Coach Education and Research at Petro-Canada Sport Leadership sportif 2009
Petro-Canada Sport Leadership sportif is one of the world’s premier annual conferences for sport leaders. Delegates at this year’s conference will have the opportunity to attend sessions featuring speakers from around the world who have been involved with coach development in their countries. NCCP-trained coaches, Learning Facilitators, and Master Learning Facilitators are presenting in a number of sessions, further enhancing Canada’s reputation as a world leader in coach education.

Launching the Process for Developing the Gradation Policy for the NCCP
This fall Andrew Moss of Swimming Canada and Moss Melien Sport Management is launching a process which will lead to the development and implementation of a Gradation Policy for the NCCP. This process is a departure from past methods used to develop NCCP policies as CAC has hired a national sport organization (NSO) as the lead facilitator for the process.

Professional Development Policy Feedback Update
The Professional Development policy is a key component in the transition to the new NCCP as it recognizes and encourages coaches to continue to learn and to develop their competencies. The Professional Development Advisory Group (PDAG) circulated a draft of the Professional Development policy in June 2009. Many NCCP partners provided feedback on the draft asking many questions and voicing some concerns. This article provides an update on the development of this policy.

Competition – Development Templates – Update on Revisions
For the past two months the Competition – Development templates of Performance Planning, Planning a Practice 2, Analyzing Technical and Tactical Performance along with the Manage a Sport Program: Topic Checklist have been undergoing revision.

Creative Solutions for Consistent Evaluation Results
The Canadian Curling Association and Swimming Canada are developing creative solutions for Evaluators. These associations have each developed an Evaluator Training DVD to train Evaluators to interpret the evaluation standards and apply them consistently with the tools.

Maximizing Your NCCP Budget – Federation of Canadian Archers (FCA)
Through early planning and innovative scheduling, the FCA Coaching Committee is maximizing its use of its NCCP budget to achieve multiple tasks in a short period of time by piggy-backing on existing events in the sport calendar, such as the Petro-Canada Sport Leadership sportif conference in Vancouver.

Incorporating LTAD principles into NCCP training
The recent focus on Long Term Athlete Development (LTAD) has caused equestrian sport to rethink some of its traditions. One of the key areas in which Equine Canada is applying LTAD principles is coach education.

Canadian Ultimate Players Association Joins NCCP
The Coaching Association of Canada (CAC) recently announced that the Canadian Ultimate Players Association has been accepted into the NCCP.

NCCP UPDATES: PROVINCIAL/TERRITORIAL

British Columbia
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
New Brunswick