CABC CANADA WINTER TEACHING GAMES FOR SPORTSFUNDER AGM GAMES REVIEW UNDERSTANDING SUCCESS STORIES the information source for every coach Summer 2007 $3.95 CAN www.coaches.bc.ca TThehe IInflnfl uenceuence ooff Confi dence Emotionaandnd + Mind Games NCCP Course Schedule Clipboard Coaching Teaching Games Notes Upcoming Events for Understanding Coach Profi les from the editor’s desk executive director’s message “It’s all in your mind”. Haven’t we all heard summer 2007 that before! But in the case of athletic performance, what is in the mind often Western Canada Games, webcasting, & funding makes the difference between winning or losing, or doing one’s best, or falling short of one’s potential. So this issue focuses inside BC athletes will rise to the occasion heavily on that aspect of training and the tools coaches can use. Donna Perry’s “Mind Games” talks about visualization. New editorial contributor Laura Farres Summer is just around the corner and with it comes another Western advocating on behalf of professional coaches in Canada and it has done an has written a terrific article about how Canada Games. Strathcona County in Alberta will be hosting this summer’s event coaches’ emotions affect their athletes. excellent job of moving this process And Joy Butler and Tim Hopper explain and with it comes high hopes for our BC athletes. forward. With a chapter already in the concept of TGfU (Teaching Games for place in Manitoba, it is now looking Understanding), an intuitive approach used by many international teams including New ready to go. All of our members will to develop similar chapters in both Zealand Rugby Union All Blacks. shortly receive a password and a Ontario and BC. With the CABC’s descriptor of how to access this site. strong presence in the province, and While we are on the topic of the mind - I have been reading “The Secret”, the “hot” We will be gradually building on these the large number of C of C members book of the moment by Australian Rhonda sessions so that we have a library of who reside here, it is a good fi t. You Byrne about the law of attraction. The information that you will be able to may be seeing more information on this philosophy is that we can achieve anything take advantage of. If you have topics development in the near future. we want (including material reward) in our Long track speed skating at the that you would like to see covered in We would like to thank the 2007 Canada Winter Games lives, as long as we don’t allow any negative this manner, please let us know and we Provincial Government and the BC thoughts to get in the way. What we think is what we get. Whether one totally buys into will endeavour to meet this goal. Lottery Corporation for their support the philosophy or not, it does reinforce the on the cover I would like to congratulate two of the sport system through the new power of the mind. of our Board members whose teams SportsFunder Lottery program. The Infl uence of Confi dence recently competed successfully in world Coaching has been a beneficiary of (Sidebar: After reading the book, I decided and Emotion to buy more copies to give to my children. competition. Elaine Dagg-Jackson these new funds and we are now able to 10 Performing at your best as a coach There wasn’t a copy to be had anywhere in was team manager for the Kelly Scott subsidize many coaching courses that Vancouver – all sold out! But I found stacks Canadian Women’s Curling Team that are being offered across the province. of them at a Chapters store in Toronto. The 10 Coming off a very successful Canada captured the world title in Nagano, and Other sport partners who are recipients cashier said the books weren’t selling very coaches clipboard Winter Games in the Yukon, we can Joe Rea coached the Chris Daw Canadian of these funds include KidSport, Team well. What does that mean?!) expect that our next batch of BC athletes Wheelchair Curling Team to a forth place BC, and provincial sport organizations Thanks to those who took the time to Coaching Notes, News will also rise to the occasion. We wish fi nish in Norway. Daw was in fi rst place through a new travel grant. This complete our readers’ survey. The results, and Views 4 all of the coaches and athletes the very heading into the playoffs, but a dislocated continued support is very welcome. comments and suggestions will be used to plan the editorial content and direction of best of success. shoulder in an earlier match eventually Enjoy your summer! this publication. Interesting to note that the We are currently working with caught up to him. Congratulations to topic of most interest to the respondents 6 Douglas College to provide our both Elaine and Joe. was mental training. We hope you find this a closer look members with the opportunity to Coaches of Canada (C of C) has been issue useful (incidentally, this topic had Teaching Games for Understanding view webcasting educational sessions gaining prominence on the national been planned a few months ago!). Read the An approach that makes intuitive through the college’s webCT portal. sport front and it is now looking to Clipboard item for more on this, and to find 8 sense from the players’ perspective We have piloted a number of sessions develop chapters in provinces across out who won the prizes! in-house and it appears that we are the country. The C of C has been Gord May Mind Games 14 Mental training using visualization 16 A Quarterly Publication of the: The Coaches Association Publication Agreement # 40972566 of BC is supported by Return undeliverable Canadian Jan Mansfield Editor Jan Mansfi eld 2010 Legacies Now addresses to: 16 Publisher CABC CABC Zone Representatives your perspective Design Sharkbite Art & Design Zone 1 Rep. Brian Taylor Coaches Association of BC Front Cover: Gymnastics coach Zone 2 Rep. Wendy Wheeler #345 - 1367 West Broadway St. Coaches Honoured CABC Board of Directors Ferenc Szabo Jr. at the Canada Zone 3 Rep. Chris Johnson Vancouver, BC V6H 4A9 President Judy Latoski Winter Games in Whitehorse. CABC Photo Zone 4 Rep. Tim Frick tel: 604-298-3137 at Sport BC events VP Marketing Mike Renney Zone 5 Rep. Gail Donohue fax: 604-738-7175 17 VP Human Resources Kathy Newman Contributing Writers: Zone 6 Rep. Elaine Dagg-Jackson toll free: 1-800-335-3120 Executive Director Gordon May Donna Perry, Laura G. 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The purpose of the Check It Out diffi culty, including light stretching SportsFunder course, their travel and accommodation, sport that has taken advantage of the new coaching funds is to reduce the actual that can be used as a warm-up or to aid out of their own pocket,” she said. funding. Earlier this year coaches attended cost to the participant of a sport’s NCCP Members of CABC have free access to in recovery from soreness or injury. Boosts Coach “These are entry level coaches and it Community Coaching Workshops in “Community Initiation” or “Introduction an extensive list of resource materials would take at least two seasons’ wages Golden, Smithers and Quesnel. “The to Competition” course by 75%. and books from the CABC Library. Education for them to recover the cost.” organizers and participants in those The goal of SportsFunder coaching This is one of the latest additions to Reviewed by Ron Bunting Terry said the Regional Cadet communities were quite grateful,” said funds is to increase the number of new the library. This illustrated book of stretching has many Coaches in Zones 1, 7 and 8 were the Support Unit will not employ any Cross Country BC coaching coordinator coaches in the BC sport system in under positive aspects to it including stretches for fi rst benefi ciaries of funding from the instructor that isn’t certifi ed. By training Verna Wagner. “In those communities it’s served areas of the province. For more Stretching Anatomy: Your Illustrated all parts of the body as well as a week by SportsFunder Lottery designated to assist instructors from the more remote areas diffi cult to come up with the numbers of information go to the CABC website: week progression of increasing an individual’s Guide to Improving Flexibility and with Coach Development in areas of the of the province, more cadets across the www.coaches.bc.ca. stretching routine. The book provides a general people required to attend a course at one Muscular Strength commentary on each stretch, an explanation of province that usually fi nd it diffi cult to do province can be taught to sail.