Coaching Clinics


Are you looking to get involved with lacrosse as a coach? Amazing!

We've made the process as easy and barrier free as possible so you can move from desire to bench-boss, assistant coach, or gate-swinger in no time. To get you familiar with the steps, check out how to become a lacrosse coach, which takes you from creating your NCCP number at coach.ca in step 1, to registering for a clinic in your area in step 3 - concept to coach just like that!

Host a clinic in your area

Are you an LGB or rural Club looking to recruit new coaches or want existing coaches to level-up? No problem, we have something for you too!

Check out our how to coordinate a coaching clinic cheat-sheet and then just follow the steps. Super easy!

Upcoming Coaching Clinics

These are the clinics already scheduled for the 2023 box lacrosse season. More will be added as we near the start of the season.

Date Location Clinic Level Host LGB Contact Contact Email Registration Link

March 12

Edmonton

Comm Dev- Box

GELC

Anna-Lise Hobday

executivedirector@gelc.ab.ca

 https://nccp.lacrosse.ca/clinics.php

March 24-25

Grand Prairie

Comm Dev- Box

Grand Prairie

Miranda McCartney

mirandamccartney@hotmail.com

 https://nccp.lacrosse.ca/clinics.php

April 15

Calgary

Comm Dev- Box

CDLA

Melinda Bevis

melinda@calgarylacrosse.com

https://nccp.lacrosse.ca/clinics.php

April 15

Edmonton

Comm Dev- Box

Women-Only

ALA

ALA

info@albertalacrosse.com

 https://nccp.lacrosse.ca/clinics.php

April 16

Calgary

Comm Dev- Box

CDLA

Melinda Bevis

melinda@calgarylacrosse.com

 https://nccp.lacrosse.ca/clinics.php

April 16

Edmonton

Comm Dev- Box

GELC

Anna-Lise Hobday

executivedirector@gelc.ab.ca

 https://nccp.lacrosse.ca/clinics.php

April 16

Medicine Hat

Comm Dev- Box

SALA

Sarah MacKenzie

mhlc.president@gmail.com

https://nccp.lacrosse.ca/clinics.php

April 22

Calgary

Comm Dev- Box

Women-Only

ALA

ALA

info@albertalacrosse.com

 https://nccp.lacrosse.ca/clinics.php

April 23

Calgary

Comm Dev- Box

CDLA

Melinda Bevis

melinda@calgarylacrosse.com

https://nccp.lacrosse.ca/clinics.php

April 23

Lloydminster

Comm Dev- Box

WLA

Mike Groves

groverslax@yahoo.com

https://nccp.lacrosse.ca/clinics.php

April 30

Calgary

Comm Dev- Box

CDLA

Melinda Bevis

melinda@calgarylacrosse.com

https://nccp.lacrosse.ca/clinics.php

April 30

Lacombe

Comm Dev- Box

CALL

Angela Nygaard

centralalbertalacrosse@gmail.com

https://nccp.lacrosse.ca/clinics.php

 May 3-4

Edmonton Comm Dev- Box GELC Anna-Lise Hobday executivedirector@gelc.ab.ca https://nccp.lacrosse.ca/clinics.php

May 7

Fort Saskatchewan

Comm Dev- Box

GELC

Anna-Lise Hobday

executivedirector@gelc.ab.ca

https://nccp.lacrosse.ca/clinics.php

May 13

Calgary

Comm Dev- Box

CDLA

Melinda Bevis

melinda@calgarylacrosse.com

https://nccp.lacrosse.ca/clinics.php

May 14

Calgary

Comm Dev- Box

CDLA

Melinda Bevis

melinda@calgarylacrosse.com

https://nccp.lacrosse.ca/clinics.php

May 28

Red Deer

Comm Dev- Box

CALL

Angela Nygaard

centralalbertalacrosse@gmail.com

https://nccp.lacrosse.ca/clinics.php 

May 31-June 1 Calgary Comm Dev- Box CDLA Lesley Hawke melinda@calgarylacrosse.com https://nccp.lacrosse.ca/clinics.php
             

March 18-19

Edmonton

Comp Intro- Box

GELC

Anna-Lise Hobday

executivedirector@gelc.ab.ca

https://nccp.lacrosse.ca/clinics.php

April 14-16

Okotoks

Comp Intro- Box

RMLL

Christine Thielen

christinethielen@hotmail.com

https://nccp.lacrosse.ca/clinics.php

April 15-16

Cold Lake

Comp Intro- Box

WLA

Mike Groves

groverslax@yahoo.com

https://nccp.lacrosse.ca/clinics.php

April 22-23

Edmonton

Comp Intro- Box

GELC

Anna-Lise Hobday

executivedirector@gelc.ab.ca

https://nccp.lacrosse.ca/clinics.php

April 29-30

Lacombe

Comp Intro- Box

CALL

Angela Nygaard

centralalbertalacrosse@gmail.com

https://nccp.lacrosse.ca/clinics.php

May 6-7

Calgary

Comp Intro- Box

CDLA

Melinda Bevis

melinda@calgarylacrosse.com

https://nccp.lacrosse.ca/clinics.php

May 6-7

Taber

Comp Intro- Box

SALA

Mike Materi

mtmateri@gmail.com

https://nccp.lacrosse.ca/clinics.php

May 13-14

Edmonton

Comp Intro- Box

GELC

Anna-Lise Hobday

executivedirector@gelc.ab.ca

https://nccp.lacrosse.ca/clinics.php

May 13-14

Fort McMurray

Comp Intro- Box

Wood Buffalo

Bob Niven

robert.niven@fmpsd.ab.ca

https://nccp.lacrosse.ca/clinics.php

May 27-28

Indus

Comp Intro- Box

CDLA

Melinda Bevis

melinda@calgarylacrosse.com

https://nccp.lacrosse.ca/clinics.php

May 27-28

Innisfail

Comp Intro- Box

CALL

Angela Nygaard

centralalbertalacrosse@gmail.com

https://nccp.lacrosse.ca/clinics.php

Upcoming coach Development Opportunities

There are no upcoming coach development opportunities at this time.

There are several recommended online coaching courses that coaches of any level can complete at any time on The Locker which will enhance your knowledge as a coach, and help you bring success to your team.

To find these coaching courses follow these easy steps:

  1. Login to your account at The Locker.
  2. Click ELEARNING along the top navigation bar.
  3. Select Multi-sport along the left navigation bar.
  4. Select your course.
  5. Enjoy becoming a stronger coach.

Responsible Coaching

The ALA has taken the pledge and is now a proud champion of the Responsible Coaching Movement!

By making this pledge, the ALA is showing our commitment to implementing supportive policies and processes that ensure the safety and protection of our athletes and coaches, and provide our coaches with the tools and training necessary to model ethical behavior.

The Responsible Coaching Movement (RCM) is a multi-phase. system-wide movement coordinated by the Coaching Association of Canada and the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport that has the potential to affect all sports organizations and coaches in a positive way.

The first phase of the RCM focuses on three key areas:

  • Rule-of-Two: The Rule-of-Two serves to protect Minor athletes from potentially vulnerable situations by ensuring that more than one adult is present at all times. Vulnerable situations can include closed doors meetings, travel, and training environments.
  • Background Screening: The background screening process involves using a number of different tools to ensure coaches meet the necessary security requirements to coach athletes. These tools include comprehensive job postings, criminal record checks, interviews, and reference checks.
  • Respect and Ethics Training: Increasing coaches ethical conduct and behavior toward athletes requires that coaches be trained to understand what it means to act ethically. This training includes the Make Ethical Decisions module within the National Coaching Certification Program (CAC) but there are many.

With the support of the Coaching Association of Canada (CAC), the ALA will be actively reviewing current policies and procedures to ensure they align with the recommendations and guidelines of the RCM.

Working closely with our members and clubs, we will identify realistic ways and means to entrench the Responsible Coaching Movement across our sport and enhance the safety of our athletes and the ethical conduct of our coaches.