NCCP Training Opportunities for Equestrian Coaches

EC NCCP Equestrian-Specific Training Opportunities

Equestrian Canada (EC) offers a series of equestrian-specific NCCP courses designed to support coach development and preparation for certification.

These courses are optional, but strongly recommended for coaches who want to build a strong foundation and better understand NCCP expectations prior to evaluation.

AEF Online NCCP Training Sessions

AEF offers optional Online NCCP Training sessions throughout the year to support coaches working toward certification.

These sessions are facilitated by Coach Developers and focus on key NCCP competencies, practical application, and evaluation readiness.

AEF Online NCCP Training sessions include:

EC NCCP Long-Term Equestrian Development (LTED)
EC NCCP Analyzing Beginner Equestrian Performance
EC NCCP Plan an Equestrian Practice

Details on upcoming sessions, dates, and registration are shared on the AEF website and through coach communications.

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EC ECampus – Individual NCCP Courses

In addition to AEF-hosted training, EC offers equestrian-specific NCCP courses through ECampus. These courses can be completed independently and at your own pace.

Available EC NCCP equestrian-specific courses include:

EC NCCP Long-Term Equestrian Development

Description: This module will provide participants with an explanation and exploration of ‘What is LTED’ and where both athletes and coaches fit. Participants will understand that the LTED framework defines optimal training, competition, and recovery programs based on biological age rather than chronological age, therefore based on human growth and development principles. Along with encouraging an athlete-centred approach to equestrian development, athletes with a disability will see how they can achieve success and enjoyment in the sport. There will be discussions surrounding optimal windows of trainability and training vs. growth and development, training vs. competition, and recommended competition to training ratios and development stages.

Duration: half-day course

Certification Contexts: Instructor, Competition Coach, Competition Coach Specialist, High-Performance 1

Applicable to: Coaches, parents, officials, facility owners, riders

EC NCCP Analyzing Beginner Equestrian Performance

This is a half-day course that teaches the equestrian instructor and coach how to apply a basic framework to detect and correct skill errors and engage in extensive reflection on the analysis of performance. Study how to optimize your students’ learning by implementing effective analysis methods in lessons.

Duration: Half-day course

Certification Contexts: EC NCCP Instructor, Competition Coach

Applicable to: Coaches

EC NCCP Plan an Equestrian Practice

Plan an Equestrian Practice helps coaches develop the skills needed to plan a practice (lesson) that meets the standard of the National Coaching Certification Program (NCCP) and to develop an emergency action plan. This module prepares coaches to plan safe and effective lessons.

Duration: Full-day course

Certification Contexts: EC NCCP Instructor, Competition Coach, Competition Coach Specialist, High-Performance 1

Applicable to: Coaches

EC NCCP Design an Equestrian Sport Program

EC NCCP Manage an Equestrian Sport Program

Completion of training modules does not replace the requirement to successfully complete an NCCP coaching evaluation for certification.

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