Why coach mentors?
Many people in hockey believe that you can improve hockey development with an active and multi-approach coach mentorship program.  Hockey Canada, the Coaching Association of Canada, the provincial and regional hockey associations all support promoting hockey development through coach mentoring.  There is evidence to suggest that one of the better ways to improve coaching is by getting experienced coaches to mentor their colleagues and to assist those experiencing difficulties. 
 
The mentorship program brings resources, formal courses, youth helpers and coach mentors together to provide multiple resources to assist the new and the experienced coach. 
 
What can coach mentors do for you?
Coach mentors can help with:

• Planning.  They can give you suggestions on your plan, help you tweak it to your current level and team and help focus your goals;
• Setting objectives;
• Practice planning.  They can help you design practices to address specific skills required to improve team and player performance;
• Identifying and measuring success factors;
• Identifying drills to improve performance;
• Effective lines and rotations;
• Bench, staff duties and effectiveness;
• Parent issues;
• Team discipline;
• Communication; and
• More...

Note: Coach Mentors will be announced shortly.  For any questions, please contact the CMHA Coach Mentor.

CMHA Coach Mentors

Division	Coach Mentor
Initiation Program	Vacant
Novice	Vacant
Atom	Vacant
Peewee	Vacant
Bantam	Vacant
Midget	Vacant