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PODIUMCAST Request: Interview with John Smythe, National Team Field Hockey Player

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PODIUMCAST Request: Interview with Rob Fraser, Founder & CEO, endur Apparel

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SPSS Request: Physiology: Breath Control Training (BCT)

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PODIUMCAST Request: Interview with Catharine Pendrel, Canadian Cyclist's Canadian Cyclist of the Decade

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PODIUMCAST Request: Interview with Victoria Feige, World Para-Surfing Champion

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PODIUMCAST Request: Interview with Haley Sales and Nik Wamsteeker, Ice Dancers

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SPSS Request: Coaching Effectiveness Part 2: Skill Acquisition & Theoretical Coaching Models

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PODIUMCAST Request: Interview with Maddie Fischer, National Sport Climber

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SPSS Request: Coaching Effectiveness Part 1: Skill Acquisition & Theoretical Coaching Models

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SPSS Request: Nutrition: From Intermittent Fasting to Game Changer: Diet Trends to Entice the Masses

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SPSS Request: S&C: Strength & Conditioning Under Quarantine

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SPSS Request: Nutrition: Fueling on a Plant-Based Diet: Is It the Key to High-Performance?

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PODIUMCAST Request: Interview with Bianca Farella, Canadian Rugby 7s Olympian

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SPSS Request: Mental Performance: Developing Resilience: The Role of a Challenging Mindset

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SPSS Request: Physiology: Detraining and Performance Residuals: Minimal Effective Dose?

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SPSS Request: Mental Performance: Disruption by COVID-19: A Conversation on Mental Wellbeing in the World of High Performance Sport

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PODIUMCAST Request: Interview with Scott Tupper, Canadian Olympian, Field Hockey

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SPSS Request: Physiology: Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (RED-S)

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SPSS On-Demand Certificate: Anti-Doping Fundamentals

Obtaining anti-doping knowledge is critical to the success of any high performance athlete, coach, or service provider. This course will cover basic anti-doping concepts from the perspectives of Dietitians, Medical Doctors, Physiologists, and even former athletes to provide learners with a solid foundation of what to look for when navigating this complicated field.

To obtain this certificate, score 100% on the following tests:

– Owning Your Victory: Anti-Doping Education for All – Susan Boegman, Hilary Stellingwerff, Trent Stellingwerff
– Anti-Doping: Mistakes Can Happen and How We Can Avoid Them – Kelly Guest, Paddy McCluskey
¬- Anti-Doping: Do’s & Don’ts – Trent Stellingwerff
– Avoid the Traps of Inadvertent Doping and Know Your Rights if it Fails – Marie-Claude Asselin

SPSS On-Demand Certificate: Athlete Sponsorship

Securing financial support in most sports does not come easy. This course presents strategies and solutions for athletes to approach, connect, and close the deal with external organizations to help fund their athletic goals.

To obtain this certificate, score 100% on the following tests:

– How to Effectively Approach and Engage Sponsors – Chris Center, Erin Keam, Stan Rey
– Athlete Sponsorship – Vickie Saunders
– Building Your Brand and Securing Sponsorship with Social Media – Trevor Turnbull
– Crafting Your Sponsorship Recipe: A Tried and True Method for Athletes at Any Stage – Vickie Saunders

SPSS On-Demand Certificate: Sport Nutrition

A quality nutrition plan is essential to long-term development and ensuring athletes are fueled to perform their best. The Sport Nutrition course teaches high performance athletes and coaches the fundamental principles for creating a comprehensive diet plan regardless of the training and/or competition phase.

To obtain this certificate, score 100% on the following tests:

– Travel Nutrition: Optimizing Nutrition During Travel and At Your Destination – Vanessa Zoras
– Individual Fueling Needs and Meal Planning – Ashley Armstrong
– Nutrition and Recovery – Rebecca Hall
– Caffeine for Sports Performance: Friend or Foe? – Emma McCrudden

PODIUMCAST Request: Interview with Greg Stewart, Canadian Record Holder, Para-Athletics (Shot Put)

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SPSS On-Demand Certificate: Applied Performance Recovery

This course teaches athletes and coaches the importance of recovery to the overall training program within high performance sport. The concept of recovery includes nutrition, rest (physical and mental), hydration, and sleep which are all presented in detail through the modules collected within the Applied Performance Recovery course.

To obtain this certificate, score 100% on the following tests:

– Competition Recovery Strategies – Hilary Caldwell, Liz Johnson
– Fueling in a Flash – Joanna Irvine
– Sleep Strategies for Success in Sport – Amy Bender
– Recovery: Why, When, How? – Melissa Lacroix

PODIUMCAST Request: Interview with Simon D'Artois, Canadian Olympic Freestyle Skier

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SPSS Request: Mental Performance: Focus Plans: Tools Athletes Can Use to Enhance Focus

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SPSS On-Demand Certificate: Mental Performance Foundations

This course provides an overview of some of the most common mental barriers, and how athletes and coaches can power through them. Covered are concepts such as motivation, anxiety, stress, and consistency and include strategies for using each to an athlete’s advantage.

To obtain this certificate, score 100% on the following tests:

– Optimizing Performance Consistency – Mandy March, Bruce Pinel
– The Evolution of Motivation for a Long, Satisfying Athletic Career – Danelle Kabush, Melanie McQuaid
– Managing Anxiety and Stress – Sean Duke, Bruce Pinel
– Can We Talk? Guidelines for Effective Communication in Sport – Danelle Kabush, Christie Gialloreto

SPSS On-Demand Certificate: S&C 101

This course offers a collection of modules introducing athletes and coaches to the principles of Strength & Conditioning (S&C). Beginning with an overview of developing a S&C program and how it is applied to a high performance sport context, the course narrows into specific concepts such as periodization and physical testing.

To obtain this certificate, score 100% on the following tests:

– Avoiding the Pitfalls of the Gym – Adam Kleeberger
– Periodization: What It Is, and How It Wins Medals – John Abreu, Kit Wong
– Tips and Tricks for Testing Success – John Abreu
– Strength & Conditioning for High Performance Athletes – Jennifer Joyce

SPSS On-Demand Certificate: HP Athlete Experience

Hear from some of Canada’s most experienced and successful high performance athletes, and how they got to the top of their sport. This course features presentations from Olympic, Paralympic, and World Champion athletes covering everything from dealing with sport/life balance to competing at an Olympic Games.

To obtain this certificate, score 100% on the following tests:

– Pursuing Excellence During and Beyond Your Sporting Career – Rob Fagan, Natalie O’Leary
– You’re a High Performance Athlete, Now What? – Andrea Burk, Natalie O’Leary, Chris Wong
– The Rio Recap Panel (Victoria) – Hilary Caldwell, Bianca Farella, Kristen Kit
– Navigating the NCAA: Recruitment, Commitment and Experience – Breanne Watson

PODIUMCAST Request: Interview with Erin McLeod, Olympic Bronze Medallist, Soccer

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SPSS Request: Physiology: Avoid the Traps of Inadvertent Doping and Know Your Rights if it Fails

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PODIUMCAST Request: Interview with Simon Whitfield, Olympian Gold Medallist, Triathlon

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PODIUMCAST Request: Interview with Evan Dunfee, Olympian & Canadian National Racewalker

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PODIUMCAST Request: Interview with Brenden Kelly, Canadian Freestyle Moguls Athlete

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SPSS Request: Performance Analysis: Green Means Go? Using Athlete Data to Inform Training Decisions

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PODIUMCAST Request: Interview with Jeremy Hall, 2x Para-Rowing World Championship Silver Medallist

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PODIUMCAST Request: Interview with Sara Groenewegen, Team Canada Softball Pitcher

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PODIUMCAST Request: Interview with Mac Marcoux, PyeongChang Para-Alpine Gold Medallist, and Tristan Rodgers, Para-Alpine Guide

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PODIUMCAST Request: Interview with Mercedes Nicoll, Four-time Winter Olympian

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PODIUMCAST Request: Interview with Bryan Colwell, Two-time Canadian Boxing Champion

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PODIUMCAST Request: Interview with Geoff Hackett, Mental Performance Consultant

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Speaker Series on Demand: Podiumcast

The CSI Pacific Podiumcast is a collection of one-on-one interviews between our Athlete Coach Services team and a variety of high performance athletes, coaches, and support personnel.

Listen to each and learn from Canada’s best as they share their wisdom and sport experience with the intention of passing on their expertise and guiding the next generation of great Canadian talent.

Our Podiumcast is sponsored by Endur – A Canadian Performance Sock Company

PODIUMCAST Request: Athlete Interview with Neville Wright, 3x Olympian in Bobsleigh

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SPSS Request: Mental Performance: Can We Talk? Guidelines for Effective Communication in Sport

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SPSS Request: Travel Nutrition: Optimizing Nutrition During Travel and At Your Destination

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SPSS Request: Strength & Conditioning: Force-Velocity Profiling to Inform Programming

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PODIUMCAST Request: Athlete Interview with Nate Riech, World-Record Holding Para-Athlete

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PODIUMCAST Request: Athlete Interview with Ellen Pennock, National Team Triathlete and Sharleen Hoar, Mental Performance Consultant

PODIUMCAST Request: Athlete Interview with Ellen Pennock, National Team Triathlete and Sharleen Hoar, Mental Performance Consultant
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SPSS Request: Strength & Conditioning: Force-Velocity Profiling Using New Technologies

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PODIUMCAST Request: Coach interview with Brittany Waters

One of the best ways to learn in sport is to hear the stories and lessons from the athletes that came before. Brittany Waters represented Canada over a ten year career on both the women's rugby 15's team and the 7's team, bringing home world cup silver medals in each world cup event.

Listen to Brittany's anecdotes and personal points of view from an athlete that went as far as she could go in her sport. Brittany is now taking her experience as an athlete and transferring her skills into becoming a very successful coach for the University of Victoria; also hear how her experience as an athlete has helped to shape her coaching philosophies and what she looks for in her current athletes.

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PODIUMCAST Request: Athlete interview with Caileigh Filmer

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PODIUMCAST Request: Athlete interview with Riley Pickrell

Riley Pickrell is a track and road cyclist based in Victoria, BC. Riley is a high school student at Claremont Secondary School as well as at the Canadian Sport School in his grade 12 year.

Over the past 4 years, Riley has competed in five age group National Championships, winning a total of 36 national medals on the road and track. This past summer Riley competed at the Tour De L'Abitibi, a Junior World Cup Stage Race and the Junior Track Cycling World Championships. At the Tour De L'Abitibi Riley Competed for team Canada winning 3 stages and 2 additional podiums. A month later at Junior Worlds, Riley finished the Scratch race in 4th.

Riley shares his ideologies on school balance, the training and social benefits of the Canadian Sport School, an individual’s "happy place" and the personal gains found from selflessness training.

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PODIUMCAST Request: Athlete interview with Harry Jones

Harry Jones plays for the National Rugby 7’s team. He captained Canada’s team at the 2009 IRB Junior World Championship in Japan. He also competed for Canada at the Under-17 and Under-19 levels while also playing in the Canadian Rugby Championship for the BC Bears.

Harry is an extremely consistent player on Canada’s Men’s Sevens Team and played in all 10 tournaments during the 2017-2018 season before competing at the Commonwealth Games.

Harry and the National 7’s Rugby Team are currently training for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics’.

In this Athlete Interview, Harry discusses being in a leadership position on a high performance team, the balances of being an athlete and thinking about the future after sport, and what it’s like battling with injuries during season and overcoming not only the physical aspect of being injured but the mental battle too.

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PODIUMCAST Request: Athlete interview with Celina Toth

Celina Toth began diving at the age of 12 after retiring from gymnastics. Her transition from one sport to the next occurred in only a handful of days – she quickly found herself at the pool five times a week.

A national team member for the last decade, Toth won her first international medal in 2015, when she finished 3rd in the 10m at the FINA Grand Prix in Madrid. Since then, the Ontario native contributed in qualifying a second Rio 2016 Olympic berth for the country when she finished 4th in the semifinal and wrote her ticket to the final. Recently, Celina won her first International win on the FINA Grand Prix diving circuit in Germany.

In this Athlete Interview, Celina opens up about her experience as an athlete in a judging sport- battling with body image, mental health issues, and seeking support from external sources as well as internal reflecting and self improvement techniques. Join Kendra and Celina as they discuss openly and honestly about some mental health difficulties associated with being a high performance athlete as well as every day life struggles with self image.
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PODIUMCAST Request: Athlete interview with Hayato Sato

Hayato has been involved with the sport for 8 seasons now, with my roots starting in Coquitlam. Growing up, he saw his brother curling, and watched him play the sport and being able to travel all across B.C. competing in various events. This got Hayato interested in curling and he decided to give it a try. He became a member of the Coquitlam Curling Club, where he was able to meet various athletes, coaches, and parents who all loved the sport.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
- Under 21 Provincial Silver (2018) and Bronze (2019) Medallists
- Under 18 Provincial Champions (2018) and Silver Medalists (2019)
- Canada Winter Games Gold Medallists (2019)
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PODIUMCAST Request: Interview with Darci Nyal, Owner & Yoga Teacher at Yoga Lab Westshore

PODIUMCAST Request: Interview with Darci Nyal, Owner & Yoga Teacher at Yoga Lab Westshore
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SPCC 2019 - ADVANCED PRACTICE PLANNING

ADVANCED PRACTICE PLANNING
PISE – 329A/B
Wednesday, May 29^th – 8:00am-12:30pm

Cost: $150

Note: Performance Planning is a recommended pre-requisite for this module

For individual training sessions to effectively contribute to the overall objectives of an annual training plan, a coach must understand the outcome of each training session and how their cumulative effects will contribute to athletic development. The Advanced Practice Planning module examines the impact of daily training sequencing and the manipulations that can affect training outcomes.

After completing this module, coaches will be able to:

Identify the factors that affect practice planning.
Ensure that practice plans are consistent with the microcycles and phases of which they are part.
Sequence exercises in a practice so that their order is consistent with the research on sequencing.
Develop a plan for training athletic abilities over a microcycle.
Develop a plan for training technical and tactical abilities over a microcycle.
Develop a plan for a microcycle that helps athletes taper before a competition.

Speaker Series on Demand: Certificate Programs

Think you have learned enough in one of our subjects to show your expertise? Earn a Canadian Sport Institute Pacific Sport Education Certificate by completing all requirements listed!

1. Watch the designated presentations for your course
2. Take the follow-up tests and a earn a grade of 100% on each (you will receive an electronic completion certificate whence you have passed)
3. Submit the required completion certificates to Drew Todd, Athlete Services Lead (dtodd@csipacific.ca)

Speaker Series on Demand: Mini-Series

Occasionally, CSI Pacific plans individual presentations that build on one another creating a mini-series in a particular subject that allows the speaker to go deeper on the topic.

Watch all four parts in our two currently offered mini-series: Mental Performance and Nutrition.

Speaker Series on Demand: Presentations

The Sport Performance Speaker Series offers numerous workshops, webinars, and education events throughout the year. Where possible, presentations are recorded and repurposed for additional engagement on-demand.

Here you will find more than 50 such presentations, across eight high performance disciplines, to help educate and support elite athlete development.

SPSS Request: Nutrition: Competition Phase

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Sport Performance Speaker Series - Nutrition: Competition Phase

Staff - Gen Masson Event Description
In this session, athletes will start to plan out their individual competition needs, based on what a competition schedule looks like for their sport. This session will also look at situations where athletes are travelling to competition, or where there may be a lack of access to familiar foods, and how best to adapt their competition nutrition plan.

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Genevieve Masson works as a Sport Dietitian at Canadian Sport Institute Pacific, supporting elite athletes from a variety of sports including: freestyle skiing, ski cross, snowboarding, luge, cross-country skiing, biathlon, wrestling and softball. Gen enjoys helping the athletes perform at their best through nutrition-based interventions and research.

Gen Masson, Performance Dietitian

Staff - Gen Masson Genevieve Masson works as a Sport Dietitian at Canadian Sport Institute Pacific, supporting elite athletes from a variety of sports including: freestyle skiing, ski cross, snowboarding, luge, cross-country skiing, biathlon, wrestling and softball. Gen enjoys helping the athletes perform at their best through nutrition-based interventions and research.

SPSS Request: Mental Performance: Competition Phase: Performance On Demand - Any Time, Any Place, Any Conditions

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SPCC 2019 - PREVENTION AND RECOVERY

PREVENTION AND RECOVERY
PISE – 330A/B
Friday, May 31^st – 9:00am-5:00pm

Cost: $180

After taking this workshop, coaches will have the knowledge needed to:

Identify common injuries in their sport and develop appropriate prevention and recovery strategies to keep their 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.

SPCC 2019 - PSYCHOLOGY OF PERFORMANCE

PSYCHOLOGY OF PERFORMANCE
PISE – 329A/B
Thursday, May 30^st – 8:00am-5:00pm

Cost: $180

Completing this workshop will allow coaches 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.

SPCC 2019 - LEADING DRUG-FREE SPORT

LEADING DRUG-FREE SPORT
PISE – 329A/B
Wednesday, May 29^th – 1:00pm-4:30pm

Cost: $110

After taking this module, coaches 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 their coaching as it relates to keeping their sport and athletes drug-free.

SPCC 2019 - MANAGE A SPORT PROGRAM

MANAGE A SPORT PROGRAM
PISE – 330A/B
Wednesday, May 29^th – 8:00am-12:30pm

Cost: $150

As coaches begin to take on more responsibility, they are expected to plan and execute tasks that go beyond the delivery of daily training and the management of the daily training environment. The Manage a Sport Program module provides coaches with the opportunity to plan and interact with program budgeting, setting staff and team expectations, arranging team travel, building athlete agreements, and reporting on athlete/team progress. This module is perfect for any club head coach, provincial team coach, aspiring team manager, or technical administrator.

After completing this module, coaches will be able to:

Manage administrative aspects of the program and oversee logistics.
Manage staff’s roles and responsibilities.
Manage camp and tournament finances and travel.
Report on athlete progress throughout program.

SPCC 2019 - DEVELOPING ATHLETIC ABILITIES

DEVELOPING ATHLETIC ABILITIES
PISE – 329A/B
Monday, May 27^th – 1:00pm-5:00pm
Tuesday, May 28^th – 8:00am-5:00pm

Cost: $205

After completing this module, coaches will:

Be able to implement general and sport-specific training protocols and methods to effectively develop or maintain the athletic abilities necessary for their 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.

*Includes two-hour online pre-workshop session.

SPCC 2019 - PERFORMANCE PLANNING

PERFORMANCE PLANNING
PISE – 329A/B
Monday, May 27^th – 1:00pm-5:00pm
Tuesday, May 28^th – 8:00am-5:00pm

Cost: $200

In order to achieve peak performance, an athlete’s training program needs to be periodized according to the demands of their sport as well as their individual development needs. The Performance Planning module allows coaches to reflect on the structure of a yearly plan and appropriately sequence training and development priorities so as to achieve peak performance.

After completing this module, coaches will be able to:

Perform a thorough analysis of the demands of their athletes’ sport at the elite (high performance) level.
Outline a program structure based on training and competition opportunities.
Identify appropriate measures for promoting athlete development within their own program.
Integrate yearly training priorities into their own program.
Organize and sequence training priorities and objectives on a weekly basis to optimize adaptations.
Evaluate the ability of their athletes/team to perform up to their potential in competition.

*Includes two-hour online pre-workshop session.

SPCC 2019 - COACHING AND LEADING EFFECTIVELY

COACHING AND LEADING EFFECTIVELY
PISE – 329A/B
Sunday, May 26^th – 9:00am-4:00pm
Monday, May 27^th – 8:00am-11:30pm

Cost: $190

This module gives coaches the skills needed 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.

SPCC 2019 - MANAGING CONFLICT

MANAGING CONFLICT
PISE – 329A/B
Saturday, May 25^th – 12:30pm-5:30pm

Cost: $150

This module will allow coaches 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 coaches 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.

SPCC 2019 - MAKE ETHICAL DECISIONS

MAKE ETHICAL DECISIONS
PISE – 330A/B
Saturday, May 25^th – 8:30am-12:00pm

Cost: $110

By successfully completing this workshop, coaches will be fully equipped to handle virtually any ethical situation with confidence and surety. MED is one of the NCCP’s cornerstone workshops, and leaves coaches with no doubt as to what to do when the going gets tough.

Upon completing this module, coaches will be able to:

Analyze a challenging situation and determine if it has moral, legal, or ethical implications.
Apply the NCCP Ethical Decision-Making Model to properly respond to each situation in a way that is consistent with the NCCP Code of Ethics.

*Optional for completion of Sport Performance Coaching Certificate

Harry Jones

Harry Jones plays for the National Rugby 7’s team. He captained Canada’s team at the 2009 IRB Junior World Championship in Japan. He also competed for Canada at the Under-17 and Under-19 levels while also playing in the Canadian Rugby Championship for the BC Bears.

Harry is an extremely consistent player on Canada’s Men’s Sevens Team and played in all 10 tournaments during the 2017-2018 season before competing at the Commonwealth Games.
Harry and the National 7’s Rugby Team are currently training for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics’.

In this Athlete Interview, Harry discusses being in a leadership position on a high performance team, the balances of being an athlete and thinking about the future after sport, and what it’s like battling with injuries during season and overcoming not only the physical aspect of being injured but the mental battle too.

SPSS Request: Physiology: Anti-Doping Do's & Don'ts

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SPSS Request: Mental Performance: Specific Preparation Phase: Competition Planning and Objectives for Success by Design

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Jo Irvine, Performance Dietitian

Joanna Irvine Joanna (Jo) Irvine, Registered Dietitian, obtained her undergraduate degree in nutrition from the UBC and is also a graduate of the specialized Sport Nutrition program from the International Olympic Committee. Over the past several years she has been working with the Canadian Sport Institute Pacific providing nutrition support to a variety of teams including Canada Soccer, Cycling Canada, and Swimming Canada to help optimize athletes’ performance during both training and competition. Aside from her passion for work and drive to stay current with sport nutrition research, Jo enjoys being active and outdoors with her very energetic family.

Trent Stellingwerff, Director, Performance Solutions

Trent Stellingwerff

Since 2011, Dr Trent Stellingwerff serves as the Director of Performance Solutions / Innovation & Research at the Canadian Sport Institute Pacific (Victoria, Canada).

In this role, he directs 15 different major research projects across different sport performance discipline areas, with 6 PhD to Master’s students involved. He is also the Director of Sport Science & Sports Medicine for Athletics Canada. His primary sport and research focus is via his physiology and nutrition expertise primarily to Canada’s National track and field team.

Prior to this, Trent was a senior scientist in Performance Nutrition for PowerBar at the Nestle Research Center (Lausanne Switzerland). Trent has more than 80 peer-reviewed scientific publications in the areas of exercise physiology, skeletal muscle metabolism and performance nutrition and supplementation. Furthermore, he has co-authored 7 book-chapters focusing on the role that nutrition can play in supporting elite athlete performance.

In 2010, Trent was a lead author and presenter for the IOC (International Olympic Committee) Consensus Meeting in Nutrition. Over the years, Trent has attended 3 Olympic Games, 4 Commonwealth Games and 5 World Championships.

Riley Pickrell

Riley Pickrell is a track and road cyclist based in Victoria, BC. Riley is a high school student at Claremont Secondary School as well as at the Canadian Sport School in his grade 12 year. Prior to competing in Cycling, Riley formerly competed recreationally in most seasonable sports including hockey, baseball, lacrosse, tennis, water and alpine skiing and short track speed skating. In 2011 Riley sailed with his family to New Zealand and back. After returning, Riley began competing in cycling.

Over the past 4 years, Riley has competed in five age group National Championships, winning a total of 36 national medals on the road and track. This past summer Riley competed at the Tour De L’Abitibi, a Junior World Cup Stage Race and the Junior Track Cycling World Championships. At the Tour De L’Abitibi Riley Competed for team Canada winning 3 stages and 2 additional podiums. A month later at Junior Worlds, Riley finished the Scratch race in 4th.

Riley shares his ideologies on school balance, the training and social benefits of the Canadian Sport School, an individual’s “happy place” and the personal gains found from selflessness training.

SPSS Request: Mental Performance: General Preparation: Establishing the Mental Performance Building Blocks

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SPSS Request: Nutrition: Series 1 - Transition Phase: Off Season Nutrition

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Anastasia Chomlack

Anastasia is passionate about storytelling, capturing moments and generously sharing her expertise with creatives and business owners as a partner, collaborator and mentor.
As an entrepreneur’s daughter, she’s often felt that business was in her blood and she feels lucky to have waded through a lot of creative confusion early in her career. Anastasia credits her decision to be the photographer she wanted to be, not the photographer she thought she had to be, with defining her authentic photography style and providing so much personal and professional fulfillment.

Later in her career, building a network of people with shared values and interests and being relentlessly loyal, generous and curios opened up a new passion in her for mentoring women. In 2016, she launched two new women-centered businesses.

In reflecting on your profession over the last 2 years of incredible growth, the same thought kept coming back; the thought that she could link the exact path of people and moments that moved her ahead in her career and life to actual experiences or meaningful conversations. Anastasia knew she wanted to pass that on. She wanted to talk and connect, inspire and encourage. With Anastasia Creative, she helps businesses create authentic content and tell fearless stories to connect them with the people who will appreciate their work the most. Talking about branding and values with anyone who will listen, is what inspires her the most.

Sport Performance Speaker Series - Being Intentional with Social Media to Influence & Boost Your Personal Brand

It’s likely you know at least one person who speaks in hashtags and live posts everything from their training to meal prep. It’s less common to find people actively using social media as a tool to boost their productivity, deepen their creativity, and enhance their careers.

Whether you spend all your time on social media, or avoid it altogether, you may be overlooking an effective tool to plan for success and connect with your community.

This workshop is designed to give you the tools to put Instagram to work for you whether you are a pro user or just need it broken down into simple steps.

We will cover everything from crafting your Instagram bio, to clarifying your visual values, and appealing to your prospective target market…. That is… after defining them.

YOUR INFLUENCE WILL SOAR WHEN THE FIRST PERSON YOU INFLUENCE IS YOU.

Sport Performance Speaker Series - Mental Performance: Competition Phase: Performance on Demand - Any Time, Any Place, Any Conditions

This session will focus on putting it all together when it matters … performance on demand. Mental performance strategies and concepts for tapering, travel, managing ‘threats’ to performance, and executing the competition plan will be addressed so to allow for ‘success by design’.

Sport Performance Speaker Series - Mental Performance: Specific Preparation Phase: Competition Planning & Objectives for Success By Design

This session will allow the athlete to refine the topics presented in the 2nd workshop (Establishing the Mental Performance Building Blocks). Establishing competition plans & objectives, combined with increasing specificity, complexity, and adversity in training will be explored in relation to helping the athlete refine their mental performance routines and abilities.

Sport Performance Speaker Series - Mental Performance: General Preparation Phase: Establishing the Mental Performance Building Blocks

This session will help the athlete identify the mental performance building blocks and create the blueprint to set the tone and course for the season to allow for ‘success by design’. Strategies around self-awareness, motivation, lifestyle management, injury & health management, focused & purposeful training, developing mental performance routines, and characteristics of excellence will be explored.

Sport Performance Speaker Series - Mental Performance: Transition Phase: Debriefing & Decision-Making for Health, Wellness, & Performance

This session will explore the challenges and strategies that athletes can face when moving into the off season, including reduced training loads, changes to daily routines, lack of structure & accountability, and involvement in other life / social activities. Strategies around debriefing and decision-making to maximize the benefit of the transition phase with health, wellness, and performance as part of the framework.

Bruce Pinel, Mental Performance Consultant

Bruce has worked as a mental performance consultant in a variety of contexts for over 20 years. Sport, Health & Injury Rehabilitation, Education, & Business.

Sport: Bruce has worked with teams and athletes ranging from Olympic / National to Provincial / Regional, and down to grass-roots local youth sport participants. Through this he has enjoyed being part of the fabric of success at all levels, and being a part of Team Canada at a variety of major events, including the Olympics, Paralympics, Commonwealth Games, Pan American Games, and numerous World Championships and other international events.

With over 450 medal performances at international events by athletes he has supported, Bruce has an excellent background in helping athletes and teams excel and achieve optimal performance. Areas of focus include mental preparation routines, mental resiliency, team dynamics, injury management (mental performance perspective), performing under pressure, performance consistency, high-performance lifestyle routines, and athlete wellness.

Sport Performance Speaker Series - Live Coach interview with Brittany Waters

One of the best ways to learn in sport is to hear the stories and lessons from the athletes that came before. Brittany Waters represented Canada over a ten year career on both the women’s rugby 15’s team and the 7’s team, bringing home world cup silver medals in each world cup event.

Join us this July 26th at 6pm to hear anecdotes and personal points of view from an athlete that went as far as she could go in her sport. Brittany is now taking her experience as an athlete and transferring her skills into becoming a very successful coach for the University of Victoria; also hear how her experience as an athlete has helped to shape her coaching philosophies and what she looks for in her current athletes.

Do not miss this chance to learn from a very real experience!

Brittany Waters

Brittany Waters is the head coach of the University of Victoria (UVIC) Women’s Rugby Program. Brittany recently retired from the National Senior Women’s Team this past September after a ten year career with the program. Brittany has competed in five World Cups, including the 2013 7s World Cup and 2014 XVs World Cup where Canada earned silver medals.

Brittany first started playing rugby at UVIC in 2005 and played out her five years of eligibility there. She returned to UVIC in 2012 as an assistant coach while training with the centralized 7s program. In 2015 Brittany took over as head coach and has since helped lead the team in winning two CanWest Championships and a National 7s Championship.

Coaching at UVIC and playing rugby at the National level simultaneously for over three years has provided Brittany with a greater understanding of the athlete/coach dynamic. This experience has provided her a unique look at both the athlete and coach perspective, and has helped her to become a better athlete and coach.

Sport Performance Speaker Series - Nutrition: Prepatory Phase B: Supporting the breakdown – injury/immunity

With increased stress on the body comes the risk of illness and possibly injury. This session will focus on ways nutrition can help protect you and help with your recovery from injury or illness.

Sport Performance Speaker Series - Nutrition: Prepatory Phase A: Supporting the volume and/or increased intensity

This session will outline dietary strategies for athletes to help them match their increased training demands. The focus will look at adjusting carbohydrate, protein and antioxidant rich foods to maximize energy availability and training adaptations to support health and performance. Although this session will focus on food first solutions, discussion will look at situations where a tested sport supplement may be necessary

Sport Performance Speaker Series - Nutrition: Transition Phase: Off Season Nutrition

This session will explore the challenges that athletes can face when moving into the off season, when training load is significantly reduced. Nutrition strategies addressed will include periodizing nutrition, optimizing satiety, mindful eating practices, and recognizing hunger cues. Recommendations from this session can also be used during taper periods before competition.

Ashley Armstrong, Performance Dietitian, CSI Pacific

Ashley Armstrong

Ashley is a Registered Dietitian and Certified Specialists in Sport Dietetics, with a degree in Nutrition & Dietetics from Acadia University, and a Masters in Exercise and Sport Science from the University of Sydney, Australia. Over the past several years Ashley has been working at the Canadian Sport Institute in Victoria, working closely with the National Men’s and Women’s Rugby 7’s team as well as with Triathlon Canada and within the National Mountain Bike program through Cycling Canada.

Beyond the performance support she provides athletes, Ashley is dedicated to their short- and long-term health. While immersed in rugby, she took a keen interest in the role of nutrition on brain health and concussion recovery. She has developed post-concussion recovery protocols for both rugby players along with other high risk athletes. Ashley is currently involved in a research project alongside Texas Christian University examining the role of DHA in sub-concussion injury risk in elite men’s and women’s rugby players.

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Sean Hayes, professional skateboard coach

Born in Vancouver, Canada, Sean Hayes was a competitive ski racer in his early teens. He brought his love of sports to the streets, where he picked up a skateboard and landed his first sponsor at 16. Sean traveled the world competing and doing demonstrations, as well being featured in many magazine interviews and cover shots. His keen interest in sports led him to enroll in the Sports Science program at Douglas College while recovering from a surgery. During this time he also took on the role Team Manager for DC Shoes (canada).

An amazing opportunity was given to Sean when he was given the opportunity work for Plan B Skateboards, and he took his experience to California to manage the worlds most elite team of professional skateboarders. He worked with athletes such as Ryan Sheckler, Paul Rodriguez, Colin McKay and many more. His role expanded as he took more responsibilities, executing athlete, and brand marketing initiatives internationally.

In 2010 Sean left his role as Team Manager to focus on his ever growing passion for high-performance coaching. Since then the athletes he’s worked with have won X-Games gold medals (Ryan Sheckler), Dew Tour Championships (Ryan Decenzo), and broke the Guinness World Record for the highest ollie (Aldrin Garcia).

His experience with elite athletes, global marketing strategies, and a social media savvy complemented his transition into the literary world, where he wrote his first book Five Weeks in the Amazon, following a successful Kickstarter campaign.

Sean can now be found spending his time between British Columbia and California, coaching Canada’s top professional skateboarders as they pursue their dreams to be the best skateboarders they can be.

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Breanne Watson, Associate Director of Athletics, SFU

Breanne Watson is a former four-year letterwinner and four-year starter for the Washington Huskies…member of back-to-back NCAA Tournament teams as a junior and senior…ended her career with 861 career points, 492 rebounds…three-time Pac-10 All-Academic honorable mention selection…tallied 36 career double-figure scoring games which ties for 26th in UW history…named MVP of two regular season tournaments in her career – the 2004 WBCA BTI Classic and the 2006 Basketball Travelers Husky Classic…averaged 10.0 points in all NCAA tournament games played…represented Canada at two World University Games in Daegu, South Korea (2003) and Izmir, Turkey (2005)…upon graduation from Washington, Watson went on to have a successful professional basketball career in Europe.

Currently, as Associate Athletic Director at Simon Fraser University, Breanne provides leadership to Canada’s only NCAA school. In this role Breanne oversees 30 full and part-time coaches, 17 varsity sports and 400+ student athletes – in addition to managing responsibilities for day to day operations, varsity budgets, event scheduling, presentation and team travel.

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