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The National Coaching Certification Program
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Coaches are mentors, motivators and leaders. Along with parents and teachers, coaches have a profound impact on the future of our children. It’s a great responsibility, and Canada’s two million coaches embrace it with passion and dedication.

The National Coaching Certification Program (NCCP) gives coaches the confidence to succeed. When you take an NCCP workshop, you’ll not only gain sport-specific technical abilities, but also leadership and decision-making skills.

NCCP training will open doors to new opportunities in coaching and in life.

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To start on your pathway to certification visit us online at baseball.ca

Additional workshop information as well as sport nutrition tips, coaching resources and more are available on COACH.ca

How to Get Certified - Coaching Clinic Instruction Guide

Initiation Coach

The new Baseball Canada Initiation Coach program is designed to provide valuable and accessible resources and training to coaches who are introducing and continuing to work with children in community level baseball programs.

The program is comprised of two parts:

Baseball Canada's On-line Library - a complete resource to help get you started and a place to revisit often while you coach children's baseball and
Initiation Coach Clinic - a Provincial/local 4-5 hour, on-field clinic that you attend after completing the On-line Library. The clinic covers practice sessions, the fundamentals of the game and ethical decision making.

Each part of the program provides credits towards your status as a Baseball Initiation level coach.

Baseball Canada On-line Library Module

On completion of this module, you will get credit for:

Select pre-designed practice plans that show flexibility for number of children, helpers, space and equipment.

Your coaching status in the Baseball Canada Initiation Coach program will be In Training

To Get Started Go to - http://nccp.baseball.ca

Provincial/Local Initiation Coach On-Field clinic

On completion of this clinic, you will get credit for:

Run a practice session that is fun, safe and keeps children actively engaged.
Explain the fundamentals of a game so children understand and can successfully play in a game.
Make ethical decisions.

Your coaching status in the Baseball Canada Initiation Coach program will be: Trained

As you progress through the program, you will receive a National Coaching Certification Program coaching card that indicates your status in the program.

Regional and Provincial Coach

The new Baseball Canada Regional/Provincial Coach program is designed to provide valuable and accessible resources and training to coaches who are working with children in the introduction to competition level baseball programs.

The program is comprised of seven parts:

· Baseball Canada's On-line Module - a complete resource to help get you started and a place to revisit often while you coach children's baseball;

· Initiation Coach On-Field Clinic - a Provincial/local 4-5 hour, on-field/gym clinic that you can attend only after completing the On-line Module. The clinic covers the fundamentals of the game and some ethical decision making;

· Teaching and Learning Module - a Provincial/local 4-5 hour, in-class clinic that you can attend only after completing the On-line Module. The clinic covers organization, explanations, demonstrations, supervision and feedbacks;

· Skills Analysis Module - a Provincial/local 4-5 hour, in-class clinic that you can attend only after completing the On-line Module. The clinic covers the basics of error detection and correction for basic baseball skills;

· Planning Module - a Provincial/local 4-5 hour, in-class clinic that you can attend only after completing the On-line Module. The clinic covers the structure of a practice and the design of a simple season plan.

· Pitching & Catching Workshop - a Provincial/local 4-5 hour, in-class or gym/field clinic that you can attend only after completing the On-line Module. The clinic covers basic pitching mechanics as well as fundamentals for catchers.

· Strategies Workshop - a Provincial/local 4-5 hour, in-class clinic that you can attend only after completing the On-line Module. The clinic covers signals, line-up, basic positioning, steal, hit and run and other tactical aspects.

Each part of the program provides credits towards your status as a Baseball Regional/Provincial Coach.

Baseball Canada On-line Module
On completion of this module, you will get credit for:

· Select pre-designed practice plans that show flexibility for number of children, helpers, space and equipment.