The L3CCTT is awarded by 1st4sport Qualifications and has been developed in partnership with The National Source Group for Table Tennis. Membership of the National Source Group includes the English Table Tennis Association, Table Tennis Association of Wales, table tennis scotland, Table Tennis Ulster. The L3CCTT is accredited at Level 3 on the National Qualifications Framework and will form part of table tennis's UK Coaching Certificate (UKCC) endorsed coach education programme.
For further information on UKCC, visit www.ukcoachingcertificate.org.
For further information on the accredited status of the L1CCTT, please log on to the QCA-accredited qualifications website at www.accreditedqualifications.org.uk.
Who is the L3CCTT for?
If you are an adult (over 18 years of age), an experienced and active Level 2 table tennis coach who has attended a recognised child protection training course, and would like to coach at a higher level and be involved in the delivery of annual coaching programmes within a club, then the L3CCTT is designed for you.
Why should I study the L3CCTT?
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 table tennis.
What can I use the L3CCTT for?
- To gain paid or unpaid employment as a table tennis coach.
- As preparation for in-depth working with a squad or individual competitive players.
- As part of the development of a credible CV for employment in the sport and recreation industry.
What will I learn?
Your learning programme will develop your understanding of:
- table tennis coaching principles and ethics
- the technical and tactical aspects of coaching the sport at this level
- how to plan and develop table tennis coaching programmes
- how to manage and implement table tennis coaching programmes
- the background science and understanding that underpins coaching programmes
- how to conduct table tennis coaching sessions within your coaching programme
- how to effectively evaluate your activities and develop a plan for your further development as a coach.
How will my learning programme be structured?
Learning programmes are usually designed by the approved 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 theory and practice in the coaching of table tennis.
- a period of evidence gathering via your planning, delivery and evaluation of a table tennis coaching programme
- 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.
What will my assessment involve?
The L3CCTT assessment will require you to:
- demonstrate appropriate comprehension of the knowledge and understanding relevant to the qualification
- research current performance benchmarks
- produce participant performance profiles
- produce action plans for a squad and for individual players
- produce a recorded plan for ongoing performance and development reviews of players
- produce an outline plan for a season of table tennis coaching
- produce a detailed plan of a discrete cycle or phase (minimum of eight weeks)
- produce a record of table tennis coaching session plans within the discrete cycle or phase, including a minimum of eight full session plans (minimum of one hour in length)
- produce a recorded plan for the ongoing evaluation of the coaching programme
- produce risk assessments for all venues used during the qualification
- develop codes of behaviour for participants
- demonstrate the ability to manage a safe coaching environment; this will be observed and assessed by an appropriately qualified assessor
- produce a recorded coaching logbook of table tennis coaching practice
- deliver table tennis coaching sessions; these will be observed and assessed by an appropriately qualified assessor
- produce a record of improvement in player performance for a team and individual players
- produce a recorded review and evaluation for a minimum of the eight-week cycle
- produce a personal action plan to develop your own coaching practice
- produce an action plan to develop the coaching practice of others involved in supporting the programme.
Where can I access the qualification?
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 home country governing body of sport. Contact details are provided below.
How much will the qualification cost me?
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 Candidate Pack and an appropriate learning resource. For further information on the costs of courses, please contact a recognised centre.
Contact details
For information on where to access a learning programme for the L3CCTT, or for more information on the sport of table tennis, please contact the relevant orgainsation:
The English Table Tennis Association (ETTA)
Post to:
3rd Floor, Queensbury House
Havelock Road
Hastings
East Sussex TN34 1HF
Tel: 01424-722 525
Fax: 01424-422 103
Email: admin@englishtabletennis.org.uk
Website: www.englishtabletennis.org.uk
Irish Table Tennis Association, Ulster (ITTA (Ulster))
Post to: Director of Coaching and Development
House of Sport
Upper Malone Road
Belfast BT9 5LA
Tel: 028-9038 3811
Email: jingyi@ttulster.co.uk
Website: www.irishtabletennis.com/ulster/
Table Tennis Scotland (TTS)
Post to: Caledonia House
South Gyle
Edinburgh EH12 9DQ
Tel: 0131-317 8077
Fax: 0131-317 8224
Website: www.tabletennisscotland.com
Table Tennis Association of Wales (TTAW)
Website: www.ttaw.co.uk
Other 1st4sport Qualifications you may be interested in:
- 1st4sport Certificate in First Aid for Sport (FAS)
- 1st4sport Level 1 Certificate in Coaching Table Tennis (L1CCTT)
- 1st4sport Level 2 Certificate in Coaching Table Tennis (L2CCTT)
