About Coaching

The Ontario Coaching Program encompasses all aspects of education and training of coaches. 

Squash Ontario works in cooperation with Squash Canada and the Coaching Association of Canada in an effort to ensure that Ontario’s coaches are given the best education and training possible.

The Coaching program provides the following services to Squash Ontario’s Members:

• Coaching Certification Clinics and Evaluations
• Coaching Job Opportunities (Club Postings, Regional and Provincial Teams)
• Black Knight Coaching Incentive Program
• Black Knight Coaching Achievement Award

• Squash Pros E-News

The New Structure of the NCCP

A Competency-Based Approach

Following an extensive evaluation of the effectiveness of the NCCP, the NCCC approved the transition from the existing knowledge and the course-based program with five consecutive levels of certification to a competency-based education and training (CBET) approach, in which coaches are trained and may achieve certification of competency to coach in a specific coaching environment. The transition to this new approach is ongoing, as each sport participating in the NCCP revises its coach training and certification.

The New Structure of the NCCP

• NCCP Model Information
• NCCP Model Diagram

Within the new structure coaches receive one of the following designations:

• In Training – when a coach has completed some of the required training for a context
• Trained – when a coach has completed all required training for a context
• Certified – when a coach has completed all evaluation requirements for a context