This course is designed to enable coaches to acquire basic skills so that players new to the game learn to play safely, with enjoyable competition. It is an 8 hour Trained Only course with no post-course evaluation.

The presence of sport in a person’s life carries enormous benefits for social, physical and personal development while broadening cultural awareness. Rugby is a uniquely inclusive sport, and you as the coach hold a position of genuine influence over a player’s rate of personal development and their sense of community and self-worth.

The NCCP Community Initiation (Contact) course aims to develop new coaches on how to coach as well as teach what to coach. The course is delivered using the following structure:

To register for this course, all participants must complete the following:

Register as a coach with training.rugbycanada.ca
Select the NCCP Community Initiation Course option
Complete the following World Rugby Certificates at passport.worldrugby.org
- World Rugby Rugby Ready online module
- World Rugby Concussion Management module (FOR GENERAL PUBLIC)
Save your World Rugby certificates to your computer as a PDFs
Return to your profile at training.rugbycanada.ca and upload both certificates to your profile
Register for the clinic you wish to take

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