NCCP Context 

FHC encourages coaches to be trained or certified in a specific context depending on the stage of the Long Term Hockey Development model in which your athletes belong.  The context of the NCCP fit within within two streams: Community and Competition.  

COMMUNITY

Coaches in the Community Sport stream typically become involved on a voluntary (and often short-term) basis because their children participate in a sport. They tend to work with participants of all ages who are new to the sport.

The Community Sport stream has two coaching contexts: Initiation and Ongoing participation.

For more information on the Community Sport stream, please view the following file: 

COMPETITION 

Coaches in the Competition stream usually have previous coaching experience or are former athletes in the sport. They tend to work with athletes over the long term to improve performance, often in preparation for provincial, national, and international competitions.

The Competition stream has three coaching contexts: Introduction, Development, and High performance which reflect the stages of athlete development.

• The Competition – Development (Comp-Dev) context includes athletes ranging from the Training to Train to the Training to Compete stages of long-term athlete development.
• The Competition – High performance (Comp-HP) context is generally reserved for the Training to Win stage of long-term athlete development although there is the possibility of some phasing in of a Training to Compete athlete into the Competition – High performance context because of the fluidity of the stages of long-term athlete development.

For more information on the Competition stream, please download the following: