Who is this Aimed at:
Level 1 coaches who wish to further their knowledge and skills within gymnastics coaching, and operate independently taking responsibility of sessions.
Learners can attend the course at 17 years of age, however they will not receive the qualification and therefore will not be able to use the qualification until they turn 18 years old.
What To Expect:
An informative programme that builds on competencies learned at level 1 and develops;
- the ability to prepare for, deliver and review a coaching session(s)
- the understanding of responsibilities associated with running a club
Delivery Method:
Online, theory and practical delivery supported by mentored hours:
Before and throughout the course - eLearning activities
Day 1 - Classroom
Day 2 - Practical
Day 3 - Practical
Day 4 - Practical and formative assessment
Do I Need To Bring Participants:
Day 1 – none required
Days 2 and 3 - Minimum of one required.
Day 4 - Minimum of three required.
* Participants should be working towards the skills included on the course syllabus.
Day 5 Assessment - Minimum of three required. Please ensure one gymnast is able to perform the complete skills in your skills matrix box (with or without support).
Do I Need To Find A Mentor:
Your mentor will be someone to help you throughout the course to develop your sport gymnastics knowledge and the delivery methods such as the ‘How to Coach’ skills.
Before you enrol onto the course you will need to find a mentor. Your mentor is required to hold a level 2 qualification, or equivalent, and have begun their level 3 qualification within the same discipline.
What Resources Are Included:
1st4sport logbook, a discipline specific resource pack and online resources.
Price:
£565 for BG members (£689 for non-BG members).
Course costs include the delivery and initial assessment, any further assessments will incur additional charges.
Outcomes:
Outcomes:
At the end of this course learners will be able to:
- Recall the course programme and when assessment takes place
- Explain the roles and responsibilities of a level 2 coach
- Identify to whom level 2 coaches are responsible
- Differentiate between athlete-centred and coach-centred behaviours and philosophies
- Identify your own basic coaching philosophy
- Define a hazard and a risk
- Assess risks in a gymnastics context
- Understand apparatus set up & use
- Complete a participant profile form
- State the benefits of planning
- Produce a progressive, structured, and athlete-centred session plan
- Select and use a variety of evaluation strategies
- Recognise that people learn in different ways, so the coaching style needs to be varied to accommodate the learners
- Explain the ways in which people may prefer to receive information
- Identify relevant coaching styles to be used at various stages of the skill learning process
- Link coaching skills to coaching styles
- Review others’ coaching practice
- Self-reflect
Learner must be at least 17 years old on the first day of the course
- Learner must hold one of the following awards:
- Tumbling - Assistant Coach
- Acrobatic Gymnastics - Club Coach AND Acrobatic Gymnastics - Level 3 Technical Module 1
- General Gymnastics - Club Coach
- Mens Artistic - Club Coach AND Mens Artistic - Level 3 Technical Module 1
- TeamGym - Club Coach AND TeamGym - Level 3 Technical Module 2
- Womens Artistic - Club Coach AND Womens Artistic - Level 3 Technical Module 2
- Acrobatic Gymnastics - Senior Club Coach
- General Gymnastics - Senior Club Coach
- Mens Artistic - Senior Club Coach
- TeamGym - Senior Club Coach
- Womens Artistic - Senior Club Coach
- Acrobatic Gymnastics - High Performance Coach
- Mens Artistic - High Performance Coach
- TeamGym - High Performance Coach
- Womens Artistic - High Performance Coach
- Tumbling - Level 1 Certificate In Coaching Gymnastics - Assistant Coach
- Womens Artistic - Level 2 Certificate In Coaching Gymnastics - Coach AND Womens Artistic - Level 3 Technical Module 2
- Womens Artistic - Level 2 Certificate In Coaching Gymnastics - Coach AND Womens Artistic - Level 3 Technical Module 2 (WAG)
- Acrobatic Gymnastics - Level 5 Certificate In Coaching Gymnastics - High Performance Coach
- Mens Artistic - Level 5 Certificate In Coaching Gymnastics - High Performance Coach
- TeamGym - Level 5 Certificate In Coaching Gymnastics - High Performance Coach
- Womens Artistic - Level 5 Certificate In Coaching Gymnastics - High Performance Coach
- Acrobatic Gymnastics - Level 3 Certificate in Coaching Gymnastics - Club Coach AND Acrobatic Gymnastics - Level 3 Technical Module 1
- Mens Artistic - Level 3 Certificate in Coaching Gymnastics - Club Coach AND Mens Artistic - Level 3 Technical Module 1
- Acrobatic Gymnastics - Level 4 Certificate In Coaching Gymnastics - Senior Coach
- General Gymnastics - Level 4 Certificate In Coaching Gymnastics - Senior Coach
- Mens Artistic - Level 4 Certificate In Coaching Gymnastics - Senior Coach
- TeamGym - Level 4 Certificate In Coaching Gymnastics - Senior Coach
- Womens Artistic - Level 4 Certificate In Coaching Gymnastics - Senior Coach
- Tumbling - UKCC Level 1 Assistant Coach
- Acrobatic Gymnastics - Level 3 Technical Module 1
- General Gymnastics - Level 3 Technical Module 1 AND General Gymnastics - Level 3 Technical Module 2
- Mens Artistic - Level 3 Technical Module 1
- TeamGym - Level 3 Technical Module 2
- TeamGym - Level 3 Certificate in Coaching Gymnastics - Club Coach
- Womens Artistic - Level 3 Technical Module 2 AND Womens Artistic - Level 3 Certificate in Coaching Gymnastics - Club Coach
- Tumbling - UKCC Level 1 Award in Coaching Gymnastics
- TeamGym - UKCC Level 2 Certificate in Coaching Gymnastics
- Womens Artistic - UKCC Level 2 Certificate in Coaching Gymnastics AND Womens Artistic - Level 3 Technical Module 2
- Womens Artistic - UKCC Level 2 Certificate in Coaching Gymnastics AND Womens Artistic - Level 3 Technical Module 2 (WAG)
- Womens Artistic - Level 3 Technical Module 2 - Cycle 7
- Womens Artistic - Level 3 Technical Module 2 - Cycle 7 AND Womens Artistic - Level 3 Certificate in Coaching Gymnastics - Club Coach
- Mens Artistic - Level 3 Coach Cycle 7 AND Mens Artistic - Level 3 Technical Module 1
- Womens Artistic - Level 3 Coach Cycle 7 AND Womens Artistic - Level 3 Technical Module 2
- Womens Artistic - Level 3 Coach Cycle 7 AND Womens Artistic - Level 3 Technical Module 2 - Cycle 7
- Mens Artistic - Level 3 Coach Cycle 6 AND Mens Artistic - Level 3 Technical Module 1
- TeamGym - Level 3 Coach Cycle 6 AND TeamGym - Level 3 Technical Module 2
- Womens Artistic - Level 3 Coach Cycle 6 AND Womens Artistic - Level 3 Technical Module 2
- Womens Artistic - Level 3 Coach Cycle 6 AND Womens Artistic - Level 3 Technical Module 2 - Cycle 7
- General Gymnastics - Level 3 Technical Module 1 (GG) AND General Gymnastics - Level 3 Technical Module 2 (GG)
- Acrobatic Gymnastics - Level 3 Technical Module 1 (ACRO)
- Mens Artistic - UKCC Level 2 Certificate in Coaching Gymnastics AND General Gymnastics - Level 3 Technical Module 2 (GG)
- Mens Artistic - UKCC Level 2 Certificate in Coaching Gymnastics AND General Gymnastics - Level 3 Technical Module 2
- Womens Artistic - UKCC Level 2 Certificate in Coaching Gymnastics AND General Gymnastics - Level 3 Technical Module 2 (GG)
- Womens Artistic - UKCC Level 2 Certificate in Coaching Gymnastics AND General Gymnastics - Level 3 Technical Module 2
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Assessment Method:
Practical – including planning and delivering an allocated skills matrix box.
Logbook – including both written and delivered tasks.
Typically it takes six months to become qualified. However, you have up to two years from day 1 of the course to complete if your first attempt at assessment is not successful.
When Is My Assessment:
Your assessment date has been pre-set as per the course dates. See the ‘find a course’ page for available courses and dates.
The Skills Matrix boxes below contain the skills which are to be demonstrated by at least one participant during the practical assessment. Learners should plan for the full Skills Matrix box.
The assessment process is a total of 90 minutes and will follow this format:
- 5 minutes: Warm-up including a pulse raiser and mobilisation.
- 5 minutes: Physical preparation activity.
- 10 minutes: Skill delivery from Group 1.
- 10 minutes: Skill delivery of one of the skills from Group 2 (Assessor to assign this skill on the day) .
- 10 minutes: Skill delivery of one of the skills from Group 3 (Assessor to assign this skill on the day) .
- 5 minutes: Cool-down including stretching and session conclusion.
- 45 minutes: Self-reflection, questioning, logbook and practical result, feedback and action plan.
Box 1
Physical preparation (5 minutes):
Leg power for tumbling
Group 1 (10 minutes):
Eight element series including four flics, two whips, finishing with a tucked somersault
Group 2 (10 minutes each):
- Round off flic straight backwards somersault
- Barani
Group 3 (10 minutes each):
- Rebound double backwards somersault tucked
- Rebound forwards somersault with 360°
Box 2
Physical preparation (5 minutes):
Core strength for tumbling
Group 1 (10 minutes):
Eight element series including four flics, two whips, finishing with a tucked somersault
Group 2 (10 minutes each):
- Straight backwards somersault 180°
- Barani
Group 3 (10 minutes each):
- Rebound double backwards somersault piked
- Rebound double front somersault tucked
Box 3
Physical preparation (5 minutes):
Leg power for tumbling
Group 1 (10 minutes):
Eight element series including four flics, two whips, finishing with a tucked somersault
Group 2 (10 minutes each):
- Straight forwards somersault
- Straight backwards somersault 180°
Group 3 (10 minutes each):
- Rebound backwards somersault 720°
- Rebound double front somersault tucked
Box 4
Physical preparation (5 minutes):
Core strength for tumbling
Group 1 (10 minutes):
Eight element series including four flics, two whips, finishing with a tucked somersault
Group 2 (10 minutes each):
- Round off flic straight backwards somersault
- Barani
Group 3 (10 minutes each):
- Rebound double backwards somersault piked
- Rebound backwards somersault 540°
Box 5
Physical preparation (5 minutes):
Leg power for tumbling
Group 1 (10 minutes):
Eight element series including four flics, two whips, finishing with a tucked somersault
Group 2 (10 minutes each):
- Straight backwards somersault 180°
- Barani
Group 3 (10 minutes each):
- Rebound backwards somersault 720°
- Rebound double backwards somersault tucked
Box 6
Physical preparation (5 minutes):
Core strength for tumbling
Group 1 (10 minutes):
Eight element series including four flics, two whips, finishing with a tucked somersault
Group 2 (10 minutes each):
- Barani
- Round off flic straight backwards somersault
Group 3 (10 minutes each):
- Rebound backwards somersault 360°
- Rebound double backwards somersault piked
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