Institute for Sport Coaching

I, as a new masters track and field athlete, was overjoyed to find this new coaching resource, Coaching Masters Athletes, being provided by the Canadian National Coaching Certification Program. In many sports in the US, the masters population of athletes is growing mostly due to the large numbers of baby boomers entering retirement or at …

Mollie’s Fund had developed a free app, for both Apple and Android smartphones, to aid in the detection of skin cancer and precursors to skin cancer. While not a substitute for appropriate medical monitoring and treatment, it does provide those coaches who work mostly outside a tool in which to reduce their risk for skin …

I am continuing my exploration of free online sport coaching education with this month’s resource for sport coaches; Winning with Asthma.  Thanks to the Minnesota Board of Health, this online resource including a self-guided coaching education program and other resources  focuses on what coaches, referees, and physical education teachers should know about asthma, including: Asthma …

I am firm believer in that psychological skills training (PST) (or mental skills training) are one of the means that athletes and teams achieve their dreams.  This part of coaching has been a serious interest of mine since the mid 1990s, and has been a part of my training plans since then. I have relied …

One leadership challenge many coaches have is how to bring their team to the next level (good to great, etc.) of competition.  The coach needs to develop a path in which their efforts will guide their athletes to a closer realization of their athletic potential.  In team sports , this can be a difficult challenge …

Continuing with my blogging on free online coaching education opportunities, October’s coaching resource of the month is the National Federation of High Schools aka NFHS. Found online at the NFHS Learning Center, NFHS’ Coaching Education offers a number of courses for free to any coach.  The free courses include: A Guide to Heat Acclimatization and …

I have been guilty on many days of putting off tasks.  But the coaching issues rising within the speed skating community was just the gift to help me start my blog series on sport coaching leadership. It certainly gains lots of national attention when a large number of elite speed skaters, including Olympic medalists, come …