England Hockey have confirmed that they have 2 different coaching courses organised and available for booking, details as below:
Introduction to Hockey Coaching Course
Venue: Lichfield HC, Lichfield Sports Club, Eastern Avenue, Lichfield WS13 7SQ
Date: Sunday 17 July 2016
Times: 10.00am – 4.00pm
Deadline date to book onto this course – 7th July 2016
The Introduction to Hockey Coaching Workshop has been developed for potential coaches with limited experience of hockey coaching. It would be suitable for parent helpers, school teachers, young leaders and coaches with backgrounds in other sports.
This workshop will develop coaches to coach hockey with confidence ensuring that the sessions delivered are safe, suitable and inspiring for the players coached.
To attend coaches must be 16 years of age or older at the time of the workshop.
UKCC England Hockey Sessional Coach Course
Venue: Loughborough University, Epinal Way, Loughborough LE11 3TU
Dates: Monday 15th and Sunday 21st August 2016
Times: 15th – 9.00am – 6.00pm, 21st – 9.00am – 5.00pm
Deadline date to book onto this course – 25th July 2016
The UKCC England Hockey Sessional Coach Course is available for those who coach hockey sessions to children or adults through Back 2 Hockey, After School Clubs, Summer Camps, Adult Club Participation. Coaches may also find this course beneficial if they are supporting sessions in a Hockey programme (ie Club Team, JDC, JAC, School Team). To attend this course you must be at least 18 years of age, be able to provide evidence of the need for this qualification linked to current or future coaching roles, e.g. you will be leading hockey sessions independently, have experience of delivering relevant hockey sessions over the previous 12 months and have attended a minimum of 1 workshop from the Great Britain Coaching Club Programme over the last 24 months (Introduction to Hockey Coaching, Engaging Games For Children, Coaching For Club Players, Engaging Games For Children, Coaching For Talent or Integrating GKs are accepted)
They are also currently looking to organise a Sessional Course in Birmingham and once these details are finalised they will let us know.
To book on either of the above courses please visit
http://www.englandhockey.co.uk/courses.asp?section=2031§ionTitle=Find+a+Course%2FWorkshop