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- Make Ethical Decisions --- CAC web evaluation
- Plan a Practice
- Design a Sport Program
- Manage Aspects of a Program
- Plan Equipment Maintenance
- Analyze Performance
- Provide Support to Athletes in Training
- Support the Competitive Experience
- Manage all Practical Aspects in Diving
Outcome # 1. Make Ethical Decisions --- CAC web evaluation
- Drawing on the values and philosophy of the NCCP and on the code of conduct of Canadian diving coaches, the coach shall reflect upon an ethical issue that pertains to his or her own situation, identify its cause, and describe how he or she would deal with that issue.
- Emphasis shall be placed on the 6 steps of Ethical Decision-Making Process and the code of conduct for Canadian coaches and divers.
- Evaluation : Made by CAC – Web evaluation
Outcome # 2. Plan a Practice
- The coach shall develop a series of safe, dynamic, fun and varied sessions that offer activities that are suited to the age group of the participants, and that contribute to the improvement of their general competitive skills.
- Emphasis shall be placed on water safety and planning sessions within a season as well as on the development of objectives.
Outcome # 3. Design a Sport Program
- A sport program is a planned and progressive sequencing of activities. The nature (training, competition, etc.), number, frequency, duration, and content of these activities are adapted to the participants ' age and sport experience. The goal of the program is to foster the participants ' athletic development and sport form over time.
- Emphasis shall be placed on the Sport type : Technico - Artistic .
Outcome # 4. Manage Aspects of a Program
- Communicate program philosophy, organization and athlete progress to athletes and parents.
- Emphasis shall be placed on the different communication tool.
Outcome # 5. Plan Equipment Maintenance
- Knowledge and proper usage of diving-specific equipment. Plan an efficient Diving Equipment maintenance. Be aware of Risks – make sure everything is SAFE !!
- Emphasis shall be placed on the different skills on trampoline and work with belt.
Outcome # 6. Analyze Performance
- Starting with a diving-specific framework analysis, the coach shall identify those elements of participant/athlete performance that require improvement, and shall prescribe a package of corrective measures designed to enhance performance.
- Emphasis shall be placed on the study of diving movements, on the relationship between correction and safety.
Outcome # 7. Provide Support to Athletes in Training
Teaching and Learning
- Focus on the teaching process, and on specific aspects and skills that relate to what you do when you are with your athletes in a practice session. Another important topic will be Self esteem of the athletes.
- Emphasis shall be placed on the different types of teaching and motor learning.
Mental Preparation
- Coaches will have tools to help mental preparation to their athletes. The key areas that will be addressed in this introductory document on mental preparation are: Focus management strategies - Anxiety management strategies - Goal setting - Planning for mental preparation
Nutrition
- Pass judgment on the quality of the athletes’ nutrition and hydration prior to, during and after a training session or competition and propose a number of suggestions or corrective measures, as required. Reflect upon the various ways of being a positive influence on the parents and the athletes in order to ensure that a number of the guiding principles of sport nutrition are respected.
Outcome # 8. Support the Competitive Experience
- The coach must demonstrate that he/she is able to manage athletes who are in their initial stages of competition and able to offer them the support they need.
- Emphasis shall be placed on effective communications and on athlete and coach psychology.
Outcome # 9. Manage all Practical Aspects in Diving
Trampoline skills
- The minimum standards for the rhythm jumps (control), somersaults (102-402-202-302) are to assist with control and safety an athlete younger than 18 years old.
- The minimum standards for the other abilities (101-401-201-301-103-403-203-303) are to assist with control and safety an athlete younger than 13 years old.
Athletes Results
- For a full certification, the candidate has to have at least one athlete at National level (national standard).
Competition observations
- During a Provincial or National competition, an evaluation will be done by one of the facilitators without the candidate knowing. At the end of the competition, the facilitator will take a few minutes to give the feedback.
- This evaluation is made on the following general aspects :
- Ethics
- Technical Aspects
- Teaching
- Mental Preparation
Mentorship
- Higher level Coach will assist and guide the candidate in the whole certification process.
- Emphasis will be placed on ethical decisions, techniques, plan a practice and a program.
- Time in Diving = 200 hours
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