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Special Olympics offers training and competition opportunities in 30 Olympic-type sports for athletes 8 years or older.  For children with intellectual disabilities ages 2 through 7, Special Olympics provides a Young Athletes Program. Special Olympics coaches have a unique opportunity to work with athletes in competitive situations to assist in their training for life. As a grass-roots organization, Special Olympics relies on volunteers at all levels of the movement to ensure that every athlete is offered a quality sports training and competition experience. Individual donors, corporate partners and many others make it possible for Special Olympics to offer children and adults with intellectual disabilities the opportunity to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage and experience joy through participation in the program.
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The links below are designed to provide you with the information you will need to become a better Snowboarding coach. Just as you strive to encourage and develop the 'total athlete,' we hope this information encourages and helps you develop the 'total coach' in you.

 

Table of Contents

I.  Snowboarding
 
 
 
 
 
II. General Information
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Download the entire Snowboarding Coaching Guide as a Microsoft Word Document or PDF file — Click on the appropriate icon below
 
    
 
Download the Snowboarding Quick Start Guide — Click on the icon below
 
 

Acknowledgements

Special Olympics wishes to thank the professionals, volunteers, coaches and athletes who helped in the production of the Snowboarding Coaching Guide. They have helped fulfill the mission of Special Olympics: to provide year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for people 8 years of age and older with intellectual disabilities, giving them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy and participate in a sharing of gifts, skills and friendship with their families, other Special Olympics athletes and the community.
 
Special Olympics welcomes your ideas and comments for future revisions of this guide. We apologize if, for any reason, an acknowledgement has been inadvertently omitted.
 
Snowboarding Coaching Guide Group Photo
 
Contributing Authors
 
Sven Knupp, Snowboarding Sport Resource Team Member
Ryan Murphy, Special Olympics, Inc.
Brett Nemke, Snowboarding Sport Resource Team Member
Bob Whitehead, Special Olympics Wisconsin and Special Olympics, Inc. — Snowboarding Technical Delegate
 
Special Thanks To the Following for All of Your Help and Support
 
Floyd Croxton, Special Olympics, Inc., Athlete
Jarvis Jones
Dave Lenox, Special Olympics, Inc.
Paul Whichard, Special Olympics, Inc.
Special Olympics Idaho
Special Olympics North America
Special Olympics Wisconsin
Video Clips Starring Athletes from Special Olympics Maryland
     Troy George
     Josh Ortega
     Stephanie Rodriguez
Video Shoot Support from Special Olympics Idaho Staff and Volunteers
     Terry Kinkead — Coach
     Corby Goade, Special Olympics Idaho
2009 Special Olympics World Winter Games — Games Organizing Committee
Tamarack Resort — Tamarack, Idaho USA — Location of Video Shoot and 2009 Special Olympics World Winter Games
 
 
 
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