Cost: £70 (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.
