Coaching

The effective delivery of community Bowls programs relies upon the recruitment, engagement and, most importantly, the ongoing development of coaches. Coaches play a major role in organizing Bowls participants, teaching them skills and strategies, as well as improving athlete fitness and motivation to train and compete.

The Coach-Athlete relationship forms a key component in a participant’s rationale for starting and then continuing in the Sport of Lawn Bowls. The quality of coaching also contributes to a participant’s satisfaction with their overall Bowls experience and continued performance throughout their development.

Multiple Coaching Programs help develop these skills.

Bowls Club Coach NCCP

Purpose
The Bowls Club Coach program is designed to train coaches who will be working in a club environment with a wide range of beginner bowlers to introduce the basic skills of lawn bowls.

LTAD Alignment
Learn to Bowl: Getting Started

Coach Accreditation Available
The highest level of accreditation for Bowls Club Coach is NCCP TRAINED. Coaches can achieve this status by completing:

• Bowls Club Coach Workshop through Bowls BC
• NCCP Emergency Action Plan, and
• NCCP Safe Sport, both available through the Coaching Association of Canada (NCCP).

Workshop Outline

The goal of this workshop is to help prepare coaches to do some of the specific tasks required to introduce the sport to beginners within a club setting. This includes:

• National Coaching
• Participant-centered Coaching
• Meaningful Competition for a Lifetime
• Safety
• Explaining and Demonstrating Bowls Skills
• Selecting and Implementing Purposeful Games
• Putting It All Together

NCCP Required Courses

If your goal is to train as a coach, you should register for an NCCP account on The Locker system. As a new requirement, we’ll ask for your NCCP# when you register for Bowls BC coaching workshop to ensure everything is recorded accurately to your NCCP account.

Any time after you’re enrolled, you may complete the requisite courses to needed to become a Bowls Club Coach:

• NCCP Emergency Action Plan (more info)
• NCCP Safe Sport (more info)

2026 CLUB COACH WORKSHOPS

Please register for an NCCP# here: THE LOCKER
then
Sign up for a workshop here:  COACHING COURSE REGISTRATION

Bowls Competition Coach NCCP

Purpose
This workshop is designed for the coach who will be working with a wide range of bowlers who are competing in club tournaments and possibly playing in provincial play-down events.

LTAD Alignment
Train to Play – Club Competitor
Learn to Compete – Provincial Competitor

Coach Accreditation Available

There are two statuses available for coaches:  Trained and Certified. 

TRAINED status is achieved after successful completion of:

• Bowls Competition Coach Workshop;
• Multi-sport Make Ethical Decisions workshop; and
• Multi-Sport Teaching and Learning Workshop.

CERTIFIED status is available after the coach has successfully completed:

• Bowls Competition Coach Portfolio;
• Formal evaluation in a bowls coaching environment; AND
• CAC’s online evaluation for Make Ethical Decisions.

How To Access Training

Coaches interested in accessing the Bowls Competition Coach Workshop need to contact their Bowls provincial coaching coordinators. This two-day workshop covers the following topics as they relate to the competitive club and provincial bowlers:

• Long-Term Athlete Development
• Performance Analysis
• Practice Planning
• Teaching and implementing basic tactics and strategy

Coaches looking to access the multi-sport workshops Make Ethical Decisions and Teaching and Learning need to contact their Provincial/Territorial Coaching Representative

For complete training, coaches must also take two multi-sport workshops:

• Make Ethical Decisions
• Teaching and Learning

2026 COMPETITION COACH WORKSHOPS

Once approved for the Bowls Competition Course Workshop, please register here:  COACHING COURSE REGISTRATION
YOU WILL BE PROMPTED TO SUPPLY YOUR NCCP# so please have it ready.

Coach Development Pathway