Flat Green – Level 1 – Westlecot BC – Wiltshire

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Flat Green – Level 1 – Westlecot BC – Wiltshire

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Course Start Date:

November 28, 2023

Online Time:

5:30 pm

Practical Course Location:

Westlecot Bowls Club

The only Nationally Recognised Qualification for the sport of Bowls in England, wholly supported by Bowls England, EIBA Ltd and with contributions from BCGBA and ESMBA. The knowledge gained from this qualification will ensure coaches have developed an understanding of safe, ethical, and effective bowls coaching. It also enables coaches (who are aged over 18) to deliver pre-prepared sessions provided by Coach Bowls.

Level 1 Topics covered

  • Roles and Responsibilities
  • Safeguarding (overview)
  • Health, Safety, Accidents
  • Planning and evaluating
  • Coaching a Beginner
  • Warm ups / Cool downs
  • Working with the Jack
  • Delivery
  • Line and Length

Zoom Instructions with email 

Event Timelines

1
Zoom Session 1 Online

Thursday 28th November 2023  5.30pm Start

2
Zoom Session 2 Online

Tuesday 5th December 2023 Start Time: 5.30pm

3
Practical Day @ Westlecot BC

Saturday 16th December 2023 Start Time: 9am Start

4
Assessment Day @ Westlecot BC

Saturday 3rd February 2024 Start Time: 9am

Course Expired:

Event FAQs

Learner Pre-Requisites

The only Nationally Recognised Qualification for the sport of Bowls in England, wholly supported by Bowls England, EIBA Ltd and with contributions from BCGBA and ESMBA. The knowledge gained from this qualification will ensure coaches have developed an understanding of safe, ethical, and effective bowls coaching. It also enables coaches (who are aged over 18) to deliver pre-prepared sessions provided by Coach Bowls.


 


Level 1 Topics covered


·         Roles and Responsibilities


·         Safeguarding (overview)


·         Health, Safety, Accidents


·         Planning and evaluating


·         Coaching a Beginner


·         Warm ups / Cool downs


·         Working with the Jack


·         Delivery


·         Line and Length

Zoom Instructions

You will receive an email with a zoom link and instructions once you have booked and paid for your course.

Recommended Outline Training and Assessment Programme

The programme will be delivered to achieve qualification learning outcomes. This programme is flexible and may differ during the course but in the broadest outline:


Session 1 online (2.5hrs)– covering roles and responsibilities; Codes of Practice, Coaching Points; Basic Safeguarding; Basic Laws of the sport; Health & Safety; Warm Ups and Cool Downs; 


Session 2 online (2.5 hrs)– covering Effective Communication, Equality & Diversity; Planning and Evaluating Bowls Coaching Activities


Practical Day (9am – 5pm – 8hrs Practical Coaching) – covering Delivery Action, Line, Length, Jacks, Warm ups and Cool Downs and lots of on green coaching


Off course practice – at your own club including completing your portfolio and coaching at least 2 sessions in your club


Summative Assessment Day – Practical assessment


If you require further qualification information, then please do not hesitate to contact us on adam@coachbowls.org or 07458 301497

Certification

Upon completion of all tasks of your qualification, your course tutor will submit your record of achievement to Coach Bowls.  Once we receive this, it will enable us to certify you with 1st4Sport Qualifications.  Your certificate will be dispatched to you by 1st4Sport Qualifications.  Please note, we are unable to request a certificate without a record of achievement.  If payment for your qualification is outstanding, your certificate will not be issued until payment has been received.  If an organisation/employer/funding agency is paying for your qualification on your behalf, please make them aware of this to not delay your certification.  Your certificate will be sent to the address provided on your booking form. If you change addresses and do not inform us upon certification, there will be a £12 charge for a replacement certificate to be sent.

Lateness Policy

To ensure smooth running of the course and that all course content is covered, please allow sufficient time to arrive / log on to the course ahead of the start time, taking into account any traffic disruptions for practical days.  We appreciate that incidents and accidents will occur which may disrupt your journey, however to ensure you and all the other learners achieve a positive learning experience, anyone later than 30 minutes will not be able to complete the qualification.  If you are running late, please contact the office on the number above so that we can inform the course tutor(s).  If you are experiencing any difficulty and are unable to attend, please contact adam@coachbowls.org informing Coach Bowls of the situation immediately.

Course Day Queries

Please note our office hours are Monday to Friday 9am-5pm.  If you are experiencing an issue with your course and your course is taking place during office hours, please contact 07458 301497 so that we can assist you.  If your course is taking place on a weekend are you are experiencing an issue, please contact  us and leave a message and we will call you back. The out of office hours number will only be available on weekends to deal with course issues only for courses taking place on the same weekend.  For all other enquiries, please contact the office during working hours.

Terms and Conditions

If you cancel within 7 days or fail to attend the course without good reason (at the sole discretion of Coach Bowls), the full fee will apply.


If you cancel within 14 days of the qualification then 50% of cost will be returned to you


If you require any further information or have any queries then please do not hesitate to contact Adam via email: adam@coachbowls.org.

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