Level 2 Triathlon coaching course Cardiff - Blended learning COURSE FULL
Course Details
Course Contact
- Name: Amy Jenner
- Email: amyjenner@welshtriathlon.org
- Phone: 07587038156
Course Dates
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Course Information
This qualifications allow you to independently plan, deliver and evaluate triathlon related activities to groups of children and/ or adults in any of the Level 2 coaching environments, including coaching in open water environments.
This course focuses on producing a competent club session coach who can promote the benefits of participating in triathlon, and develop appropriate skill acquisition through quality coaching of participants from grass roots level upwards.
Course Content
- Understanding and analysing athletes
- Planning a series of sessions
- Working with a range of ages, abilities and aspirations
- Coaching safety including open water swimming
- Learners will have access to an online resource (LearningHub) with the technical components of the sport across swim, cycle, run and transitions.
Overview
The course is spread over around 30 hours over a period of 5-6 months consists of:
Blended learning via webinars and directed learning, practical coaching sessions face to face over 2 days ( sat/sunday)
Final assessment submitted by video and personal review
In addition to 40-60 hours of home study which includes:
- Pre course work for each weekend attended
- Session planning and delivery of 6-10 coaching sessions in club environment.
- Completion of online tasks.
- Review of online learning resource.
Course Webinar and Practical Dates
Session | Date | Time | Topic |
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Webinar 1 | Saturday 24th October 2020 | 10:00-11:30 | Introduction and coaching level 2 |
Webinar 2 | Tuesday 3rd November 2020 | 19:00-20:30 | Conditioning sessions |
Webinar 3 | Saturday 7th November 2020 | 10:00-13:30 ( with a break) | Swimming and challenging enviroments |
Webinar 4 | Tuesday 10th November 2020 | 19:00-20:30 | Run sessions |
Webinar 5 | Saturday 14th November 2020 | 10:00-12:00 | Linked sessions and session planning |
Webinar 6 | Tuesday 17th November 2020 | 19:00-20:30 | Periodisation - What is it? |
Webinar 7 | Saturday 21st November 2020 | 10:00-11:30 | Bike sessions |
Webinar 8 | Tuesday 24th November 2020 | 19:00-20:30 | Ethics in coaching |
Face:Face | Saturday 28th November 2020 | 10:00-15:00 | Practical assessment day |
Face:Face | Saturday 29th November 2020 | 10:00-13:00 | Practical assessment day |
Webinar 9 | Tuesday 1st December 2020 | 19:00-20:00 | Assessment briief and Q&A |
Please ensure you can attend the webinars and dates as listed, whilst we will aim to record all course webinars ths cannot be guaranteed.
Direct entry cost: £600
More information here:
https://www.britishtriathlon.org/get-involved/coaching/become-a-coach/qualifications/level-2
Course Venue
Sport Wales National Centre , Sophia Gardens, Cardiff, Cardiff, CF11 9SW