Coaching Requirements for 2010 Season

M E M O R A N D U M TO: All Coaches & Associations
DATE: May 17, 2010

FROM: Louise, Program Coordinator
RE: NCCP Requirements
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Dear Coaches & Association Officials;
 Softball BC has now expanded the clinic’s offered in the NCCP streams. We have changed the NCCP requirements for coaches for the upcoming year. Our Softball BC 2010 Handbook will read:

12.5 - A) Squirt "A & B", Pee Wee "B & C", Bantam "C" and Midget "C" - minimum NCCP Community - Sport On-Going Participation with completion of Making Ethical Decisions Evaluation

Midget "A & B" Bantam "A & B" Pee Wee "A" - minimum NCCP Introduction to Competition training (i.e. attended clinic 1&2 with completion of Making Ethical Decisions Evaluation

Softball BC will begin to offer two full streams of coaching certification “Community-Sport” and “Competition-Introduction.” Community – Sport is a weekend course that will include the majority of the modules taught in Competition-Introduction Clinic 1 but will be aimed at a recreation/community coach with little or no experience. More time will be spent in the Community Sport on fundamentals than in Competition-Introduction which will also cover strategies. If the Western or Canadian Championships are in your teams’ future than the Competition-Introduction stream is for you.

Community-Sport                                       vs.                           Competition – Introduction - Clinic One

*12 – 14 hour weekend course                                                      *14-16 hour weekend course

*covers the following modules:                                                      *covers the following modules:

    - Fundamental Skills                                                                       - Fundamentals Skills

    - Practice Planning                                                                          - Role of a Coach

    - Positions, Skills & drills                                                                 - Practice Planning

    - Rulebook & rules                                                                          - Rules

    - Clinic wrap up                                                                              -Offensive strategies

                                                                                                          - Clinic wrap up

                                                                                                          - On-Field Evaluation

*Making Ethical Decisions Module                                                     *Making Ethical Decision Module

   included in course content                                                                 included in course content

*Softball Canada Clinic 1 manual used                                             *Softball Canada clinic 1 manual used

**All NCCP certified coaches Level I, II & II  from the old NCCP program are fully certified and are not at this time required to take the Making Ethical Decisions Evaluation”. 

COACHING EXEMPTION INFORMATION:

If for any reason, the required coaching certification has not been obtained, the 2010 Coaching Exemption Form (CLICK HERE FOR FORM) must be completed and sent to the District Coordinator. The District Coordinator should then send it to Ann Holmes for approval:

Ann Holmes, 2^nd VP, Director responsible for NCCP                                                                       involved2@shaw.ca

Upon approval, the Softball BC office will send a letter of exemption to the coach. Each coach must ensure that they have the letter with them during Provincials. Please be advised that coaching exemptions are only good for 1 season.

Please feel free to contact myself with any concerns or questions: Louise at programcoordinator@softball.bc.ca ;  604-531-0044