SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, March 1, 2017 - The U.S.
Olympic Committee in association with Olympic Solidarity and the
University of Delaware is announcing the tenth edition of the
International Coaching Enrichment Certificate Program at the United
States Olympic Training Center.
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, March 1, 2017 - The U.S.
Olympic Committee in association with Olympic Solidarity and the
University of Delaware is announcing the tenth edition of the
International Coaching Enrichment Certificate Program at the United
States Olympic Training Center.
The ICECP is an English-speaking intensive educational program
to attract coaches who have not had the benefit from educational
programs. It is focused on 17 core sports in order to have a higher
concentration of participants from the same traditional
disciplines.
The candidate for an Olympic Solidarity scholarship will be a
coach with the following characteristics. He or she must: belong to
a federation of a sport on the Olympic program; hold the rank of
official national coach recognized in his/her country of origin
and/or by the respective International Federation; be active and
able to prove that he/she has practical experience as a coach at
national/international level; and be fluent in English. The
deadline for applying is May 8, 2017.
The course is targeted to national coaches wishing to enhance
their knowledge from experts on the field and through the exchange
with other elite international coaches participating in the
program. More than 260 coaches representing 108 countries from all
five continents and 24 sports have participated in previous
courses.
It provides coaches with world class training opportunities to
improve their knowledge and expertise. This is of particular
importance given the demands placed on coaches today.
Coaches are expected to be able to stay abreast of the latest
technical methods of their sport, as well as incorporate within the
training of their athletes the use physiology, nutrition,
psychology, strength and conditioning, video technology (among
others). The value of a coach educated in sport science, ethics and
technical knowledge for their sport is of the greatest value to the
development of athletes.
The program will consist of four modules scheduled over an
academic year, during which time the candidate will work with an
international tutor to develop a personal project that will be
implemented for the benefit of the respective sport or sport in
general in his or her country. The ICECP is open to coaches from
all sports; however, preference will be given to coaches in the
following sports:
Archery, athletics, basketball, boxing, canoe/kayak, cycling,
fencing, judo, modern pentathlon, rowing swimming, table tennis,
taekwondo, tennis, volleyball (women), weightlifting and
wrestlin