Course Information
This course will equip you with the knowledge and tools to actively support a water polo coach in the delivery of a planned training session.
Course Content
- The role of the assistant coach
- The fundamentals of water polo
- How to safely prepare, support and conclude coached water polo sessions
- Basic and water polo specific coaching skills
- Coach and player development
- Good practice in coaching ethics
- Health and safety
Prerequisites
- Minimum age to attend this courses is 15 years old
- Active NVB Vetting/ Access NI (16 years +)
- Safeguarding Level 1 (required for certification)
Prices - Members
(exclusive of credit/debit card payment surcharge of 2%)
Online Module €125
Virtual Classroom €150
Practical €125
Prices - Non-Members
(exclusive of credit/debit card payment surcharge of 2%)
Online Module €150
Virtual Classroom €175
Practical €175
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This course builds on the Level 1 Assistant Water Polo Coach course, developing your knowledge, skills and abilities ahead of becoming an independent water polo coach.
Course Content
- Roles and responsibilities of a water polo coach
- Nutrition and hydration for water polo
- Biomechanical principles in water polo
- Key physical and mental qualities of a skilled player
- Planning, delivery and evaluation
- How to coach water polo sessions
- Session management skills
- Communication skills within the coaching environment
- How to use a variety of coaching methods to meet player needs
- Developing technique
- Motivational techniques
- How to support athletes and assistant coaches
- Evaluating your own performance
- Planning for professional development
Prerequisites
- Minimum age to attend this course is 16 years old
- Candidates must hold Level 1 Assistant Water Polo Coach qualification
- Active NVB Vetting/ Access NI (16 years +)
- Safeguarding Level 1 (required for certification)
Prices - Members
(exclusive of credit/debit card payment surcharge of 2%)
Online Module €225
Virtual Classroom €275
Practical €175
Prices - Non-Members
(exclusive of credit/debit card payment surcharge of 2%)
Online Module €275
Virtual Classroom €350
Practical €250
Continuous Professional Development (CPD) is an essential element of being a successful Water Polo Coach. It is vital to keep up to date with the most current practices and thinking in relation to swimming and aquatics.
CPD helps with career progression and advancement, broadening your knowledge and equipping you with the skills to specialise in specific areas.
It also provides confidence and credibility by ensuring the professional standard of Swim Ireland qualifications are at a consistently high level.
Licensing helps raise, maintain and regulate standards of practice and help professionalise certain aspects and areas within the aquatics.
It also helps Swim Ireland reward and recognise those working within swimming, both as volunteers and paid professionals, for their achievement of qualifications.
Licensing is renewed annually and the following are required to maintain a coach license:
- Swim Ireland Associate or Club Membership
- Read and accept the Teacher/Coach Code of Conduct on the Swim Ireland Membership Database
- A passport sized ID photograph uploaded to the membership profile on the Swim Ireland Database
- Vetting through Swim Ireland or Swim Ulster for Access NI (depending on the jurisdiction of where you are operating)
- Sport Ireland/Sport NI Safeguarding Level 1
- 6 CPD points
Video tutorial - How to purchase coach/ teacher license
Swim Ireland recognise that Water Polo Coaches come from all over the world.
A qualification from outside of Ireland or another Awarding Body in Ireland can be mapped against Swim Ireland qualifications. Anyone wishing to have a qualification mapped, to receive an equivalent Swim Ireland qualification can apply for Equivalency by creating a profile on the Swim Ireland Database.
Applicants are required to complete and submit the following as part of their application process.
- Create a Swim Ireland Profile
- Complete e-Learning via STEP learning platform
- Complete Swim Ireland vetting
- Complete a Swim Ireland recognised Safeguarding Course and provide certificate
- Copy of syllabus and award/certificate of existing qualification. All documentation must be translated into English prior to uploading
Prices
(exclusive of credit/debit card payment surcharge of 2%)
Level 1 Equivalency €499
Level 2 Equivalency €799
Informal enquiries can be made by emailing education@swimireland.ie
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