Level 2 Triathlon coaching course Carmarthenshire - Blended learning
Course Details
Course Contact
- Name: Amy Jenner
- Email: amyjenner@welshtriathlon.org
- Phone: 07587038156
Course Dates
Register
Course entries open 26/05/2021 10:00am and close 26/10/2021 11:00pm
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Webinar 1 | Monday 1st November 2021 | 19:00-21:00 | Introduction and coaching level 2 |
| Webinar 2 | Saturday 6th November 2021 |
10:00-12:00 13:00-15:00 |
Conditioning sessions and Swimming and challenging environments Bike Sessions and Bike session |
| Webinar 3 | Saturday 20th November 2021 |
10:00-12:00 13:00-15:00 |
Linked sessions and session planning. Periodisation, What is it? Ethics in my coaching |
| Practical session | 4th December 2021 | 09:30-16:15 | Practical assessment Carmarthenshire venue tBC |
Please ensure you can attend the webinars and dates as listed, whilst we will aim to record all course webinars ths cannot be guaranteed.
Coursework deadline submission dates:
Challenging Environments + Part A: Sunday 5th December 2021
Assessment deadline: Tuesday 1st march 2022
More information here:
https://www.britishtriathlon.org/get-involved/coaching/become-a-coach/qualifications/level-2
Direct Entry
Direct Entry Scheme cost £600
https://www.britishtriathlon.org/get-involved/coaching/become-a-coach/direct-entry-scheme-level-2-only-
Course Venue
Carmarthen Leisure Centre ( TBC), Johnstown, Johnstown, Carmarthenshire, SA31 3NQ
