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  ShareBasketball New Brunswick To Offer Free Coaching Courses For EDP Coaches2017-09-01
 Basketball New Brunswick is on a mission.
A mission to bring more coaches into its system at the grassroots associations, Elite Development Program (EDP) and provincial age class teams.Basketball New Brunswick is on a mission.
A mission to bring more coaches into its system at the grassroots associations, Elite Development Program (EDP) and provincial age class teams.
‘Basketball New Brunswick has received years of dedicated commitment and service from dozens of coaches, but we know many of them have been asked to go above and beyond the call of duty,’ said BNB executive director Carolyn Peppin of Fredericton. ‘Many of our coaches are involved with programs from October through March and then are coaching spring sessions and summer teams. It’s a lot to ask and we want to begin the process of adding more coaching expertise to many of our programs.’
BNB has a number of coaches with grassroots programs or coaching at the under-14, under-12 and middle school levels.
However, that hasn’t fully translated to coaches working with BNB’s highly successful EDP sessions, typically held during the spring and fall months.
‘Our player numbers for EDP are off the charts and it’s trending to increase to the point where we need more hands on deck from a coaching perspective to ensure quality programming,’ said Peppin. ‘BNB understands we need more coaches across the province and we want to offer some incentives to create more awareness and willingness to be a part of what we’re doing.’
For U14 and middle school level coaches who are interested in joining EDP in the fall of 2017, BNB will provide a voucher for a National Coaching Certification Program Learn to Train (L2T) or Train to Train (T2T) weekend session to ensure proper training and confidence.
Typically, the weekend courses are available at $150-$175, but BNB is preparing to make that next step.
‘If a coach is interested in committing to one of our regional EDP groups in the fall and spring, we will make arrangements that they have their certification augmented,’ Peppin said. ‘Taking that first step can be challenging and maybe even a little intimidating. We have qualified coaches who are all about wanting to help new coaches, but it’s an outstanding way to gain more knowledge about what we’re teaching. It’s a win-win situation on so many levels. Coaches can absorb more knowledge from watching and participating and take it back to the teams they are coaching at the minor or middle school levels. It creates an energy of consistency.’
For full details on this opportunity, please see “THE FINE PRINT” below:
- U14/Middle School level coaches who commit to coaching with Jr EDP for the 2017-2018 season will receive a FREE voucher to take either a NCCP Learn to Train (L2T) or Train to Train (T2T) course being held in New Brunswick.
- The Train to Train voucher is only available to coaches who have already completed the Learn to Train course/certification.
- The voucher will only be good for courses offered in New Brunswick.
- A full list of 2017 fall courses can be found under the “Coaching Development” tab on the BNB web site.
- The voucher will cover the cost of the course registration fee only.
- Coaches will be required to submit a Police Check and Vulnerable Sector Check to BNB.
- Note: Coaches who have taken one or both of these courses in previous seasons are not eligible to be reimbursed at this time.
If you are interested in coaching with the Junior Elite Development Program in the North please contact Jim Watters by email at james.watters@nbed.nb.ca
Junior EDP begins on September 10th at Miramichi Valley High School at 1:00 PM.
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