Coach Training

How to Obtain Your Coach Training:

STEP 1: Create a National Coaching Certification Program (NCCP) Coach Locker through the Coaching Association of Canada (CAC)

STEP 2: Complete Foundations of Coaching Softball (FOCS 1&2) Foundations of Coaching Module

STEP 3: Review the Athlete Development Matrix (ADM) & Athlete Development Matrix Guide

STEP 4: Complete Softball Specific Training (In-Person and Hybrid Options) 

*Please note if you choose the In-Person Pathway you are required to stay in the In-Person Pathway. If you choose the Hybrid Pathway you are required to stay in the Hybrid Pathway. The reason for this is to avoid over-lapping content between the two different delivery methods. 

In-Person Option: 

• Initiation to Coaching (4 hour course)

• On-Going Participation (8.5 hour course)

•  Competition Introduction Clinic 1 (13 hour course)

• Competition Introduction Clinic 2 (13 hour course) 

Hybrid Option (Rep Coach): (3 Online Zoom Modules & One In-Person Technical Weekend) 

STEP 5: Complete (MED) online evaluation (75% or higher)

STEP 6: (Recommended) Complete Commit to Kids

Certification - Required for all Softball BC Events leading up to and including Provincials,  Western Canada Summer Games, Canadian Championships

Professional Development Recommendations   

Responsible Coaching Movement 

Play Safe BC

Commit To Kids

Safe Sport

NCCP & Sport for Life Multi-Sport Modules

Indigenous Coaching and Aboriginal Coaching Module (ACM) 

Understanding NCCP Terms 

In Training - When a coach has completed some of the required training for a context.

Trained - When a coach has completed all required (sport specific and MED) training for a context

Certified - When a coach has completed all requirements for a context including on-field evaluation

 *Please note the Community Softball Coach context does not include a certification option within its pathway

* Refer to the links below for information around Competition-Introduction Certification:

Coach Portfolio: Competition-Introduction Coach Portfolio

Evaluator Observation Tool: Comp-Intro Evaluation Observation Kit

Video Protocol: Video-Protocol_Softball_Intro_Evaluations

Please contact Softball BC if you have any questions around the NCCP Competition-Introduction Coach Evaluation or Certification Process.

Downloadable Information

NCCP Streams Explained (Flowchart/Info Graphic)

• Community Sport_Initiation - Fundamentals/Learn to Train Stages

• Community Sport_Ongoing - Learn to Train/Active for Life Stages

• Competition_Introduction - Learn to Train/Train to Train Stages

• Competition Development - Train to Train/Train to Compete Stages

• Pitching Instruction_Beginner - Fundamentals/Learn to Train Stages

• Softball NCCP Clinics