Coaches

Our coaches follow the principles of the Long Term Athlete Development Model (LTAD).

The LTAD model is based on the physical, mental, emotional and cognitive development of children and adolescents. It is an inclusive concept that encourages all individuals to be involved in lifelong activity and articulates the need for all children, particularly those that have the capacity and interest to become elite athletes, to be given a solid foundation in physical, technical, tactical and mental capacities upon which to build their performance abilities.

Our primary focus is to promote the development of good people, and secondarily to develop athletic skills useful in the sport of Nordic skiing. Children and youth learn important life skills such as team work, perseverance, life-long physical activity and informed healthy lifestyle choices.

Junior TEam Coaches

Devo TEam Coaches

The Devo coaches are a fun-loving crew eager to share their skiing enthuasism with the youngest members of our race team.

Devo Coaches

Alison James, Jim Bratrud, Michaela Jelen, Jaymie McGowan, Jay Havelaar, Ramona Gregory, Nick Holyome, Sean Moore, Rick Smith, Debbie Wright, Lindsay Warder and Alexandra Apedaile.

Contact info@strathconanordics.com

Recreational Program Coaches

Our recreation program coaches are the heart of our club! Much of our club’s success depends on volunteer community spirit and the coaches who are willing to share their time and love of the outdoors and cross-country skiing with skiers of all ability levels. They are too numerous to mention individually, but we have coaches, from Bunnyrabbit age to Masters Recreational program, who come back year after year. A huge thank you goes out to our Coaching Director and Skill Development Coordinator who both spent a vast amount of time organzing all the coaches and making sure everyone has what they need for a successful season of coaching. We are also seeing the benefit of our older youth skiers who have grown up in the Rabbit program and progressed onto our racing teams and are now sharing their excellent technical skills and knowledge of skiing with they younger skiers. Some of the benefits of being a coach, besides the obvious of being outside skiing with eager learners, are free training with our NCCP coaching courses, yearly socials and swag offerings. For more information about becoming a coach click here.

School Program Coaches

Please see our School Program page for more information. If you are interested in becoming a coach with the Rick Morson School Program please email the School Program Coordinator.