Coaches who take this two-day workshop become “Club Coach Trained”. This workshop does not lead to CERTIFICATION. This is a program designed to enhance the skill set of the coach/instructor who functions primarily at the club level training athletes in the Curl for Life pathway (age 15+) of the Long-Term Curler Development Framework.  The Club Coach will be competent in training curlers from youth to masters, with skill levels of beginning to intermediate. The Club Coach will be proficient in planning and designing a practice/clinic, ethical decision-making, teaching correct curling skills, skill analysis, safety and program management.  Club Coach coaches are integral leaders of Learn to Curl Programs.

Course content:

• Role of the Coach and Organizational Management
• Game Orientation, Rules & Etiquette
• Safety
• Warm-ups & Cool-downs
• The Curling Delivery
• Introduction to Strategy
• Brushing
• Ethical Coaching
• Practices
• Clinics
• Skill Analysis
• Special Interest Groups

NCCP status (at course completion):  Club Coach Trained

Minimum age: Fourteen (14) years old at the start of the course.

Where to find this Training:  Contact your Member Assocation