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Level 1 Upcoming Courses

Yorks and The Humber
Day 1: 13/03/10 Day 2: 14/03/10 Day 3: 27/03/10
Closing date: 13/03/2010
Yorks and Humber
Day 1: 27/03/10 Day 2: 28/03/10 Day 3: 17/04/10
Closing date: 27/03/2010
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Level 2 Upcoming Courses

South East
Day 1: 13/03/2010 Day 2: 14/03/2010 Day 3: 10/04/2010 Day 4: 11/04/2010 Day 5: 15/05/2010 **Candidates must be available for all dates of the course**
Closing date: 13/03/2010
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Coach Education

Welcome to British Triathlon’s coaching pages, dedicated to supporting coaches, tutors and assessors, providing opportunities for all those wanting to coach, tutor and assess triathlon in the UK. British Triathlon is committed to coach education and the development of coaching across the UK, with around 1500 coaches registered across all three levels. Whether you are completely new to coaching, or you have much experience within the world of coaching, we hope you will find what you are looking for here.

Coaching is at the heart of triathlon and vital to the success of all participants at every level from children, novice adults participating in their first event, age-group participation through to preparing athletes for the World Championships and Olympic Games.

The current British Triathlon Coach Education Programme places a great emphasis on a coaches’ competence rather than knowledge (what coaches can do rather than what coaches know). Through this we draw out the importance of the “how to coach” skills rather than just the “what to coach” skills of triathlon, in particular by integrating the theory into the practice. To enable a coach to progress we aim to create more opportunities to put their coaching skills into practice with the ready availability of feedback. All three levels of qualification are now UKCC endorsed and recognised by the International Triathlon Union (ITU).

Coach Education Staff Contacts

Coach Education Manager:	Paul Moss
Coach Education Administrator:	coaching@britishtriathlon.org

About Us

British Triathlon's Coach Education team is responsible for producing and delivering a comprehensive education system eventually across all 4 levels from assistant to world class coach. We are in the process of developing a new coach education system that will be aligned to the UK Coaching Framework, in conjunction with sports coach UK, commencing with the UKCC, which will meet the needs of triathlon, be relevant to all multi-sport events and most importantly, produce competent coaches.

The principles that guide the development and direction of the British Triathlon Coach Education system include:

Meet the needs of the sport and be relevant to all disciplines
Produce qualified and active coaches
Quality assurance by investment in recruiting and training the tutors who deliver and assess the qualifications
Meet the needs of a broad range of people coming into the Programme with a broad range of backgrounds and aspirations
Supported by quality learning resources
Ability to evolve to meet the changing needs of triathlon and the UKCC
Aligned to the National Occupational Standards and qualification guidelines for the UKCC

Contact Coach Education

Post:	PO Box 25, Loughborough, Leics, LE11 3WX
Phone:	01509 226154
Fax:	01506 226165
Email:	General Enquiries

Coaching News

HSE Triathlon Specific First Aid Course - Sat 3rd April

16/02 - HSE Triathlon Specific First Aid Course British Triathlon are pleased to announce the delivery of a one day first aid course, held at Loughborough University on Saturday 3rd April. The structure of the course is based around the Emergency First Aid At Work (EFAW) course but is ...

British Triathlon Support International Coaching

02/02 - British Triathlon has welcomed nine international delegates onto a British Triathlon Level 2 Coaching Course last week at the National Performance Centre in Loughborough.

Triathlon Coaches Named as Finalists at UK Coaching Awards

02/12 - Triathlon coaches Malcolm Brown and Jack Maitland have been named as finalists in the High-Performance Coach of the Year category of the 2009 UK Coaching Awards.The two coaches based in Leeds have had an incredible year having coached Alistair Brownlee to five victories in the Dextro Energy ...

Triathlon coaches required to take part in Research Study

25/11 - Loughborough University are looking to recruit triathlon coaches to participate in a new and exciting research study. Loughborough University is currently one of the leading universities in sport psychology research, and it is from here that we are conducting a study into coaching psychology. The research focuses upon coaching ...

Celebrating British Triathlon’s Achievements - VOTING CLOSED

09/10 - In what has already been a spectacular year for the sport of triathlon, voting for the coveted British Triathlon Annual Awards is now closed.The awards provide Home Nation Association members of Triathlon England, Welsh Triathlon and triathlonscotland the opportunity to celebrate the outstanding contribution to the ...