Overview

In line with other sports our Coaching Scheme is organised in a number of levels.  Over time we will be reviewing and adjusting the content of the various levels in the scheme so that they are in line with other sports and the UK Coaching Framework in general.

We also recognise that for a sport like Ultimate - where increasingly individuals first come across the sport as a teacher or coach - there is a need to provide an introductory level coaching award.

This is the most basic qualification covering instruction of the basic skills of the game, the rules, and the Spirit of the game (SOTG). It is aimed at teachers, youth leaders, sports-coaches, or anyone else who wants to lead a group of beginners through meaningful practice sessions.

It is assumed that participants have little or no experience of Ultimate and the course content reflects this. The workshop is very practical, and includes time on looking and practicing basic skills in addition to discussing introducing those skills to other people.

This course gives outline knowledge of Ultimate, basic techniques, a basic tactical awareness of how the game works and strategies for both offence and defence, along with an introduction to coaching techniques.

The course assumes a reasonable degree of experience of the sport, and was originally written with the aim of supporting the transition to coaching for existing Ultimate players.

The Level 2 includes a mixture of mandatory and optional courses worth a varying number of credits. 

The Ultimate-specific component builds on an extends the content from Level 1.  Additionally there are some optional ultimate-specific modules in the areas of fitness training and skill acquisition, in addition to some generic coaching modules that are offered by sportscoachUK.

The intention is that this is the level of award that will be appropriate for coaches with aspirations beyond simply organising training sessions for their local team.