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Coaches
National Coach Accreditation
Scheme (NCAS)

 

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Coaches - National Coach Accreditation Scheme (NCAS)

The NCAS is a quality controlled competency based course that provides:
The individual with:

  • Quality instruction by informed coaches
  • A commitment to a coaches code of ethics (link to coach resource page)
  • Increased employment opportunities for coaches
  • Increased self esteem
  • Recognition by the relevant State and National sporting organisation.

The sport with:

  • Increased numbers of accredited coaches
  • Safer participation environments
  • Potentially increased success rates for coaches and participants
  • Ongoing updating on new coaching methods/techniques

It is a progressive coach education program that offers education, training and a nationally recognised qualification to people coaching beginners through to elite athletes. NCAS courses progress through the 3 following components:

  1. Coaching principles: fundamentals of coaching and athletic performance
  2. Sports specific: skills, techniques, strategies and scientific approaches to the particular sport
  3. Coaching practice: practical coaching and application of coaching principles

For further information about the NCAS visit the Coaching Australia web site at www.ausport.gov.au/coachofficial

Click here for further details about the next Coaching Principles course being run by the Office for Recreation and Sport.

Recognition of Current Competency (RCC)
Participants undertaking any NCAS training programs may apply for recognition of current competency. Such recognition will be granted when stated learning outcomes and performance criteria of the specific training program have been met. Recognition of prior learning is based on the fact that people learn in many different ways throughout their lifetime – through work experience and life experience as well as through education and training. Recognition of current competency takes into account a person's skills and experiences, regardless of where these were learnt. You can apply for such recognition if you can provide evidence to demonstrate your competence in the learning outcomes of your training course.

Contact your State Sporting Organisation for more information.


 
 
 
   
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