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

 
Download the Snowshoeing Quick Start Guide as a Microsoft Word Document or PDF file — Click on the appropriate icon below
 

   

 

Acknowledgements

Special Olympics wishes to thank the professionals, volunteers, coaches and athletes who helped in the production of the Snowshoeing 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 eight 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 snowshoeing welcomes your ideas and comments for future revisions of this guide. We apologize, if, for any reason, an acknowledgement has been inadvertently omitted.
 
Snowshoers standing in front of Canada Olympic Development Association building
 
Contributing Authors
  Doug Castor, Special Olympics Canada
Ryan Murphy, Special Olympics, Inc.
Tom Sobal, Special Olympics, Inc. Technical Delegate
Kelly Zackodnik, Special Olympics Canada
 
Special Thanks To the Following for All of Your Help and Support
 
Canada Olympic Development Association
Canada Olympic Park
Brenda Hill, Special Olympics Canada
Dave Lenox, Special Olympics, Inc.
Video Featuring Athletes from Special Olympics Canada
     Fern Bremault
     Chris Doty
     Sarah McCarthy
     Jennifer Riddell
Paul Whichard, Special Olympics, Inc.
Lance Zackodnik, Special Olympics Canada
 
 
 
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