Gearing up for Adventure - NICA Adventure Program and Club Ride Apparel

1. Introduction

2. News/Main Topic:
     Holiday Travel and Team Activity - we suggest that teams consider following the additional precaution of PAUSING POD/TEAM ACTIVITIES FOR 10 DAYS FOLLOWING HOLIDAYS.
    Team Placement Rules (based on school attendance not residence)

3. Program highlight: Adventure Program, Melissa Davies
      Virtual Adventure Training -  When: Dec 28, 2020 07:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)  Register in advance for this meeting: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAof-qqpjsqH9xbBmXGND4oNRA7O0PJCMOl   
     After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. 

4. TD info/spotlight: 

• Student-Athlete - practice ready
• Coaches - checking for red exclamation points (hover to see what is missing)
• Reactivating coaches/student-athletes or moving student-athletes from MS to HS (or between teams) - reach out to michael@northcarolinamtb.org
• Adventure Field Guides - The Adventure Field Guide provides NICA Coaches with an accessible and easy to use resource to deliver team building and experiential opportunities to student-athletes at practice.  

IF YOU HAVE NOT DONE SO ALREADY - Please complete THIS FORM to get your team’s field guides.  A PDF of the Adventure Field Guide is also available in Litmos in the Coaches’ Adventure Toolbox as an Additional Resource for all Level 2 and Level 3 NICA coaches.

 5. HC/Coach info/spotlight: 
      Adventure program ideas for teams 

• Trail Bingo - create cards with items pods would need to find on trail/do on trail to complete their bingo card 
  • Bingo Card Generator - https://myfreebingocards.com/bingo-card-generator/edit/uzyq47 
  • Universal plan that can be done at the team level
• Photo Scavenger Hunt

      New online one-time ride waiver for adults and kids - individual receives an email of their signed agreement - forward or show when they arrive.

6. NICA sponsor highlight: Club Ride (Mike Herlinger, Founder and Cameron Lloyd, Marketing manager)
    Here’s more info on the awesome discount program that Club Ride does for NICA Coaches, Kids, and Parents 40% off for NICA Coaches and 20% off for NICA KIDS & Parents https://www.nationalmtb.org/benefits/#apparel

Level 1, 2, 3 - No Minimum License Requirement
     Apply to our Pro Program via the link below to get your NICA discount. Make sure to have your league name, team, head coaches name, and lastly you will need to enter the code NICA2020 to complete the application.   https://www.clubrideapparel.com/pages/pro-application

 7. Outro - Coaches Call and email follow up schedule

We'd love to hear your questions, feedback & ideas for future episodes!
shawn@northcarolinamtb.org
michael@northcarolinamtb.org