Aboriginal Coaching Module Helping Coaches Play Role in Truth and Reconciliation – Sask Sport
November 28, 2025
By Ryan Flaherty for Sask Sport
On the surface, coaching is about helping athletes learn and improve and giving them the tools they need to succeed. But at its heart, coaching is about people – getting to know them, building relationships with them, and understanding what’s going on in their lives. The best coaches know that tailoring their approach to the individual needs of each athlete they work with can not only lead to greater rewards in the field of play, but in the athletes’ lives outside of sport as well.
For Indigenous athletes, those needs may be quite different from those of their non-Indigenous counterparts. That is the driving force behind the Aboriginal Coaching Module, which was created in response to the call for a national coach training curriculum that reflects Indigenous culture, values and lifestyles. Originally designed for coaches of First Nation, Métis or Inuit heritage, the ACM is now available for all coaches and especially encouraged for those who work with Indigenous athletes or in Indigenous communities.
