2025-2026  Hockey Canada / NCCP HP1  Seminar APPLICATION

2025-2026 Hockey Canada / NCCP High Performance 1 HYBRID SEMINAR DELIVERY – Hosted by BC Hockey  May 23 – June 22, 2025 APPLICATION FORM

*Please note that this is only an application form. Submitting an application does not guarantee acceptance.*

**Application fee is non-refundable**

BC Hockey is excited to be delivering the 2025-2026 Hockey Canada / NCCP High Performance 1 (HP1) Seminar this summer. The seminar’s comprehensive curriculum will be delivered by professional coaches in a hybrid format, featuring both virtual and in-person components. The webinar and classroom-based sessions will cover material within the National HP1 curriculum:

• Core Coaching Competencies
• The Art of Coaching
• Technical Skills
• Specialized modules

Topics will include:

• Game and Bench Management
• Special Teams
• Team Building
• Physical and Mental Preparation
• Offensive and Defensive Team Play
• Goaltending
• Effective Use of Technology
• Advanced Skills Analysis
• Planning a Competitive Program
• and more!

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FORMAT

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Seven (7) instructional and group work modules will be held virtually between May 23-25, delivered by Hockey Canada and BC Hockey. After these live virtual sessions, delegates will be expected to complete ten (10) modules through the Hockey Canada Learning Lab platform.  The six (6) in-person modules that follow and their subsequent group work sessions will be delivered by BC Hockey, held over 2 consecutive days (June 21-22) in Kelowna, BC at UBC Okanagan. 

Including all live webinars and in-person modules, coaches will need to be committed and prepared for approximately 40+ hours of practical work in total to complete the seminar attendance component of this certification. The seminar also features individual and group tasks / assignments that will be used to support each delegate’s pathway to High Performance 1 certification. 

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 WHO SHOULD APPLY? 

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National Coach Certification Program (NCCP) requirements relating to High Performance 1 Certification indicate that:  

• All Head Coaches coaching U15 AAA, U17 AAA, U18 AAA, Female U18 AAA, CSSHL and Junior A teams that compete in Inter-provincial or National Championships or the highest level as determined by the Hockey Canada Provincial Member, must be High Performance 1 Certified. It is recommended that all Assistant Coaches be at minimum Development 1 trained.  

• All Head Coaches registered to teams leading to competition in Regional or National Championships (including all HCAS registered teams) must either be trained or certified at the High Performance 1 level by December 1 of the current season (BC Hockey Policy 10.04). Coaches are considered High Performance 1 "trained" after being credited for attending all modules of the HP1 seminar.  

To obtain "certified" status, coaches must submit and pass the written assignment, pass the field evaluations, and pass the required CAC eLearning modules (Make Ethical Decisions, Managing Conflict, Leading Drug Free Sport) by October 15 of the second year after their seminar attendance date (BC Hockey Policy 10.04).    

HP1 certification qualifies seminar delegates to coach the following categories:  

• Junior A (head coach)  

• CSSHL (head coach - U18 female prep, U18 prep, U17 prep, U15 prep, U15)  

• AAA (head coach - U18, Female U18, U17, U15)