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Try Day funding for your school!

Try Day funding for your school!

Pickleball rackets click and clack, show shoes crunch, tchoukballs spring, kin-balls bounce, rock walls belay on, and yogis pose silently in gyms across Ontario. These are the sounds of Try Day. This popular and successful program provided by OFSAA and the Ministry of...

OFSAA Bulletin Magazine Fall 2015

OFSAA Bulletin Magazine Fall 2015

OFSAA's Bulletin Magazine hits schools across Ontario three times per year. The Fall 2015 issue is headed to a school near you! Can't wait for the print edition to reach your school? Download your own copy of the Bulletin by clicking HERE In this issue; Full...

Host an OFSAA sanctioned Ultimate tournament

Host an OFSAA sanctioned Ultimate tournament

As you are aware Ultimate has become an increasingly popular sport in Ontario.  In 2015 OFSAA, the Ontario Disc Sports Association (ODSA) and the Ontario Trillium Foundation teamed up to offer an opportunity for students and teachers to participate in Ultimate...

Brian Maxwell Scholarship Expanded

Brian Maxwell Memorial Scholarship award expansion Since the founding of the Brian Maxwell Memorial Scholarship in 2007, the number of applicants has increased every year. In response to the success of this award, OFSAA is pleased to announce that the award will be...

Coaches Helping Coaches Program

Coaches Helping Coaches Program

Coaches Helping Coaches is a funded grassroots mentorship/ recruitment program from the Coaches Association of Ontario where long-time coaches are tasked with sharing their knowledge and experience with young coaches. How it works:A coach that is active and trained in...

Coaches Week in Ontario

Coaches Week in Ontario

This September 19th - 27th is your chance to celebrate all the great coaches in Ontario with National Coaches Week in Canada. After nine years of hosting the Ontario Coaches Week, the Coaches Association of Ontario (CAO) partnered with the 12 other privinces and...

Coaching captains to be leaders

Coaching captains to be leaders

Story by Stephanie Schleuder, from The Art of Coaching   To be successful, teams must have at least one player who can bring out the best in others, but it doesn’t happen by accident. Coaches play a big role in creating good captains by mentoring them along the...

Brian Maxwell Memorial Scholarship Winners

BRIAN MAXWELL MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP AWARD WINNERS OFSAA and the Brian Maxwell Memorial Scholarship Fund are pleased to announce the student-athletes who were awarded the 2015 scholarships and Ontario Awards for Excellence. The scholarship fund is in memory of Brian...

Coaching Students with a Disability

Coaching Students with a Disability

OFSAA has been working to incorporate divisions for PARA athletes into Swimming, Track & Field and Nordic Skiing championships with opportunities for even more student-athletes to participate in school sport at the highest level. For coaches across Ontario this...