Practice Coaching. Be Coached. Build Confidence.
Coaching gets stronger through practice.
Just like athletes and musicians develop through repetition, coaches benefit from real conversations where they can practice their skills, receive coaching themselves, and gain experience working with different people.
Reciprocal peer coaching gives you a practical way to do that while building coaching practice hours.
iNLP Center now partners with Coach Practice Exchange for reciprocal coaching and peer practice.
A Dedicated Peer Coaching Platform for Practice Hours and Growth
Coach Practice Exchange connects coaches with compatible peer coaching partners so they can practice virtually, develop their skills, and build meaningful coaching experience. Members create a profile with information such as coaching background, experience level, time zone, language, and coaching interests, and the platform uses that information to help identify compatible partners.
With Coach Practice Exchange, you can:
- Create a coach profile
- Get matched with compatible coaching partners
- Schedule sessions using your preferred video platform
- Coach and be coached
- Request new partners over time
- Track your coaching practice hours online
- Access structured coaching practice exercises
- Practice with coaches across different backgrounds and time zones
Super Quick and Simple to Get Matched
1. Create Your Coach Profile
Complete your Coach Practice Exchange profile with your coaching background, experience level, time zone, language, interests, and availability. This information helps the matching system connect you with compatible coaching partners.
2. Get Matched With a Practice Partner
Request your preferences for a match. Within 48 hours you’ll be connected with another coach who is also looking for reciprocal coaching practice. You and your partner arrange your own meeting times and can meet virtually using the video platform you prefer.
3. Practice, Reflect, and Repeat
Continue practicing with your current partner and request new partners over time. Working with different coaches gives you experience with different communication styles, personalities, goals, and coaching situations.The more you practice, the more opportunity you have to build confidence and strengthen your coaching skills.
Practice With Purpose
Coach Practice Exchange membership also includes access to a library of 80+ downloadable coaching practice exercises.
These exercises are designed to help coaches move beyond unstructured practice and intentionally develop specific coaching skills.
The practice library includes exercises built around the ICF coaching competencies and provides structure for coaching sessions, reflection, and deliberate practice.
This can be especially useful when you and your coaching partner want more direction for your practice sessions, as well as prepping for the ICF coach exam.
Who Can Participate?
✓ Coaches currently in training ✓ Newly certified coaches ✓ Experienced coaches
✓ Coaches who want additional peer practice ✓ Coaches working toward professional credentialing requirements
Ready to Find a Coaching Practice Partner?
Questions about Reciprocal Peer Coaching and our Coaching Buddies Program
Reciprocal peer coaching is an arrangement where two coaches coach one another. Each person gets the opportunity to practice coaching while also experiencing the coaching process as a client.
As often as you and your coaching partners would like. Members arrange their own sessions and determine how frequently they want to meet.
ICF requires 100 coaching practice hours for the ACC credential.
ICF requires 500 coaching practice hours for the PCC credential.
ICF requires 2500 coaching practice hours for the MCC credential.
Roughly 75% of those hours must be paid or reciprocal coaching hours. The remaining hours can be pro-bono (unpaid).
Yes. Many coaches benefit from practicing with people from different backgrounds and coaching styles. Coach Practice Exchange supports continued matching over time.
Yes. Membership includes access to a library of more than 80 coaching practice exercises designed to support structured peer practice.
Coach Practice Exchange is a separate peer coaching platform. However, iNLP Center provides a free 6-month membership for Coach Practice Exchange to enrolled iNLP Center students.