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Pickleball Ontario is pleased to announce that our organization has been awarded a Grow grant of $198,000 from the Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTF). The OTF grant, along with $12,000 from Pickleball Ontario, will be used to create a coaching education program to develop certified pickleball coaches. Ultimately, our intent will be to request approval from the Coaching Association of Canada to include the program within their flagship National Coaching Certification Program (NCCP). Specifically, two programs will be developed: Introduction to Competition (supporting our competitive player population) and Community Initiation (focusing on recreational players). This initiative fully supports the OTF outcome of developing certified coaches, which in turn promotes healthy and active people across the province of Ontario. To make this happen, over the next two years, we will conduct development workshops, create video instructional content, evaluate through pilot workshops, and provide supporting organizational oversight. Updates on progress will be provided, so please stay tuned.