Similar to our Long-Term Player Development Guide, Softball Canada wants to create a framework that helps guide coaches through their development and coaching careers. While we strive to ensure our athletes are continuing to grow and develop in a safe softball environment, we also want to ensure that coaches are equipped, educated, and supported through their own pathways. In doing so, Softball Canada hopes to raise awareness and transparency, and provide coaches with the information they need to begin, continue, or build on their coaching experiences and certification.
Softball’s Coach Development Framework will:
• Provide best principles relating to quality coaching and coach development
• Provide a clear pathway for coaches coinciding with the LTPD Framework, the NCCP and softball’s age categories and competitions
• Promote a shared understanding of quality coaching at all levels of athlete development and competition
• Provide understanding of coach competencies and skills at each stage of development
• Provide best principles for coach development at each stage, supporting the holistic approach
• Function as a guideline for the improvement of existing coach development
• Offer guidance and requirements on certification and maintenance
• Offer real life insights and journeys of past and present coaches
As a step in this process, we are asking coaches at all levels to support this process by providing their thoughts and feedback in the following survey.
If you have questions or concerns, please contact Angela Ballantyne, Manager - Sport Development at aballantyne@softball.ca