Coaching Information

Coaches/Manager Meeting:

Date TBD

If you have any questions about the coaches/manager meeting please email coaching_coordinator@sylvanlakelacrosse.com

2019/2020 Rule & Situation Handbook

2018 LTAD Rule Book for Mini-Tyke, Tyke & Novice

2019 Coaching Program

Professional Development & Maintaining Certification

CLA Apprentice Coaching Guide

CLA Drill and Skill Cards 

CLA Drill Library  (coaches may have to log in with NCCP information)

Need your NCCP# or forgot it? 

https://nccp.lacrosse.ca/

NLL Coach Mentorship Clinic - Edmonton

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The Alberta Lacrosse Association is looking to improve the training of lacrosse coaches in the province. The NLL Coaching Mentorship Clinic is aimed at improving the training of coaches via an interactive clinic with high-level coach mentors.  This is aimed at ALL Box Lacrosse coaches in the Province of Alberta.

The Edmonton Clinic will be an opportunity to learn box lacrosse strategies, discuss tactics and see new ideas. The clinic ends with a viewing of the webcast of the New England Blackwolves vs the Buffalo Bandits.

Seminar: Includes handouts and presentations; Round Table Discussions, Lunch and dinner is provided. Coaches will receive 3 Professional Development points for attending this event.

• Fee: $50.00 per participant (Limit 25 participants)
• Date: March 15th, 2020
• Location: ALA Office, Sherwood Park
• Time: 11:00 AM to 4:30 PM (NLL Streaming game to follow) *Exact times to be confirmed one week prior to the event.
• Guest Speakers: TBD
• Registration Deadline:  March 10th, 2020

2020 Coaching Clinics

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Responsible Coaching

Alberta Lacrosse has taken the pledge and is now a proud Champion of the Responsible Coaching Movement.  By making this pledge, our sports organization is committing to implementing supportive policies and processes that adhere to the Responsible Coaching Movement to ensure the safety and protection of our athletes and coaches and provide our coaches with the tools and training necessary to model ethical behavior. The Responsible Coaching Movement (RCM) is a multi-phase system-wide movement, coordinated by the Coaching Association of Canada and the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport that has the potential to affect all sports organizations and coaches. 

The First Phase of the RCM focuses on three key areas:

• Rule of Two: the Rule of Two serves to protect minor athletes in potentially vulnerable situations by ensuring that more than one adult is present.  Vulnerable situations can include closed doors meetings, travel, and training environments.

• Background Screening: the background screening process involves using a number of different tools to ensure coaches meet the necessary security requirements to coach athletes. These tools include comprehensive job postings, criminal record checks, interviews, and reference checks.

• Respect and Ethics Training: increasing coaches’ ethical conduct and behavior toward athletes requires that coaches be trained to understand what it means to act ethically.  This training would include the Make Ethical Decisions module within the National Coaching Certification Program (NCCP), as well as training in abuse and harassment prevention, such as Respect in Sport, before and during their coaching career.

Over the next three years, with the support of the Coaching Association of Canada, Alberta Lacrosse will be actively reviewing its current policies and procedures to ensure they align with the recommendations and guidelines of the RCM. Working closely with our members and clubs, we will identify realistic ways and means to entrench the Responsible Coaching Movement across our sport and enhance the safety of our athletes and the ethical conduct of our coaches.