As sports are integrating into the new system, some sports have integrated the multi-sport modules with the sport-specific components (requiring their coaches only take the sport-specific courses). Check with your BC Provincial Sport Organization first to confirm the training you require.
Fundamental Movement Skills
The Fundamental Movement Skills (FMS) of throwing, catching, jumping, striking, running, kicking, agility, and balance and coordination, form the basis for future sport skill development and for the life-long enjoyment of physical activity. Learn how to OBSERVE and IMPROVE the fundamental movement skills through the format listed below which is best suited to you and your line of work.
Community Leader Workshop
Community Leader
Target: Recreation leaders, sport camp leaders, etc.
Format: 8 hour workshop.
The FMS module will give participants the skills to:
• analyze and identify the various stages of development for the fundamental movement skills;
• apply a six-step process to teaching the fundamental movement skills;
• create safe games where children can practise fundamental movement skills.
High School Leadership Workshop
High School Leadership
Target: High school students.
Format: Composed of 9 lesson plans delivered by the Physical Education Teacher at your school.
The FMS module will give participants the skills to:
• analyze and identify the various stages of development for the fundamental movement skills;
• apply a six-step process to teaching the fundamental movement skills;
• create safe games where children can practise fundamental movement skills.
Coach Professional Development Workshop
Coach Professional Development
Target: Coaches or instructors with previous NCCP training
Format: 3 hour workshop.
The FMS module will give participants the skills to:
• analyze and identify the various stages of development for the fundamental movement skills;
• apply a six-step process to teaching the fundamental movement skills;
• create safe games where children can practise fundamental movement skills.
Competition – Introduction
The Competition – Introduction context consists of six modules, focused on training coaches who are working with athletes in the learning to train and training to train stages of long-term athlete development. There are no prerequisites to take Competition-Introduction, and you do not have to take the modules in any order.
The six modules are offered stand alone, or grouped into a Part A or Part B workshop (each 2 day workshops, 8 hours each day including breaks). You do not have to take Part A before you take Part B.
Part A Workshop: Includes Introduction, Making Ethical Decisions, Planning a Practice, and Nutrition. Part B Workshop: Includes Teaching and Learning, Design a Basic Sport Program, and Mental Skills.
Making Ethical Decisions Module
By successfully completing the Make Ethical Decisions workshop you will be fully equipped to handle virtually any ethical situation with confidence and surety.
MED is one of the NCCP’s cornerstone workshops, and leaves coaches with no doubt as to what to do when the going gets tough.
Upon completing the MED module you’ll be able to:
• analyze a challenging situation and determine if it has moral, legal or ethical implications;
• apply the NCCP Ethical Decision-Making Model to properly respond to each situation in a way that is consistent with the NCCP Code of Ethics.
(4 hours classroom time - not including breaks)
Making Ethical Decisions Online Evaluation: All coaches must complete this evaluation after completing the Make Ethical Decisions module. Once you have received your Coaching Certification (CC) number (approx. 6 weeks after you have completed the course) click here to be directed to the Evaluation located on the Coaching Association of Canada's website.
Planning a Practice Module
The Planning a Practice module will give you the skills to:
• organize a well-structured practice plan with safe, age-appropriate activities you’ve designed to match the proficiency level of participants;
• identify potential risk factors that could impact the sport and practice activities;
• create an emergency action plan;
• identify practice goals and design activities that offer the best training benefits for the athletic skills required in your sport.
(3.5 hours classroom time - not including breaks)
Nutrition Module
After taking the Nutrition module you will be able to:
• determine if foods and beverages consumed by your athletes before, during and after training are adequate;
• offer suggestions for more suitable food and beverage alternatives when necessary;
• gain a better understanding of the best way to promote healthy food choices that are consistent with basic sport nutrition principles to both athletes and their parents.
(1.5 hours classroom time - not including breaks)
Design a Basic Sport Program Module
Design a Basic Sport Program will teach you to:
• create a sound outline for your sport program that includes competition and training events;
• compare your program to those outlined by the NCCP in terms of long-term athlete development;
• assess the athletic development opportunities your program offers, and identify ways to remedy any weaknesses;
• interpret the information in a sample program, identifying training priorities and objectives at certain periods;
• establish a link between your program’s training objectives and the content of practice sessions.
(4 hours classroom time - not including breaks)
Teaching and Learning Module
Upon completing the Teaching and Learning module you will be able to:
• assess your own beliefs regarding effective teaching;
• analyze certain coaching situations to determine if they promote learning;
• create conditions that promote learning and self-esteem through:
• appropriate consideration of the affective, cognitive and motor dimensions of learning;
• the use of words and methods that relate to an athlete’s preferred learning style;
• a sound organization;
• active supervision; and
• the use of well-formulated feedback offered at the right time and with the right frequency.
• use teaching assessment grids to gather objective information on teaching effectiveness, and use this data to develop an action plan to enhance your own effectiveness as a teacher and coach.
(6.5 hours classroom time - not including breaks)
Basic Mental Skills Module
The Basic Mental Skills module gives you the ability to:
• recognize signs indicating that an athlete may need to improve his/her goal setting, focus, and anxiety control skills; and develop tools to help the athlete to make improvements in these areas;
• run simple guided activities that help athletes improve basic mental skills.
(3 hours classroom time - not including breaks)
Competition – Development
The Competition – Development context consists of six modules, focused on training coaches who are working with athletes who are in the training to train or training to compete stages of long-term athlete development.
Leading Drug Free Sport
After taking Leading Drug-free Sport you will be able to:
• fully understand and explain the consequences of using banned substances in sport;
• educate athletes about drug-testing protocols at major competitions;
• encourage athletes to safeguard their sport values and take greater responsibility for their personal actions;
• apply the NCCP Ethical Decision-Making Model to your coaching as it relates to keeping your sport and athletes drug-free.
(3.5 hours classroom time - not including breaks)
Managing Conflict
The Managing Conflict module will allow you to:
• identify common sources of conflict in sport;
• determine which individuals or groups are most likely to find themselves in situations involving conflict;
• learn important skills that will help you prevent and solve conflict resulting from misinformation, miscommunication or misunderstanding;
• develop skills that will empower you to listen and speak effectively in conflict situations while maintaining positive relationships with athletes, parents, officials and other coaches.
(4.5 hours classroom time - not including breaks)
Coaching and Leading Effectively
The Coaching and Leading Effectively module gives you the skills needed to:
• promote a positive image of sport, and model it to athletes and those supporting their performance;
• deliver clear messages and explanations when communicating with athletes and their supporters;
• identify opportunities to interact with all athletes and use feedback to improve and correct performance and behaviour.
(8.5 hours classroom time - not including breaks. Usually ran over 1.5 days)
Psychology of Performance
Completing Psychology of Performance will allow you to:
• help athletes learn to manage distractions and use visualization techniques to prepare themselves technically and tactically for training and competition;
• learn how to work with athletes or teams to identify performance and process goals related to their ability to focus on performance;
• learn debriefing skills that can be used to help athletes assess their performance in both training and competition.
(7 hours classroom time - not including breaks)
Developing Athletic Abilities
INCLUDES: 2 hour online pre-workshop session, to be completed before attending the course. Complete assignment here.
After completing the Developing Athletic Abilities module, you will:
• be able to implement general and sport-specific training protocols and methods to effectively develop or maintain the athletic abilities necessary for your sport;
• know how to apply training principles and variables to training methods that build fitness, endurance, strength, speed and sport-specific conditioning;
• be able to select and adapt testing and training protocols and methods for athletes training from 6 – 9 to 9 – 12 times per week.
(9 hours classroom time - not including breaks. Usually ran over 1.5 days)
Prevention and Recovery
After taking Prevention and Recovery you will have the knowledge needed to:
• identify common injuries in your sport and develop appropriate prevention and recovery strategies to keep your athletes injury-free during training and competition;
• offer valuable information and guidance on hydration, nutrition and sleep as they relate to injury prevention;
• choose skills and drills that help athletes perform appropriate warm-ups and cool-downs;
• develop functional evaluations for an athlete’s return to play;
• implement recovery and regeneration techniques to help an athlete maintain or return to optimal performance post injury.
(7.5 hours classroom time - not including breaks)
Professional Development
Coaches BC offers the following professional development modules. These modules were developed by the Coaches Association of Canada to enhance your coaching ability as well as to help you to continue to provide a high level of sport to your athletes. These modules will appear on your NCCP Transcript, as recognized Professional Development Courses. Please refer to our Course Schedule for more details on dates and locations these courses are being offered
Accelerated Teacher Coach Program
Resistance Training
A must-have for competitive coaches, this 4-hour dynamic and interactive introductory workshop will teach you how to prevent injuries and increase athlete performance through proven resistance training tools. Become a better coach by augmenting your plan with elements such as:
Basic lifts
Stability training
Core training
Aboriginal Coach Manual (ACM) Workshop
The professional development of Aboriginal coaches through NCCP certification has been identified by the ASC as a national priority. In order to educate and promote the value of the NCCP and to establish meaningful participation of Aboriginal peoples in this national program, the ASC embarked on a multi-year process to develop supplemental training material for Aboriginal coaches taking NCCP courses. The result of this process is the Aboriginal Coaching Manual, which responds to the need for a national training curriculum with content that reflects the uniqueness of Aboriginal cultures, values, and lifestyles.
The ACM is a professional training tool for Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal coaches who coach Aboriginal athletes, as they become certified through the NCCP. The material in the ACM has been developed to meet the following objectives:
provide culturally relevant training courses to Aboriginal coaches and community sport leaders;
elevate the capacity of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal coaches to coach Aboriginal athletes;
improve the quality of the sport experience for Aboriginal athletes;
improve the coach’s understanding of, and ability to apply, Aboriginal culture to sport and to coaching techniques and tactics;
allow Aboriginal communities greater accessibility to the NCCP;
increase the number of NCCP certified Aboriginal coaches;
make the wisdom of Aboriginal culture available to both Aboriginal and mainstream sport.
The Aboriginal Coaching Manual covers a variety of areas specific to coaching Aboriginal athletes including:
creating a positive environment
the physical, mental, cultural and spiritual aspects of Aboriginal coaching
developing community relationships
racism in sport
lifestyle, health and nutrition
Timeframe: 8 hours classroom time - not including breaks. It can be run in 1 day or over two half days or evenings.
BC School Sports Coach Manual
Designed to give participants a better understanding of the School Sport program in BC and the NCCP, this workshop will help you become a better coach!
This workshop has been designed as a partnership between the Canadian School Sport Federatio (CSSF) and the Coaching Association of Canada (CAC), as it pertains to the development and delivery of the School Sport Module for coaches as part of the National Coaching Certification Program (NCCP). It has been adapted to fit the BC School Sport system.
Together we value school sport coaches who are able to meet the needs of their student-athletes in a safe and ethical manner that exemplifies school sport philosophy.
You will learn how to:
Solve problems through practical scenarios.
Promote education through sport.
Better manage your time as a coach.
Work with students, coaches and administrators to create a more meaningful experience in school sport.
(4 hours classroom time - not including breaks)
PURPOSE: Establishment of the principles for the partnership between CSSF and CAC as it pertains to the development and delivery of the School Sport Module for coaches as part of the National Coaching Certification Program (NCCP).
TOGETHER WE VALUE : School sport coaches who are able to meet the needs of their student-athletes in a safe and ethical manner that exemplifies school sport philosophy.
Empower +
Take your coaching to the next level!
An incredible addition to our NCCP workshop lineup, Empower + is an intense and thought provoking 4-hour workshop that will teach you how to enhance the well-being of the athletes in your care and be a positive role model in the world of sport.
In an interactive and dynamic learning environment, our expert facilitators will guide you through how to enhance athlete welfare by:
Recognizing the potential for, and presence of maltreatment in sport;
Learning when and how to intervene when you observe or suspect maltreatment.
You will bring your coaching to new heights by:
Implementing the NCCP's renowned six-step decision-making model;
Mastering the art of the difficult conversation; and
Creating a list of key positive athlete development strategies you can implement in your coaching right away.
This NCCP workshop will set you up for success in coaching and in life!
#1000-510 Burrard Street, Vancouver, BC V6C 3A8 Phone: 1-800-335-3120
Designed to give participants a better understanding of the School Sport program in BC and the NCCP, this workshop will help you become a better coach!
