Coach Information

VOLUNTEER/COACHING APPLICATION PROCESS
All individuals looking to obtain a head coach, assistant coach, manager, trainer, or on-ice helper position with the FYHA must complete the Volunteer Application form and the required Criminal Record Search process unless you submitted a police clearance letter last season.  The application form and criminal record search must be submitted at the same time to the FYHA Admin Coordinator via email (ed@fyha.ca) or fax (451-1325).  Applications will be accepted beginning August 29, 2012.  Present the Volunteer Form when submitting your Police Clearance letter with the city.  Once the coach selection process has been completed and if you have been selected, you will hear from the Director of Coaching or your Division Coordinator. 

Your Division Coordinator will be in contact with coaches concerning your role in your division's player evaluations and draft process. 

PROCESS
The FYHA will accept a completed criminal record search by an applicant three months or more recent.  A criminal record search completed for another association (ie. Boy Scouts) in the three month time period will also be accepted.
Individuals living within the city limits will print off the Police Clearance letter on the FYHA website along with the Volunteer form and submit both forms to City Hall along with a payment of $10.00 + tax.  The individual will pick up the completed search at the Fredericton police station (311 Queen Street) after ten working days and present two pieces of identification.  One piece must bear photograph and signature (ie. driver's license).  Please keep your original document as you may be asked to produce it at your coaches meeting.
Individuals living outside the city limits will complete the process through the RCMP in Oromocto.
FYHA does not cover the cost of the criminal record search. The individual applying to volunteer with the association will pay the fee.
A police clearance letter is valid for 3 years.

FORMS & POLICIES
Please carefully read through the FYHA Coaches Manual as it contains very important information that you are responsible to be aware of and understand, including new budget guidelines, new evaluation & draft process, player affiliation, and suspensions.

Click here for the Policy for Electronic Devices in Locker Rooms (*NEW*)
Click here for the HNB Minimum Standards of Discipline.
Click here for the HNB e-travel permit procedure..
Click here for the Hockey Canada Injury Report form.
Click here for the FYHA Incident Report form.
Click here for the Player Medical Information form.
Click here for the HNB Fair Play Policy & Contracts.
Click here for the FYHA Criminal Record Search Policy.
Click here for the FYHA Helmet Policy.
Click here for the FYHA Concussion Policy & Return to Play form.
Click here for the Hockey Canada Abuse, Harassment, and Bullying Policy.
Click here for the Hockey Canada Equipment Fitting guide.

COACHES CLINICS
You must be able to prove certification of mandatory courses by December 15 or you will be removed from the bench for the remainder of the season - no exceptions.

CERTIFICATION
Intro to Coach - certifies a volunteer to coach at both Initiation and Novice age levels only.
Coach Stream - "qualifies" a coach to coach any level between Atom and Midget AA hockey and below to recreatiion.  To become "certified", a coach must complete the post tasks given to them during course and submit this post task to the Course Conductor who facilitated their course.
Development 1 -  "qualifies" a coach to coach AAA hockey within the following age levels of Peewee, Bantam, and Midget.  To become "certified", a coach must complete the post task given to them during the course and submit this post task to the Course Conductor who facilitated their course.

(Directly quoted from the HNB Constitution)
December 15th of the current season shall be the deadline for all persons requiring certification to obtain their certification, as follows:
a. All persons involved in instructing children from the ages of 5-8 inclusive require Introduction to Coach,
b. All minor hockey coaches in Development AAA require NCCP Development 1.
c. All other coaches not mentioned above require NCCP Coach Stream (excluding Junior and Senior).  Persons that are qualified and certified at a higher NCCP course shall be grandfathered as qualified at lower NCCP courses, and
d.  All bench and on ice personnel 16 years and older, registered with HNB, require Hockey Canada's Speak Out!
e. All HNB registered hockey teams (excluding Adult Recreation) shall have a Hockey Canada Safety Program certified trainer on the HCR team roster for all HNB sanctioned games.  Their certification will expire 5 years after the date of the program certification course.


TRAVEL PERMITS
Follow these steps to request an electronic travel permit:
1) Travel permits can only be created once you are HCR rostered for the current season as a coach. If you have difficulty, contact Jon at ed@fyha.ca
2) Go to ehockey.hockeycanada.ca
3) If this is your first time at this site, create a member account. If you already have an account, log in.
4) Your home page will open showing your member information
5) On the right hand side of your information, click on VIEW
6) Select TRAVEL PERMITS from the task bar
7) TEAM TRAVEL will open up, showing the teams you are on for the current season. To the right of the team name which is travelling, select REQUEST A NEW PERMIT
8) This will take you to TEAM TRAVEL PERMIT. Complete all required information and at the bottom of the page, click on SUBMIT
9) You will now see this type of screen

Permit ID	Type	Event	Date	Status	Actions
17498	Travel Permit	test	02/10/2010 12:00:00 AM	Pending	Open

10) In the HCR on your Team Information Page, the completed travel permit will appear

Event	Date	Status
test	2010-10-02	Pending

11) Your District Director will get an email to approve the travel permit. Once it is approved, your ehockey.hockeycanada.ca SELECTED TEAM'S TRAVEL PERMIT screen will change as follows: Status-Approved and Actions-Closed

Teams DO NEED a travel permit when:
Your team wants to play in a tournament that is not listed in the HNB tournament guide
Your team wants to play an exhibition game (even if you're playing another FYHA team in F'ton)
Your team has an out of town practice that is outside of your regular practice schedule for your division
Your team books a practice on your own and not through FYHA
Anything that is outside your league comp schedule requires a travel permit

Teams DO NOT NEED a travel permit when:
Your team is playing in a tournament that is listed in the HNB tournament guide
Your team has an out of town practice that is part of your regular practice schedule for your division
Anything that is part of your league comp schedule


COACH CONTRACT
As coaches within Hockey New Brunswick, our focus is to ensure that players develop and refine their hockey and skating skills, fair play, work hard, build teamwork, have fun, and most importantly, learn to respect teammates, coaches, opponents, officials and their decisions, and the game of hockey.  SAFETY and RESPECT are our goals.
As coaches, we agree to abide by the following guidelines:

-We will actively encourage and support the concepts of Fair Play: Respect the rules, Respect your opponents, Respect the officials and their decisions, Have everyone participate, Maintain your self-control at all times.

-We will be organized and prepared for all practice sessions and games to maximize and optimize all scheduled ice times.

-We will not openly be critical of any players on our team, opposing teams, officials, or other coaches.

-We will treat all players fairly and with respect and ensure all players receive equitable ice time throughout the season.

-We will respond to and be aware of all players' safety and their needs.

-We will emphasize respect, teamwork, fun, and attempt to build a love for the game in our players.

-We fully understand that our system is designed to serve the needs of the players first, and not to serve the coaches and parents.

-We will attempt to teach our players to work hard to win, but not to win at all costs.

-We will respect other coaches within our system and work with them to ensure maximum benefit to the players.

-We will make ourselves available to meet with individual parents to discuss any personal concerns.


PRACTICE PLANS

Click here for the Initiation practice plan as developed by Hockey Canada.
Click here for the Novice practice plan as developed by Hockey Canada.
Click here for the Atom practice plan as developed by Hockey Canada.
Click here for the Peewee practice plan as developed by Hockey Canada.
Click here for the Bantam practice plan as developed by Hockey Canada.
Click here for the Midget practice plan as developed by Hockey Canada.
Click here for the Goaltender beginner practice plan as developed by Hockey Canada.
Click here for the Goaltender intermediate practice plan as developed by Hockey Canada.
Click here for the Goaltender advanced practice plan as developed by Hockey Canada.
For more practice plans and drills, contact your Division Coordinator.