Do you want to learn how to coach Wheelchair Rugby?
- Interested in coaching?
- Already a coach?
- Want to test your skills on a
Completely different sport?
Great Britain Wheelchair Rugby and the Rugby Football Union are pleased to announce the new Level 1 Coaching Award for Wheelchair Rugby.
Wheelchair Rugby is a fast paced, tactical and hard hitting sport that encompasses many tactics and strategies. It has been a Paralympics sport since 1996 and is played in over 20 countries worldwide, yet GB is the only country to affiliate with Rugby Union introducing an RFU accredited coaching course as the flagship.
Learning Wheelchair Rugby is an awesome challenge in itself, like many of the players who hadn’t always been in a wheelchair until a spinal injury; it’s a brand new concept to take on board. Wheelchair rugby is different to able bodied rugby, it’s like nothing you have ever seen before and it’s one of the most interesting and exhilarating sports to play, coach and watch.
Interested???
What can I expect from the level 1?
The level one is the starting block for any sport, the fundamentals of coaching a team, with a difference; your team is disabled, they are all wheelchair users, so as an able or disabled coach, how do you coach them? The same, or different? What needs to be taken into account with the individuals and the teams needs? Can they exert themselves in exercise the same? And just what are the different types of chair that is used and why? – These are but a few instances of scenarios that will come to light, the Level 1 will give you the skills and knowledge required to be a coach, and give you the skills to indentify a players classification, correctly get the player ready for a game of wheelchair rugby and teach some basic chair skills. Expect theory, expect practical, more importantly - expect a challenge.
Course objectives
1. Give an understanding of Wheelchair Rugby – the game, how it is organised and structured
2. Develop coaching skills and confidence to coach Wheelchair Rugby
3. Identify players involved with the sport and their needs
4. Identify health and safety issues in Wheelchair Rugby
5. Raise awareness of issues coaching people with a disability and children
6. Enable the participant to:
... Correctly set up equipment required for wheelchair rugby
....Correctly set up athletes in the right chairs
....Coach basic pushing techniques
....Coach basic chair skills
....Coach basic ball skills On completion of Level 1 the coach will have developed a range of coaching skills, have knowledge of health, safety and diversity. The coach will also have the basic skills required to run a session for Wheelchair Rugby. These skills will include identifying different abilities enabling the correct use of sports chair and set up, all the basics to teach new athletes the fundamentals of playing the sport, along with a good but basic knowledge of the rules of play. With these proficiencies the coach will be able to run demonstration sessions and mini games in schools or sports clubs making disabled people inclusive within a sport programme.
I’m already a qualified coach, will I still need the level 1 qualification?
Of course, Wheelchair Rugby is a completely different animal to other sports, it encompasses many different levels of disability thus jumping into it at a higher level simply cannot be done. In order to learn this sport fully it is essential to start from the bottom up. Much of the Level 1 is about coaching, however in parts and at the end this course delivers information that is fundamentally critical to learn before you can progress in Wheelchair Rugby coaching.
What can I do with my new Level 1?
Upon completion of the Level 1 the coach will now be able to run basic sessions of wheelchair rugby for potential players or school demonstrations. Enabling maximum participation for people who may or may not suffer with disability, wheelchair rugby is a sport for people with upper and lower limb disability; however it is also a great tool for teaching those who do not have a disability about sport, health and an appreciation and understanding for those with physical impairment.
What does it cost, when will the course run and how long for?
The first course is scheduled for March 8/9th 2008 (Saturday and Sunday) in Nottingham Trent University, Clifton Campus and it is due to run for both days, all day. The level 1 will be completed in this one weekend, if you are unable to attend in March we will be looking at running a 2nd weekend in October/November, 2008 is a Paralympics year and the busiest on the wheelchair rugby calendar, therefore running a summer time course will not be possible. Spaces are limited so ensure you reply at your earliest convenience. At this time we haven’t finalised the costs, estimates are around £100‐£150, as soon as we have final details we will let you know!
Many thanks and we look forward to welcoming you into the Wheelchair Rugby world!
James Price
GBWR Development Director
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