Training to be a professional unicycling coach :)

[jenmichael2000]

Hi All!

I am trying to start start up a unicycling community in my area, and would like to recruite in schools etc. However, I would have a lot more credibility and impact if I could claim some professional credentials in the area or unicycle coaching. At the moment, my approach is to give people basic some basic instructions to help them get the first few feet, then "inundate" them with encouragement, and provide some inspiration. I have asked essentially the same question to the toronto school of circus arts, it being the only school that I have to option of attending, and that I know about, that dosent require an audition, etc. I have seen the video on the school program in North Bend, Washington USA. (unicon 11), and want to emulate it if possible.
Do any of you have any advice on where I should go for this kind of training, if it exists?

Thanks, Mike :)

[Barb]

One way to start is to try going to any workshop, clinic or convention/championships involving unicycling. Watch, observe and gather information from those involved in these events.
USA rule book as well as the IUF rulebook, especially the standard skills sections are a great source for written informtion.
TCUC in Minnesota also have a great video.

[jenmichael2000]

Thank's for the advice!

[BillyTheMountain]

Originally posted by jenmichael2000
Hi All!

I would have a lot more credibility and impact if I could claim some professional credentials in the area or unicycle coaching. Do any of you have any advice on where I should go for this kind of training, if it exists?

Thanks, Mike :)

Go to Staples, buy some "Certificate" blanks, and print your own credentials. It's perfectly legitimate. The State does not monitor unicycle coaches, nor do any federal laws, nor even the Unicycling Society of America, nor the International Unicycling Society.

Act fast, though, because I'm starting the int'l Organization of Uncycling Coaches. For $400.00, YOU MAY SUBMIT A VIDEO FOR REVIEW and if sucessful, I will issue the Official Certificate. People from all over the world will be checking my web site to get a referral for unicycle coaches, and I'll keep you on my referral list for another $50.00/year. Get rich. Be a unicycle coach.