Coach and Teacher Education
SJAC - Coach and Teacher Education can arrange with England Athletics to organise a local closed course for either Coach or Teacher Education.
Coach Education information
Teacher Training information
Coach Education
UK Athletics recognise the need to have great coaches throughout athletics - at every level, in every event and discipline and in every part of the country. UK Athletics' Coach Education aims to provide coaches with the knowledge, understanding and skills necessary to become excellent coaches.
Coaches need to understand athletics, they need to understand learning and development and they need to understand people. Coaches must be able to apply their knowledge and understanding in a wide range of situations and constantly make decisions about what they are doing and how they are doing it. UK Athletics' courses aim to ensure that coaches develop good knowledge across the 5 key areas: Technical and Tactical; Strength and Conditioning; Psycho-Behavioural; Movement Skills; and Lifestyle and Support, and the skills to apply that knowledge to the maximum benefit of athletes.
The 4 level programme aims to guide people along the pathway from novice to expert.
- Level 1 Assistant Coach
- Level 2 Coach
- Level 3 Advanced Coach
- Level 4 Master Coach
Course Information
Level 1
Assistant Coach (£60) - minimum age 16 years
Who should attend?
Parents/helpers over 16 years looking to start coaching - whether in a volunteer capacity or professional.
This course is an introduction to coaching skills, with a major emphasis on the 'how to' skills rather than the 'what' skills. It is a one day workshop (normally 9am until 5pm) covering coaching skills, some fundamental run, jump and throw techniques and a very basic introduction into the energy systems.
Each participant will receive a Level 1 Manual provided on the day of the course.
Within eight weeks of the course, providing a signed coach licence application form and passport photo have been submitted and the CRB check has been completed, a coach pass and licence will be produced and sent to the coach. The coach is then qualified and insured to coach under the supervision of a coach qualified at Level 2 or higher.
Level 2
Coaching Course (£140) - minimum age 18 years
Who should attend?
Level 1 coaches aged 18 years and over, working within a club or with club based athletes.
The Level 2 course will enable coaches to specialise in a chosen group of events (Endurance, Sprints/Hurdles, Jumps, Throws). It consists of a two day generic core workshop, some practice with other club based licensed coaches and an event module day with assessment.
This course follows on from the Level 1 course. The 'core' part of the award is taken by coaches of all disciplines and goes into greater depth on topics such as learning styles, how to use questioning and give feedback in your coaching, how to use demonstrations appropriately, how to most effectively observe and analyse athletes you are coaching. At the same time topics such as planning a session, anatomy and physiology, strength training, development of power, teaching technique are all covered.
Following on from the core, coaches go through a period of 'supported practice' during which they will work with a more experienced coach. Some of these sessions will be logged and coaches are encouraged to reflect on what they have learnt.
The final part of the award is an 'event specific' day, when a coach will decide which event group they would like to specialise in (Endurance, Sprints, Jumps and Throws). This is a half-day session where coaches can expect to learn about the specific techniques involved in the events and how to coach them. During the final half-day session the coaches are assessed while they deliver a short coaching session that they have prepared previously.
Once all of the parts have been completed to a satisfactory level the coach will be upgraded to a Level 2 coach and will receive a new pass and licence to reflect this within approximately eight weeks.
The core workshop takes place over two days (usually over one weekend).
The event specific day/assessment day is one full day (it usually takes place approximately eight weeks after the core weekend has been completed).
The cost for the complete Level 2 course (Core and Event Module of choice plus Assessment) is £140. It will be an extra £30 per extra Event Module/Assessment.
Children in Athletics Course (£60)
Minimum age 14 years
Who should attend?
This course is designed for people who are involved in leading groups of children (aged 8-13) taking part in athletics type activity.
The Children in Athletics Course introduces various athletics type activities that are appropriate as an introduction to the full athletics events for children. It helps leaders to make sure that sessions they are taking are fun, create maximum involvement and are safe for all concerned. The organisational and planning elements of running such group sessions are covered. It covers topics such as the responsibility of the coach when running sessions with growing children.
The course will help coaches to:-
- deliver safe, enjoyable and well organised sessions that maximise involvement
- plan, deliver and evaluate a series of sessions appropriate to the age/stage of the children
- develop fundamental movement skills appropriate to the age/stage of the children
- experience a range of athletic activities for children identify their responsibilities when working with children
The course qualifies and insures the coach to lead a group of children (aged 8-13) in athletics type activities using soft play equipment.
The course is one day long (normally 9am until 5pm) with an assessment on how to present track and field athletics as fun games.
Jog Leader Course
Details available very soon