Ski Your Best Program

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The Ski Your Best Program is a CANSI project that was developed to be able to fit in with the new "Competency-based NCCP" (National Coaching Certification Program). Competency-based NCCP was developed by the Coaching Association of Canada, Sport Canada and national sport organizations has 3 streams (http://www.coach.ca/eng/certification/nccp_for_coaches/nccp_model.cfm). . Right now, Cross-Country Canada has programs for cross-country skiing to fill 2 of these streams (Community and Competition). But at the time this was written, there was no initiative to fill the Instructional stream (see the participant and coach development model submitted by CCC for cross-country skiing http://www.coach.ca/eng/certification/documents/c_pdm_CrossCountrySki_dec05.pdf). The CANSI XC Ski Your Best Program is directed at participants of all ages in the Instructional stream. The program provides an alternative to CANSI certification courses for high level skiers who want instruction but are not interested in taking a certification course to become an instructor. Alternately, people who achieve a high enough level in the XC Ski Your Best Program (Silver) can opt to take a CANSI Level I certification course.