Mentorship Program

Enhancing the coaching experience

Cross Country Ski Ontario is continuing its Coach Mentorship Program. The aim of this program is to facilitate partnerships and knowledge transfer between coaches in Ontario to support and facilitate the ongoing education of ON high performance coaches.  Through increased collaboration and knowledge sharing, XCSO aims to improve the coaching environment in the province while increasing connections with coaches. Through this program, coaches can share experiences, exchange ideas, best practices, and coaching strategies resulting in an improved daily training environment for athletes.

Up to 5 coaches will be selected to be mentored by Victor Wiltman, XCSO Technical Director and Katie McMahon, XCSO Performance Coach. The program will be administered by Katja Mathys, XCSO Coaching Development Co-ordinator.

The program includes the following:

June 1, 2020   Program Start

  • Virtual/phone meeting with Victor Wiltman and Katie McMahon
  • discuss program, establish individual program structure, goal setting and explore outcome expectations

Training Camps  (Throughout summer, fall, early winter)

  • 1-2 training camp per coach – This coach will be selected as the PCE (Provincial Coach Experience) coach for that camp
  • opportunity to observe coaches in action, participate in sessions and apply learning directly with athletes

March, 2021 Program Debrief Meeting

  • face-to-face or phone meeting to discuss program, answer questions, share experiences , validate learning outcomes

Mentorship Pairings


2015/2016


Bryan Dubeau and Toivo Koivukoski
Peter Wiltman and Katja Mathys


2016/2017


David White and Rick Dickey
Kevin Shields and Ron Howden
Bryan Dubeau and Toivo Koivukoski
Peter Wiltman and Katja Mathys


2017/2018


Mentor:

Victor Wiltman, XCSO Program Lead

Mentees:

Marlee Clement

Shelby Dickey

Bryan Dubeau

Rene Sauve

Anneke Winegarden

Peter Wiltman

Mentorship Pairings


2018/2019


Mentor:

Victor Wiltman, XCSO Technical Director

Mentees:

Bryan Dubeau

Katherine Denis

Kim Getty

David Hanson

Peter Wiltman


2019/2020


Mentor:

Victor Wiltman, XCSO Technical Director

Mentees:

Marlee Clement

Katherine Denis

Bryan Dubeau

Madison Fraser