Coach Certification Chart

2026 Coach Certification Requirements

2026 OBA COACH CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

As of October 1st, asynchronous modules will not be available as we review certification requirements, delivery methods, timelines, and compliance expectations for the 2027 season.

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Coach Certification Deadline: June 30th. 

2026 Coach Certification Requirements Printable Copy

Note: 1. Coach Initiation in Sport AND 2. Coach Initiation in Baseball must be completed prior to registering for clinics. 

Age Group / RoleBaseball Ontario Rep AAA
Baseball Ontario Rep AA & Below and any select team attending rep tournaments
Baseball Ontario Select - Dedicated
Baseball Ontario Select - Houseleague
8U/9U
Head Coach		1. Coach Initiation in Sport
2. Coach Initiation in 
Baseball
3. Fundamentals of Coaching Baseball Clinic (formerly Initiation)
4. Hitting Clinic
5. Safe Sport
6. Teaching & Learning (coming 2027)		1. Coach Initiation in Sport
2. Coach Initiation in 
Baseball
3. Fundamentals of Coaching Baseball Clinic (formerly Initiation)
4. 9U PCCP
5. Hitting Clinic
6. Safe Sport		1. Coach Initiation in Sport
2. Coach Initiation in 
Baseball
3. Fundamentals of Coaching Baseball Clinic (formerly Initiation)
4. 9U PCCP
5. Hitting Clinic
6. Safe Sport
1. Coach Initiation in Sport
2. Coach Initiation in 
Baseball
3. Fundamentals of Coaching Baseball Clinic (formerly Initiation)
4. 9U PCCP
5. Hitting Clinic
6. Safe Sport
8U/9U
Assistant Coach		1. Coach Initiation in Sport
2. Coach Initiation in 
Baseball
3. Fundamentals of Coaching Baseball Clinic (formerly Initiation)
4. Hitting Clinic
5. Safe Sport
6. Teaching & Learning (coming 2027)		1. Coach Initiation in Sport
2. Coach Initiation in 
Baseball
3. Fundamentals of Coaching Baseball Clinic (formerly Initiation)
4. 9U PCCP
5. Hitting Clinic
6. Safe Sport
1. Coach Initiation in Sport
2. Coach Initiation in 
Baseball
3. Fundamentals of Coaching Baseball Clinic (formerly Initiation)
4. 9U PCCP
5. Hitting Clinic
6. Safe Sport		1. Coach Initiation in Sport
2. Coach Initiation in 
Baseball
3. Safe Sport
10U/11U
Head Coach		1. Coach Initiation in Sport
2. Coach Initiation in 
Baseball
3. Fundamentals of Coaching Baseball Clinic (formerly Initiation)
4. 11u Video Package
5. Infielding Clinic
6. Hitting Clinic
7. Pitching & Catching Clinic
8. Safe Sport
9. Teaching & Learning (coming 2027)		1. Coach Initiation in Sport
2. Coach Initiation in 
Baseball
3. Fundamentals of Coaching Baseball Clinic (formerly Initiation)
4. My First Pitch
5. Hitting Clinic
6. Infielding Clinic
7. Safe Sport		1. Coach Initiation in Sport
2. Coach Initiation in 
Baseball
3. Fundamentals of Coaching Baseball Clinic (formerly Initiation)
4. My First Pitch
5. Hitting Clinic
6. Infielding Clinic
7. Safe Sport		1. Coach Initiation in Sport
2. Coach Initiation in 
Baseball
3. Fundamentals of Coaching Baseball Clinic (formerly Initiation)
4. My First Pitch
5. Hitting Clinic
6. Infielding Clinic
7. Safe Sport
10U/11U
Assistant Coach		1. Coach Initiation in Sport
2. Coach Initiation in 
Baseball
3. Fundamentals of Coaching Baseball Clinic (formerly Initiation)
4. 11u Video Package
5. Infielding Clinic
6. Hitting Clinic
7. Safe Sport
8. Teaching & Learning (coming 2027)		1. Coach Initiation in Sport
2. Coach Initiation in 
Baseball
3. Fundamentals of Coaching Baseball Clinic (formerly Initiation)
4. My First Pitch 
5. Hitting Clinic
6. Infielding Clinic
7. Safe Sport		1. Coach Initiation in Sport
2. Coach Initiation in 
Baseball
3. Fundamentals of Coaching Baseball Clinic (formerly Initiation)
4. My First Pitch
5. Hitting Clinic
6. Infielding Clinic
7. Safe Sport		1. Coach Initiation in Sport
2. Coach Initiation in 
Baseball
3. Safe Sport
12U/13U
Head Coach		1. Coach Initiation in Sport
2. Coach Initiation in 
Baseball
3. Planning Clinic
4. Absolutes Clinic
5. Pitching & Catching Clinic
6. Core Portfolio Evaluation
7. 13U Video Package
8. 13U Portfolio Tasks
9. Practice Evaluation
10. Make Ethical Decisions
11. Base Running Clinic
12. Infielding Clinic
13. Hitting Clinic
14. Safe Sport
15. Teaching & Learning (coming 2027)		1. Coach Initiation in Sport
2. Coach Initiation in 
Baseball
3. Hitting Clinic
4. Infielding Clinic
5. Pitching & Catching Clinic
6. Safe Sport
7. Teaching & Learning (coming 2027)		1. Coach Initiation in Sport
2. Coach Initiation in 
Baseball
3. Hitting Clinic
4. Infielding Clinic
5. Pitching & Catching Clinic
6. Safe Sport
7. Teaching & Learning (coming 2027)		1. Coach Initiation in Sport
2. Coach Initiation in 
Baseball
3. Hitting Clinic
4. Infielding Clinic
5. Pitching & Catching Clinic
6. Safe Sport
7. Teaching & Learning (coming 2027)
12U/13U
Assistant Coach		1. Coach Initiation in Sport
2. Coach Initiation in 
Baseball
3. Planning Clinic
4. Absolutes Clinic
5. Pitching & Catching Clinic
6. Infielding Clinic
7. Hitting Clinic
8. Safe Sport
9. Teaching & Learning (coming 2027)		1. Coach Initiation in Sport
2. Coach Initiation in 
Baseball
3. Infielding Clinic
4. Hitting Clinic
5. Safe Sport
6. Teaching & Learning (coming 2027)		1. Coach Initiation in Sport
2. Coach Initiation in 
Baseball
3. Infielding Clinic
4. Hitting Clinic
5. Safe Sport
6. Teaching & Learning (coming 2027)		1. Coach Initiation in Sport
2. Coach Initiation in 
Baseball
3. Safe Sport
14U/15U
Head Coach		1. Coach Initiation in Sport
2. Coach Initiation in 
Baseball
3. Planning Clinic
4. Absolutes Clinic
5. Strategies Clinic
6. Pitching & Catching Clinic
7. Skills Clinic
8. Core Portfolio Evaluation
9. 15U Video Package
10. 15U Portfolio Tasks
11. Practice Evaluation
12. Game Evaluation
13. Make Ethical Decisions
14. Base Running Clinic
15. Infielding Clinic
16. Hitting Clinic
17. Safe Sport
18. Teaching & Learning (coming 2027)		1. Coach Initiation in Sport
2. Coach Initiation in 
Baseball
3. Hitting Clinic
4. Infielding Clinic
5. Base Running Clinic
6. Outfielding Clinic
7. Pitching & Catching Clinic
8. Safe Sport
9. Teaching & Learning (coming 2027)		1. Coach Initiation in Sport
2. Coach Initiation in 
Baseball
3. Hitting Clinic
4. Infielding Clinic
5. Base Running Clinic
6. Outfielding Clinic
7. Pitching & Catching Clinic
8. Safe Sport
9. Teaching & Learning (coming 2027)		1. Coach Initiation in Sport
2. Coach Initiation in 
Baseball
3. Hitting Clinic
4. Infielding Clinic
5. Base Running Clinic
6. Outfielding Clinic
7. Pitching & Catching Clinic
8. Safe Sport
9. Teaching & Learning (coming 2027)
14U/15U
Assistant Coach		1. Coach Initiation in Sport
2. Coach Initiation in 
Baseball
3. Planning Clinic
4. Absolutes Clinic
5. Strategies Clinic
6. Pitching & Catching Clinic
7. Skills Clinic
8. Hitting Clinic
9. Base Running Clinic
10. Infielding Clinic
11. Safe Sport
12. Teaching & Learning (coming 2027)		1. Coach Initiation in Sport
2. Coach Initiation in 
Baseball
3. Infielding Clinic
4. Hitting Clinic
5. Safe Sport
6. Teaching & Learning (coming 2027)		1. Coach Initiation in Sport
2. Coach Initiation in 
Baseball
3. Infielding Clinic
4. Hitting Clinic
5. Safe Sport
6. Teaching & Learning (coming 2027)		1. Coach Initiation in Sport
2. Coach Initiation in 
Baseball
3. Safe Sport
16U/18U
Head Coach		1. Coach Initiation in Sport
2. Coach Initiation in Baseball
3. Planning Clinic
4. Absolutes Clinic
5. Strategies Clinic
6. Pitching & Catching Clinic
7. Skills Clinic
8. Core Portfolio Evaluation
9. 16+ Video Package
10. 16+ Portfolio Tasks
11. Practice Evaluation
12. Game Evaluation
13. Make Ethical Decisions
14. Outfielding Clinic
15. Base Running Clinic
16. Hitting Clinic
17. Infielding Clinic
18. Safe Sport
19. Teaching & Learning (coming 2027)		1. Coach Initiation in Sport
2. Coach Initiation in 
Baseball
3. Hitting Clinic
4. Infielding Clinic
5. Base Running Clinic
6. Outfielding Clinic
7. Pitching & Catching Clinic
8. Safe Sport
9. Teaching & Learning (coming 2027)		1. Coach Initiation in Sport
2. Coach Initiation in 
Baseball
3. Hitting Clinic
4. Infielding Clinic
5. Base Running Clinic
6. Outfielding Clinic
7. Pitching & Catching Clinic
8. Safe Sport
9. Teaching & Learning (coming 2027)		1. Coach Initiation in Sport
2. Coach Initiation in 
Baseball
3. Hitting Clinic
4. Infielding Clinic
5. Base Running Clinic
6. Outfielding Clinic
7. Pitching & Catching Clinic
8. Safe Sport
9. Teaching & Learning (coming 2027)
16U/18U
Assistant Coach		1. Coach Initiation in Sport
2. Coach Initiation in 
Baseball
3. Planning Clinic
4. Absolutes Clinic
5. Strategies Clinic
6. Pitching & Catching Clinic
7. Skills Clinic
8. Infielding Clinic
9. Hitting Clinic
10. Base Running Clinic
11. Outfielding Clinic
12. Safe Sport
13. Teaching & Learning (coming 2027)		1. Coach Initiation in Sport
2. Coach Initiation in 
Baseball
3. Infielding Clinic
4. Hitting Clinic
5. Safe Sport
6. Teaching & Learning (coming 2027)		1. Coach Initiation in Sport
2. Coach Initiation in 
Baseball
3. Infielding Clinic
4. Hitting Clinic
5. Safe Sport
6. Teaching & Learning (coming 2027)		1. Coach Initiation in Sport
2. Coach Initiation in 
Baseball
3. Safe Sport
22U
Head Coach		1. Coach Initiation in Sport
2. Coach Initiation in 
Baseball 
3. Planning Clinic
4. Absolutes Clinic
5. Strategies Clinic
6. Pitching & Catching Clinic
7. Skills Clinic
8. Core Portfolio Evaluation
9. 16+ Video Package
10. 16+ Portfolio Tasks
11. Practice Evaluation
12. Game Evaluation
13. Make Ethical Decisions
14. Safe Sport
15. Teaching & Learning (coming 2027)		1. Coach Initiation in Sport
2. Coach Initiation in 
Baseball
3. Hitting Clinic
4. Infielding Clinic
5. Base Running Clinic
6. Outfielding Clinic
7. Pitching & Catching Clinic
8. Safe Sport
9. Teaching & Learning (coming 2027)		1. Coach Initiation in Sport
2. Coach Initiation in 
Baseball
3. Hitting Clinic
4. Infielding Clinic
5. Base Running Clinic
6. Outfielding Clinic
7. Pitching & Catching Clinic
8. Safe Sport
9. Teaching & Learning (coming 2027)		1. Coach Initiation in Sport
2. Coach Initiation in 
Baseball
3. Hitting Clinic
4. Infielding Clinic
5. Base Running Clinic
6. Outfielding Clinic
7. Pitching & Catching Clinic
8. Safe Sport
9. Teaching & Learning (coming 2027)
22U
Assistant Coach		1. Coach Initiation in Sport
2. Coach Initiation in 
Baseball
3. Planning Clinic
4. Absolutes Clinic
5. Strategies Clinic
6. Pitching & Catching Clinic
7. Skills Clinic
8. Safe Sport
9. Teaching & Learning (coming 2027)		1. Coach Initiation in Sport
2. Coach Initiation in 
Baseball
3. Safe Sport
4. Teaching & Learning (coming 2027)		1. Coach Initiation in Sport
2. Coach Initiation in 
Baseball
3. Safe Sport
4. Teaching & Learning (coming 2027)		1. Coach Initiation in Sport
2. Coach Initiation in 
Baseball
3. Safe Sport
Senior1. Coach Initiation in Sport
2. Coach Initiation in 
Baseball
3. Safe Sport		1. Coach Initiation in Sport
2. Coach Initiation in 
Baseball
3. Safe Sport




REGISTER FOR NCCP CLINICS (DELIVERED BY ONTARIO BASEBALL ASSOCIATION) THESE INCLUDE:REGISTER FOR ONLINE MODULES AND EVALUATIONS (DELIVERED BY BASEBALL CANADA) THESE INCLUDE:
Absolutes ClinicCoach Initiation in Sport and Coach Initiation in Baseball
Base Running ClinicMy First Pitch
Hitting ClinicCore Portfolio Evaluation
Infielding ClinicVideo Packages
Fundamentals of Coaching Baseball Clinic (Formerly Initiation)Portfolio Tasks
Outfielding ClinicPractice Evaluation
Pitching & Catching ClinicGame Evaluation
Planning ClinicMake Ethical Decisions
Skills ClinicSafe Sport
Strategies Clinic

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