UKCC Netball Qualifications
What is UKCC?
The Netball UKCC is about supporting Our Great Game and making coaching better and therefore supporting our players of today and tomorrow. Netball Scotland, Welsh Netball and England Netball are all working together to develop an education programme to develop our coaches in all 3 countries.
The United Kingdom Coaching Certificate (UKCC) is a Government led strand of work that arose from the recommendations of the Coaching Task Force that reported in September 2002. 31 sports are involved in this UK wide initiative and are recognised in 3 phases. Netball is a phase two sport and has received funding from Sport England to develop the UKCC for Netball.
The UK Coaching Certificate is an endorsement of sports-specific coach education. It ensures that sports are delivering the best available, athlete centred coaching both in recreational, development and performance environments. It is a joint Netball development between England Netball, Welsh Netball and Netball Scotland. The UKCC will significantly change the shape and quality of coach education within and across Netball. In the future England Netball will be a formalised education provider of vocational qualifications that are appropriately developed, delivered, resourced, assessed and awarded.
England Netball is the lead agency within Netball for the UKCC. The Netball Associations of Wales (Welsh Netball) and Scotland (Netball Scotland) are equal partners in the developments.
In September 2004, Netball submitted successful Delivery Plans to each of the Home Country Sports Councils for funding to support the development of the Netball UKCC.
How will the UKCC benefit coaches?
• Enhance coaching skills, linked to the player pathway
• Raise the profile of and professionalise sports coaching
• More flexible coach centred training programmes
• UK wide recognised qualifications
• Provides a benchmark for employers and deployers of coaches
• Core coaching skills are recognised and transferable between sports
• A UK wide endorsement of top quality, safe coaching
UKCC Prices
The UKCC qualifications are now underway at England Netball for level 1 and 2 coaching qualifications.
Here at England Netball we are doing all we can to help you develop your career within the sport by providing the best quality of coach education available. The level 1 courses have proved to be a great success with nearly all courses being fully booked.
We are doing our very best to keep the cost of our level 3 courses as low as possible. However, with the high standard of venue we require to host our courses, this has had an impact on the course cost. England Netball are constantly looking for ways to access funding for participants to subsidise the challenging cost; currently England Netball is taking this role and continues to subsidise the cost of the delivery across the country as best as we can.
The cost of Netball coaching qualifications
Level Costs
Netball UKCC Level One (3 day programme) £170 per person
Netball UKCC Level Two (5 day programme) £360 per person
Netball UKCC LevelTwo Upgrade (1 day programme) To be confirmed
Netball UKCC Level Three (8 day programme) £1,200 per person
For details of upcoming Level 1 courses http://www.englandnetball.co.uk/coaching/ukcc-level_1_courses.php
For details of upcoming Level 2 courses http://www.englandnetball.co.uk/coaching/ukcc-level_2_courses.php
For details of upcoming Level 2 upgrade courses
http://www.englandnetball.co.uk/coaching/ukcc-level_2_upgrade_courses.php
For details of upcoming Level 2 courses http://www.englandnetball.co.uk/coaching/ukcc-level_3_courses.php
OFFICIATING
For full details of each Course and Award go to www.englandnetball.co.uk/officiating/Courses_and_Awards.php
England Netball via their regions and Counties run the following Course/Workshops together with Umpiring Awards:
• Youth Award Orientation Workshop for teachers (this leads into the teacher being able to deliver the Youth Umpire Award to their pupils via the school curriculum)
• Beginner Umpire Courses: England Netball affiliated and non affiliated personnel may attend these courses. However non affiliated personnel will not be covered by insurance.
• C' Award Courses: If the C award course is the first course delivered within a County then again non affiliated personnel will not be covered by insurance
• B' Award Courses: Only England Netball affiliated members may access this course and should hold a current C Award umpiring qualification
The following course has been developed to try and ensure that all matches from grassroots through to the top level eventually all have Timekeepers and Scorers - so that the Umpires do not have to keep a scorecard.
• Table Officials course
Add Title - 'National Training courses'
National Training courses are administered directly through England Netball for A Award umpires and Testers and Tutors
Add Title - 'Testing for Officials'
Anyone undertaking a test must hold a current England Netball affiliation. The qualification also only remains valid when a current affiliation is held.
• England Netball Youth Umpiring Award
• England Netball Beginner Umpiring Award
• Netball Europe 'C' Umpiring Award
• Netball Europe 'B' Umpiring Award
• Netball Europe 'A' Umpiring Award
IFNA/Netball Europe administer the IFNA International Umpire Award.
For information on upcoming Umpiring Award courses or to set up an assessment please contact Suzanne Hewitson (West Yorkshire Umpiring Secretary) hewitsons@yahoo.co.uk