CDC Workshop
Back for its third year in a row, the PGA of Canada’s Teaching and Coaching Certification Program (TCCP) Coach of Developing Competitors (CDC) workshop takes place at the end in January in Port St. Lucie, Fla.
This six day workshop, which runs from Jan. 27-Feb.1 at PGA Centre for Golf Learning and Performance at PGA Village in Port St. Lucie, Fla. is designed for coaches who are looking to work with and support developing athletes.
“This is more than professional development, it’s about laying critical foundation to take PGA of Canada Members’ coaching careers to the next level,” says the PGA of Canada’s Technical Director, Glenn Cundari. “This is the only golf coaching certification program recognized by the leading sport organizations in Canada and around the world.”
At the CDC workshop, participants will see a focus on six main learning objectives: Developing Athletic Abilities; Analyze Technical and Tactical Performance; Performance Planning; Planning a Practice 2; Make Ethical Decisions; and Psychology of Performance.
Attendees will have a chance to learn from renowned leaders in the golf industry—Liam Mucklow and Cundari—as well as members of Team Canada’s National Coaching and Support Staff including CDC newcomers Dr. Adrienne Leslie-Toogood and Jason Glass, as well workshop returnees Tristian Mullally and Robert Ratcliffe.
Dr. Leslie-Toogood provides mental performance coaching services to Team Canada athletes and is a graduate of the University of Manitoba, earning her doctorate in clinical psychology in 2001 and is currently the Director of Sport Psychology for the Canadian Sport Center Manitoba, and an adjunct faculty member at the University of Manitoba.
“The facilitators are one of the reasons we are so confident in this context,” Cundari says. “This year we will use coaching staff from Team Canada as well as internationally recognized experts within the sport of golf.”
Jason Glass is one of the world’s top golf strength and conditioning specialist. Glass owns and operates Tour Performance Lab and Kinetica Golf Performance in Vancouver and specializes in training rotary athletes, biomechanics, physical assessments and functional strength training. He’s also a consultant for many top professional athletes from the PGA, European, WEB.COM and LPGA Tours and is also the head strength and conditioning coach for the Canadian National Team.
Mullally, who is head coach of the Canadian Women’s National Team, says the CDC workshop is a tremendous opportunity for PGA of Canada members to improve him or herself as a coach.
“This workshop with all the facilitators adds value to you as a coach and I think if you’re constantly trying to improve your students, you should also look to improve yourself.”
Second-year facilitator Mucklow agrees with Mullally and says the opportunity to rub shoulders with other PGA of Canada professionals is worth the price of admission.
“It’s a phenomenal chance to really learn what other top professionals are doing across the country,” Mucklow says. “Just interacting with the professionals here has allowed me to pick up strategies that I’ll take back and implement into our programs.”
Participants are encouraged to apply for a $500 bursary, which has been made available by the PGA of Canada. For more information on the bursary, CLICK HERE. Also, interested participants should check with her or her provincial coaching association for possible grant applications to cover off some costs of the workshop.
The CDC workshop is the second context TCCP Competition Stream, along with Coach of New Competitors (CNC), and Coach of High Performers (CHP), and aligns with athletes in ‘Train to Compete” and ‘Train to Excel’ of the Long Term Player Development (LTPD) Guide to Golf in Canada.
Members who are interested in participating in the once-a-year- workshop should register by Jan. 13, 2014.
To follow the conversation, check out #PGACDC
For more information, visit the CDC page HERE or email education@pgaofcanada.com
This six day workshop, which runs from Jan. 27-Feb.1 at PGA Centre for Golf Learning and Performance at PGA Village in Port St. Lucie, Fla. is designed for coaches who are looking to work with and support developing athletes.
“This is more than professional development, it’s about laying critical foundation to take PGA of Canada Members’ coaching careers to the next level,” says the PGA of Canada’s Technical Director, Glenn Cundari. “This is the only golf coaching certification program recognized by the leading sport organizations in Canada and around the world.”
At the CDC workshop, participants will see a focus on six main learning objectives: Developing Athletic Abilities; Analyze Technical and Tactical Performance; Performance Planning; Planning a Practice 2; Make Ethical Decisions; and Psychology of Performance.
Attendees will have a chance to learn from renowned leaders in the golf industry—Liam Mucklow and Cundari—as well as members of Team Canada’s National Coaching and Support Staff including CDC newcomers Dr. Adrienne Leslie-Toogood and Jason Glass, as well workshop returnees Tristian Mullally and Robert Ratcliffe.
Dr. Leslie-Toogood provides mental performance coaching services to Team Canada athletes and is a graduate of the University of Manitoba, earning her doctorate in clinical psychology in 2001 and is currently the Director of Sport Psychology for the Canadian Sport Center Manitoba, and an adjunct faculty member at the University of Manitoba.
“The facilitators are one of the reasons we are so confident in this context,” Cundari says. “This year we will use coaching staff from Team Canada as well as internationally recognized experts within the sport of golf.”
Jason Glass is one of the world’s top golf strength and conditioning specialist. Glass owns and operates Tour Performance Lab and Kinetica Golf Performance in Vancouver and specializes in training rotary athletes, biomechanics, physical assessments and functional strength training. He’s also a consultant for many top professional athletes from the PGA, European, WEB.COM and LPGA Tours and is also the head strength and conditioning coach for the Canadian National Team.
Mullally, who is head coach of the Canadian Women’s National Team, says the CDC workshop is a tremendous opportunity for PGA of Canada members to improve him or herself as a coach.
“This workshop with all the facilitators adds value to you as a coach and I think if you’re constantly trying to improve your students, you should also look to improve yourself.”
Second-year facilitator Mucklow agrees with Mullally and says the opportunity to rub shoulders with other PGA of Canada professionals is worth the price of admission.
“It’s a phenomenal chance to really learn what other top professionals are doing across the country,” Mucklow says. “Just interacting with the professionals here has allowed me to pick up strategies that I’ll take back and implement into our programs.”
Participants are encouraged to apply for a $500 bursary, which has been made available by the PGA of Canada. For more information on the bursary, CLICK HERE. Also, interested participants should check with her or her provincial coaching association for possible grant applications to cover off some costs of the workshop.
The CDC workshop is the second context TCCP Competition Stream, along with Coach of New Competitors (CNC), and Coach of High Performers (CHP), and aligns with athletes in ‘Train to Compete” and ‘Train to Excel’ of the Long Term Player Development (LTPD) Guide to Golf in Canada.
Members who are interested in participating in the once-a-year- workshop should register by Jan. 13, 2014.
To follow the conversation, check out #PGACDC
For more information, visit the CDC page HERE or email education@pgaofcanada.com