques - NST Coach and NST Wax Tech
Click here to check out all the videos or subscribe to CCC's YouTube channel |
Video is a very useful tool for various aspects of coaching. Technique review, recording races and recording demonstrations for various exercises like strength training or flexibity are a few the typical uses. One problem in the past has been the challenge of bringing a video camera out in the field and quickly being able to grab some video. If you are doing a dedicated video session that hasn't been an issue, but what if you are out 20km from home and you feel like taking video of some of your skiers up a hill. Now with the new generation of pocket camcorders you can pack them away in a drink belt or pocket and quickly access them in the field. They also have other features that make them more user friendly, like built-in storage (no tapes to mess with), and direct transfer to your computer for future review or analysis.
