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. (For Acrobatics gymnastics you are required to bring three or four gymnasts) *
Day 4 - Minimum of three required. (For Acrobatics gymnastics you are required to bring a group of four) *
* 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). (For Acrobatics gymnastics you are required to bring gymnasts suitable to perform the skills in your assigned skills matrix box)
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:
£549 for BG members (£669 for non-BG members).
Course costs include the delivery and initial assessment, any further assessments will incur additional charges.
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:
- General Gymnastics - Grade 5/Ass/Lev1
- Mens Artistic - Grade 5/Ass/Lev1
- Womens Artistic - Grade 5/Ass/Lev1
- General Gymnastics - Class 5 Cycle 3/4
- Mens Artistic - Class 5 Cycle 3/4
- Womens Artistic - Class 5 Cycle 3/4
- General Gymnastics - Class 4 Part 1
- Mens Artistic - Class 4 Part 1
- Womens Artistic - Class 4 Part 1
- Mens Artistic - Class 3
- General Gymnastics - Assistant Coach
- Generic - Assistant Coach
- Mens Artistic - Assistant Coach
- Womens Artistic - Assistant Coach
- General Gymnastics - Coach
- Mens Artistic - Coach
- General Gymnastics - Club Coach
- Mens Artistic - Club Coach
- General Gymnastics - Senior Club Coach
- Artistic Gymnastics - Level 1 Certificate In Coaching Gymnastics - Assistant Coach
- General Gymnastics - Level 1 Certificate In Coaching Gymnastics - Assistant Coach
- Mens Artistic - Level 1 Certificate In Coaching Gymnastics - Assistant Coach
- Womens Artistic - Level 1 Certificate In Coaching Gymnastics - Assistant Coach
- Mens Artistic - Level 2 Certificate In Coaching Gymnastics - Coach
- General Gymnastics - Level 3 Certificate in Coaching Gymnastics - Club Coach
- Mens Artistic - Level 3 Certificate in Coaching Gymnastics - Club Coach
- General Gymnastics - Level 4 Certificate In Coaching Gymnastics - Senior Coach
- Artistic Gymnastics - UKCC Level 1 Assistant Coach
- General Gymnastics - UKCC Level 1 Assistant Coach
- Mens Artistic - UKCC Level 1 Assistant Coach
- Womens Artistic - UKCC Level 1 Assistant Coach
- General Gymnastics - UKCC Level 2 Coach
- Mens Artistic - UKCC Level 2 Coach
- Artistic Gymnastics - UKCC Level 1 Award in Coaching Gymnastics
- General Gymnastics - UKCC Level 1 Award in Coaching Gymnastics
- Mens Artistic - UKCC Level 1 Award in Coaching Gymnastics
- Womens Artistic - UKCC Level 1 Award in Coaching Gymnastics
- General Gymnastics - UKCC Level 2 Certificate in Coaching Gymnastics
- Mens Artistic - UKCC Level 2 Certificate in Coaching Gymnastics
- Assistant - Assistant Coach
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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 and assessors will assign the physical preparation activity and choose two skills to be delivered on the day of the assessment.
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 (delivered either before the skill delivery section or after as part of the cool-down).
- 15 minutes: Skill 1 delivery.
- 15 minutes: Skill 2 delivery.
- 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 each):
ROM exercises for sissone
Conditioning exercises for handspring vault
Conditioning exercises for cast to handstand
Tension exercises for backward walkover
Skills (15 minutes each):
Vault: Handspring to back lie on safety mats
Bars: Progressions for upstart
Beam: Cartwheel for backwards somersault dismount
Floor: Back flip
Box 2
Physical Preparation (5 minutes each):
ROM exercises for backwards walkover
Tension exercises for the second flight of handspring vault
Strength exercises for backwards giants
Conditioning exercises for split leaps
Skills (15 minutes each):
Vault: Run up and take off
Bars: Clear hip circle preps
Beam: Preparation for cartwheel backwards somersault dismount
Floor: Handspring
Box 3
Physical Preparation (5 minutes each):
ROM exercises for straddle lever to handstand
Conditioning exercises for flyspring
Conditioning exercises for Russian lever
Conditioning exercises for backwards giants
Skills (15 minutes each):
Vault: Second flight for handspring
Bars: Undershoot from front support
Beam: Four lengths of beam complex in preparation for leaps and jumps
Floor: Forwards somersault
Box 4
Physical Preparation (5 minutes each):
ROM exercises for arabesque
Conditioning exercises for backwards somersault
Conditioning exercises for straddle lift to handstand
Conditioning exercises for undershoot dismounts
Skills (15 minutes each):
Vault: ¾ forwards somersault to back lie
Bars: Progressions for upstart
Beam: Split leap, sissone
Floor: Round off in preparation for back flip
Box 5
Physical Preparation (5 minutes each):
Conditioning exercises for split leap
Tension exercises for forwards giants
Strength exercises for cast to handstand
Conditioning exercises for round offs
Skills (15 minutes each):
Vault: Handspring to back lie on a raised platform
Bars: From squat on low bar catch high bar to swing forwards
Beam: Cartwheel
Floor: Backwards roll to handstand with straight arms
Box 6
Physical Preparation (5 minutes each):
ROM exercises for Russian lever
Conditioning exercises for back flips
Conditioning exercises for backwards somersaults
Tension exercises for backwards walkover
Skills (15 minutes each):
Vault: Second flight for handspring
Bars: Progressions for the straddle or pike undershoot
Beam: Four lengths of complex in preparation for basic acrobatic skills
Floor: Backwards somersault
Download this Skills Matrix