Overview
The 1st4sport Level 2 Certificate in Coaching Triathlon (QCF) is awarded by 1st4sport Qualifications and has been developed in partnership with the UK Source Group for Triathlon. The 1st4sport Level 2 Certificate in Coaching Triathlon (QCF) is accredited at Level 2 on the Qualifications and Credit Framework (QCF). For further information on the regulated status of the 1st4sport Level 2 Certificate in Coaching Triathlon (QCF), please log on to The Register of Regulated Qualifications website.
Criteria
If you are an adult (over 18 years of age) who has knowledge, understanding and experience of the sport of triathlon, and you would like to develop and improve your coaching skills, then the 1st4sport Level 2 Certificate in Coaching Triathlon (QCF) is designed for you.
Why Study?
It forms part of a structured and progressive programme of sports coaching and other related qualifications, offering you access, and involvement in introducing others, to the sport of triathlon.
What can I use it for?
- To gain paid or unpaid employment as a triathlon coach.
- As part of the development of a credible CV for employment in the sport, recreation and allied occupations industry.
- As a stepping stone to the 1st4sport Level 3 Certificate in Coaching Triathlon (QCF).
Outline
Your learning programme will develop your understanding of:
- the role of a coach
- the coaching process
- participants’ learning styles
- behaviour management
- how to reflect on a coaching session
- the principles of planning coaching sessions
- the principles of skill development through coaching sessions
- how the stages of participants’ development impact on your coaching
- the principles of evaluation in coaching
- basic nutrition and hydration principles for sports performance
- physical conditioning for sport
- principles of mental preparation in sport
- how to support participant awareness of drugs in sport
- how to ensure participants’ safety during sport-specific coaching sessions
- how to ensure equitable coaching of sport-specific activities
- reviewing participants’ needs for a series of triathlon coaching sessions
- producing a series of triathlon coaching session plans
- planning the evaluation of a series of triathlon coaching sessions
- preparing resources for triathlon coaching sessions
- assessing and minimising risks before the triathlon session
- establishing and maintaining working relationships
- safeguarding and protecting children and vulnerable adults
- preparing participants for triathlon coaching sessions
- delivering triathlon coaching sessions
- developing participants’ performance
- concluding triathlon coaching sessions
- evaluating participant performance
- evaluating triathlon coaching sessions
- evaluating and developing your triathlon coaching practice.
How will my learning programme be structured?
Learning programmes are usually designed by the recognised centre that delivers the qualification. They may, therefore, vary in length and format. Depending on your needs, delivery centres can offer intensive courses or a series of learning events over a period of weeks. Whatever the timescale, all learning programmes should include the following phases:
- an induction to the qualification and your programme of learning and assessment
- a learning programme which meets your needs, focusing on the theory and practice of coaching triathlon
- a programme of assessment, spread throughout the course, including observations of your coaching by an appropriately qualified assessor.
At the end of the programme, you will be provided with formal feedback on your performance and an action plan for your further development.
Assessment
The 1st4sport Level 2 Certificate in Coaching Triathlon (QCF) assessment will require you to:
- have an appropriate understanding of the Level 2 knowledge units and the specific technical knowledge underpinning the coaching of triathlon, which will be assessed via performance, simulation, tasks and assignments
- produce a linked session planner for a series of eight triathlon coaching sessions. The series of sessions must be drawn from the Level 2 Triathlon Technical Syllabus and demonstrate a distinct progression appropriate to the needs of the participants
- produce individual session plans for each of the triathlon coaching sessions
- produce a written risk assessment for each coaching venue used during the coaching of the above sessions
- produce an evaluation schedule for the above sessions that identifies the evaluation methods that will be used and when feedback will be sought and from whom
- produce a written evaluation of each of the above sessions
- produce a summary log outlining the delivery of the above sessions. Sessions should be at least 60 minutes in length. Delivery of these sessions should be witnessed by an appropriate person
- be observed delivering two triathlon coaching sessions by an appropriately qualified assessor. This session may be simulated and delivered on the course of training. An individual session plan, risk assessment and evaluation should be produced for the session
- produce a written coach assessment and personal development action plan
- complete a written exam paper.
Fees
Recognised centres offering this qualification determine their own fees and they will vary from centre to centre. The fees charged should entitle you to a programme of learning and assessment, registration and certification for the qualification, a 1st4sport Qualifications Learner Pack and an appropriate learning resource. For further information on the costs of courses, please contact a recognised centre. Opportunities for funding may be available via a recognised centre, if you are eligible.
Next Steps
The qualification is delivered by 1st4sport Qualifications’ recognised centres, not all of which offer open courses to members of the public. Your first port of call to access a course should be the appropriate governing body of sport.
For information on where to access a learning programme for the 1st4sport Level 2 Certificate in Coaching Triathlon (QCF), or for more information on the sport of triathlon, please contact:
British Triathlon Federation
Sir John Beckwith Building
Loughborough University
Loughborough
Email: coaching@britishtriathlon.org/info@britishtriathlon.org
or contact 1st4sport Qualifications via email at enquiries@1st4sportqualifications.com or by calling 0113-290 7610.
