Coach Clinics
Hello coaches,
Please view the link below of Paul Rai's presentation at the ALA AGM and planning weekend November 2018
Are you looking to get involved with lacrosse as a coach? Amazing!
We've made the process as easy and barrier free as possible so you can move from desire to bench-boss, assistant coach, or gate-swinger in no time. To get you familiar with the steps, check out how to become a lacrosse coach, which takes you from creating your NCCP number at coach.ca in step 1, to registering for a clinic in your area in step 3 - concept to coach just like that!
To register please visit http://nccp.lacrosse.ca/register.php
Upcoming Coaching Clinics
These are the clinics already scheduled for the 2023 box lacrosse season. More will be added as we near the start of the season.
| Date | Location | Clinic Level | Host LGB | Contact | Contact Email | Registration Link |
| March 12 | Edmonton | Comm Dev- Box | GELC | Anna-Lise Hobday | executivedirector@gelc.ab.ca | https://nccp.lacrosse.ca/clinics.php |
| March 24-25 | Grand Prairie | Comm Dev- Box | Grand Prairie | Miranda McCartney | mirandamccartney@hotmail.com | https://nccp.lacrosse.ca/clinics.php |
| April 15 | Calgary | Comm Dev- Box | CDLA | Melinda Bevis | melinda@calgarylacrosse.com | https://nccp.lacrosse.ca/clinics.php |
| April 15 | Edmonton | Comm Dev- Box Women-Only | ALA | ALA | info@albertalacrosse.com | https://nccp.lacrosse.ca/clinics.php |
| April 16 | Calgary | Comm Dev- Box | CDLA | Melinda Bevis | melinda@calgarylacrosse.com | https://nccp.lacrosse.ca/clinics.php |
| April 16 | Edmonton | Comm Dev- Box | GELC | Anna-Lise Hobday | executivedirector@gelc.ab.ca | https://nccp.lacrosse.ca/clinics.php |
| April 22 | Calgary | Comm Dev- Box Women-Only | ALA | ALA | info@albertalacrosse.com | https://nccp.lacrosse.ca/clinics.php |
| April 23 | Calgary | Comm Dev- Box | CDLA | Melinda Bevis | melinda@calgarylacrosse.com | https://nccp.lacrosse.ca/clinics.php |
| April 23 | Lloydminster | Comm Dev- Box | WLA | Mike Groves | groverslax@yahoo.com | https://nccp.lacrosse.ca/clinics.php |
| April 30 | Calgary | Comm Dev- Box | CDLA | Melinda Bevis | melinda@calgarylacrosse.com | https://nccp.lacrosse.ca/clinics.php |
| April 30 | Lacombe | Comm Dev- Box | CALL | Angela Nygaard | centralalbertalacrosse@gmail.com | https://nccp.lacrosse.ca/clinics.php |
| May 3-4 | Edmonton | Comm Dev- Box | GELC | Anna-Lise Hobday | executivedirector@gelc.ab.ca | https://nccp.lacrosse.ca/clinics.php |
| May 13 | Calgary | Comm Dev- Box | CDLA | Melinda Bevis | melinda@calgarylacrosse.com | https://nccp.lacrosse.ca/clinics.php |
| May 14 | Calgary | Comm Dev- Box | CDLA | Melinda Bevis | melinda@calgarylacrosse.com | https://nccp.lacrosse.ca/clinics.php |
| May 28 | Red Deer | Comm Dev- Box | CALL | Angela Nygaard | centralalbertalacrosse@gmail.com | https://nccp.lacrosse.ca/clinics.php |
| March 18-19 | Edmonton | Comp Intro- Box | GELC | Anna-Lise Hobday | executivedirector@gelc.ab.ca | https://nccp.lacrosse.ca/clinics.php |
| March 25-26 | Grand Prairie | Comp Intro- Box | Grand Prairie | Miranda McCartney | mirandamccartney@hotmail.com | https://nccp.lacrosse.ca/clinics.php |
| April 14-16 | Okotoks | Comp Intro- Box | RMLL | Christine Thielen | christinethielen@hotmail.com | https://nccp.lacrosse.ca/clinics.php |
| April 15-16 | Cold Lake | Comp Intro- Box | WLA | Mike Groves | groverslax@yahoo.com | https://nccp.lacrosse.ca/clinics.php |
| April 22-23 | Edmonton | Comp Intro- Box | GELC | Anna-Lise Hobday | executivedirector@gelc.ab.ca | https://nccp.lacrosse.ca/clinics.php |
| April 29-30 | Lacombe | Comp Intro- Box | CALL | Angela Nygaard | centralalbertalacrosse@gmail.com | https://nccp.lacrosse.ca/clinics.php |
| May 6-7 | Calgary | Comp Intro- Box | CDLA | Melinda Bevis | melinda@calgarylacrosse.com | https://nccp.lacrosse.ca/clinics.php |
| May 13-14 | Edmonton | Comp Intro- Box | GELC | Anna-Lise Hobday | executivedirector@gelc.ab.ca | https://nccp.lacrosse.ca/clinics.php |
| May 27-28 | Innisfail | Comp Intro- Box | CALL | Angela Nygaard | centralalbertalacrosse@gmail.com | https://nccp.lacrosse.ca/clinics.php |
Upcoming Coach Development Opportunities
These are the upcoming coach development opportunities.
| Date | Location | Clinic Level | Host LGB | Contact | Contact Email | Registration Link |
| January 28-29 | Edmonton | U13 Box Coach Development | ALA | ALA | info@albertalacrosse.com | |
| March 11-12 | Calgary | U13 Box Coach Development | ALA | ALA | info@albertalacrosse.com | |
| March 18-19 | Red Deer | U13 Box Coach Development | ALA | ALA | info@albertalacrosse.com | |
| April 22-23 | Lloydminster | U13 Box Coach Development | ALA | ALA | info@albertalacrosse.com | |
| April TBC | Taber | U13 Box Coach Development | ALA | ALA | info@albertalacrosse.com | Registration Form |
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| March 8, 7pm | Online | Stick Stringing Coach Development | ALA | ALA | info@albertalacrosse.com |
There are also several recommended online coaching courses that coaches of any level can complete at any time on The Locker which will enhance your knowledge as a coach, and help you bring success to your team.
To find these coaching courses follow these easy steps:
- Login to your account at The Locker.
- Click ELEARNING along the top navigation bar.
- Select Multi-sport along the left navigation bar.
- Select your course.
- Enjoy becoming a stronger coach.
Responsible Coaching
The ALA has taken the pledge and is now a proud champion of the Responsible Coaching Movement!
By making this pledge, the ALA is showing our commitment to implementing supportive policies and processes that ensure the safety and protection of our athletes and coaches, and provide our coaches with the tools and training necessary to model ethical behavior.
The Responsible Coaching Movement (RCM) is a multi-phase. system-wide movement coordinated by the Coaching Association of Canada and the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport that has the potential to affect all sports organizations and coaches in a positive way.
The first phase of the RCM focuses on three key areas:
- Rule-of-Two: The Rule-of-Two serves to protect Minor athletes from potentially vulnerable situations by ensuring that more than one adult is present at all times. Vulnerable situations can include closed doors meetings, travel, and training environments.
- Background Screening: The background screening process involves using a number of different tools to ensure coaches meet the necessary security requirements to coach athletes. These tools include comprehensive job postings, criminal record checks, interviews, and reference checks.
- Respect and Ethics Training: Increasing coaches ethical conduct and behavior toward athletes requires that coaches be trained to understand what it means to act ethically. This training includes the Make Ethical Decisions module within the National Coaching Certification Program (CAC) but there are many.
With the support of the Coaching Association of Canada (CAC), the ALA will be actively reviewing current policies and procedures to ensure they align with the recommendations and guidelines of the RCM.
Working closely with our members and clubs, we will identify realistic ways and means to entrench the Responsible Coaching Movement across our sport and enhance the safety of our athletes and the ethical conduct of our coaches.
