Coach Education in Wales 2015

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ContentsIntroduction

Coaching Development Pathway

Foundation Coaching Cycling for Schools Coaching Award for Young Volunteers

Session Coach Level1CertificateinCoachingCycling

Club Coach Level2CertificateinCoachingCycling

DisciplineSpecificUnits BMX Cyclo Cross Road and Time Trial Track Cycle Speedway Mountain Bike

Welsh Cycling Continuous Professional Development Chimp Management Workshop Disability Inclusion Training Madison Training Welsh Cycling Coach Development Workshop

Ride Leadership Breeze Champions

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Welsh Cycling is the national governing body for cycling in Wales. We run our coach education programme in line with British Cycling, using British Cycling courses and tutors. Welsh Cycling supplements this with our own coaching workshops and sessions delivered in association with Sport Wales and Disability Wales.

Effective coaching is at the heart of cycling performance at every level of the sport. Whether you want to coach core bike-handling skills to future generations of riders, expand your cycling knowledge to benefit your local club or have aspirations to mentor Great Britain’s elite cyclists, British Cycling has a coaching course that will help you to achieve your goals.

In order to provide a comprehensive learning process, British Cycling coaching courses are delivered via a combination of contact time, written coursework, online learning and practical assessment.

Welsh Cycling has created a Coach Development Pathway. The core elements of the programme is the British Cycling Coach Education courses, and is supplemented by Welsh Cycling’s Continuous Professional Development workshops. As you go through the pages, you will find further information available on each specific course.

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Level 1 Award in Coaching Cycling

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Foundation Coaching

Cycling for Schools is the British Cycling entry-level coach education course for the wider schools workforce providing all you need to know to deliver entry-level cycling and coaching skills to the pupils in your playground.

In addition to teachers, Cycling for Schools is open to all adults (aged 18 and over), who work or volunteer within the schools sector.

Qualifiedteacherscanattendaone-dayinteractiveworkshop,which provides them with the essential information and skills to deliver engaging cycling activities within the school environment.

Adultswithoutateachingqualificationcancompletecoachingtheory home study to gain essential underpinning knowledge before attending the same one-day interactive workshop as teachers.

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Cycling Award for Young Volunteers

A fantastic place to start volunteering within cycling is through the Cycling Award for Young Volunteers (CAYV) programme.

This combines an introductory workshop, which covers the fundamentals of cycle sport and volunteering roles, with practical placements with our Go-Ride community clubs.

You can work towards a bronze (12 hours), silver (24 hours) or gold (36 hours) award with your club, with the opportunity for rewards and certificatestomarkyouraccomplishment.



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Session Coach

If you are new to coaching cycling, have limited coaching knowledge or want to get more involved in your club, then the Level 1 Award in Coaching Cycling is the course for you.

On completion of this programme you will achieve the Level 1 Award inCoachingCycling,whichisthenationallyrecognisedqualificationfor coaching cycling.

Prerequisites

• Be at least 16 years of age.• Submit evidence that you have an appropriate level of coaching

insurance that provides at least the same level of cover as that provided by Race Silver, Race Gold or Ride level British Cycling membership.

• Acommitmenttocompletethelearningprogrammewithinfiveweeks.

• Access to the internet and a computer (see system requirements regarding accessibility).

• Validandcurrentemergencyfirstaidcertificate(minimum6hours) or equivalent.

This is a blended learning programme that includes e-learning modules (core units) and face-to-face modules (technical units). The e-learning modules will give you the knowledge and tools to enable you to put into practice what you have learnt during the face-to-face days. All components of the programme will need to be completed for you to achieve the Level 1 Award in Coaching Cycling.

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Club CoachLevel2CertificateinCoachingCycling

TheLevel2CertificateinCoachingCyclingisforcoacheswhohaveexperience of delivering independent coaching sessions to groups of people.

Thiscertificateenablescoachestoindependentlycreate,deliverand evaluate a series of cycling coaching sessions to groups of beginner and intermediate level riders. A large portion of the course is made up of practical activities, ensuring coaches have an opportunity to experience delivering and participating within coaching sessions.

Prerequisites

• Be at least 18 years of age.• A commitment to complete the learning programme within 12

weeks.• The opportunity to coach. You will be required to independently

plan and deliver six hours of coaching. If you do not have riders tocoachyoumustnotenrolontheLevel2qualificationandshould attend a Level 1.

• Access to the internet and a computer (see system requirements regarding accessibility).

• Completion of safeguarding and protecting children training within the last three years, preferably in a sports context

• Coaching insurance• Validandcurrentemergencyfirstaidcertificate(minimum6

hours), or equivalent.

This programme includes three days of face-to-face delivery, as well as online knowledge development and independent coaching experience with support from a Coach Mentor. All components of the programme will need to be completed in order for you to achievetheLevel2CertificateinCoachingCycling.



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DisciplineSpecificUnits

Once a coach has completed his or her Level 2 coaching award, therouteisopentoundertakedisciplinespecificunits.Theseunitsare designed to be a two day course, focusing in on the tactical, technical and physical elements of each of our 6 disciplines. These unitsaddimportantknowledgeanddevelopconfidence,inorderto attend any of the units you would need to have completed the following:

• AttendedaClubCoach,ActivityCoachorLevel2CertificateCoaching Cycling and successfully completed all aspects of the assessment.

• Have a minimum of a valid one-day Emergency First Aid Certificate.

• You are enthusiastic about getting people active and involved in track cycling.

• You can present a valid enhanced CRB check.

OnceyouhavecompletedaDisciplineSpecificUnit(DSU),thereistheoptionofaLevel3DSU.InordertogoonthiscourseacoachwouldfirsthavetocompleteaLevel3Coachingaward.



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Cycle Speedway

The Level 2 Cycle Speedway Coaching Award is aimed at coaches new to the Cycle Speedway environment, as well as current Cycle Speedway coaches who would like to develop their existing knowledge and skills.

The understanding gained from this award will allow you to plan, deliver and evaluate a series of safe, ethical and effective Cycle Speedway coaching sessions.

The award will also give you all of the necessary skills and information you need to progress riders fromtheirfirstCycleSpeedwaysessiontotheirfirstcompetition.

This award is the minimum requirement for the delivery of Go-Ride Cycle Speedway Gears 5 and 6.

BMX

The Level 2 BMX Coaching Award is aimed at coaches new to the BMX environment, as well as current BMX coaches who want to develop their existing knowledge and skills.

The knowledge gained from this award will allow you to plan, deliver and evaluate a series of safe, ethical and effective BMX sessions.

The award will also give you all the knowledge and information you need to progress riders from theirfirstsessiononaBMXtrackuptotheirfirstcompetition.

This award is the minimum requirement for the delivery of Go-Ride BMX Gears 5 and 6.

Mountain Bike

The Level 2 Mountain Bike Coaching Award is aimed at coaches new to the mountain bike environment, as well as current mountain bike coaches who want to develop their existing knowledge and skills.

The knowledge gained from this award will allow you to plan, deliver and evaluate a series of safe and effective mountain bike sessions.

The award will also give you all the knowledge and information you need to progress riders from their firstsessiontotheirfirstcompetition.

This award is the minimum requirement for the delivery of Go-Ride Mountain Bike Gears 5 and 6.

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Cyclo-Cross

The Level 2 Cyclo-Cross Coaching Award is a two-day course aimed at coaches new to cyclo-cross coaching who have gained coaching experience fromtheLevel2CertificateinCoachingCycling,and for existing cyclo-cross coaches wishing to develop their existing knowledge.

The course provides coaches with the tools to be able to develop their own technical understanding of cyclo-cross and associated techniques, with a focus on analysing and developing their riders’ technical performance.

The knowledge gained from this award will allow you to plan, deliver and evaluate a series of safe, ethical and effective cyclo-cross coaching sessions.

The award will also give you all of the necessary skills and information you need to progress riders fromtheirfirstCyclo-crosssessiontotheirfirstcompetition and is the minimum requirement for the delivery of Go-Ride Cyclo-cross Gears 5 and 6.

Track Coaching

The Level 2 Track Coaching Award is aimed at coaches new to the track environment, as well as current track coaches who want to develop their existing knowledge and skills.

The knowledge gained from this award will allow you to plan, deliver and evaluate a series of safe, ethical and effective track sessions.

The award will also give you all the knowledge and information you need to progress riders from their firstsessiononatrackuptotheirfirstcompetition.

This award is the minimum requirement for the delivery of Go-Ride Track Gears 5 and 6.

Road and Time Trial

The Level 2 Road and Time-Trial Coaching Award is aimed at coaches new to the road and time trial environment, as well as current road and time trial coaches who want to develop their existing knowledge and skills.

The knowledge gained from this award will allow you to plan, deliver and evaluate a series of safe, ethical and effective road and time trial coaching sessions.

The award will also give you all of the knowledge and information you need to progress riders from theirfirstroadandtimetrialsessiontotheirfirstcompetition.

This award is the minimum requirement for the delivery of Go-Ride Road and Time-Trial Gears 5 and 6.

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Welsh Cycling Continuous Professional Development








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Welsh Cycling are committed to developing the coaching workforce which exists in Wales. In order to have a high performing workforce we will be offering regional workshops for coaches in order to develop their skills. The core of each workshop will be the same, focusing on what is “good” coaching and how it manifests itself in practice with the overriding aim of improving rider performance. There may be variation in each area as the delivererswillbeflexibletotheneedsofthegroup.

Disability Inclusion TrainingThis is an external workshop delivered by tutors from Disability Sport Wales. The overall aim of this workshop is to ensure that disabled people get great quality coaching and opportunity within your sport. The six hour session combines a theory with a practical – which really does help to apply information relating to the Sports Inclusion Model and STEPS to an active environment which will give you ideas about how to develop and adapt skill-based activities which are relevant to your sport.

Within the workshop you will cover:• Perceptions and Experiences• Good coaching practice and the implications• Challenges to and solutions for participation• Key points around legislation relating to coaching and volunteering in sport•DisabilitySportpathwaysandclassification• Where to go for further help and guidance• The application of this to a practical environment

Chimp Management WorkshopThis program of six workshops is based on the working of Doctor Steven Peters. Each of the workshops has a difference focus, from understanding the working of your own mind to setting the right environment and planning for happiness. Introducing coaches to psychology andhowtouseitinyoursessions,thisisthefirsttimethese workshops have come across to Wales and are an ideal opportunity to further develop yourself and your coaching.

Madison Training This workshop has been developed to upskill Level 2 track coaches in order to incorporate Madison specifictrainingintheirsessions.Thiscomplexskillis not covered in the Level 2 track, the workshop is a mix of practical and theory, providing the opportunity to coach athletes at the indoor Velodrome.Thisisthefirsttimethistrainingisbeingrun in Wales, so the workshop will prove very popular.

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The Breeze network is British Cycling’s exciting programme to get more women riding bikes for fun. Led by women, for women, Breeze relies on a hugely important group of volunteer champions to make the programme happen. Their amazing energy, enthusiasm, passion and commitment to get women riding bikes is infectious. They bring the programme to life.

Breeze Champion training is a free one day course where you will achieve the Level1RideLeadershipqualificationpluslearnmoreaboutBreeze.

This women only course is a combination of theoretical and practical modules, with most of the afternoon set aside for the practical assessment of ride leading.TheendofthedaywillbeprovidinginformationspecifictotheBreezeproject,suchashowtoplanyourfirstrideandhowtopromoteit.

To become a Breeze champion:

• You’ll take part in a fun one day ride leadership course where you’ll have a chance to meet like-minded women.

• Thecertificatequalifiesyoutoindependentlyplan,deliverandpromoterides to groups of women.

• In addition to free training, we’ll provide you with a Breeze kit, British Cycling Ride membership and plenty of support along the way.

• Furthermore, to ensure you’re able to deliver safe bike rides, British Cycling willsupportyoutogainafirstaidqualification.

• In return we ask champions to deliver on average 12 rides over the year to local women in their area.

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Alistair WaldronWorkforce Officer01633 274691 | [email protected]

Cat CrimminsBreeze Co-ordinator01633 274691 | [email protected]

Lead Safeguarding Officer at Welsh CyclingAlistair Waldron 01633 274691 | [email protected]

Lead Safeguarding Officer at British CyclingSimon Thornton [email protected] 274 2082 | 0161 274 2002 (out of hours)

Contact

Welsh Cycling Wales National Velodrome

Newport International Sports VillageNewport NP19 4RB

Tel: 01633 283979 e-mail: [email protected]

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