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Sportsmanship Sportsmanship Course
The National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) developed a complimentary course to give you a better understanding of sportsmanship and how it impacts your specific role in modeling it at all practices and competitions. Insight is shared throughout the course from fans, players, parents, coaches and officials.
The free course takes about 15 minutes to complete and can be found in the NFSH website. This is an extra resource for local programs and coaches, but it is not currently a part of SONC's certification process. Once the course is complete, each coach will receive a certificate. If you have any questions, please contact Andrea Stamm. |
Coaches Education
Behind every successful athlete is a coach. Being a coach can be one of the most rewarding experiences of a lifetime – both for you and your athletes. We provide the training you need to be a successful coach. Certified Coach: For all individuals training athletes in a sport; certification as a coach consists of the following components:
- General Orientation (GO): Complete the online training and take a short test. General Orientation is an introduction to Special Olympics and to the program and structure in North Carolina.
- Protective Behaviors (PB): Complete a 15 minute online course to learn how to recognize and handle signs of abusive behaviors.
- Sports-specific skills course: Attend a training school that will give you specific instruction in training athletes in a sport as well as Special Olympics modifications to that sport.
- Ten practicum hours: Time actually spent training Special Olympics athletes after attending a training school.
Coaches must be at least 18 years old to be a certified coach. Anyone age 14 years and up can attend a training school.
Advanced Certified Coach: Required training consists of the following:
- All Certified Coach Requirements
- Coaching Special Olympics Athletes (CSOA):Complete an online test.CSOA is a more in-depth training about how to work with Special Olympics athletes, recognize and accommodate their needs in the sport, and provide them with an effective sport training and competition experience.
- Principles of Coaching (PoC): Complete an online test. PoC is education regarding the sport management team approach to recruitment and sport development, how to enhance athlete performance, and application of basic principles of coaching.
If you have received training and are a certified coach in a sport with a different organization, contact Andrea Stamm for your certification options.
Check Your Certification Information
If you would like to check your certification status, you may do so by clicking on the document below. This document is updated monthly.
Certified Coaches List (May)
You may notice your name list more than once, one line shows whether or not you have completed General Orientation, Protective Behaviors, Coaching Special Olympics Athletes and/or Principles of Coaches (there is a date in the column if you have), the other(s) shows a date in the “Sports” column if you have attended a sports specific skills course at a training school.
Sports certification expires every 3 years. You will see when your certification expires in the last column labeled “Expiration”. If your certification has expired or is about to expire, please contact Andrea Stamm to get information about getting recertified.
Protective Behaviors certification expires every 3 years. Add 3 years to the date in the column to see if yours is current or needs to be renewed.
Local Coordinators can use the filter function to see only their program’s coaches. In the “county” column, click on the pull down arrow and uncheck the “select all” box, then but a check in the box for your county. Click “OK”. |
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Free National Federation of State High School Associations Courses
• Coaching Unified Sports – this course is another option to attending a training school for Unified Certification. At the completion of this course, you need to send the certificate you receive to Andrea Stamm so you get credit for this course.
Coach Recertification
If it has been more than three years since you attended a sport-specific training school, you are required to complete an online test or attend another training school to be recertified. Contact Andrea Stamm to get more information.
Share Your Sport Knowledge!
Are you an experienced SONC or sport coach interested in helping train other coaches in your community or around the state? Contact Andrea Stamm to learn how to become a Certified Clinician.
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