Program Overview
The Level 1 Youth Coach accreditation is designed for coaches who want to work with athletes aged 3-12 years old, and want to be involved in the early stages of athlete development (Fundamentals I and Fundamentals II in Athletics Australia’sTraining and Competition Guidelines for Children and Adolescents).
- The primary objective of a Youth Coach is to utilise a games-based approach to develop fundamental movement skills (such as running, jumping, and throwing) and foster physical literacy in an encouraging environment.
- This accreditation is most suitable for athletes transitioning to coaching, Assistant Coaches, Little Athletics Coaches, and Primary School Teachers.
Program Curriculum
Why You Coach: Explores your core values and coaching philosophy to develop a clear vision for what you are trying to achieve as a running coach.
How You Coach: Introduces the principles of effective communication, instruction, observation, and feedback when junior athletes.
Who You Coach: Examines the motivators and barriers of young athletes, group management strategies, and how to use the STEPS principle to make athletics accessble to all athletes.
What You Coach: Delves into teaching the technical model of running, bounding, jumping, hopping, and throwing, in addition to delivering structured Kids’ Athletics programs.
How You Plan: Introduces the principles of developing an effectice training session and how to progress training for junior athletes.