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NCCP is Ideal for Coaches

The sport of baseball continues to grow across Canada.  With the increase of kids registering to play this wonderful game, the demand for qualified coaches increases along with it.

This is where the National Coaching Certification Program steps in.  From January till April this year, 1286 coaches registered on-line with the NCCP, which is in line to surpass the 2006 mark of 2585.

One of the coaches who registered this year is Sylvain Labatt of Varennes, Québec.  He registered on January 7th and learned a lot from the on-line course.

“The site is well thought of and is easy to navigate,” says Mr. Labatt of the website.  “There are extensive materials available and it’s very progressive. It’s an indispensable tool to help create uniformity in the training of coaches and it will help retain players.”

It is comments like that that André Lachance, Manager of Baseball Operations with Baseball Canada, takes to heart.

“It’s nice, but it’s not only from coaches but from the other sports also,” adds Mr. Lachance.  “The Coaches Association tells us that our on-line program is an excellent idea and other sports are starting to steal the idea.”

Even with those words of encouragement from coaches who have participated in the on-line program, Mr. Lachance is always looking for ways to improve the product.

“Right now we are developing the competition portion of the program and we are really investing our energy on that,” says Mr. Lachance.

Baseball Canada organizes the program with the help of the provincial associations in order to cultivate the best possible coaches.  The small fee the coaches’ pay is reinvested in to the program in order to improve the product and achieve its goal.

The current program was developed as part of the transition from the traditional National Coaching Certification Program (NCCP) to a Competency Based approach and represents a partnership with Baseball BC. Baseball BC had developed an online library for coaches that outlined skill areas and the progressions for various age groups plus video examples of drills in action. The Baseball Canada site now employs the information from Baseball BC and has implemented an online exam for coaches of athletes at the initiation stage so that they may receive coach education and ultimately trained status in a progressive and flexible manner.

If you are interested in registering with the NCCP, click here.


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