The University of Delaware and the US Olympic Committee have partnered up again for a fifth year of the International Coaching Enrichment Certification Programme (ICECP).

The program provides coaches with intensive education that consists of lectures, projects, guest speakers, participant presentations, group work, field trips and project planning. It is funded by the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
Participants in ICECP are all national-level coaches in their home countries. The Class of 2012 is comprised of coaches from 31 nations, 5 continents and represent 11 sports.

And one of the participants is Daniel Augustine, Cayman Islands Head Coach Men’s National Basketball Team

The 2012 course will include topics include sport nutrition, sport medicine, injury management and prevention, sport psychology and physiology, sport administration and coaching methods.

The programme is being conducted in partnership with Olympic Solidarity, which provides financial assistance to National Olympic Committees around the world.

“We are looking to build on last year’s success,” stated Matt Robinson, program director. “The faculty was incredible last year and we had a committed and passionate group of participants who have returned to their native countries and have made impacts at the grassroots levels all the way up to the highest levels of competition in their respective sports. We cannot be prouder last year’s group and we are excited about working with the new group.”

Mike D’Antoni, U.S. men’s basketball assistant and former NBA head coach, was be the keynote speaker at the opening ceremony of the fifth edition of the International Coaching Enrichment Certificate Program (ICECP) that was held on Monday, Sept. 24, in the Grand Ballroom of Marriott’s Courtyard Newark-University of Delaware hotel on campus.

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The mission of the ICECP is to provide national level coaches and those responsible for the development of the sport national coaching structures in their countries with a practical program orientated towards developing proficiency in the areas of sport sciences, talent identification, athlete development, coaching education, coaching management, grass roots sport development and ethical aspects of coaching at all levels of competition and across multiple sports. The focus of the program includes training participants to identify and develop athletes, but also provides the participants with the skills and competencies needed to educate aspiring coaches in their home country.

The program will lay theoretical foundations and offer practical applications for the further growth of sport and the Olympic ideals within their home country. The intended outcome is for ICECP participants to return to their countries and to serve as coaches within their respective sports as well as become foundation builders for future coaches and athletes while spreading the Olympic spirit.

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