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"A coach is one of the most influential people in a young person's life. Coaches don't just teach how to hit a ball or block a spike, but how to win and lose graciously. The athletic skills young people learn from coaches may only apply for a few years, but the attitudes they develop toward themselves and others will last a lifetime."

What is NCCP?

The NCCP is Canada's recognized National Coaching Certification Program.  It was developed in 1974 to provide quality training and certification to Canada's coaches in more than 65 sports.  The NCCP had moved to a competency-based approach where coaches are:

  • Trained in NCCP outcomes relevant to the participants that they are coaching
  • Evaluated by demonstrating coaching outcomes to a specified standard

Who am I coaching?

The new structure of the NCCP is based on the participant's needs, which are identified within streams and contexts:

Community Sport Stream Competition
Stream
Instruction
Stream
Initiation Context Introduction Context Beginners
Context
Ongoing Context Development Context Intermediate Context
  High Performance Context Advanced Performers Context

For details on each stream and context, please refer to the New NCCP Model Diagram

Becoming a BETTER coach ...

Contact your Provincial Sport Association to find out what context is relevant to you and what you need to do to get trained and achieve accreditation.

How do I get certified?

Coaches can receive 3 types of accreditation in any of the streams and contexts:

In Training Trained Certified
Coach needs to be trained in additional outcomes Coach completed training on outcomes Coach has been evaluated in outcomes and has signed the NCCP Code of Conduct

How much will it cost?

Each sport and province/territory determines their own fee structure for the NCCP learning experiences.  Contact your Provincial Sport Association for details on the sport specific coaching modules.

Competition Introduction - Part A - approximately $80.00 (13 hours)
Competition Introduction - Part B - approximately of $80.00 (13 hours)
Level 3 Theory - maximum of $130.00 (28 hours)
Competition Development - Modules (TBD)

Additional Information

For more information on the program, please visit the Coaching Association of Canada's web site for the NEW NCCP 

What's New?

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For more information, please contact:

Susan Jackson
Sport Services Section
905 Standard Life Centre
10405 Jasper Avenue
Edmonton, AB T5J 4R7
Phone: (780) 422-8294
Fax: (780) 427-5140
e-mail: susan.j.jackson@gov.ab.ca



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