This is a Squash Ontario Virtual Coaching workshop. These are free of charge to our coaches and count towards professional development points for NCCP certification maintenance. Zoom links will be emailed to all registrants prior to the workshop.

Date: Wednesday Feb. 24 from 12:00 - 1:00 pm Presenters: Derek Vandenbrink, Clinical Exercise Physiologist and Jamie Nicholls, Squash Canada Director of Athlete Development Topic: Physical and Technical Testing in Squash

Derek Vandenbrink is a professor, Exercise Physiologist (CSEP-CEP), and testing specialist. Jamie is the former Executive Director of Squash Ontario and the new Director of Athlete Development at Squash Canada. Working in collaboration as part of revamped National Athlete Development program, they are launching a national testing protocol inclusive of racquet skills and physical testing. Together, they have drastically improved the National testing program, inclusive of racquet skills and physical testing and in hopes that it will be adopted across the country. They will discuss the program, its rollout, as well as how they plan to use the testing data to improve squash performance across Canada.

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CIBI has come on board to support the Squash Ontario Coaching Program.  Thanks to a preexisting partnership with the Coaching Association of Canada (CAC), CIBI has formed an exclusive National Insurance Program for Coaches across Canada that many in our squash community have already taken advantage of.  CIBI has taken their support a step further by sponsoring Squash Ontario’s Coaching Program which will help subsidize the cost of training and certification programs, allowing us to build coaching capacity across Ontario. Strategic initiatives set for 2020-2025 will see a focused effort to increase the number of athletes playing this great sport, along with ambitious targets to grow coaching, officiating, and member clubs. CIBI will be a key contributor to Squash Ontario’s success as we move past this difficult year.

If you are a coach or club administrator seeking insurance, feel free to contact Sean Bell at sbell@cibi.ca.

For information about the CIBI National Insurance Program for Coaches, click here.