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- Jemini Foundation
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Coach Connections
Welcome to the 2011-12 racing season!! By the time you are reading this the first races of the season will have started in some parts of the world and those that are training in Canada will be eagerly awaiting the beginning of another domestic racing calendar.
CCC is busy working on additions to the website and specifically material for coaching and athlete development. The first updates should be available in the new year with ongoing updates over the remainder of the racing season.
Best wishes for a successful racing season for your programs and athletes. If you have any suggestions for future topics to include in the newsletter please continue to forward those.
Thank you and happy reading!
James Cunningham Western HP Coordinator Bulletin des entraîneursBienvenue à la saison de compétition 2011-12!! Alors que vous lisez ces lignes, les premières courses de la saison ont débuté à divers endroits dans le Monde et ceux qui poursuivent leur entraînement au Canada attendent avec fébrilité le début du calendrier de compétition domestique.
SFC travaille actuellement à bonifier le contenu de son site web et plus spécifiquement les ressources portant sur le développent des athlètes et entraîneurs. La première mise à jour devrait être effectuée pour le Nouvel An alors que d'autres mises à jour suivront tout au long de la saison de compétition.
Nous souhaitons à vos programmes et aux athlètes nos meilleurs vœux de succès pour la saison de compétition. Si vous avez des suggestions de sujets à aborder dans nos prochains numéros, n'hésitez pas à nous en faire part. Merci et bonne lecture!
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DOUBLE POLING FOR DISTANCE EVENTS
By: Lisa Patterson & Stephane Barrette
The following article will cover some basics of double pole technique focusing more on the technique required for distance events. Sprint double pole technique relies on the same principles, but incorporates a power element that will be mentioned but won't be the focus of the article.
Each point in the article makes reference to a video collage posted on Youtube at the CCCSKIEAST site entitled, "Double Pole -Good Examples_NDC" and can be found at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hs79OMKTSyM
Please keep in mind that the athletes in this video are still working on their technique and are not perfect, but they are good examples from which a club coach can work from.
Within the article I will make reference to 4 key technique areas:
1. Balance & Stability
2. Body Position & Direction of Power
3. Weight Transfer/Shift
4. Timing
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NCCP COURSE FUNDING OPPORTUNITY
Recently Cross Country Canada (CCC) established a grant for National Coaching Certification Program (NCCP) Learn to Train (L2T) and Train to Train (T2T) workshops held during the 2011/12 season. The objective of this grant is to improve the standard of coaching within the CCC sport system by supporting divisions in the delivery of these critical steps in coach education programming (Competition-Introduction context). Eligible expenses include Learning Facilitator honorarium and/or associated travel expenses. In addition to potentially allowing divisions to offer more workshops, CCC is also making sure that participants will benefit directly from this funding opportunity by capping the registration fees of funded workshops to 100$ per participant. Make sure to check if your division will offer more L2T and T2T workshops in response to this funding opportunity!
Dernièrement, Ski de fond Canada mettait sur pied un programme d'aide financière pour soutenir la mise en œuvre de stages du Programme national de certification des entraîneurs (PNCE) au niveau Apprendre à s'entraîner et S'entraîner à s'entraîner; la formation doit être offerte au cours de la saison 2011-2012. Cette aide financière a pour objet d'élever le niveau de compétence des entraîneurs de Ski de fond Canada en aidant les divisions à offrir des stages pour le contexte Entraîneur de compétition - Introduction, une étape importante du programme de formation. Les dépenses admissibles comprennent les honoraires du formateur ou ses frais de transport. En plus d'aider les divisions à offrir un plus grand nombre de stages, cette aide financière profitera également aux participants puisque les frais d'inscription des stages subventionnés seront limités à 100$ par personne. Profitez-en pour vérifier si votre division offrira un plus grand nombre de stages au niveau Apprendre à s'entraîner et S'entraîner à s'entraîner afin de profiter de cette opportunité.
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NUTRITION FOR ELITE FEMALE CROSS COUNTRY SKIERS
The following article provides a comprehensive document by FIS from 2006/07 on Nutrition for the Elite Cross Country Ski Athlete. The purpose of the document is to provide background knowledge on the nutritional needs of elite skiers right through to strategies that can be applied to the health and performance of the athlete.
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STRENGTH UPDATE
In this edition of Coach Connections, we are providing links to videos demonstrating the proper execution of several strength exercises that can be part of cross country skiers' strength routines. But to start with, we would like to draw your attention to this article providing guidance in regard to introducing plyometrics to young athletes: The Natural Development and Trainability of Plyometric Ability During Childhood
MISE A JOUR SUR LE RENFORCEMENT MUSCULAIRE
Dans cette édition du Bulletin des entraîneurs, nous vous fournissons des liens internet de vidéos démontrant l'exécution adéquate de divers exercices de renforcement musculaire qui peuvent faire partie des routines des skieurs de fond (dont ceux du test national de musculation). Mais tout d'abord, nous aimerions attirer votre attention sur cet article portant sur l'introduction des exercices de plyométrie chez les jeunes athlètes : The Natural Development and Trainability of Plyometric Ability During Childhood.
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GOAL SETTING FOR JUNIOR SKIERS
Article Summary:
This article by Pete Phillips of Burke Mountain Academy outlines some guidelines and principles of goal setting for Junior Athletes. The article bases itself on the philosophy that we are preparing athletes for the "Long Term" rather than immediate success. Phillips breaks goals down into three categories of: Results goals - immediate success type goals, Performance Goals - technique or tactics type performance, and Process Goals - day to day training to overcome a weakness. The author suggests having the athlete complete an analysis exercise called "XC Demand and Capacity Analysis" which helps to assess the level of an athlete's development in specific areas of which the sport demands.
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SPRINT TECHNIQUE AND TACTICS DRILLS
A sprint tactics session was held at the Southern Ontario Camp this summer. The session was lead by Canadian National Ski Team's Len Valjas - one of Canada's most up and coming sprinter on the International scene, and Thunder Bay Training Centre's Harry Seaton - regular top 6 qualifier in National events.
This video link provides you with some ideas on drills you can incorporate into your club training sessions. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xz3qVt2_2vA
The video is compliments of Hardwood Ski and Bike.
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SKATE TECHNIQUE
Referring back to our last Coach Connection Newsletter, you may recall the article on skate technique which encouraged the athlete to feel more weight on the ball of their foot during the kick phase. This Fasterskier article from Nov 2010 interviews Charlotte Kalla on improving her skate technique in terms of balance, stride and power, and credits an increase in ankle flex and more weight on the front of her foot for her improvement. It must have worked as it's hard to argue with the 2010-10km skate Olympic Gold Medallist! Read on... http://fasterskier.com/2010/11/the-secret-to-kalla%e2%80%99s-new-power/
If you missed the last edition of the CCC Coach Connections: Here is the article again
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HAYWOOD NORAM SERIES - RACE NOTICES AND INFO
1 - Sovereign Lake - Join us at the Sovereign Lake Nordic Centre, Vernon, BC on December 10 & 11 for the opening races of the 2011-12 Haywood NorAm race series. Race Notice
2 - Rossland - The following weekend, Dec 17 & 18, the NorAm series travels to the Black Jack Ski Club in Rossland, BC for a weekend of free technique competitions. Race Notice
3 - Callaghan Valley - Information about the Haywood NorAm World Junior / World U23 Championship Trials scheduled for January 12, 14 & 15 will be available shortly. Information on the Callaghan Valley Cross Country Ski Club, the host for the Trials can be located at the following address http://callaghanxcski.ca/index.php/events/noram/.
4 - Canmore - Westerns Haywood Noram website and race notice are now posted online on the Alberta World Cup website. http://www.albertaworldcup.com/main.php?p=1186 |
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LEADERSHIP IN SPORT - SIRC NEWSLETTER
"Leaders are made, they are not born. They are made by hard effort, which is the price which all of us must pay to achieve any goal that is worthwhile. " Vince Lombardi
What does it take to be a leader in sport? Hard work and dedication or natural ability or perhaps a bit of both. There is research for both arguments. Whether you are an athlete, coach, administrator or student you have the potential to be a great leader. Leadership can be seen as a mindset and where you are in your life or career is irrelevant.
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WEBSITE UPDATES - RSS FEEDS
With the recent upgrade to the website you have a few different ways to keep up to date on all of your cross country skiing news. The easiest way to stay updated is with the RSS feed. For those that don't currently use RSS you just subscribe to the feed (click on the orange logo) and you can use Google Reader or MS Outlook (or any other news reader). Every time CCC adds a new article you will get the update in your news reader.
Check out the post on the website for other info. www.cccski.com |
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CHRISTMAS IDEAS FOR COACHES
The following are some links to Coaching Resources and product that can be purchased. Forward these links to your loved ones who are still trying to figure out what to get you for Christmas.
http://www.humankinetics.com/
http://www.fitter1.com/
http://www.cxcstore.com/welcome
http://www.freshairexp.com/ |
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