Community Clinic 1 - Initiation
Recommended for Coaches of the 5-12 year old age group this clinic focuses on essentials; placing emphasis on safety, fun, ethics, teamwork and values beyond the game.  Training helps parents and volunteer coaches foster love of the sport, promote participation and teach basic skills to beginners through a variety of activities. The Community Clinic 1 is six hours in length. The goals are to help prepare the coach to do the things that will be required of a community coach.

Community Clinic 2 – Ongoing Participation 
Coaches encourage participants of all ages to continue in the sport for fun, fitness, skill development, and social interaction. Training allows volunteers to help participants to continue to love the sport, learn more skills and continue participation. Coaches will also receive the Making Ethical Decisions module as part of this Clinic. Community Clinic 2 – Ongoing Participation is 14 hours in length.

The goals of the Competition context are fun, fitness, fundamentals, and performance as well as the consolidation of basic skills of the sport.  The training for the Competition context is comprised of two clinics, each being 12-16 hours in duration.  Coaches must also complete the on-line Make Ethical Decisions evaluation offered by the Coaching Association of Canada to achieve trained status.

Following completion of Competition training, a coach can choose to become certified through an evaluation process. Prior to the evaluation, the coach must present the Evaluator with a completed Coaching Portfolio and a copy of the practice plan they will be running. For the evaluation, the coach must run a 45 minute practice with age appropriate athletes. At minimum, the practice must include a drill that develops a basic skill as well as a drill that uses a basic skill when teaching a tactic.  The coach must also complete an Analyze Performance evaluation.

Softball Canada with the Coaches Association of Canada have developed the following certification courses for implementation this year.  Read below schedule of clinics for information on the transition from previous Level 1,2,3,4,5 Technical/Theory/Practical Courses.