Skills development Program Coaching (for ages 3 - 14)

Providing children with a fun start to build their fundamentals for their cross-country skiing journey in a safe and professional manner is rewarding. You don’t need to be a great cross-country skier to start coaching with us! The club will help you develop your personal cross-country skiing skills.

Golden Nordic Ski Club coaches are required to meet the below expectations before they lead any youth sessions. Coaching is on a volunteer basis. Many parents will dedicate several years as a youth program coach while their children are in the programs. This helps ensure that the club can offer these valuable programs.

How to Become a Coach with Golden Nordic

The coach’s training starts with completing the online training for coaching Bunnyrabbits (ages 3-5) regardless of what age you hope to coach. If you want to coach older skiers, you need to take additional courses for each level. See below for the specific requirements for each level. In addition, all coaches need to have:

  • a current, cleared criminal record check specific for coaching for the Golden Nordic Ski Club youth program

  • sign up for their coaching license with Nordiq Canada

  • be a current member of Golden Nordic Ski Club

  • be on Nordic ski equipment during their coaching sessions

  • minimum age of 14

Coaching Requirements for Skills Development Program coaches

Bunnyrabbits (ages 3-5) - all online

  • 1. Set up a (free) National Coaching Certification Program (NCCP) account and obtain your NCCP#.

  • 2. Required courses and modules - follow this order:

    • NCCP Coach Initiation in Sport (under Multi-sport) 1 hr. $15 course fee. Club will reimburse after coaching for the season.

    • Intro To Community Coaching (ICC) (uncer Cross Country Skiing) 4-5 hrs. $52 course fee. Reimbursed after season.

    • Understanding the Rule of Two (under Multi-sport) 20 min. Free.

    • Making Ethical Decisions (MED) Online Evaluation (under Multi-sport) 45-60 min. Free ONLY after taking ICC. Take it first!

    • SafeSport Training (under Multi-Sport) 90 min. Free.

  • 3. Sign up for your Nordiq Canada coaching license (free) and register each year (this covers your insurance).

  • Minimum age is 14 years old.

Coaching Jackrabbits (ages 6-9)

You will need all of the Bunnyrabbits coaching requirements as well as:

  • Community Coaching (CC) on-snow course (16 hours). $120. Club will reimburse at the end of your coaching season.

  • Minimum age of 16 years old.

Coaching Track Attack Nordic Cruisers (10-14)

You will need the Jackrabbits coaching requirements as well as:

  1. Learning to Train (L2T) Dryland - in person

  2. Learning to Train (L2T) On-Snow - in person

Biathlon Coaching

Golden Nordic offers biathlon for youth ages 8+ and adults.

To become a coach and supporter of the biathlon programs in Golden… We are offering a coaching course this fall!

NCCP Biathlon Community Coaching Workshop
October 19 (full day) & October 20 (5 - 9 pm), 2025

Want to help support our biathlon programs this season? We need your help! Parents, youth 14+, and anyone interested in biathlon is welcome to join this workshop. You will gain insight into the sport of biathlon and how to help support a biathlon program for youth and adults. Participants from other clubs are welcome to register.

No experience needed!

The workshop will go over how to use the electronic rifles, planning your sessions with fun activities and skill builder drills, and much more. It’ll be a lot of fun. Volunteer biathlon coaches with our club will have their course fees waived.

Workshop capacity: 12.

Location: Dawn Mountain Nordic Centre.

1) Register here: https://thelocker.coach.ca/event/public/5837738 once you have created your Locker. You will receive more information prior to the workshop from the instructor Robyn Williams.

2) Pay here: Workshop fee: $110 + 5% GST to be paid to the club either through e-transfer to payments@goldennordicclub.ca or via the Square button below using a credit card.

Pay for Biathlon community coaching workshop here

Coaching Requirements for all biathlon programs

  1. Get your Biathlon Canada / Biathlon BC membership for the season. You will select "coach" as the membership for you. This covers you for insurance. Biathlon Canada $20 and Biathlon BC $5. If you know that any of your family members will be participating in recreational biathlon this season, you could include them in the same registration form as "recreational athlete" like last season for Biathlon Canada ($15) and Biathlon BC ($10) on the same form.

  2. Take a Community Coaching Workshop for Biathlon. The club will cover your registration fee.

  3. Submit a current, cleared criminal record check. If working with children, please specify this at the police office when applying.

  4. Be a current member of Golden Nordic Ski Club.

  5. Be on Nordic ski equipment during your coaching sessions.

  6. Set up a (free) National Coaching Certification Program (NCCP) account and obtain your NCCP#. Take the online courses (see below) in your NCCP Locker. Please be aware that that you need to hit the completion button otherwise it won't record that you have done it. 

The following courses are required by Golden Nordic for biathlon coaches: 

  • Coach Initiation in Sport (1 hr). $15 to be reimbursed by the club.

  • Introduction to Community Coaching ICC (4-5 hrs) under Cross-country skiing tab on the left. $52 to be reimbursed by the club.

  • Understanding the Rule of Two (20 minutes). Free.

  • SafeSport training (90 minutes). Free.

  • Making Ethical Decisions Online Evaluation (1 hr). Free once you have taken the ICC so don’t pay for it.

In addition, Biathlon Canada expects coaches to complete the following online courses in their Locker:

  • Emergency Action Plan.

  • Suggested as well: Creating a Positive Sport Environment

Benefits of Being a oach

There are ample rewards for coaching with the youth program. Seeing the smiles on the kids’ faces and witnessing their excitement as they discover the joys of gliding through the winter wonderland. Helping children improve their skiing techniques while gaining confidence. Having fun together, finding adventures on and off the trails. As a coach, you are at the heart of the youth programs where you will mentor, lead, and inspire. Whether you want to give back to the sport that gave you a lot in your lifetime or you are a new skier eager to help your child learn a new sport, there’s a role for you. The club invites all coaches to an early season coaches gathering where experienced coaches will share games, learning drills, and strategies to help create quality learning experiences for the youth. Also, coaches are invited to hone their personal cross-country skiing techniques in free coach improvement sessions.

Get in Touch!

We always welcome new coaches. Please reach out to see how to get started or for any other coaching related questions. programs@goldennordicclub.ca. Thanks so much!