We decided to make our online training annual, for the reason that we would never go 12 months without any new information being introduced to a coach, whether it be a change of the law of the game or anything from the medical side.
The two pieces we have in our training annually online comprise the rugby ready, how you coach the five areas of contact in rugby. We have a law variation coming in. That means everyone will not go more than 12 months without this new cycle of the new laws coming in.
The concussion management training is separate. It does not involve the technical and tactical aspects of the sport. It is signs and symptoms identification and management. For example, one of the changes we have there involves some research we have that are warm-ups that can equate to a reduction in concussion. This is going to be integrated into the prevention piece.
We have two pieces of online training that will be done annually. We've mandated it for all coaches and players. Our jurisdiction is over the club environment; however, many school boards will adopt Rugby Canada's policy, so many of the school boards are doing it. We, however, mandate that all club coaches and referees must do this every 12 months.
Technical and tactical training is online, as is detection. The prevention piece is supporting the coach on how to technically coach the five areas within our game, and then the concussion management for the general public is on how to identify and detect and manage the signs and symptoms of concussion.