NCCP Biathlon Silver Coaching Course

Sovereign Lake is pleased to offer an NCCP Biathlon Community Coaching Silver course. The Silver coaching course provides practical, sport-specific, technical information required to help new coaches run practices for recreation and development such as Biathlon Bears and Cadet Biathlon Training.

Where :Sovereign Lake Nordic Club is located 22km east of the City of Vernon, up SilverStar Road. Just 2km west of SilverStar Mountain Resort. Signage is located on Hwy 6 as well as on Hwy 97 directing you towards both SLNC and SilverStar.

When :Friday, November 15th – 5pm to 9pmSunday September 22 – 8am to 5pm

Who :This course is designed to help train new coaches in order to help run club and squadron based biathlon programs. No previous experience coaching, racing, or participating in biathlon is required. Parents, supporters and athletes who will be coaching biathlon are strongly encouraged to enroll!

Description :This course will split time between a classroom-based setting and “in the field” instruction to ski and shooting techniques. The classroom portion will be conducted in the Sovereign Lake Nordic Club race office. Skiing and shooting technique sessions will take place by the range.

Registration :Registration is online through zone4. The fee for the course is $125.00

Important:

1.All registrants must be members of Biathlon Canada. Registration can be completed here: http://biathloncanada.ca/membership/

2.All registrants must be 14 years or olderElectronic course materials will be provided. 3.A laptop or print-out should be brought to the coursePlease bring a pen and paper 4.Please supply your own ski, boots and poles for the ski technique session. No experience is required .

5.The range session will include live firing at the biathlon range. No experience is required . If you have access to a biathlon rifle and ammunition, please bring them. There will be a limited number of rifles on hand to borrow.

Any questions please email: biathlon@sovereignlake.com

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Registration open Oct 11, 2019Nov 12, 2019
Registration is Closed