Mountain Bike Officials Course - Saskatoon
Free - if you are a Sask Cycling Member!
June 23, 2012

These courses will be of interest to the following:
-If you are a parent or relative that attends cycling events and would be able to assist at a race as an official.
- If you are a new racer and would like to know what the rules of racing really are.
-If you are a Coach or working on your Coaching levels.

As a race official your travel expenses to the races will be paid and you will receive an honorarium.

Contact the SCA office for more information

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Let’s Ride! - Community Initiation and Basic Cycling Skills Coaching Courses
Regina, April 28/29

Community Initiation Coaching Course

9am to 4:30pm

Info:    In this course coaches will explore how to:

• Ensure participants have a fun, safe, stage-appropriate experience that makes them want to come back.
• Help to develop basic cycling skills which are transferable to all cycling disciplines, and which can be done on any kind of bicycle.
• Model behaviours that are consistent with the NCCP Code of Ethics, fair play principles, values, and philosophy.
•  Introduce participants to the idea of competition and show them the competition pathway if they want to become more involved.

Basic Cycling Skills Coaching Course

10am to 3:00pm

Info:    This course covers basic cycling skills; teaching and analysis, detection and correction of errors, use of lesson plan templates

What to bring:           A bike, a helmet, a good warm jacket for cycling, some long pants or tights for the cold, gloves and other cold weather gear

General Info: Cost: $70 for SCA Members, $80 for non-SCA members. $10 early bird discount

registration form - Word Pdf

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Ready to Race - Training to Race (Part B)

TBA

In this course coaches will explore how to:
· Introduces coaches to the needs of developing athletes preparing for competition.
· Goal setting, physical training, mental training and skill analysis techniques are emphasized as coaches plan a season of competition.
· The focus of the Introduction to Competition B course is the design of a seasonal plan.

What to bring: Pen/Paper only. This is a classroom session; no bike is needed

Cost:

• $80 for SCA Members, $90 for non-SCA members.
• Early Bird Registrations will receive a $10 discount.

Registration deadline is - No late registrations will be accepted.

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Ready to Race! – Competition Introduction Coaching Course

Competition Introduction Coaching Course (Part A)

When:  TBA   

Info:            In this course coaches will explore how to:

• Ensure participants have fun, safe, stage appropriate experiences that
  make them want to continue in competitive cycling
• Introduce participants to regular training 3 to 6 times per week
• Introduce participants to competition in multiple cycling disciplines
  within club, school or basic provincial level competition programs
• Assist the development of cyclists passing through their growth spurt
  and be ready to modify training and competition accordingly, consistently,
  consistent with the LTAD model
• Create a foundation to prepare participants to advance to a more
  specialized development level of training and competition as they develop