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Coaching

Next Coach Training Session
  • Date- June 22nd, 2025 (8am-5pm)
  • Location- Dartmouth Lawn Bowls Club (2 Mount Hope Avenue)
​For Bowlers interested in learning to coach at the club level, teaching "Learn to Bowl" programming. For Club Coaches who were certified prior to 2016, you may also require additional retraining due to new requirements.
Lunch will be provided to all participants.
Please bring:
  • Pen/Pencil
  • Bowls Equipment
​If you are interested in becoming a certified coach at any level of the sport please contact LBNS Coaching Coordinator Kathy Myketyn.
Coaching Bowls in Nova Scotia
Lawn Bowls Nova Scotia (LBNS) runs programs for becoming an NCCP Certified Coach for bowls.  Facilitated by a Bowls Coach Learning Facilitator, the course runs over 8.5 hours (usually a Friday evening and Saturday).  The course covers many topics around coaching as put together by NCCP and Bowls Canada Boulingrin, including Participant-centered Coaching, Long-term Athlete Development, Safety, Making Ethical Decisions, Explaining and Demonstrating Bowls Skills, Selecting and Implementing Purposeful Games and Practice Planning. These topics ensure that the Trained Club Coaches have the tools and knowledge they need to work effectively.  For more information or if interested in becoming a certified coach, please contact LBNS Coaching Coordinator Kathy Myketyn.
How to become a Bowls Club coach
Purpose
Bowls Club Coach 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 the workshop:  Bowls Club Coach.

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.
  • Participant-centered Coaching (90 minutes)
  • Meaningful Competition for a Lifetime (80 minutes)
  • Safety (50 minutes)
  • Making Ethical Decisions (75 minutes)
  • Explaining and Demonstrating Bowls Skills (100 minutes)
  • Selecting and Implementing Purposeful Games (90 minutes)
  • Putting It All Together (30 minutes)
NOTE:  This workshop is NOT intended to be a skills clinic for bowlers looking to upgrade their playing skills and technique

How to Access
Contact LBNS to express your interest in taking the Bowls Club Coach course.
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how to become a Bowls competition coach
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,
  • Multi-sport Basic Mental Skills workshop,
  • Multi-sport Emergency Action Plan module,
  • Multi-Sport Teaching and Learning Workshop, and
  • One of the approved Safe Sport courses:
    • Safe Sport from the Coaching Association of Canada, or
    • Respect in Sport for Activity Leaders from Respect Group
CERTIFIED status is available after the coach has successfully completed
  • Bowls Competition Coach Portfolio,
  • Formal evaluation in a bowls coaching environment,
  • 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, Basic Mental Skills and Teaching and Learning need to contact their Provincial/Territorial Coaching Representative.
For complete training, coaches must also take the multi-sport workshops:
  • Make Ethical Decisions
  • Teaching and Learning
  • Basic Mental Skills
  • Emergency Action Plan
  • Safe Sport
How to Access
Coaches should contact the office by email at [email protected] to receive an electronic copy of the evaluation materials.  This material is available free of charge.
Coaches access the online Making Ethical Decisions evaluation by clicking on the “My Locker” tab on www.coach.ca.  Coaches need a current email and an NCCP CC# to complete this evaluation.
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how to become a bowls performance coach
Purpose
This workshop is designed for the coach of athletes who are of intermediate and advanced skill levels and who want to compete successfully at the national level.  The coaches of athletes in Provincial and National tournament competitions and coaches of athletes wishing to compete internationally.
LTAD Alignment
  • Learn to Compete – Provincial Competitor
  • Train to Compete – National Competitor
Coach Accreditation Available
There are two statuses available for coaches post completion of the Bowls Performance Coach Workshop, they are: TRAINED and CERTIFIED
TRAINED status is achieved after successful completion of:
  • Bowls Performance Coach Workshop,
  • Multi- sport Developing Athletic Abilities,
  • Multi- sport Prevention and Recovery,
  • Multi- sport Managing Conflict,
  • Multi- sport Psychology of Performance,
  • Multi- sport Leading Drug Free Sport,
  • Multi- sport Coaching and Leading Effectivity,
  • Multi- sport Performance Planning
  • Multi-sport Advanced Practice Planning
  • Multi- sport Manage a Program, and
  • Multi- sport Design a Sport Program
  • Multi-sport Make Ethical Decisions
CERTIFIED status is available after the coach has successfully completed:
  • Submission of an Annual Plan
  • Submission of three practice plans with emergency action plans
    • Specific Phase
    • Pre-Competition Phase
    • Competition Phase
  • Observation of implementation of one of the above practice plans
  • Observation of coach working with a team during a Competitive Event
  • Online Evaluations – www.coach.ca – for:
    • Make Ethical Decision- Competition Development
    • Managing Conflict
    • Leading Drug Free Sport
Coaches looking to access the multi-sport workshops need to contact their Provincial Coaching Representatives.
How to access Training
Coaches interested in accessing the Bowls Performance Coach Workshop need to contact the Bowls Canada office directly.  This two-day workshop covers the following topics as they pertains to competition at a provincial and national level. 
  • Technical Performance
  • Analyze Technical and Tactical Performance
  • Strategy and Tactics
  • How to Evaluate
How to Access
Coaches should contact Bowls Canada office directly to find out when the next Performance Coach Workshop will be running. 
To receive an electronic copy of the evaluation materials, please contact the Bowls Canada office.  This material is available free of charge. 
Coaches access the online Making Ethical Decisions evaluation by clicking on the “My Locker” tab on www.coach.ca.  Coaches need a current email and a NCCP number to complete this evaluation. 
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LBNS policy regarding coaching Junior Bowlers
​Policy for Coaching Junior Bowlers
Lawn Bowls Nova Scotia has instituted the following policy in relation to coaching Junior bowlers. Coaches of minors (junior bowlers under 18 years old) are required to submit to the provincial coaching coordinator, a criminal record check and a child abuse registry check by the last day of May in order to coach in a given season. Checks are good for three years and are performed by the local police department. Lawn Bowls Nova Scotia will reimburse any cost associated with the checks.
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