Interpretation and Enlightenment on the Accreditation System for American Coaching Education Program

The study analyzed the background, content and features of the accreditation system of American coaching education program.The result shows that NCACE is responsible for the accreditation of American coaching education and its strict accreditation process meets the social demands for high quality coaches.It is characterized by voluntary certification body, comprehensive profession standards, independent process, circular accreditation way and authoritative results.The study hence offers the following suggestions for Chinese sports training profession accreditation:establishing the quasi-official accreditation body and completing its index system; forming expert teams and carrying out the leveled accreditation system; building the self-assessment mechanism and clarifying the profession training objectives; as well as linking its accreditation with the professional qualification license.