The NSSU Coach Developer Academy (NCDA) is run by the Nippon Sport Science University as a Japan Sports Agency commissioned project, “Sports Academy Development Project”. It was established to develop practitioners of coaching development and help form and establish an international network, conduct short-term programs, and conduct international symposiums related to coach development along with public sessions for those in charge of developing coaches in International/domestic Sports Federations, national coaching organizations, higher education institutions, etc.

This program, aiming to for professional human resource development who can lead international coach development, provides a mixed style learning opportunity comprising of residential training/face-to-face practical learning, before-and-after online learning and skill practice in respective organizations. Six people from six countries in 2014 and 21 people from 17 countries in 2015 participated. It was a meaningful opportunity to have the trainers who led the development of coaches from different countries and organizations learning from each other. After having gone back to their countries, the participants utilize the skills they learned in the NCDA programs to develop coaches and instructors for coaches in their own countries and organizations. Additionally, in accordance with the program’s implementation, an international symposium and public sessions concerning the development of coaches was held and interesting discussions on coaching ensued.