Indoor Certification Policy
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To attend Provincial & National Championships, here are the minimum certification requirements that you will require as a head coach of a club team, ages 14 through 18, this season. Please note that all assistant coaches on your team roster require steps 1, 3 and 4 to participate.
Club Head Coach Certification Checklist
1) Get an NCCP # (thelocker.coach.ca)
2) Sign-up for a Workshop (volleyballconnect.ca)
• Development Coach – For 14U to 18U Teams
(Certification completion required by third year of coaching)
• Advanced Development Coach
(Limited workshops available)
3) Training Modules (volleyballconnect.ca)
• Foundations of Volleyball
• Making Headway
• Making Ethical Decisions Online Evaluation
4) Safe Sport Essentials
• Respect in Sport (One time)
• Criminal Record Check (Every 3 years)
• Vulnerable Sector Check (One time) – Submit with registration each year
• Screening Disclosure Form (Done through Teamlinkt Registration)
(PDF) 2025 Step by Step Development Coach Requirements
(PDF) 2026 Step by Step Volleyball Connect Registration
(PDF) Volleyball Canada NCCP Pathways Overview
Volleyball Canada maintains NCCP coaching certification standards for all club National Championships. In 2017 Volleyball Canada and the Provincial/Territorial Volleyball Associations developed a single policy to apply across the country. The policy is progressive over three years to lessen the demands for time, and allows for meaningful growth as a coach.
YEARLY CERTIFICATION DEADLINE
***All HEAD COACHES must meet the following standards by 11:59pm March 1.***
Under these new requirements, Sask Volleyball will check certification and impose the necessary fines – Volleyball Canada will no longer check certification nor impose fines. The fines will remain with Sask Volleyball and can be used in the same manner as in the past – held in trust for one year for the fined coach or club to use toward certification or be applied to a Sask Volleyball coaching budget.