Athletics West offers both accredited and non-accredited coach education for Clubs, Centres, Schools and other groups.

ACCREDITED COURSES

Athletics West provide accredited coaching courses through our affiliation with Athletics Australia. All accredited courses are approved by the Australian Sports Commission's National Coaching Accreditation Scheme. The Athletics Coach Accreditation Framework is designed to progressively introduce the coaching skills required to develop athletes from beginner to elite. The framework is designed to allow coaches of all levels to master their coaching and participants who complete the Level 1 course or beyond, are registered with the Athletics Australia Coach Database.

Learn more about Accredited Coach Education here.

HOW TO BOOK ACCREDITED COURSE

Clubs/Centres who are interested in hosting a Level 1 Youth Coach or Recreational Running Coach (Level 1) Course at their local venue can submit an expression of interest via the REGISTER button above. An Athletics West staff member will contact you to discuss your request, including date/time, facilitator and costings.

We ask that requests are made with a minimum of 4-6 weeks' notice to provide sufficient time to coordinate your booking.

COACH UPSKILLING (NON-ACCREDITED COURSES)

The coach upskilling courses are designed to provide upskilling across a range of athletics events for parents or volunteers, as an introduction to athletics events and provide general knowledge and skills across a range of events. These sessions are ideal for clubs with parent volunteers looking to assist with club training, schools wanting an upskilling or ‘refresher’ session ahead of school carnival season, or similar.Sessions are delivered by an experienced Athletics West Coach Education Facilitator, with a minimum Athletics Australia Development Coach Accreditation (Level 2)

• The session can include some/all of the 11 athletics events (determined by the host club/group): Sprints, Hurdles, Circular Relays, Middle Distance, Race Walk, Vortex/Turbo/Javelin, Discus, Shot Put, Long Jump, Triple Jump & High Jump
• Suitable for a maximum of 18 people. For groups larger than 18 people, an additional faciliator can be arranged to cater for higher numbers (NB: additional facilitator is $70/hour for affiliate Clubs/Centres and $80/hour for non-affiliated Clubs/Centres)
• Minimum age of 14 to participate in non-accredited courses
• Please note this does not include event progressions such as block starts, Fosbury flop, rotational throw spin technique, or advanced javelin run ups

REGIONAL LOCATIONS: Please note the pricing options are for travel within the Perth metro area only. For regional groups, please contact us to discuss opportunities and funding options available.

NB: Course participants are provided with a certificate of completion, but please note as this is not an accredited course, participants do not receive a formal coaching accreditation.

Learn more about Coach Upskilling here.