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- 1p, PDF] New and Improved! The CanPowerSkate program is now more comprehensive than ever, with the addition of Levels 4, 5 and 6 and Pre-Power. A new look, new awards and incentives and resource materials complete the package. This program is sure to please and is a great way to boost club membership! |
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What’s In It For Me?
- learn how to organize and teach the only nationally standardized power skating program in Canada
- learn from experienced, specially-trained CanPowerSkate Course Conductors
- be trained by the largest skating association in the world, Skate Canada
- only Skate Canada Member Clubs have access to the highly acclaimed CanPowerSkate program
What’s This Clinic About?
This is an 18-hour course, with classroom and on-ice sessions in which you will learn:
- to teach and assess CanPowerSkate skills
- power skating fundamentals and teaching progressions, lesson and session planning
- CanPowerSkate testing procedures and how to use the CanPowerSkate
resource materials
Who is Eligible to Attend the Course?
To attend a CanPowerSkate Coaches Course candidates must:
- be sixteen years of age
- be a Skate Canada coaching member (must complete a Skate Canada approved police clearance check and positions of trust check, complete the make ethical decisions online evaluation (MED) & hold a valid first aid certificate)
- have completed the Introduction to Competition Part A multi-sport modules or equivalent Level 1 Theory
- Figure skating: have completed the NCCP Instruction Beginner CanSkate Course or higher.
- Hockey/ringette: have completed the Community Coach Stream (hockey) or higher or the NCCP Community Sport-initiation workshop (ringette) or higher
Please note: these requirements are pre-requisites and must be met prior to attending the course.
Certification Requirements?
- have 100% attendance at the CanPowerSkate Coaches Course
- achieve at least 70% on the written exam
- receive a satisfactory rating on the practical teaching assignment
- perform CanPowerSkate program skills in hockey skates
What Should I Bring?
- hockey skates
- hockey gloves
- stick
- notebook & pencils, etc.
- clothing for on-ice
A CanPower Course will be scheduled each year in conjunction with the NCCP training. The course date and location will appear on the NCCP Course Schedule. The schedule & registration form will be posted on the Skate Canada Western Ontario Coaches Page.
Updated January 2011
