Have you have ever dreamed about Coaching at the PanAm Games?

Here is an excellent resource to step-up your game!

Softball Canada created the Coaches Guide series to increase the knowledge of coaches and improve the development of players. The information in each guide is based on Softball Canada’s Long‐Term Player Development (LTPD) model ensuring it is both age and stage appropriate.  This is perfect any Softball Coach that is looking to take their game to the PanAm Games level!

Each guide contains a season’s worth of practice plans divided into 4 training phases with each phase having its own objectives and outcomes and will assist softball coaches with the critical skill of developing and conducting sequential, well organized practices. The practice plans are laid out in a manner that is very easy to follow and to work with. Each drill is described in detail including a list of equipment that is required and a time limit to ensure that the practice is kept on track. The coach can use the information in the Key Teaching Points section of the guide to ensure the players are not simply doing the drills but are instead “learning the skills and game”. Each drill also contains a clearly illustrated diagram to allow for easy understanding of the drills. Beyond these valuable practice plans, these guides contain sections on practice planning, dynamic warm‐up routines, cool‐down routines, and key teaching points for each skill. This fantastic new resource means that age‐appropriate practices and information are now at the fingertips of every softball coach in Canada.

If you are a beginner coach, you can simply follow the practice plans as they are laid out and rest assured your players and team will improve the skills prioritized for their age category and LTPD stage over the course of the season. If you are an experienced coach, you can use these practice plans as a guideline and modify them to meet the individual needs of your players and team.

Each guide is contained in a binder which allows the coach to remove the appropriate practice plan from the binder and take it with them to the field.
 
Cost:
U12 Coaches Guide (Learning To Train Stage) – Price: $29.99 (reg. $34.49) plus 5% HST
U14 Coaches Guide (Training To Train Stage) – Price: $29.99 (reg. $34.49) plus 5% HST
U16 Coaches Guide (Training To Train Stage) – Price: $29.99 (reg. $34.49) plus 5% HST

*Prices in effect until July 31, 2015*

To order a Softball Canada Coaches Guide, please click here.
 
For information about Softball Canada’s Coaches Guides, the National Coaching Certification Program or Softball4Life, please contact Steph Sutton via email: ssutton@softballontario.ca