{"id":2182,"date":"2024-05-16T08:22:01","date_gmt":"2024-05-16T12:22:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www1.specialolympicsontario.com\/resources\/?p=2182"},"modified":"2025-04-14T10:49:40","modified_gmt":"2025-04-14T14:49:40","slug":"head-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www1.specialolympicsontario.com\/resources\/head-coach\/","title":{"rendered":"Head Coach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Arial; text-decoration: underline;\">Head Coach<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"color: black;\"><strong>Purpose<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"color: black;\">To develop and implement sports skills training and competitive opportunities for athletes with an intellectual disability.<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"color: black;\"><strong>Qualifications<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;\">Knowledge of specific sport discipline<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;\">Organized, independent, and self-motivated<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;\">Strong Leadership skills<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;\">Required to have completed the National Coaching Certification Program Special Olympics Canada Community or Competition Coach technical course within one year of becoming a coach<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;\">Obtaining additional NCCP qualifications is highly recommended<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"color: black;\"><strong>Duties and Responsibilities<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"color: black;\">Sport Specific Conference Calls<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;\">Attend annual Sport Specific Conference calls as scheduled within the conference.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"color: black;\">Sport Training<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;\">Make all arrangements for sport training sessions including facilities, equipment, etc.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li>\n<div><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;\">Ensure practices consist of:<br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;\">Warm up<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;\">Motor skills development<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;\">Sport skills training and competition,<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;\">Fitness component<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;\">Cool down<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;\">Ensure proper health and safety measures are followed<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;\">Work in conjunction with Community Volunteer Co-ordinator to recruit and train volunteers for the sport program<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;\">Work as a team with assistant coaches and encourage further certification<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;\">Ensure there is a first aid kit available and is stocked with minimum requirements<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;\">Notify SOO of all accidents or incidents using the appropriate report forms (found online at the SOO website)<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;\">As a coach, please make every effort to have your athletes aware of their <em>Athlete Code of Conduct <\/em>and <em>Rights and Responsibilities<\/em><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"color: black;\">Registration<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;\">Ensure that the Sport Club and all athletes and volunteers participating in the Sport Club are registered with Special Olympics Ontario Inc. and that the registration information is accurately maintained for the Sport Club<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;\">Working with your local data administrator or District Developer, make certain at the start of each sport season and throughout that the information contained in the SOC database is correct<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;\">Ensure all athlete documentation including the Athlete Profile, Medical History, Medication Schedule, Registration, and Atlanto Axial Examination is completed for each athlete and records are maintained<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"color: black;\">Finances<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;\">Preparation of the annual Sport Club budget within the Special Olympics Ontario Financial Guidelines<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;\">Ensure that the Sport Club is operating within the financial parameters of the budget<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"color: black;\">Competitions<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;\">Make all arrangements for participation in conference competitions including transportation, registration, and athlete information, etc.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;\">Ensure all athletes and coaches adhere to the Special Olympics Ontario &#8220;Rights and Responsibilities&#8221; and &#8220;Volunteer and Coach Code of Conduct&#8221; respectively when travelling to competitions, training or representing SOO at any event or function<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"color: black;\"><strong>Time Requirement<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"color: black;\">Three to five hours per week is the estimated time commitment during the season.<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"color: black;\"><strong>Accountability<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"color: black;\">Head Coaches must operate the Sport Club in compliance with SOO Provincial Expectations. Sport Clubs are ultimately responsible to the Community Council. Head Coaches, for each sport, are selected by the Community Council prior to the begining of each sport season.\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Head Coach Purpose To develop and implement sports skills training and competitive opportunities for athletes with an intellectual disability. Qualifications Knowledge of specific sport discipline Organized, independent, and self-motivated Strong Leadership skills Required to have completed the National Coaching Certification Program Special Olympics Canada Community or Competition Coach technical course within one year of becoming a coach Obtaining additional NCCP &#8230; <\/p>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www1.specialolympicsontario.com\/resources\/head-coach\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"single-post-no-container.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,67],"tags":[286,71,163],"class_list":["post-2182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-communities-and-clubs","category-volunteers","tag-club-role-descriptions","tag-coaching-positions","tag-sports-clubs","no-post-thumbnail"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www1.specialolympicsontario.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2182","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www1.specialolympicsontario.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www1.specialolympicsontario.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www1.specialolympicsontario.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www1.specialolympicsontario.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2182"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www1.specialolympicsontario.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2182\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www1.specialolympicsontario.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www1.specialolympicsontario.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www1.specialolympicsontario.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}