Cost: £60 (including resources)

Age Limit: 16 years and over

The role of the Level 1 coach is to: ‘Assist more qualified coaches, delivering aspects of coaching sessions, normally under direct supervision’.

Course Outcomes:
By successfully completing a Level 1 coaching qualification, coaches will be able to:
• prepare for the delivery of coaching activities
- taking into account participants’ needs and motives
- establish a safe working environment
• deliver prepared activities of the coaching sessions
- establish working relationships with participants and others
- prepare the participants for the coaching activities
- support participants behaviour
- deliver prepared activities
- conclude the activities
• evaluate the effectiveness of coaching activities
- review the activities
- contribute to the evaluation of participants
- continuously develop personal practice
• gain knowledge and understanding of:
- safe and ethical coaching practice
- the types and methods of communication to establish effective working relationships with participants and others
- methods to develop participants’ performance and enjoyment
- adapting coaching practice to meet participants’ needs, their abilities and stages of development
- the methods to evaluate coaching activities and reflect on personal coaching
- the basic rules of the game; contact, movement and dribbling.
- introducing the techniques and basic skills of Footwork, Passing, Shooting, Dribbling, Offence and Defence
- Introducing the game to beginners

You will need to take part as both a coach and during the practical elements as a player.

Please note that this course is NOT a UKCC qualification. The Herts Sports Partnership are happy to offer this course since England Basketball recently reinstated their Level 1 Coaching Certficate.

You may be eligible for 100% funding for this course if you meet all of the following criteria:
• Aged 16 or over
• In paid employment (minimum 8 hours/week)
• Working/living in East of England Region (Beds, Cambs, Essex, Herts, Norfolk, Suffolk)
• Not following a full level 2, 3, or 4 learning aim i.e. NVQ, BTec, A levels, Degree
• An EU citizen/have indefinite leave to remain in UK/right to work in the EU
• Not already have been funded for any other qualification through the European Social Fund (EastLinks Leading the Field(ELF) ) programme
• If employed in the public sector (schools, local government etc), be an active volunteer in a local sports club

To find out whether you are eligible please contact our funding officer Danielle Quelch d.quelch@herts.ac.uk  01707 284229