Coach Certification

Suitable for Instructors and Competition Coaches.

The Managing Conflict module will allow you to:

• Identify common sources of conflict in sport;
• Determine which individuals or groups are most likely to find themselves in situations involving conflict;
• Learn important skills that will help you prevent and solve conflict resulting from misinformation, miscommunication or misunderstanding;
• Develop skills that will empower you to listen and speak effectively in conflict situations while maintaining positive relationships with athletes, parents, officials and other coaches

Suitable for Competition Coaches

After taking this module you will be able to:

• Fully understand and explain the consequences of using banned substances in sport
• Educate athletes about drug-testing protocols at major competitions;
• Encourage athletes to safeguard their sport values and take greater responsibility for their personal actions;
• Apply the NCCP Ethical Decision-Making Model to your coaching as it relates to keeping your sport and athletes drug-free

Suitable for Competition Coaches

Completing Psychology of Performance will allow you to:

• Help athletes learn to manage distractions and use visualization techniques to prepare themselves technically and tactically for training and competition;
• Learn how to work with athletes or teams to identify performance and process goals related to their ability to focus on performance;
• Learn debriefing skills that can be used to help athletes assess their performance in both training and competition.

Suitable for Instructors and Competition Coaches

After taking Prevention and Recovery you will have the knowledge needed to:

• Identify common injuries in your sport and develop appropriate prevention and recovery strategies to keep your athletes injury-free during training and competition;
• Offer valuable information and guidance on hydration, nutrition and sleep as they relate to injury prevention;
• Choose skills and drills that help athletes perform appropriate warm-ups and cool-downs;
• Develop functional evaluations for an athlete’s return to play;
• Implement recovery and regeneration techniques to help an athlete maintain or return to optimal performance post injury.

Suitable for Competition Coaches

After taking this module you will be able to:

• Promote a positive image of sport, and model it to athletes and those supporting their performance
• Deliver clear messages and explanations when communicating with athletes and their supporters;
• Identify opportunities to interact with all athletes and use feedback to improve and correct performance and behaviour.

Suitable for Competition Coaches

After completing the Manage a Sport Program (MSP) module, you will:

• Manage administrative aspects of the program and oversee logistics;
• Manage staff's roles and responsibilities
• Manage camp and tournament finances and travel; and​
• Report on athlete progress throughout the program.

This module is a great follow-up to the Planning a Practice Module. It is recommended that the Performance Planning module be taken before Advanced Practice Planning.

After taking this module you will be able to:

• Identify the factors that affect practice planning;
• Ensure that practice plans are consistent with the microcycles and phases of which they are part;
• Sequence exercises in a practice so that their order is consistent with the research on sequencing;
• Develop a plan for training athletic abilities over a microcycle;
• Develop a plan for training technical and tactical abilities over a microcycle; and
• Develop a plan for microcycle that helps athletes taper before a competition.

Suitable for Competition Coaches. This module is a perfect next-step after the Design a Basic Sport Program module. It is recommended that the Performance Planning module be taken before the Advanced Practice Planning module.

After taking this module you will be able to:

• Perform a thorough analysis of the demands of your athletes' sport at the elite level;
• Outline a program structure based on training and competition opportunities;
• Identify appropriate measures for promoting athlete development within your own program;
• integrate yearly training priorities into your own program;
• Organise and sequence training priorities and objectives on a weekly basis to optimise adaptations; and
• Evaluate the ability of your athlete/team to perform up to their level of competition