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The new edition of Coaching Principles is here!

The long-awaited fifth edition of our flagship offering, Coaching Principles, is now available. Representing the most comprehensive certification course available to scholastic coaches today, Coaching Principles, Fifth Edition Online Course features the latest scientific research and best practices in sport coaching and a new course-delivery system providing coaches with a more robust learning experience and easier course accessibility.   Given the responsibility they shoulder, your coaches need and deserve the best training possible to prepare them for their roles: Coaching Principles.  Please contact me if you have any questions regarding the new course or on how to make it available to...

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Welcome to an exclusive group of coaches!

We commend you for your commitment to coaching, your willingness to learn and improve, and your desire to provide the most positive sport experience possible for the athletes you coach. By successfully completing your course, your name is listed in the National Coaches Registry, an online listing of coaches. Administrators use this online resource to verify coaches’ course completion, so it’s beneficial to both you and them that your name appears in the registry. To document your achievement, you can print a course completion certificate from the website. You can also email your course transcript to anyone who may need...

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Top women coaches share keys to coaching success

For immediate release:May 16, 2022 For more information, contact:Mark AllemandMarketing ManagerHuman Kinetics, Inc.MarkA@hkusa.com800-747-4457, ext. 2212 Vanessa FuchsCEOWeCOACHinfo@wecoachsports.org850-728-4875     Print ISBN 978-1-7182-0322-8Price: $27.95 Ebook ISBN 978-1-7182-0323-5Price: $27.95  Top women coaches share keys to coaching successNew book offers inspiration for women to enter the coaching ranks CHAMPAIGN, Ill.—This June marks the 50th anniversary of the passing of Title IX, the federal civil rights law that gave women equal opportunity to play and opened the door for women’s sports to take root and grow in America. Coinciding with this historic celebration is the release of Winning Ways of Women Coaches, a new...

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Discontinuation of offline testing for scholastic instructors

Dear Human Kinetics Coach Education Scholastic Instructor, Human Kinetics Coach Education introduced online courses and testing nearly 20 years ago. The use of Coaching Principles and Sport First Aid paper-pencil tests has steadily decreased since that time. Instructors and students have embraced the benefits of online testing, including a better user experience, less instructor involvement, fewer data entry errors, and instantaneous scoring, feedback, and reporting. The majority of scholastic instructors already have their coaches test online*. Because so few users now use paper-pencil testing, it is no longer a viable option. As such, Human Kinetics Coach Education will be eliminating...

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Discontinuation of offline testing for higher education instructors

Dear Human Kinetics Coach Education Higher Education Instructor, Human Kinetics Coach Education introduced online courses and testing nearly 20 years ago. The use of Coaching Principles and Sport First Aid paper-pencil tests has steadily decreased since that time. Instructors and students have embraced the benefits of online testing, including a better user experience, less instructor involvement, fewer data entry errors, and instantaneous scoring, feedback, and reporting. The majority of higher education instructors exclusively test online. Because so few users now use paper-pencil testing, it is no longer a viable option, and Human Kinetics Coach Education will no longer accept paper-pencil tests...

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