Coaching
Gary Pallett directs triathlon coaching at the Manitoba National Triathlon Centre (MNTC) at the UofM. Dave Lipchen is the Head Coach of the Triathlon Manitoba Youth Team. Each club also has a Head Coach or coaching staff.
Coaching Association of Canada
Sport Manitoba
True Sport (a growing Canadian movement that recognizes and promotes the life skills and values derived from community sport)
Coach of the Month (posted on October 16, 2009)
Congratulations to Gary Pallett for being named Coach of the Month for September by Coaching Manitoba. To read more, please click here. To view the video, please click here.
NCCP updates (posted on February 10, 2009)
To view an update article outlining the new NCCP information, please click here.
Coaching Manitoba Unit by Jeff Hnatiuk, President & CEO, Sport Manitoba (posted on October 13, 2007)
As previously outlined in Sport Manitoba's Business Plan initiatives, a Coaching Futures Group was established in 2005 by Sport Manitoba and Coaching Manitoba to review the recommendations of the National Coaching Group on the restructuring of coaching delivery in Canada, the impact it would have on sport delivery in Manitoba and make recommendations toward implementation of a Provincial/Territorial Sport Leadership Education Council in Manitoba (PTSLEC).
In its terms of reference to assist Manitoba in becoming a leader in coach education and development and ensure coaching receives appropriate recognition and support, the Coaching Futures Group was given a broad mandate to:
Upon completion of its mandate, the Coaching Futures Group determined that if coaching development was to remain a priority in sport, a number of synergies, advantages and efficiencies could be realized through a delivery system where all programs and services related to coaching would be under one roof, thus ensuring a one stop shop for coaches of all levels.
The Board of Directors of Sport Manitoba subsequently approved the following recommendations put forward by the Coaching Futures Group:
PTSLEC Council works as an advisory council on coaching programs to the Sport Manitoba Board of Directors.
The transition and integration of the programs, services and administration currently being provided by Coaching Manitoba into the new Coaching Manitoba Unit of Sport Manitoba will occur over the next few months.
As the Coaching Manitoba Unit becomes a new functional unit of Sport Manitoba, the position of Director of Coaching will be an open competition to all interested applicants. Details of this posting are available on the Sport Manitoba website at http://www.sportmanitoba.ca/employment.php
Should you have any questions or concerns, please contact me at 925-5601.
Manitoba Triathlon coach honoured with highest designation (posted on August 10, 2007)
Congratulations to Gary Pallett, Director and Head Coach, Manitoba National Triathlon Centre, for being one of the coaches honoured with the designation as Charter Member of Coaches of Canada. Charter membership represents the highest membership level attainable with Coaching of Canada, and is the highest appointed recognition to any Triathlon Coach. To read Triathlon Canada's announcement, please click here.
Coaching Manitoba Excellence Awards
Triathlon Manitoba's Coach of the Year
This award was initiated in 2002 to recognize the individual who has shown a dedication and commitment to coaching in Manitoba, best displayed through leadership and the development of Manitoba athletes. Click here (Adobe PDF) to see the nomination form.
2009: Jason Brescacin, Dave Lipchen, Gary Pallett
In 2009, all three of the above coaches received nominations. Jason received nominations from 3 of his club's members (TriFactor) outlining the excellent job he's doing to help their members attain their goals. Dave Lipchen continues to lead the very successful Manitoba Youth Triathlon Team. The Canada Games Team did extremely well at the Canada Games this summer through Gary Pallett's direction. The awards committee decided all three of these coaches deserved the Coach of the Year award for 2009.
2008: Gary Pallett
2007: Dave Lipchen
2006: Gary Pallett
2005: Dave Lipchen
In 2005 Dave was the Triple Threat Triathlon Club's coach, and he also coached the Manitoba Youth Triathlon Team. He was nominated for Coach of the Year by a Youth Triathlon Team member's parent and a member of Triple Threat.
The Manitoba Youth Triathlon Team started as a handful of athletes. Their range of experience, ability, and background was quite diverse, but Dave molded them and other athletes that he recruited onto the team into a very skilled group who looked forward to their training sessions with him, attended many races, and enjoyed their triathlon experience thoroughly. Dave's enthusiasm, charisma, hard work, and fun-loving character were the ingredients of his success.
In his second year as coach of the Triple Threat Triathlon Club, Dave led a group of approximately 30 recreational lifestyle fitness athletes. His monthly training plans, weekly bike and run workouts, willingness to work individually with any athlete, and personality, motivated many TTTC members to train hard to meet their fitness and race goals, while having fun.
2004: Patrick Peacock
For the last several seasons, the members of the Tribalistic Triathlon Team have repeatedly identified Athlete Development as the area they overwhelmingly felt should be the Team’s number one priority. Unfortunately, without access to a professional level, dedicated coach, there was only so much that could offered to the members for the previous three seasons.
That changed this year as Patrick Peacock took on the role of Head Coach for the team. Despite the fact that no level of compensation had yet been discussed, Pat began working with athletes as early as October, almost two full months before an agreement was finalized.
When that time came, Pat had already designed a proposal for the Tribe Board members to review, which had two separate tracks based on level of athlete commitment and was willing to further break things down for athletes based on their planned race distance and season goals. After reviewing the proposal, the Board unanimously accepted Pat’s offer and he was officially in business.
The results were immediate as athletes not only began turning in personal bests in different disciplines, but they also had some of the most enjoyable workouts ever. Their training atmosphere was exceptional, and it had everything to do with the work that Pat had put into their program.
Whether working with rookies or vets, high performance athletes or people who were just interested in gaining some fitness, Patrick was able to tailor his program to suit their needs, treating everyone with fairness & respect, while ensuring they would enjoy themselves in a fun environment. Even when an athlete was battling an injury, Pat was able to provide them with the knowledge & reassurance they needed to see their way back to healthy training.
As the pre-season began, almost every athlete who was regularly attending the workouts (many of whom had been just as dedicated in the attendance during past years) set personal best performances during the Puma Road Race Series and then the Prestige Duathlon Series. Then as the triathlon season began, the success kept coming at an incredible pace.
Across every distance, athletes were recording phenomenal performances. Newcomers Paul Francis & Erika Andrejowich recorded great success in the Sprint distance races. Second-year athletes Kim Witges and Chris Livingstone took of 22 & 14 minutes off respectively from their previous best Olympic times. Veteran racers like Jared Spier had the best season to date. Scott Taylor regained his incredible form. Even at the Half-Ironman distance, the performances of Scott, Kim, Sean Cheop, Sherrie Kelly and Corrine Spier were more than would have ever been expected at the seasons start.
Finally, there may be no better example of how well his program worked than Pat’s own dominance of the Manitoba Grand Prix series. He practiced what he preached and that led him to untouchable performances.
All of these reasons justify Patrick Peacock being named the 2004 TriMB Coach of the Year.
2003: Dave Lipchen, Brent Miller, and Kris Hildebrand (Teen Tri coaching team)
This trio helped develop a new program that encouraged and developed youth in a fun group setting, fostering both athletic and social skills. These three coaches each have their particular triathlon strengths, which they brought to the program with an excellent rapport with the kids. They started with a handful of kids and grew to over 20 regular participants by September. At Youth Regionals, they had 13 kids participate in the event, and Manitoba won the Markham Cup. Their enthusiasm and efforts made the program a success.
2002: Philippe Chabot
Philippe was the coach of the Triple Threat Triathlon Club. His dedication, commitment, and personable style motivated club members to attain their performance, social, and lifestyle-fitness goals.
Coaching Manitoba's Coach of the Month
Coaching Manitoba is pleased to announce the launch of our newest recognition program,
"Coach of the Month". One coach a month will be recognized for making an
outstanding contribution to sport and athlete development in the Province of Manitoba. The
program is open to coaches at all levels of sport (grassroots through high performance).
The nominated coach must have completed at least one component of Level 1 NCCP (Theory, Technical).
The deadline for nominations is 12:00 noon on the last day of each month. The "Coach
of the Month" will be named on the third working day of each month. Each "Coach
of the Month" will be recognized on our website as well as through a press release.
For more information and to access a nomination form, visit
www.coachingmanitoba.ca/recognition_coach_of_the_month.php
Coaching Manitoba's Coach of the Month for September 2003 is Kris Hildebrand
Coaching Manitoba's Coach of the Month recognition program is designed to recognize outstanding Manitoba coaches in action. Nominations are accepted for coaches at all levels of sport (grassroots through to high performance). The program aims to identify coaches who are making extraordinary contributions to sport and athlete development, that is, coaches who keep athletes involved by making sport fun!
September's Coach of the Month recipient is Kris Hildebrand! He was nominated by a Kathy and Trevor Penner, a parent and athlete.
Congratulations Kris!
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