Certification and Qualifications
If coaches want players to pursue individual improvement, they should believe in continuous learning and professional development themselves.
National Coaching Institute
Coach Bourgase has been granted a Certificate in High Performance Coaching (Basketball) from National Coaching Institute (Ontario).
Presentations
- First Year Closing Presentation (May 2005)
- Second Year Opening Presentation (September 2005)
- Closing Presentation (May 2006)
National Coaching Certification Program
Coach Bourgase is in the process of completing Level 5 in the National Coaching Certification Program (N.C.C.P.).
Read more about the new N.C.C.P. modules.
Level 4/5 Tasks Completed
- Task 1: Energy Systems (May 2009)
- Task 2: Strength and Conditioning (April 2009)
- Task 3: Practical High School Basketball (September 2016)
- Task 4: Nutrition (August 2009)
- Task 5: Environmental Factors (July 2010)
- Task 6: Recovery and Regeneration (October 2012)
- Task 7: Psychological Preparation for Coaches (May 2006)
- Task 8: Psychological Preparation for Players (September 2010)
- Task 9: Sport-Specific Skill Development: Post Play (June 2011)
- Task 11: Sport-Specific Systems: Half-Court Offenses (August 2011)
- Task 12: Planning and Periodization (April 2009)
- Task 13: Physical Performance Factors for Basketball (March 2012)
- Task 16: Long Term Athlete Development (March 2010)
- Task 17: Leadership (October 2009)
- Task 18: The Business of Coaching (June 2009)
- Task 19: Funding Proposal (May 2013)
Competition Introduction Modules
- Basic Mental Skills (March 2014)
- Design a Basic Sport Program (May 2014)
- Making Ethical Decisions (November 2013)
- Nutrition (April 2013)
- Planning a Practice (April 2014)
- Teaching & Learning (March 2014)
Competition Development Modules
- Advanced Practice Planning (October 2016)
- Coaching & Leading Effectively (September 2013)
- Developing Athletic Abilities (October 2013)
- Leading Drug Free Sport (October 2013)
- Managing a Sports Program (September 2016)
- Managing Conflict (January 2014)
- Planning for Performance (October 2016)
- Prevention & Recovery of Injury (January 2014)
- Psychology of Performance (August 2011)
Community Coach Modules
- Canada Basketball FUNdamentals (August 2013)
- Fundamental Movement Skills (January 2014)
Professional Development Modules
- Air Aware: Asthma, respiratory allergies & air quality in sport (January 2014)
- Coach Initiation: Introducing new coaches to sport (May 2017)
- Coaching Athletes with a Disability: Mentoring athletes with disabilities (December 2017)
- Emergency Action Plan: Planning for athlete safety (April 2020)
- Keeping Girls in Sport: Coaching female athletes (October 2018)
- Making Head Way: Concussion eLearning series (October 2013)
- Mental Health in Sport: Mental and physical wellbeing for players & coaches (May 2021)
- Mentorship: Guiding coaches along their professional journey (April 2019)
- Resistance Training: Incorporating appropriate strength training exercises into a sports program (February 2014)
- Respect in Sport for Activity Leaders: Treating all participants & stakeholders in sport with dignity (May 2017)
- Safe Sport Training: Recognize abuse of power & maltreatment in sport (April 2020)
- Understanding Teen Dating Violence: Guiding student-athletes through difficult situations (June 2021)
Learning Facilitator Modules
- Functions of an NCCP Learning Facilitator (April 2014)
- Elements of an effective Learning Activity (April 2014)
- Nature of the Group (April 2014)
- Stages of Group Development (April 2014)
Coach Evaluator Modules
- Overview of the Workshop and the NCCP (August 2016)
- The Certification Process (August 2016)
- Learning to Debrief (August 2016)
- Action Planning (August 2016)
- Sport-Specific Training (May 2016)
Master Coach Developer
- Role of the Master Learning Facilitator/Master Evaluator (September 2016)
- electing Learning Facilitators and Coach Evaluators (September 2016)
- Evaluating Learning Facilitators (September 2016)
- Mentoring Coach Developers (September 2016)
- Training Coach Developers (September 2016)
- Evaluating Coach Evaluators (September 2016)
Coaching Associations
Brock Bourgase is a member of the Coaches of Canada and has been granted the professional designation of Chartered Professional Coach (ChPC).
First Aid Training
- Level “C” CPR and Automated External Defibrillation (June 2019)
- Standard First Aid (June 2019)