Coaching

Transition to the New NCCP

The National Coaching Certification Program (NCCP) was developed in 1974 to provide training and certification to coaches in more than 60 sports. Triathlon BC adheres to the new NCCP, which is a competency-based system that moves beyond measuring what coaches know to evaluating what they can do with what they know, or how they apply and use that knowledge in real-life coaching situations. Coaches in the new system are trained, evaluated, and certified based on outcomes specific to the group of athletes they are coaching.

NCCP COMP INTRO PART 2 - Vancouver

• Date:  March 13 & 14, 2010
• Location: Vancouver, TBA
• Cost: $225.00 - Triathlon BC members only
• Download the REGISTRATION FORM here
• Prerequisites exist for this Clinic.  Participants must have previously completed an NCCP Community Clinic, and have had their papers evaluated. For evaluation details, please contact Tracey Shelley.

NCCP Community Sport Coaching Clinic - Vernon

• Date: April 2 & 3, 2010 (Friday Evening/Saturday)
  
• Location: Vernon (TBA)
• Cost: $125.00 - Triathlon BC members only
  
• Download the REGISTRATION FORM here

NCCP Community Sport Coaching Clinic - Trail

• Date: May 1 & 2, 2010 
• Location: Trail (Selkirk College, 900 Helena Street)
  
• Cost: $125.00 - Triathlon BC members only
  
• Download the REGISTRATION FORM here

*NOTE: Participants Must Be TriBC Members to Participate in all NCCP Clinics.Cancellations must be received a minimum of 5 days prior to the start date.  Cancellation notices received within 5 days of a Clinic will incur a $25 processing fee.

About the Community Stream Coaching Course

NEW! From Triathlon Canada - A course tailored for adult triathletes and coaches of age group athletes!  The two day adventure encompassing sprint to long distance training.  The course includes three primary areas, a) safety, ethics, and liability, b) technical introduction to all four sports, and c) program planning.  This weekend experience provides an excellent springboard for both athletes and coaches to gain information, discuss principles of triathlon training for adults, and network with other participants in the sport.  The information is presented in an organized, visual manual with applied exercises that provide opportunities for both learning and applying concepts of training and racing.

With the successful pilot of the community coaching program now complete, TriBC plans to phase out coaching equivalencies over the next two years, adopting the Community Coaching program as a mandatory minimum level of certification for all clubs seeking insurance, effective with the 2010 Triathlon season.  Please plan to enrol your coaches in an upcoming Community coaching program in the not too distant future.

Triathlon Canada has formalized a Challenge Progress for Competition Introduction, Parts 1 and 2.  See relevant documentation here.

Coach Education

In Canada, coach education and training is guided by the Coaching Association of Canada (CAC). Under CAC supervision, each National Sport Organization (NSO) is developing coach education that best matches the needs of both athletes and coaches.

The new NCCP is competency based which means the educational experiences are interactive and involve more than rote information (what you know). They also focus on the “how” of coaching and the implementation of your knowledge (what you can DO with what you know). A significant focus of the new NCCP is accessing coaches’ prior knowledge and engaging their expertise in dialogue, practice, and interaction. In this way, even experienced coaches with an extensive knowledge base can glean important skills, networking, and self-evaluation opportunities through the NCCP process.

Five CORE COMPETENCIES are woven throughout all contexts, training, and evaluation processes.  VALUING, INTERACTING, LEADING, PROBLEM SOLVING, and CRITICAL THINKING.

NCCP Streams and Contexts

There are two primary coaching education STREAMS within the new Tri NCCP program - Community Sport and Competition. These streams reflect the level and focus of ATHLETES that coaches work with in the streams. Read about the streams and education opportunities HERE.

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Please contact Triathlon BC for further coaching clinic details, or to book a coaching clinic in your area.

For Course Details and FAQ's, see HERE.

For a Course overview, see HERE.

Certified coaches provide learning opportunities from which athletes can grow physically, technically, and mentally.