The sport of baseball continues to grow across
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
“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.
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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
If you are interested in registering with the NCCP, click here.
