The mobile coaching project is part of a collaboration between Panam Sports and the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC).

The USPOC has operated a national mobile coaching programme aimed at providing helpful information to coaches across the country.

Chris Snyder, director of coaching education at the USOPC, estimated between five to seven million coaches within the country are not associated with national governing bodies.

He claimed the mobile platform has been aimed as a tool to provide advice on “good coaching”, with the system having been adapted for different federations.

Snyder added that one of the aims was to ensure the information could reach the grassroots level of sport, providing education outside of a classroom environment.

Information could be provided on a variety of different topics, including ensuring age appropriate training programmes for younger athletes.

The USOPC presented the application to Panam Sports, with the system now set to be available to other NOCs in the region.

Resources include guidance on athlete safety, coaching Paralympic athletes, engaging parents, heath and performance, mental training, nutrition for athletes and quality coaching.

Both the World Anti-Doping Agency and the US Center for SafeSport are set to provide resources to the application.

Panam Sports have worked on delivering the programme in English and Spanish, while the application may also soon be available in Portuguese.

Discussion around the resource featured as part of a panel on “Successful coaching education models”, during the joint USOPC and Panam Sports Best Practices Symposium here.

"I know many of you are reliant on volunteer coaches, who have a full-time job, then they immediately go to coach your national teams," said Ivar Sisniega, Panam Sports secretary general.

"There are very different realities, some of you will have full time coaches and taking specialist coaches who come from European countries.

"There are different needs.

"This has taken us to the concept that there is not one solution in coaching education, and we want to increase funding that we assign to this project.

"We are very grateful for the collaboration we have had.

"This is something that will be accessible thanks to the USOPC’s generosity, where any coach in any country can login and use this information as a resource.

"We are looking to get more and more information online for you."

Sisniega added that Panam Sports would look to boost online coaching resources further, with videos expected to become available on the Panam Sports Channel over the coming months.

Presentations were also given on the Coaching Association of Canada Training Framework and the Chile Olympic Committee’s development framework for elite coaches.

Mandatory coaching education in key areas featured as part of the discussion over the Canadian system, where coaches are required to meet certain standards to secure accreditations for events.

Snyder also outlined the USOPC’s aim for SafeSport training to reach the “volunteer youth space”, which he described as a “very important area”.

He revealed the USOPC were pushing to have minimum requirements put in place, adding that collaboration with federations and Government would help to ensure this becomes mandatory in the future.