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USA Shooting

Coach Academy

A coach helps

an athlete go

where they

cannot go by

themselves

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Mission Statement and

Goals

The mission of the USA Shooting Coach

Academy is to build a future pipeline of

trained coaches in the Olympic shooting

sports by providing an easy to access,

standardized, quality coach education

program of proven practices, knowledge

base, network of content experts/mentors

and quality coach instructors.

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Coach Academy Goals

Increase the number and quality

of coaches (both men and

women) in Olympic shooting

sports

Establish coach training

standards

Develop a progressive coach

training program

Increase the number of advanced

and high performance level

coaches

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Coach Academy Goals

Providing a defined coach career

path

Increase the number of women

coaches and athletes in the Olympic

shooting sports.

Be recognized as the model for

coach education in Olympic

shooting sports.

Be recognized at the leader in Safe

Sport policy and training for the

shooting sports

Master Coach

High Performance

Coach

Advanced Coach

Entry Level Coach

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Benefits of the USAS

Coach Academy

Access to the best coach

education and content experts in

Olympic style shooting sports.

Gain the skills and knowledge

necessary to develop future

Olympians.

Improves image and credibility

of youth shooting programs for a

club, school or university.

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Benefits of the USAS

Coach Academy

Help enable club athletes

win medals for themselves

and their club, school,

university and win USAS

team slots at some point in

the future.

Join a family of other

Olympic oriented coaches

and athletes.

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USAS Coach Career Path

NRA Level 1 (entry level)

Advanced Coach certification – click here

for the readiness assessment survey

High Performance Coach certification

Master Coach designation

USAS National Coaches

USAS National Assistant Coaches

Master Coach Academy Instructor

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Program Description

Current coach certification

programs

Advanced Coach

High Performance Coach

Prerequisite course study via

online training courses

available 24/7

Ground course/classroom

Co-coach a JODC

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Prerequisites

Prerequisites will be online

courses that are ‘content’ /

information oriented

Foundational content is

necessary for ‘ground course’

discussions and practical

application during the JODC

Prerequisite courses provide a

common language and

understanding prior to taking

the ground courses

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Ground Courses

Classroom learning opportunities will

provide group discussions on specific

prerequisite topics that require more in depth

understanding

Scheduled when a minimum of 6 coaches is

reached

Ground Course locations.

Master Instructor’s club/facility

USAS Certified Training Centers

USAMU/Ft Benning

Olympic Training Center.

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Advanced Coach

Program Objectives

Significantly increase the number of Olympic

shooting sports coaches (both men and women) at

the club, school, grassroots level.

With the support of a USAS certified coach,

significantly reduce the learning curve for

athletes who are interested in the Olympic path.

Increase the professionalism and value of

Olympic shooting sports coaches.

To make the Olympic shooting sports more

visible in the shooting community and improve

the public image of shooting sports.

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High Performance Coach

Program Objectives

Learn to apply their skills and knowledge in

developing their athletes to compete at their

highest level in National and International

competitions

Learn how to create an environment in which

athletes can achieve their highest potential and

to lead them on the Olympic path.

To mentor future coaches to become advanced

or high performance level coaches in the

Olympic shooting sports and develop future

Olympians.

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High Performance Coach

Curricula Objectives

To become a student of the sport by seeking

more knowledge and continuing to learn.

To learn how to diagnose an athlete’s

challenges and respond appropriately by

applying validated coaching principles.

To help athletes develop life skills that will

enable them to be successful in their personal

life and careers and to be promoters of the

shooting sports.

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Common Core Courses

The Olympic Path (how to make the team)

Sport Psychology

Safe Sport Policy Training

Quiet Eye

Fitness (physical and mental)

Strength and Conditioning

Training Plans

Goal Setting

Nutrition

Anti-Doping USADA

Positive Coaching Principles

Subject to change without notice

This a sample list

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Discipline Specific Topics

Rifle

Scoring and ISSF Rules

Electronic Training Tools

Finals Training/Strategies and

Competition Management

Positions - Advanced Techniques

Equipment and Gun Fitting

Drills

Subject to change without notice

This a sample list

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Discipline Specific Topics

Pistol

Scoring and ISSF Rules

Electronic Training Tools

Finals Training/Strategies and

Competition Management

Positions – Advanced Techniques

Precision

Sport Rapid

Rapid

Drills

Equipment and Gun Fitting

Subject to change without notice

This a sample list

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Scoring and ISSF Rules

Finals Training/Strategies and

Competition Management

Gun fit

Drills and Vision Exercises

Position – Advanced Techniques

Trap

Skeet

Discipline Specific Topics

Shotgun

Subject to change without notice

This a sample list

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Learning Management

System - ePathShort List of ePath LMS Benefits

Online course development to

include audio and video

capabilities

Provides numerous interactive

tools for online course

development

Courses identified/categorized by

discipline and level designation

Courses can be required for a

specific coach curricula -

Advanced or High Performance.)

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ePath LMS Benefits

Coaches will have their own logon and

password to view what courses are required for

their discipline and coach curricula and what

they have completed to fulfill requirements

Online tests, automatically scored and

recorded in the coach’s own transcript

Coach Academy instructors will have access

and responsibility for ‘ground course’

scheduling, registration and updating student

records showing completion or no-show status

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coaches are registered for courses,

Notifications – will send email automated

reminders to those who have started but not

finished courses, send email to remind

students of ground course dates

Forums inside of the LMS that are restricted

to registered USAS Coach Academy coaches

Can/will create specific training courses for

athletes, parents, volunteers, USAS staff.

ePath LMS Benefits

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Coach Academy

Course Fees Most online courses will require paying a small one

time fee to take a course - from $5 to $40. There are a

few ‘free’ courses.

Safe Sport for coaches/staff/volunteers

Safe Sport for Athletes (shorter version)

Athlete Code of Conduct (for USAS teams)

Ground course registration fees will be in the $200 -

$250 range depending on the venue location, hosting

costs and travel costs for the Master Instructors.

A coach attending a ground course will have to pay

their own travel expenses to attend.

We will make every effort to find donors/sponsors for

these ground courses to keep costs as low as possible.

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How does it work?

There are two systems:

1. The Catalog site to look through available

courses, register and purchase courses

2. ePath learning management system where the

courses are accessed, viewed

Take one course or as many as you like anytime,

anywhere that you have Internet access

We encourage anyone from anywhere in the world

to take our coach courses

The last slide in this presentation has all the links for

the Coach Academy.

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How does it work?

The Catalog site registration and payment

transaction will create an ePath LMS user account

and take you directly into ePath to access the

course.

After the first purchase, you will be able to take

courses and view courses that you have

completed, courses that they would like to take,

and required online courses for one of the coach

certification programs.

We understand that there are coaches who maybe

“technology challenged” and will be hesitant to

take online courses, but we will make every effort

to make this process as simple as possible.

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In Closing

The online courses are being created using ePath

tools to keep the development and maintenance

costs as low as possible but deliver quality

content.

We do not need a‘cadillac’ LMS. We just need to

provide quality content.

We will be updating courses. Those updates will

occur immediately upon republishing the online

course.

Once you have paid for a course, you will be able

to go back and access it as many times as you like.

Our content experts will be reviewing all course

content annually.

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Coach Academy Contacts

Michael Theimer

USAS Coach Academy Director

719-866-4889 office

Robert Mitchell

USAS CEO/Executive Director

719-866-4899 office

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Web Links

1. The Catalog site to look

through available courses,

register and purchase courses

2. ePath learning management

system

3. USAS Coach Academy Policy

document

4. Coach Academy User Guide

5. A copy of this slide

presentation in pdf format

6. Coach Academy information

web page