Ontario Soccer offers more than 200 courses and coach education opportunities each year. Click on the course you are interested in from the list below for more information:
Please note that participants can register and attend courses at the age of 14 or older but will not receive official certification/designation until their 16th birthday, as per National Coaching Certification Program (NCCP) rules. To view all requirements, please click here.
The Respect in Soccer program was introduced in 2011 to provide coaches with invaluable information about coaching and essential approaches around working with youngsters in an appropriately respectful and nurturing coaching environment. RiS is an e-learning program for coaches, trainers, managers and any adult with a supervisory role over youth involved in soccer. It is designed as a tool to assist participants in identifying and dealing with abuse, neglect, harassment and bullying in sport.
The online course costs $30 and the curriculum is broken into six (6), 30 minute modules and includes audio/visual presentations, quizzes and printable handouts. Another beneficial feature of the program is that it does not need to be done all at once; it can be completed at your leisure. All competitive-level coaches must complete the “Respect in Soccer” program. We are hoping that coaches will recognize the long-term value of the program because of the values it promotes and also what it teaches regarding important practical guidelines for youth coaches.
This e-learning course is approximately 3 hours in length and is geared towards leaders of the game: Coaches, Referees, Managers, etc.
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Ontario Soccer is pleased to provide this convenient online course for soccer parents. This e-learning course is approximately 1 hour and is designed to reinforce a parent's role in a child's activity.
Register for a courseMake Ethical Decisions (MED) is a course that is required for all coaches who take LTPD Coaching Courses.
Coaches are required to attend either the mandatory in-class MED course, which runs approximately 3 hours in length OR the MED Distance Learning - Remote Access version OR the MED Home-Study. This course is an NCCP course, and will show up on Coaches transcripts on NCCP's "The Locker". Please remember that the MED Home-Study is NOT the online MED Evaluation.
To Search and Register for an MED Course - please click here
To host an MED course within your district of club - please click here
The NCCP Make Ethical Decisions (MED) course completion can take up to 15 days to appear on a Coach's transcript.
Associations requiring proof of completion can contact the Coaching Association on Ontario (CAO) for temporary proof.
Making Head Way in Soccer is a FREE concussion awareness E-Leaning Module that was created by the Coaches Association of Canada. Making Head Way E-Learning Modules set out to educate coaches, athletes and spectators on concussions.
The course can be found on a coach's NCCP Locker profile, in the 'e-Learning' tab.
