ITU BG LEVEL 1 – COMPETITIVE COACH – ACCREDITATION

Introduction

Coach Education is deemed as being a vital link in the planning and development of the strategic plans pertaining to athlete development in the long term.

ITU supports the philosophy that athlete development is largely coach driven and with this in mind has developed a coach education curriculum for Level 1 coaches to service those National Federations that do not as yet have such a programme in place. Course materials have been developed by ITU BG Sport Development for use by National Federations.

To support those National Federations that do have such a programme in place ITU will provide the opportunity for these federations to get their current coach education programme (Level 1) accredited by ITU as long as they include all the curriculum content within their current structure.

 

Level 1 Minimum Course Content

Equivalency Levels      Level 1

Level of Athletes          Novice to intermediate (0 to 5 years in the sport)
                                    School and youth programmes, age-group adults

Modules: Minimum Content

Module	Minimum Content	Comments
MODULE 1 Ethics	Values and Culture of sport Ethics in sport WADA / Drug education
MODULE 2 Sport Education	History of Triathlon Triathlon culture and philosophy Structure of Triathlon (local to international) Rules of the sport Events (triathlon, aquathlon, duathlon)	Accurate history Rules current (with ITU competition rules)
MODULE 3 Sport Specific Technical	Swim Bike Run Transitions Equipment	Individual sport technique. Triathlon-specific skills in each sport. Basic equipment guidelines (safety related, e.g. bike fit)
MODULE 4 Planning	Short term (practice design; weekly and monthly planning) Long term (annual and season planning)	Short term planning to include practice planning, weekly structure of practices, and periodization in a month. Long term planning to include annual plans including national or regional seasons.
MODULE 5 Training	Basic anatomy Basic physiology       (training principles, energy systems) LTAD      (Long Term Athlete Development)	LTAD includes growth and development. *Should include guidelines for MAXIMUM training and racing distances for children and youth.
MODULE 6 Teaching and Learning	Skill Acquisition Communication skills      (instruction and feedback) Performance analysis	How people learn Instructional methods Analysis includes detection, validation and correction of performance
MODULE 7 Health and Holistic Areas	Nutrition (every day and competition) Sport Psychology (mental skills)
MODULE 8 Professional Responsibilities	Coaching roles and responsibilities Leadership	E.g. management: individuals, teams, facilities, clubs, programs
MODULE 9 Safety	Risk management	Risks: environmental, human, equipment

Evaluation

Each program should have a demonstrated means of assessing and evaluating coaches in a competency-based format.  Assessment and evaluation should include:

• Field-based component  (in coaching environment) including ethical behaviour
• Measure of ability to analyze, apply, and creatively adapt knowledge to a variety of situations
• In the event a programme is missing a minimum standard, ITU will provide a module that covers that information to supplement the programme.

E.g. A hypothetical list of programmes may look like the following:

Country “X”        Base programme + ITU Ethics
Country “Y”        Base programme + ITU Teaching and Learning + ITU Ethics
Country “Z”        Base programme + Sport Education

Therefore, if ITU were to use the programme from Country “X”, they would supplement the content with an Ethics module.

Accreditation of an existing coach certification programmes
National Federations that have an existing Coach Education Programme and would like their course to carry an ITU BG Coach Education accreditation logo must submit the following information to ITU BG Sport Development at the ITU HDQ on or before 30th November of each calendar year:

1. Curriculum outline for Level 1 Coaching Course
2. Support manuals used for the course
3. Means of evaluation (theoretical and practical)
4. Prerequisites for enrolment in the course (e.g. prior learning requirements; age; criminal history checks etc.)
5. Re-certification requirements.

Development of NEW coach education programmes
National Federations who wish to start a coach education programme where one is not yet in existence can contact ITU Sport Development (Libby Burrell or Alan Ley).  ITU BG Sport Development will work along with the Continental/Regional Federations to assist National Federations start such programmes.

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