Coaching Standards and Policy

Ensuring Excellence in Taekwondo Coaching

The Alberta Taekwondo Association (ATA) is dedicated to providing athletes with access to professionally trained and certified coaches who meet the highest standards set by Taekwondo Canada, the National Coaching Certification Program (NCCP), and the Coaching Association of Canada (CAC). This policy ensures all coaches are equipped to guide athletes at Alberta-sanctioned, national, and international events.

Coaching Standards

To Coach at Alberta-Sanctioned, National, and International Events:
All coaches must:

Be Assistant Instructor (AI) and Dojang Coach (DC) certified.

Be a registered member in good standing with:

The Coaching Association of Canada (CAC)

The Alberta Taekwondo Association (ATA)

Taekwondo Canada (TC)

Coaching Guidelines

For Colour Belts:

ATA/TC member in good standing.

TC Assistant Instructor (AI) certified.

ATA Provincial Referee Course certificate.

Professional Dress Code: Tracksuit or semi-formal (no Dobok).

For Black Belts:

ATA/TC member in good standing.

1st Dan Black Belt or higher.

TC Dojang Coach (DC) certified.

Professional Dress Code: Tracksuit or semi-formal (no Dobok).

Certification Challenges

To support coaches in completing their certifications efficiently, Taekwondo Canada offers an evaluation process for experienced coaches to challenge AI, DC, and Performance Coach (PC) certifications in a single assessment.

For more details, contact Master Derek Sadler, CPP, ChPC, TC Master Coach Developer.

ATA-Sanctioned Event Process

✔ Certified coaches will receive an ATA lanyard for the tournament season.

✔ Coaches must submit a headshot (jpeg) to ATA for lanyard identification.

✔ Lanyards will display:

-Coach name and title.

-Dojang name.

-Coach headshot photo.

-Certification level.

✔ For National/International event preparation, coaches will use their lanyards to receive RED or BLUE Instant Video Replay (IVR) Challenge Cards.

✔ Replacement lanyards (if misplaced) incur a $20 administration fee.

No Certification / No Lanyard = No Coaching!