Details of RFL Organised UKCC Level 1 & Level 2 Coaching Courses.
Please CLICK HERE For Details Relating To The Renewal Of Your Coaching Licence.
LEVEL 1 COACHING COURSE*[UPDATED 20/02/2012]
4th February and 3rd March 2012.
This will be held at Barrow RLFC. Closing date TBC.
4th February and 3rd March 2012.
This will be held at Kingsway, Rochdale. Closing date TBC.
2nd February and 1st March 2012.
This will be held at UCLAN. Closing date TBC.
28th April and 26th May 2012.
This will be held at Pembec High School, Wigan. Closing date TBC.
12th May and 9th June 2012.
This will be held at Riverside College, Widnes. Closing date TBC.
2nd June and 30th June 2012.
This will be held at Cowley High School, St Helens. Closing date TBC.
23rd June and 14th July 2012.
This will be held at Hathershaw College, Oldham. Closing date TBC.
There were some changes to the Level 1 Coaching Course in 2011.
The 'day 2' of the course is now 4 weeks after the 'day 1'. This is to allow the candidate to go and put into practise some of the learning from 'day1'.
Candidates now also have up to 12 months to complete the qualification so if they are unable to attend the 'day 2' of this course. Under these circumstances, the candidate can access a 'day 2' on another course within that 12 month period to fully complete their qualification.
There has also been some considerable changes to the content of the Coaching Course. Candidates will now be provided with far more resources than before to aid them with their future sessions.
* [Update 17/05/11]
The RFL has launched a new Level 1 Rugby League coaching qualification specifically designed for coaching young players under the age of 12.
This innovative award, which has been put together in collaboration with leading education and sports specialists, will ensure that coaches are qualified to coach children to learn the appropriate core skills to aid their Rugby League development.
Vinny Webb, RFL Head of Coach Development said:
"We have increasingly recognised that one system of coach education which trains all coaches in the same way irrespective of whether they coach young children or adults simply does not meet the needs of the sport. More importantly, it does not serve the best interests of young players."
The sport has commissioned extensive research into the needs of young players and this has demonstrated that they are deficient in one of the key requirements which will help them to play the game at the higher levels, namely movement literacy.
Dave Rotheram, RFL National Player Development Manager said:
"Many players coming onto the talent pathway have been identified to have poor movement skills which then limits their technical and tactical abilities and also increases the risk of injury."
Working with experts from education and sports science the RFL has therefore developed the new Level 1 with the express purpose of training coaches to develop better movement skills in young players, alongside the core skills that they need to play rugby league. The programme also ensures that coaches have the appropriate skills to work with young children. They are provided with extensive resources in the form of movement skills cards and games cards specifically designed for younger players. These coaching cards show appropriate training activities which are specifically designed for younger players.
England Rugby League Head Coach, Steve McNamara said:
"The new qualification will enable coaches to deliver appropriate training sessions for young players to improve their development in Rugby League. This will provide a great foundation for all young peoples‟ participation in sport and in the long term the national team will benefit significantly from this."
Coaches that hold current Level 1 Coaching Qualifications will not be affected by the new Level 1 Coaching award and will remain qualified to coach as at present.
The new Level 1 Rugby League Coaching Course consists of two separate days with approximately four weeks in between and costs £138.
If a candidate is successful in passing the Level 1 Coaching Course, the RFL will pay the HFH Club a £40.00 subsidy on completion.
LEVEL 2 COACHING COURSE [UPDATED 20/02/2012]
22nd April, 6th & 27th May and 24th June 2012.
This will be held at Salford Sports Village. Closing date TBC.
2nd, 9th & 30th September and 21st October 2012.
This will be held at Kingsway Rochdale. Closing date TBC.
17th & 18th March, 21st April and 12th May 2012.
This will be held at Pembec. Closing date TBC.
14th & 15th April, 20th May and 10th June 2012.
This will be held at Pembec. Closing date TBC.
19th & 20th May, 10th June and 8th July 2012.
This will be held at Lancashire. Closing date TBC.
28th & 29th July, 19th August and 9th September 2012.
This will be held at Pembec. Closing date TBC.
13th & 20th May, 10th June and 8th July 2012.
This will be held at William Beaumomnt, Warrington. Closing date TBC.
8th &15th September, 6th October and 3rd November 2012.
This will be held at Riverside College, Halton. Closing date TBC.
25th February, 3rd & 31st March and 28th April 2012.
This will be held at Cowley School, St Helens. Closing date TBC.
There has been an increase in the course cost. It is now £190.00
If a candidate is successful in passing the Level 2 Coaching Course, the RFL will pay the HFH Club a £70.00 subsidy on completion.
If your interested in either of these Coaching Courses, please contact any HFH ET Officer for further details.
[03/10/2011]
RENEWING YOUR COACHING LICENCE.
Is Your Current UKCC Coaching Qualification Nearing Its Expiry Date?
In order for a coach’s qualification to be Revalidated (or re-licensed as it will soon be termed by the RFL), you need to provide evidence of your CPD. This evidence must be completed and submitted on an RFL ‘Continual Professional Development’ proforma.
This evidence can be formal, i.e. you have attended an RFL approved course, workshop or event, in which case you could, through the completion of the course register, automatically be Revalidated.
You CPD can also be informal and as long as you are able to provide evidence of what you has done (this could be watching a session, working with a more experienced coach or even reading a sufficient amount of relevant literature) and how you have gone about implementing this new knowledge into your coaching sessions.
Whether formal, informal, or a combination of both, your completed CPD proforma must be handed to a HFH Club ET Officer. This ET Officer shall be responsible for verifying the contents of your CPD proforma, so please make such evidence available at the time of handing you CPD proforma across.
Once the ET Officer has signed-off you CPD proforma, it will then go to the next scheduled ET meeting for final deliberation. If authorised, your CPD proforma will then be forwarded to the RFL’s Local Talent Coach for signing off and processing through the RFL’s Coaching Team
Those coaches CPD proformas, which for whatever reasons the ET do not authorise, shall be returned to the coach in question for rectification. Only when rectification details have been corrected, will resubmission be permitted using the same process detailed above.
Please note that any CPD learning must be relevant to the HFH Clubs age group team which you are working with at the time.
For instance a Weight Training Instructors Course may be very useful to a coach working with say the Open Age players but would not be a suitable reason to Revalidate your coaching Licence if say you are the HFH U9’s coach.
Other Examples of CPD could be as follows:
Completion of Coaching or associated qualifications (e.g. NVQ in Sports Coaching and Leadership).
Completion of Workshops (e.g. Coaching Children & Young People – Sports Coach UK).
STEPs modules related to RL (e.g. Game Sense Coaching).
Coach Development courses (e.g. Observation & Video Analysis).
Attendance at Coaching Conferences (e.g. Attendance at RL or other conferences related to coaching).
Reading Coaching or RL related literature (e.g. Reading coaching books and trying to implement relevant
coaching ideas/methods as a result).
On Line Learning (e.g. Accessing coaching or RL information via the internet and trying to implement
relevant coaching ideas methods as a result).
Video analysis (e.g. Watching video footage, identifying good practice and trying to implement relevant
ideas within your own coaching environment).
To summarise…………………
As a coach you merely need to be able to demonstrate “learning” which is relevant to your coaching
environment and how you have implemented it in your sessions.
Please CLICK HERE for the RFL CDP Proforma.