BRITISH CYCLING ANNOUNCES NEW COACHING QUALIFICATIONS – WITH EXCLUSIVE FUNDING FOR GO-RIDE CLUBS British Cycling is revealing the details of its new Level 3 coaching qualifications to Go-Ride clubs ahead of a national launch – with special assistance for Go-Ride clubs to enter coaches for the new qualifications. The new Level 3 Certificate in Coaching Track Cycling and Level 3 Certificate in Coaching Road and Time Trial are the latest stage in the expansion of the British Cycling Coach Education Programme. They are the first of six discipline-specific qualifications to be launched at Level 3, with BMX and Mountain Bike scheduled for launch in 2009, followed by Cyclo-Cross and Cycle Speedway in 2010. Led by British Cycling’s Coaching and Education team the two new world-leading qualifications have had a significant contribution from technical experts throughout the world of cycling, including British Cycling’s own Olympic coaches. The result is that materials for both Level 3 qualifications capture a level of coaching information never documented before. The Level 3 qualifications are aimed at coaches who have experience of track or road and time trial coaching and who have completed the prerequisite British Cycling Level 2 Discipline-specific Coaching Award. The Level 3 qualifications focus on developing riders’ performance and will help to build coaches’ knowledge of planning, prescribing and evaluating training for individual riders; and delivering advanced discipline-specific techniques and tactics to individuals and/or groups. British Cycling Coaching, Education and Development Director John Mills said: “The launch of the Level 3 Certificate in Coaching Track Cycling and the Level 3 Certificate in Coaching Road and Time Trial Cycling is a significant development for British Cycling’s Coach Education Programme. The information that has been created through the development of these qualifications is truly world-leading. There are no other resources within the cycling world that cover the knowledge in such depth as is included in these qualifications.” John added: “The Level 3 Certificate in Coaching Track Cycling has received UK Coaching Certificate (UKCC) endorsement – confirming national recognition of a high-quality and fit-for-purpose qualification. The Level 3 Certificate in Coaching Road and Time Trial is expected to gain UKCC endorsement later this year.” This exclusive Level 3 launch also comes with the added news that Go-Ride clubs will be able to access funding for places on Coach Education courses. For spaces booked before 31st December 2008, clubs will be eligible to access the following coach education discount: · Accredited Go-Ride Clubs · £200 discount for one Level 3 qualification 1 £75 discount for Level 2 ‘Discipline’ Coaching Award · Registered Go-Ride Club working towards Accreditation* · £100 discount for one Level 3 qualification 1 £50 discount for one Level 2 ‘Discipline’ Coaching Award * Please note the subsidy is only available to the first 50 applicants. There will be three different routes to achieving a Level 3 coaching qualification, to suit individual coach’s background qualifications: Route 1 – for candidates who have completed the relevant Level 2 Discipline-specific Coaching Award, and either the Level 2 Certificate in Coaching Cycling or the Activity Coach Award Route 2 - for those candidates who have completed the relevant Level 2 Discipline-specific Coaching Award, and the Club Coach Award Route 3 – for those candidates who have completed a Level 3 cycling coaching qualification in another discipline. The initial launch is for Route 2 candidates only, providing British Cycling’s Club Coaches with the opportunity to be at the forefront of coach education developments and gain the first UKCC Level 3 cycling coaching qualification in the UK. It is anticipated that Route 1 will be launched later in 2008, and Route 3 once the first group of coaches have achieved a first Level 3 qualification. The 2008 programme for the Level 3 Certificate in Coaching Track Cycling and Level 3 Certificate in Coaching Road and Time Trial is provided below. To complete either qualification, coaches are required to attend a Level 3 ‘Core’ Unit and a Level 3 ‘Discipline’ Unit. Please note that to enrol on this initial round of courses, candidates must be a fully qualified Club Coach, who has also completed the appropriate Level 2 Discipline Specific Award (i.e. Level 2 Track Coaching Award or Level 2 Road and Time Trial Coaching Award). Level 3 Certificate in Coaching Track Cycling ‘Core’ Unit Venue Dates Manchester 17 & 18 May 2008, 14 June 2008 Edmonton, London 5 & 6 July 2008, 2 August 2008 ‘Track’ Unit Venue Dates Newport 13 & 14 September 2008, 17 Jan 2009 Manchester 6 & 7 December 2008, 4 April 2009 Level 3 Certificate in Coaching Road and Time Trial ‘Core’ Unit Venue Dates Manchester 17 & 18 May 2008, 14 June 2008 Edmonton, London 5 & 6 July 2008, 2 August 2008 ‘Road and Time Trial’ Unit Venue Dates Shrewsbury 22 23 November 2008, 7 March 2009 If you think anyone in your Go-Ride club would like to apply to attend either the Level 3 Certificate in Coaching Track Cycling, the Level 3 Certificate in Coaching Road and Time Trial Cycling or any other British Cycling coaching award please contact British Cycling Coaching and Education on 0161 274 2060 or via e-mail coaching@britishcycling.org.uk requesting an application pack.