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MENTORSHIP Lorrie Horne’s Future Champions Coach Mentorship Program Lorrie Horne was the Head Coach of ringette’s Team Canada 2002 and 2004, has traveled a long road of coaching success. She held the helm for Team Canada 2002, which brought home the gold for Canada for the first time since 1996. At the 2004 World Championships, Team Canada brought home the silver while in the 2000 World Championships, Horne was the Coach for the U.S.A National Ringette Team that won Bronze. In the 1999-2000 ringette season, she head coached the Kerava Shakers in Finland’s National League where she took her team from 12th to a 6th place playoff spot, something that the Shakers had never done. In her home province of Alberta, Horne assisted with the 1999 Canada Winter Games Team and continues to work with local clubs mentoring coaches and assisting in athlete development. Horne has played and coached the game for 25 years including 2 years in the Finnish National League. Her work ethic and dedication to the sport of ringette are second to none. She has made an outstanding contribution to the development of athletes at all levels of ringette in Canada. She has coached at numerous summer camps and clinics catering both to the grassroots and elite level ringette athletes across the country. Lorrie was inducted into the Ringette Canada Hall of Fame in the Coaching category in 2008. Coach Mentorship Programs: Future Champions is proud to offer a range of learning opportunities for community coaches. The heart of the mentorship program hinges on the individual contact with each coach and the ability of the Future Champions Staff to tailor sessions both on and off the ice to meet the coach and their teams needs. Each session is defined by the community coach and their input. The mentorship program consists of three specific learning opportunities: 1.Workshop sessions 2.On ice individual team sessions 3.Off Ice Athletic Development sessions Workshop Sessions: The workshop sessions are catered to the coaching groups (age and skill specific) needs during specific phases of the season (Pre Season vs Competitive Season). The underlying philosophy of the workshops is to provide coaches with the basic tools of success. Possible areas of discussion include: Planning the season Fundamental Skill development – skill analysis and teaching progressions Communicating with Clarity Conflict resolution Goal Setting – Performance Goals vs Long and Short Term Goals Practice Planning Creating learning environments Learning styles Team building: athletes, coaches, and parents Skill Continuum Example: Skill Continuum – By providing coaches with a defined skill continuum, Lorrie Horne’s Future Champions in conjunction with the Ringette Association is striving to make your coaching experience more enjoyable and rewarding. The Future Champions Skill Continuum is a user friendly tool designed to provide coaches with a teaching “checklist” to design their season plan and weekly practices. The premise behind the creation of the skill continuum was to aid the Coaches in organizing their season and their teaching / coaching practices. If Coaches are consistently working from a common set of expectations, the expected end result in time is that the athletes of the association will have a more consistent player development path. By gaining consistency in teaching at each developmental level, both the coaches and athletes should have more time to focus on development over the long term. The Future Champions Skill Continuum is meant to be a flexible guide for the coaches. Coaches will still need to fine tune and make adjustments, if necessary, to meet the demands of their players and team. Eventually, from season to season, the coaches will gain consistency in the skill levels of the athletes they are assigned to coach on a yearly basis. This is not a tool that is intended to take away the coaches freedom in the creativity in designing their own seasonal plans, rather it is intended to provide loose guidelines and assist in the seasonal / practice planning process. On Ice Individual Skill Sessions: The outcome of the individual skill sessions is to insure that the coaches have a greater understanding of planning, key teaching points, key execution points, and teaching progressions of relevant fundamental skills and the drills utilized to teach the athletes. The primary focus of these sessions is on the coaches and the coaching staffs. It is a primary outcome that the coaches leave the ice with a greater understanding and knowledge of the teaching process. The long term benefit is that the coaches will continue to teach in a consistent manner and the athletes will benefit for years to come. The skill continuum is a key tool in the long term success of this component of the mentorship program. Off Ice Athletic Development Sessions: The focus of the off-ice athletic development sessions are to provide coaches with a basic practical knowledge of training activities to enhance the young athletes agility, balance, and coordination. It is important for coaches to gain both a theoretical and practical knowledge base in order for them to be comfortable in facilitating the sessions. The sessions have a fun yet challenging twist to inspire and challenge the young athletes to gain new skills, strength, and endurance. The Future Champions Coach Mentorship Program has a holistic approach to coach training. The technical information is presented in an easily understood and applied manner. Coaches are provided opportunities for one on one discussion, group discussion, and networking. The end result is the creation of a strong coaching community in the local community associations. Future Champions is dedicated to the building of strong foundations for long term success in the sport of ringette. For more information and to book your sessions, please do not hesitate to contact Lorrie directly at: Email: lhorne3@yahoo.com or futurechampions@shaw.ca or 780.722.3797 |