Coaching Processes Course

This course is aimed at all members of the coaching scheme who wish to develop and expand their Coaching skills and knowledge. The course is generic in nature and applies to all disciplines of canoe sport.

The Coaching Processes course is a prerequisite to becoming a Level 4 Coach.

There is no formal assessment however the success of the course greatly depends on the input and open mindedness of all course members.

Who Is This Course For?

Coaches at all levels who wish to further develop their coaching

Course Aims

To enable coaches to be more effective in their coaching through greater understanding of the various coaching processes

Skills Covered

The course will be both practical and classroom based – so bring your paddling kit.

Skills covered included

Memory – how we retain information.

Observation and analysis skills

Verbal instruction

Use of demonstrations

Goal setting

Setting practice

Feedback skills

Questioning skills

Please check out the BCU website for full details of all strokes covered.

Outline Programme

Our Staff

The Coaches(s) who will work with you are all highly experienced and qualified. Tollymore prides itself in the knowledge and experience that its full time and part time staff bring to its courses. Our staff are all keen canoeists who know all the local ‘hot spots’ enabling them to choose the most suitable site to run your course. You may well have met them on the water in the past, if not you’re sure to bump into them in the future on days when they are not working!

All are obliged to attend annual staff updates and training courses

What do I need to bring?

Tollymore Information

Tollymore Mountain Centre, on the edge of the Mournes, is Northern Ireland’s National Centre for Mountaineering and Canoeing Activities. It is funded and managed by the Sports Council for Northern Ireland as a National Centre. The Centre is an attractive, purpose-built facility of log construction with accommodation for 30 people in 2, 4 and 6 berth bedrooms. Quilts, pillows and bed linen are all provided. The Centre is well appointed with toilets, showers, modern kitchen, lecture room, workshop and drying room. Outside there is ample parking space, a ropes course and a floodlit granite-climbing wall. A modern indoor climbing wall is open year round. The centre is ideally situated on the edge of the Mournes, with quick and easy access to the hills.

The Central Council for Physical Recreation opened Tollymore Mountain Centre in 1969. In 1974, it passed to the newly established Sports Council for Northern Ireland Trust. In 1995, Tollymore achieved the management standard BS EN ISO 9001:2000 for the quality systems it operates. However, as part of Sports Council for Northern Ireland’s ongoing commitment to the development of the National Centre, Tollymore will be undergoing a major redevelopment, commencing in 2006. The facilities will be improved and expanded, to ensure that Tollymore remains as an example of best practice in the provision of mountaineering, hillwalking, climbing and canoeing courses in Northern Ireland.


Accommodation
Accommodation is included in course fee.

Catering
This is a fully catered course


What next?

As early mentioned this course focuses on the tools necessary for effective coaching. Coaching Northern Ireland offer a series of relevant workshops some of which take a more in-depth look at the areas covered on the weekend. – for further details contact them directly on 028 90 686940.

You may choose to join a canoe club, or/and join the governing body - The Canoe Association Of Northern Ireland (CANI). A full list of clubs is available from CANI

Useful Books

Recommended by Tollymore
BCU Handbook published by Pesda Press

Useful contacts:

CANI

Canoe Association of Northern Ireland

Unit 2 Rivers Edge

13 – 15 Ravenhill Rd

Belfast

BT68DN

Email: office@cani.org.uk

Web: www.cani.org.uk

Tel: 0870 2405065

BCU
www.bcu.org.uk