Coach Resources

Below you will find some resources that you may find helpful when starting or managing a high school mountain bike team. Can’t find what you are looking for or have questions? Please contact coaching@minnesotacycling.org.

MCA COACH ARTICLE DISCUSSIONS

2nd Thursday of every month. Hosted online via Zoom.

Please join the MCA coaching education staff and our demo team for an informal discussion of an article focused on bringing the contents of the articles to the real world of MCA coaching. (Click the + sign for more information)

You must register to participate. Links for Zoom and articles will be sent out at least 1 week prior to the discussions. The discussions are open to all MCA Registered Coaches (2024). You can attend one or multiple dates.

Physical Activity Guidelines and MCA Coaching Read the article here Additional background information (optional)	March 14 at 7PM
Developing Coaching Philosophy Read the article here The article contains a number of options to click into other content. Feel free to explore as you’d like but it would be helpful if people would take a look at the links to the ICF Code of Ethics and the Values Clarification tools, especially the 15 Personal Core Values.	April 11 at 7PM
Making Practice Fun Please join us on May 9th as we discuss the importance of making practices fun. Please read the article by Amanda Visek that can be found at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4201634/ A good interview with the author can also be heard at the following link should you be interested: https://devzone.positivecoach.org/resource/audio/top-3-reasons-kids-have-fun-sports	May 9 at 7PM
Sports Nutrition with Rasa Troup Find the article here: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40279-014-0148-z Note: we will be joined by Rasa Troup from Rasa Nutrition	June 13 at 7PM
Youth Athlete Goal Setting Find the article here: Effective Goal-Setting for Your Sports	July 11 at 7PM
Optimal Mental Arousal	August 8 at 7PM

Email coaching@minnesotacycling.org with any questions.

General Documents

CCN Documents

Head coach and team admin settings and updates

Team financial controller

Set up a WePay account (team fees/stores)

Registration aids

Team and coach management aids

Managing your team athletes and coaches
Coach requirements management
MCA team admin reports catalog (2024) TBD
MCA finding coach and athlete information (2024)
- Athlete info, registrations, racing specifics, health and contacts
- Coach registrations, credentials, health and contacts
- Useful searches
- User CCN Shortcuts (links, search filters and downloads, ‘Pin’)

Miscellaneous

Please note these tutorials are not specific to any State League or Association – the majority of the steps for your League or Association will be the same or similar as shown below.

CCN LOGIN

MCA Coaching

Forms

Category petition form Updated 4/4/23
Pre-season activity form
Scholarship application
Incident report form
MCA minor release (old-fashioned paper form if not using CCN)
MCA coach release form (old-fashioned paper form if not using CCN)

Loaner bikes—Head Coaches have access to this form within CCN to complete on behalf of student-athletes