Section Day Time Location

M Monday 11:30 am – 13:00 pm CLH H

Wednesday 11:30 am – 13:00 pm CLH H

Office Hours: Tuesday and Thursday 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Or by appointment

Expanded Course Description:

The course expands on and enhances the requirements of the National Coaching Certification Program (NCCP) Part A and Part B Introduction to Competition curriculum. A brief history of the development of coaching education in Canada is presented and then students are guided through their reflections on approaches, roles and profiles of coaches. Issues in the sporting milieu are explored by examining philosophy and values when making ethical decisions while developing a positive sport/coaching environment. A special emphasis is placed on being able to plan and then conduct effective practices focusing on teaching and learning processes. In addition, the course will look at designing a basic sport program within the context of Long Term Athlete Development (LTAD). The course will also provide a background to assist the coach in providing basic nutritional advice and teaching basic mental skills primarily to athletes in the Fundamentals, Learning to Train and Training to Train stages of the LTAD model.

Course Content and Learning Objectives :

In taking this course, students will cover more than just the minimum education and training opportunities for Competition: Introduction Stream sport coaches as offered through the National Coaching Certification Program (NCCP). Upon completion of this course, students should develop some of the abilities to implement outcomes in the following areas:

1. applying the NCCP ethical decision making framework in reponse to ethical situations

2. organizing activities within a practice plan that are well structured, adapted to the participants’ age and reflect safety considerations

3. creating conditions that promote learning and self-esteem

4. designing a basic sport program that incorporates LTAD principles

5. promoting food choices that are consistent with basic sport nutrition principles

6. guiding athletes to improve basic mental skills

Specific Outline

See attached

Course Texts:

NCCP. (2007a), Introduction to Competition: Part A - Reference Material. National Coaching Certification Program - Ottawa: Coaching Association of Canada

NCCP. (2007b), Introduction to Competition: Part A - Coach Workbook. National Coaching Certification Program - Ottawa: Coaching Association of Canada

NCCP. (2007c), Introduction to Competition: Part B - Reference Material. National Coaching Certification Program - Ottawa: Coaching Association of Canada

NCCP. (2007d), Introduction to Competition: Part B - Coach Workbook. National Coaching Certification Program - Ottawa: Coaching Association of Canada

Bowers, Richard R. and Fox, Edward L. (1992), Sports Physiology, 3^rd Edition, Dubuque, Iowa: Wm. C. Brown Publishers. (2-hour reserve – Stacie Library)

Course Evaluation:

Numerical scores will be assigned to each item of course work. However, there should be no assumption that a certain total course mark translates to a specific letter grade. Letter grades will be assigned based upon the descriptions found in the York University Undergraduate Calendar.

Mid term examination 30% Wednesday February 16, 2011

On-line Assessment Submission 5% Monday February 28, 2011

(Making Ethical Decisions Module)

Practice Observation Report 25% Wednesday March 16, 2011

Final Exam 30% Examination Period

Coach Workbook Modules 10% on completion date

NOTE: Upon successful completion of KINE 2475.30, students will become registered with the National Coaching Certification Program. Their participation in and completion of the Introduction to Competition: Parts A and B will be documented.

The last day to drop a Winter Term course without receiving a letter grade is

Friday March 4, 2011

Workbook Modules: The appropriate Workbook (Part A or Part B) should be brought to class on a daily basis. Specific pages and/or modules will either be assigned as homework or will be completed as a class task. The workbooks will be collected at the end of class, on the specific task/module completion date. Workbooks will be checked and appropriate credit will be given for submission. No submission and no credit will be given! Workbooks must be submitted during class only!

Workbook module completion dates:

Part A

Module Credit Completion Date

1. Introductory Module 1 January 19, 2011

2. Making Ethical Decisions 5 on line by February 28, 2011

3. Planning a Practice 2 February 9, 2011

4. Nutrition 1 March 2, 2011

Part B

5. Teaching and Learning 2 March 9, 2011

6. Design a Basic Sport Program 3 March 23, 2011

7. Basic Mental Skills 1 March 30, 2011

TurnItIn.com

In order to continue promoting an environmental culture of academic integrity befitting our community of scholars, students will be asked to directly submit their work in digital form to “TurnItIn.com”.

TurnItIn.com is an Internet-based service created at the University of California, Berkeley to scan submitted works for similarity to material that may have been copied from public web-sites, academic journals, papers purchased from an essay mill, etc., and essays and assignments concurrently or previously submitted to TurnItIn, which are stored in its extensive and growing data-base. Students are asked to do this as “it can help to advance the academic reputation of the course, the program and the university, making the degree potentially more valuable to the student and to employers of our students”. Students should be assured that the results from “TurnItIn.com” will not be viewed until after the papers have been graded.

For those students unwilling to submit their work to “TurnItIn.com”, which is their prerogative, in order to receive credit for the work, they will need to:

1. submit all rough copies of their work

2. submit an annotated bibliography of reference titles selected

3. make an oral presentation to the course director of their learning outcomes.