COACHES OF THE YEAR FOR ROLLER SPORTS CRITERIA

The Coach of the Year must be actively coaching, having coached a minimum of five years as a coach registered with USARS.

The Coach of the Year should have attained status as a USARS Advanced Certified Coach.

The Coach of the Year must have had skaters medal in three different events at the preceding year's National Championships in any age group

The Coach of the Year should have made a significant impact on athletes performances at the elite level.

Although active coaching should be the main reason for receiving the Coach of the Year Award, supporting consideration may be given for the following contribution in the field of coaching:

• A distinguished career as a coach.

• Service as a "Coach of Coaches", having been a seminar leader at any level.

 • Assisted in development of coaching materials, such as books, videos, etc., or submitted articles for inclusion in USARS publications.

• Promoted character development and ethical sport in adherence to coaching ethics and professional behavior.

• Introduced new training or innovative competition methods.

USOPC/USARS CRITERIA- Developmental Coach of the Year: The Developmental Coach of the Year must be actively coaching developmental athletes, for a minimum of five years. A coach of a Youth Club, High School or Junior level athlete or a coach directly responsible for coaching athletes to the National or Junior national level. They can receive payment for services. 80% of the criteria weighted as below: Performance of athlete- Junior Championships, Junior World, Nationals, Pan-Ams or WUGS Coached potential future medalists (athletes who have developed into Olympic level athletes) has a history of developing athletes 3. and has applied methods Contributions to developing athletes 20% of criteria weighted as below: Educate coaches and athletes Serves as a mentor Host camps, events, etc.  

The Developmental Coach of the Year must have attained status as a USARS Certified Coach. The Developmental Coach of the Year must have had five new competitors compete for the first time at the preceding year's USARS Regional Championships. The Developmental Coach of the Year should have success as a coach at the Senior and Junior Olympic Regional and National Championships. Exhibit ethical coaching and professional behavior, character and fair play in dealing with athletes and officials. Because developing athletes entails developing all aspects of a person - psychological, physical, social - supporting consideration for the Developmental Coach of the Year may include: • . Promotion of character development and ethical sport behavior in athletes. • Developing excellent athletes who also display excellence in other fields like citizenship, scholastics, art, etc.

USOPC CRITERIA - NATIONAL COACH A coach of an Elite level club, Collegiate, Pan-Am, World Championship or Olympic Games coach or the coach of an elite athlete who competes at the highest level of your sport. 90% of the criteria weighted as below: 1. World/Olympic Medalists 2. World/Olympic Records 3. Dominance of win 4. Odds of winning 5. Extraordinary measure of the win 10% of the criteria weighted as below or as use as a tie-breaker: 1. Character of coach 2. Ethics of Coach 3. Attitude of athletes

USOPC CRITERIA- VOLUNTEER COACH A coach who does not receive payment in any form for his/her involvement in coaching at any level. The nominee should actively be coaching youth athletes. 90% of the criteria weighted as below: “Unpaid” Active Coach Develops athletes Love of sport and introducing kids to the sport Passion for coaching Sport-community service