Competition Development-Overview Document
Competition Development – Certification Pathway
Wrestling Canada Lutte (WCL) manages the Competition-Development Certification pathway for coaches.
Coaches are required to be certified in the Competition Development Stream to:
- Coach at National Junior/Senior Championships
- Coach at the Canada Games
- Coach selected Wrestling Canada National Team programs.
Note: Coaches who were previously Level 3 certified can be given the Competition Development equivalency but must still do the Making Ethical Decisions on-line (Comp/Dev) Evaluation. Once they do the MED, they are Competition-Development certified.
To become certified under Competition Development, the Coach must:
- Be Competition Introduction certified (including MED evaluation).
- Take the seven (7) Multi-Sport workshops through Coaches Association of Canada (CAC) or the Coaches Association of Ontario (CAO). These courses are listed below.
- Once the seven multi-sport workshops have been completed, the coach takes the Wrestling Competition-Development workshop (Analyse Technical and Tactical Performance, Performance Planning, Advanced Practice Planning) through Wrestling Canada Lutte.
- Complete the Making Ethical Decisions – Competition Development evaluation. This on-line MED is different from the MED for Competition-Introduction. Your prior Comp/Int evaluation does not satisfy Comp/Dev requirements.
- Complete the Competition Development Evaluation (Portfolio, Practice Evaluation, Tournament Evaluation) with a certified Competition-Development Evaluator. The evaluation process is administered via WCL.
Important: There is no challenge process for Competition-Development. All coaches must fulfil all requirements to be certified.
The Multi-Sport modules for Competition-Development are listed below. Check out the course calendar at:
www.coachesontario.ca
For course dates and locations.
Competition-Development Multi-Sport modules
Managing Conflict (5 Hours)
Suitable for Instructors and Competition Coaches.
The Managing Conflict module will allow you to:
Identify common sources of conflict in sport;
Determine which individuals or groups are most likely to find themselves in situations involving conflict;
Learn important skills that will help you prevent and solve conflict resulting from misinformation, miscommunication or misunderstanding;
Develop skills that will empower you to listen and speak effectively in conflict situations while maintaining positive relationships with athletes, parents, officials and other coaches
Leading Drug Free Sport (4 Hours)
Suitable for Competition Coaches
After taking this module you will be able to:
Fully understand and explain the consequences of using banned substances in sport
Educate athletes about drug-testing protocols at major competitions;
Encourage athletes to safeguard their sport values and take greater responsibility for their personal actions;
Apply the NCCP Ethical Decision-Making Model to your coaching as it relates to keeping your sport and athletes drug-free
Psychology of Performance (7.5 Hours)
Suitable for Competition Coaches
Completing Psychology of Performance will allow you to:
Help athletes learn to manage distractions and use visualization techniques to prepare themselves technically and tactically for training and competition;
Learn how to work with athletes or teams to identify performance and process goals related to their ability to focus on performance;
Learn debriefing skills that can be used to help athletes assess their performance in both training and competition.
Prevention & Recovery of Injury (8 Hours)
Suitable for Instructors and Competition Coaches
After taking Prevention and Recovery you will have the knowledge needed to:
Identify common injuries in your sport and develop appropriate prevention and recovery strategies to keep your athletes injury-free during training and competition;
Offer valuable information and guidance on hydration, nutrition and sleep as they relate to injury prevention;
Choose skills and drills that help athletes perform appropriate warm-ups and cool-downs;
Develop functional evaluations for an athlete’s return to play;
Implement recovery and regeneration techniques to help an athlete maintain or return to optimal performance post injury.
Coaching & Leading Effectively (10 Hours)
Suitable for Competition Coaches
After taking this module you will be able to:
Promote a positive image of sport, and model it to athletes and those supporting their performance
Deliver clear messages and explanations when communicating with athletes and their supporters;
Identify opportunities to interact with all athletes and use feedback to improve and correct performance and behaviour.
Manage a Sport Program. (4.5 Hours)
Suitable for Instructors and Competition Coaches.
The Manage a Sport Program module will allow you to:
manage administrative aspects of the program and oversee logistics;
manage staff’s roles and responsibilities;
manage camp and tournament finances and travel; and
report on athlete progress throughout program.
Developing Athletic Abilities (9.5 Hours + 2 Hour Pre-Task)
Suitable for Competition Coaches
After completing the Developing Athletic Abilities module, you will:
Be able to implement general and sport-specific training protocols and methods to effectively develop or maintain the athletic abilities necessary for your sport;
Know how to apply training principles and variables to training methods that build fitness, endurance, strength, speed and sport-specific conditioning;
Be able to select and adapt testing and training protocols and methods for athletes training from 6 – 9 to 9 – 12 times per week.
