Overview
The 1st4sport Level 2 Certificate in Coaching Rounders (QCF) is awarded by 1st4sport Qualifications and has been developed in partnership with Rounders England.
The 1st4sport Level 2 Certificate in Coaching Rounders (QCF) is regulated at Level 2 on the Qualifications and Credit Framework (QCF) and forms part of rounders’ UK Coaching Certificate (UKCC) endorsed coach education programme. For further information on the regulated status of the 1st4sport Level 2 Certificate in Coaching Rounders (QCF), please log on to The Register of Regulated Qualifications website.
For further information on the UKCC, visit the sports coach UK website.
Criteria
If you are over 17 years of age and hold a minimum of the NRA Level 1 Coach Award or the 1st4sport Level 1 Award in Coaching Rounders (QCF), the 1st4sport Level 1 Certificate in Coaching Rounders, or a current UKCC-endorsed Level 2 coaching award from another striking and fielding sport, and you would like to develop and improve your coaching skills, then the 1st4sport Level 2 Certificate in Coaching Rounders (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 rounders.
What can I use it for?
- To gain paid or unpaid employment as a rounders coach.
- As part of the development of a credible CV for employment in the sport, recreation and allied occupations industry.
Outline
On successful completion of the 1st4sport Level 2 Certificate in Coaching Rounders (QCF), you should:
- understand the role of a coach
- understand the coaching process
- understand participants’ learning styles
- understand behaviour management
- understand how to reflect on a coaching session
- understand the principles of planning coaching sessions
- understand the principles of skill development through coaching sessions
- understand how the stages of participants’ development impacts on their coaching
- understand the principles of evaluation in coaching
- understand basic nutrition and hydration principles for sports performance
- understand physical conditioning for sport
- understand principles of mental preparation in sport
- understand how to support participant awareness of drugs in sport
- understand how to ensure participants’ safety during sport-specific coaching sessions
- understand how to ensure equitable coaching of sport-specific activities
- be able to review participants’ needs for a series of rounders coaching sessions
- be able to produce a series of rounders coaching session plans
- be able to plan the evaluation of a series of rounders coaching sessions
- be able to prepare resources for rounders coaching sessions
- be able to assess and minimise risks before rounders coaching sessions
- be able to establish and maintain working relationships
- be able to safeguard and protect children and vulnerable adults
- be able to prepare participants for rounders coaching sessions
- be able to deliver rounders coaching sessions
- be able to develop participants’ rounders performance
- be able to conclude rounders coaching sessions
- be able to evaluate rounders participant performance
- be able to evaluate rounders coaching sessions
- be able to evaluate and develop their own rounders 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 that meets your needs, focusing on the theory and practice of coaching rounders
- 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 Rounders (QCF) assessment will require you to complete tasks in the following areas:
- Code of Practice for Coaches
- Effective Communication
- Coaching Philosophy
- Player Development
- Reporting Procedures
- Nutrition for Sport
- Planning Linked and Progressive Rounders Coaching Sessions
- Deliver and Evaluate Rounders Coaching Sessions
- Observation of Rounders Coaching 1
- Observation of Rounders Coaching 2.
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 Rounders England.
For information on where to access a learning programme for the 1st4sport Level 2 Certificate in Coaching Rounders (QCF), or for more information on the sport of rounders, please contact:
Rounders England
PO Box 4458
Sheffield S20 9DP
Tel: 0114-248 0357
Email: coaching@roundersengland.co.uk/enquiries@roundersengland.co.uk
Website: www.roundersengland.co.uk
Alternatively, contact 1st4sport Qualifications via email at: enquiries@1st4sportqualifications.com or by calling 0113-290 7610.
