Resources for Coaches

United States Fencing Coaches Association (USFCA): The USFCA provides educational clinics and seminars for fencing coaches.

The Fédération Internationale d'Escrime (FIE): The international federation for fencing. 

Sport Science InfoGraphics: Yann Le Meur takes peer-reviewed sport science journal papers and condenses the information into a simple to read infographic.

Supplement411: This site can help you navigate the tricky world of dietary supplements. It is a part of the USADA website.

Examine: This website is not affiliated with USADA, but it is a fantastic independent resource for evaluating dietary supplements. The evaluators take no funding from supplement companies and provide links and references for a large number of dietary supplements. If you are wondering if a dietary supplement “works” or not, this is a great resource.

Changing the Game Project: This website is dedicated to the idea of returning youth sports to the children to make sports a healthy, rewarding and positive experience in every kid’s life.

Positive Coaching Alliance: The Positive Coaching Alliance (PCA) is a non-profit organization dedicated to transforming youth sports culture so that all athletes have a positive, character-building experience to develop better athletes, better people. The site has resources for parents, coaches, athletes, officials and administrators.

TrueSport: TrueSport promotes positive youth experiences in sports. It is founded on the experiences and values of USADA and has three cornerstones: sportsmanship, character building and healthy performance.

Aspen Project Play: The Aspen Institute is a think tank that has included Project Play to promote sport participation. The Project looks at sport as a benefit for the individual from a physical activity standpoint and how kids playing sports has a positive influence on society.

iCoachKids: iCoachKids is a collaborative, multi-agency project that works across the EU to make sure all youth sport participants have a positive experience led by suitably trained coaches, leading to a lifelong involvement in sport and healthier lives.

2-4-1 Sports: 2-4-1 Sports is dedicated to the idea that life is too short for just one sport (get it?). 2-4-1 Sports runs youth sports that promote the idea of multisport development and also the promotion of physical literacy. The blog can give you some ideas on how to implement physical literacy.

Sport for Life: This Canadian website is one of the best sources of information on long-term athlete development and physical literacy.

Canadian Fencing Federation Long-Term Athlete Development: Another Canadian website that deals with long-term athlete development, bit this one is specific to fencing.

SpiderFit Kids: Spiderfit has a lot of resources targeted toward getting kids moving and developing fundamental movement skills/physical literacy.

USOC Quality Coaching Framework : The USOC Quality Coaching Framework provides an overview of the essential principles for providing quality coaching at all levels of sport.

PLAYS at Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada: The Performance Lab for the Advancement of Youth in Sport at Queen's University offers research articles and resources on transformational coaching and positive youth sport development.

US Anti-Doping Agency: The US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) website provides information on doping control issues and procedures including the Drug Reference Online, therapeutic exemptions, etc. You can learn about differences between in competition and out of competition testing. Some medications are allowed out of competition but not in competition.

Drug Reference Online: This site helps you avoid issues with medications and some over the counter or dietary supplements. You can go to this site to see if a medication you are taking is prohibited.

SCORE SCORE is an organization that offers free small business consulting either for those looking to start a business or needing help in a current business. You can look up a local office. These are often retired executives who want to help other business owners be successful.