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The Advanced Practice Planning module will give you the skills to:

• identify the factors that affect practice planning;
• ensure that practice plans are consistent with the microcycles and phases they’re part of;
• sequence exercises so that their order is consistent with the research on sequencing;
• develop a plan for training athletic abilities over a microcycle;

Design a Basic Sport Program will teach you to:

• create a sound outline for your sport program that includes competition and training events;
• compare your program to those outlined by the NCCP in terms of long-term athlete development;
• assess the athletic development opportunities your program offers, and identify ways to remedy any weaknesses.

Upon completing the MED module you’ll be able to:

• analyze a challenging situation and determine if it has moral, legal or ethical implications;
• apply the NCCP Ethical Decision-Making Model to properly respond to each situation in a way that is consistent with the NCCP Code of Ethics.

The Coaching and Leading Effectively module gives you the skills needed to:

• promote a positive image of sport, and model it to athletes and those supporting their performance;
• deliver clear messages and explanations when communicating with athletes and their supporters;
• identify opportunities to interact with all athletes and use feedback to improve and correct performance and behaviour.

The Basic Mental Skills module gives you the ability to:

• recognize signs indicating that an athlete may need to improve his/her goal setting, focus, and anxiety control skills; and develop tools to help the athlete to make improvements in these areas;
• run simple guided activities that help athletes improve basic mental skills.

Core Training for Learning Facilitators is a 6-hour workshop that all Learning Facilitator candidates must take. The workshop introduces Learning Facilitator candidates to the goals and philosophy of the NCCP, teaches them how to facilitate modules, and helps them understand the instructional design of the modules.