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 Please WaitOverview of Gymnastics BC Coaching PoliciesImportant:WAG & MAG NCCP Certification Requirements as of January 1, 2010 As of January 2010, a NCCP Level 3 certification (including theory, technical and practical) is required to coach National level WAG and MAG athletes during training and at all BC events and Canadian Championships. This was announced last season and was implemented to harmonize our requirements with Gymnastics Canada requirements. After January 2010, coaches will need to request an exemption if they are not Level 3 Certified and are coaching national stream athletes. Exemptions will be granted once and will be valid until the next Level 3 Technical course is offered. The coaches will have 1 year following the course to complete the Practical component and will need to complete their Level 3 at the next Fall Congress. Exemptions for Competition Development (formerly Theory Level 3) will be granted for a maximum of 1 year. All Exemption Requests must be submitted online. All coaches (18 years or older) who wish to be members of GBC must complete and file a Police Record Check (PRC) with Gymnastics BC. Gymnastics BC is responsible, at law, to do everything reasonable to provide a safe and secure environment for participants in it’s programs. GBC takes this very seriously, and is committed to, fulfilling the duty of care it owes to its members.
PRCs are valid for a period of three years (new as of September 2010). Notwithstanding this, Gymnastics BC may at any time request that an individual in a designated category provide a PRC if GBC has grounds to believe that the results of the PRC obtained previously are no longer accurate.
To see the complete Screening Policy, please see 1.6 of Section 1B: Ethics of the Gymnastics BC Policy and Procedures manual.
For ALL gymnastics related activities, there must be present at ALL times in the gym:
Use of Trampoline in Artistic Program (Coach's Certification) For all programs using trampoline, one coach with the appropriate certification must directly supervise the trampoline when in use. Direct supervision means: at or in the trampoline area and focused only on trampoline supervision.Coaches who have NCCP Level 2 Technical in Artistic Gymnastics can use the trampoline as a teaching tool (for saltos and aerials skills and to supervise a group doing non-inverted skills) as long as the coach has taken the Gymnastics Foundations Trampoline course (or the Technical Level 1 Trampoline course under the old NCCP). It is recommended that coaches using the trampoline in their programs complete the appropriate NCCP Gymnastics Foundations Trampoline certification. Coaches who are trained Gymnastics Foundations Artistic coaches are not certified to teach any skills on the trampoline, including non inverted skills. back to top Coach to Participant Ratio Guidelines The recommended coach to participant / athlete ratios are:  Coaches
that are going into a school to do an in-service with the students or
teachers must be affiliated with a GBC member club and be registered
with GBC. The coach must be at least Gymnastics Foundations certified.
The coach will be covered for accident and liability insurance, as long
as GBC has been notified prior to the in-service date. back to top Coaches who are recent (within the previous 12 months) arrivals to Canada may apply for NCCP equivalency. The applicant must be a full time resident of Canada and must be working in Canada. Applications will be reviewed by the EP Director and experts identified by the Program Committee of the concerned gymnastics sport, who will determine an appropriate level of equivalency on a case by case basis. Some considerations may be given to special cases.
To be granted equivalency, the coach will also be required to pass an 'assessment' interview with an identified Master or Mentor LF. The club or coach requesting the equivalency will be required to pay the expenses of the individual conducting the interview. Full details on the procedure for requesting equivalency can be downloaded from the Gymnastics Canada website.
Applying for Exemption of Coaching Certification for Competitions If a coach wishes to apply for an exemption from the NCCP minimum standards, they must provide a written request to GBC at least 4 weeks prior to a provincial level competition. This must be done using the online form.
For national level competitions, all inquiries must be made to GCG and refer to GCG NCCP regulations. Requests that are received less than 4 weeks in advance are subject to a $30 application fee. Late applications may be turned down if there is not adequate time to investigate the request.
Applications are most likely to be considered if:
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