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December 2017

INSIDE THIS ISSUE

USOC QCF Activation 1

USAW: Diff. Training Women? 2

Building Better Connection 2

USADA: 2018 Prohibited List 2

...of the Month Resources 3

New Standards Feedback 3

What Athletes Want Course 3

USOC Resources 4

Conferences & Trainings 4

Team USA Links 5

The USOC’s coaching education department is committed to supporting

NGBs by providing cutting-edge information and training opportunities to contribute the expertise necessary

to direct Team USA athletes to national and international success.

Dear NGB Coach Educators, Staff and Friends, We're pleased to provide you with the December newsletter that includes information from the Olympic and Paralympic family and the world of Coaching Education. If you would like to subscribe or add your members to our mailing list, please email us at CoachingEducation@usoc.org. Feel free to share this newsletter by forwarding this email on to any colleagues. As always, if you have any upcoming coaching education opportunities or featured coaching stories from the coaching education world, please do not hesitate to let us know. All the best, The USOC Coaching Department - Chris Snyder - Christine Bolger - Nadine Dubina U.S.O.C. 2016

Coach Recognition

Rings of Gold Award

Coach Fred Zimny US Luge

Coach Zimny was awarded the Rings of

Gold Award in October for his dedication to helping children develop their Olympic

dreams through the Slider Search Program.

USA Baseball Activating on U.S.O.C. Quality Coaching

Framework

USA Baseball is one of the first National Governing Bodies to activate on bringing the USOC’s Quality Coaching Framework to their members. USA Baseball has taken the QCF chapters and created subsequent blogs on their Online Education site

for their community to access.

We encourage the NGB Coach Educators to bring the QCF into their current and future coach education

trainings as well as bring awareness to how to identify quality coaching behaviors and start acting on

incorporating these into practice. The QCF also provides a platform to start

healthy conversations around coaching with all sport stakeholders.

Click here to read:

USA Baseball Blog & USOC QCF

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Are There Differences in Training Women Compared to

Men? By: Travis Mash

Mash Elite Performance

I think that all of us understand that there are differences. However it’s not as big as you would think. There is around a 10% difference in training men and women, but adherence to this 10% is crucial for maximal gains. This article will pertain to strength training in general. The principles that we are going to discuss will work for general strength, powerlifting, weightlifting, or the strength and conditioning of a female for any sport. I am going to touch on the science first, and then I will go over my

experience with coaching some of the best women athletes in the country. When you put the two together, you get a powerful answer. Coaching women is a very rewarding job for most coaches because you are a small part of empowering women. You are teaching them that anything is possible, and they don’t have to fit some stereotype to be considered a beautiful woman. Women are also very receptive to their coaches in general as long as there is trust in the relationship. This makes it really easy to get women strong. Let’s start with the science. The two biggest differences in men and women that need to be considered are:

1. Muscle fiber types 2. Sex Hormones

To read more specifically about these differences click on this link!

Monthly Contributors

Build A Better Connection With Your Athletes: “I Wish My Coach Knew...”

By Dr. Wade Gilbert, Human Kinetics Coaching Education Center

Have you ever been frustrated, disappointed, or puzzled by your athletes’ behavior? Of course, happens all the time, right? We all experience those moments when we witness one of our athlete’s making a poor decision, showing lack of focus, or just plain acting out of character. In our haste to act quickly and "coach," we often base our response on the many assumptions we hold about each of our individual athletes. We form impressions of our athletes from the moment we meet them, and these impressions are then typically reinforced through a self-fulfilling prophecy referred to as coach expectancies. These early formed impressions are difficult to change and can negatively impact athlete development and performance…. Recently while participating in a quality coaching panel with renowned coaches and coach consultants John O’Sullivan and Jerry Lynch, I was reminded of a powerful strategy coaches can use to counter-act the formation of unfounded perceptions of their athletes. Coach O’Sullivan shared how throughout a season he asks his athletes to complete the following prompt on a sheet of paper:

“I wish my coach knew this about me…”

Read the full article here!

Athlete Guide to the 2018 Prohibited List

On January 1, 2018, the 2018 WADA Prohibited List goes into effect and athletes will be responsible for understanding and complying with those rules. To get a better understanding of how the rules about prohibited substances and methods impact athletes, take some time to review the Athlete Guide to the 2018 Prohibited List, which includes advisories on key substances and methods in each category of the Prohibited List.

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Trio of the Month & Interesting Articles

Free Trial: ‘What Athlete’s Want’ Online Course Achieve greater success with any group of athletes with the ‘What Athletes Want’ online course. Coaches learn how to leverage their sport specific knowledge to help athletes become more coachable; they achieve more by pushing harder, bouncing back quickly and taking on the next challenge.

Coaches will learn: -Qualities and Skills that help athletes succeed, identified from over 4000 athletes and 100 coaches across the full range of experience levels -Strategies to develop, communicate and demonstrate these skills in your coaching -How to incorporate feedback loops to revise and improve your skills, your team and your organization Coaches will be able to put the skills learned in the course to immediate use. The first mod-ule is free and cost for the entire course is $75 including comprehensive coursework, work-sheets and learning activities. The course takes between 5-7 hours to complete and is done at your own pace.

Try the first module of the course for free!

New Coaching Standards - Feedback Needed! The National Standards for Sport Coaches (NSSC) have helped to identify quality sport coaching within the United States by providing clear directions of the fundamental competencies that quality coaches should possess. While the NSSC have helped to promote

coaching as a profession and provided guidance for many coach education programs, it is time to update the standards to better reflect current practices as well as consider how the NSSC can reach a broader audience (e.g., coaches, athletes, administrators).

SHAPE America developed a National Standards for Sport Coaches (NSSC) Revisions Task Force to update the current coaching standards. Your feedback is needed on the draft version of the NSSC that has been developed. Your responses on this simple survey will help provide direction regarding the skills and knowledge that quality coaches should possess.

Access the Survey HERE!

We Should Aim for Perfection - And Stop

Fearing Failure

In this Ted @UPS Talk, Jon Bowers explains why we should all be equally

diligent about striving toward perfection in everything we do, even

if it means failing along the way. maximize performance.

Watch here!

The Concussion Repair Manual: A Practical Guide for Recovering from Traumatic Brain Injuries

Concussion is one of the biggest names in today’s high-impact sports. The Concussion Repair Manual by Dr. Dan Engle is written as a user’s guide for those suffering after head

traumas and those that support them. It is one part ‘textbook’ and one part

‘workbook’.

Book of the Month

Find Mastery w/

Michael Gervais:

USA Women’s

Water Polo

Coach Adam

Krikorian

This episode interviews the Women’s Senior National Team Water Polo Head Coach Adam Krikorian on competition, relationships and sustaining success.

Listen Here!

TED of the Month Podcast of the Month

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Additional Resources

USOC Online Course:

Mental Training For

Performance

An introduction to fundamental mental skills techniques developed by USOC sport psychologists. Learn how to

sharpen your athletes’ mental game to impact performance and gain a competitive edge.

Check out the course here!

IOC Launches Olympic Brand Campaign “Become the Light”

Visit the Olympic Channel to view the trailer and learn how to get involved!

The Sport Performance Summit, LA

When: March 16-17, 2017

Where: Red Bull Media House Los Angeles, CA

Click HERE for more information!

COURSES &CERTIFICATIONS

CONFERENCES & WEBINARS

North American Coach Development

Summit

Formerly the National Coaching Conference, this Summit brings together the professionals who educate, develop, train and supervise coaches along with coaches, sport scientists and sport science researchers interested in professional

coach development.

When: June 18-20, 2017

Where: Renaissance Orlando Airport Hotel Orlando, FL

Register Early Here starting December 15!

Upcoming Webinars Join GO! On Demand experts for free weekly Wednesday webinars in December at 11:00 am PST. Register at the link below for more information.

December 6–Team Management: Divide to Conquer December 13-Boards of Directors: Roles, Expectations and Getting Stuff Done December 20-Tournament Staffing: Directors, CX Stars & Superheroes

December 27-Free (and nearly free) Resources You Can Use To Market Your Organization

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