The UKUA Coaching Awards Program was launched in August 2005 when the first Level 1 course became available. In 2007 we introduced the Leader Award - aimed at non ultimate players.
For background information on the scheme (including plans for future levels) see Introduction to the UKUA Coaching Award Scheme.
To find out about course dates and locations or to sign up for a course or if you have any queries about the Scheme in general, please contact .
Forthcoming courses can be found in the Events calendar. (Using this link will give you the event list pre-filtered for Coaching courses from Nov 2007 onwards.)
Becoming a recognised Level 1 UKUA Ultimate coach is both a rewarding and valuable experience. This course develops the information, techniques and strategies that you can then pass on, explain and justify, to team-mates and other players with confidence. The material covered will improve your understanding of both coaching and playing Ultimate.
Is the Level 1 Coaching Award for you?
Whilst we would not wish to discourage anyone who is keen to learn the basics of coaching Ultimate, the following list will give you an indication of the background necessary to gain the most from the course:
You should have:
If all of the above applies to you, then the material in the Level 1 Coach award has been designed with you in mind!
For more details see UKUA Level 1 Coach Award Information Sheet
The Leader Award is aimed towards teachers and youth leaders with some experience of coaching or leading sporting activities, but with little or no experience of ultimate.
If you are planning to introduce ultimate in your school/area, or would like to know enough about the game to just consider whether to do so, then this course is for you!
The course has been kept deliberately simple and is entirely contained within the three hour session. It is intended to give you enough information to get started.
Please see the Information Sheet for further details.
The Coach Educators who run the level 1 course are all international level players and have a wealth of experience coaching Ultimate.
A very limited number of funded places are available coaching courses each year. These are available to individuals who can demonstrate that the course fees represent a difficult expense and that their attendance on the course will benefit the UK Ultimate community significantly.
If you are interested please contact explaining why you believe you meet these criteria along with references and any other supporting information.
If you have any queries about the Scheme in general, please contact admin@ukultimate.com
We are aiming to build up a number of "levels" of coaching courses specifically for ultimate. With each level increasing commitment, knowledge and skills will be required from the coaches involved. The coaching courses will also be supplemented by Ultimate specific information on fitness training and other areas of interest to coaches.