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TEAM COACHING PHILOSOPHY AND PROTOCOL

The Langton Skating Club is proud to provide its members with a highly knowledgeable and experienced team of coaches that form a key part of our skating club. The coaches at the Langton Skating Club work as a “team” to ensure that our skaters are provided with the best possible opportunity to achieve their maximum personal potential. This is the team who pass on knowledge and build the skills of our skaters. Skating requires technical skill (whether spinning, jumping, or foot-work), mental preparation (particularly for Assessments and competitions), physical training (stamina, strength, flexibility) and musical interpretation (to give physical expression to music). Our coaches guide our skaters in all of these areas.

Team Coaching is not uncommon and has many benefits, including creating a positive atmosphere on the ice. Some skaters learn one aspect from one coach and another from a second or third coach. Each coach can complement another. We’re fortunate to have a great coaching team in the Langton Skating Club, with a good mix of experienced and new coaches – all of them dedicated, enthusiastic and talented.

To coach at the Langton Skating Club, all coaches must be certified at Level 1 of the 3M National Coaching Certification Program (NCCP). This program trains coaches on proper technique, training regimes and ethical issues related to coaching in general. The 3M NCCP program is divided into five levels – Level 1 is the entry level and Level 4/5 the Olympic and World level. All coaches must also hold a valid First Aid Certificate, be coaching members of Skate Canada for the current year and abide by the Skate Canada Coach’s Code of Ethics. To fulfil their role as professionals of figure skating, coaches must continually upgrade their knowledge. Technique, nutrition, communication, sport science, planning, running programs and administration are a few examples of some of the areas coaches understand.

COMMUNICATION WITH TEAM COACHES

Team Coaches, along with skaters and parents share the responsibility of creating a positive environment that will promote physical development and well-being, mental development, positive self-image, social skills development, discipline, self-reliance and independence and principles of fair play and good sportsmanship. It is important for parents and skaters to establish good communications with the Team Coaches. Team Coaches expect skaters to be prompt, attend scheduled sessions regularly and to give advance notice whenever the skaters are unable to make lessons, or you will be billed for the missed lesson. 

Communication is key. If you have any questions about your skater’s progress or your lessons, then speak with the coach directly involved. This is a business arrangement and must be treated as such. If things aren’t working as well as you believe they should, you need to talk. Often simple things can be ironed out and are the result of a misunderstanding. However, please do not interrupt a team coach during another skater’s private lesson. Please reserve all questions until after the session or during your own private lesson time. Calling at an inappropriate time at home is not conducive to good communications either. An email to the individual team coach is encouraged in order to set-up an appropriate time to talk. 

Parents will be invoiced for lessons on a regular basis, which depending on the specific coach could be bi-weekly or monthly. E-transfer is the most preferred method of payment, unless indicated otherwise by the coach. Payment is expected promptly, unless other arrangements are made. If non-payment continues past 60 days, all coaches will withhold all lessons until all outstanding balances are paid. The goal of the Team Coaches is to have the skater’s progress and reach their attainable goals while learning skating skills and valuable life skills in a fun, safe environment. Parents can consult the following link for more information on communication and code of ethics:  Click Here

 

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