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Your Coaching Licence

Once you’ve completed your UKCC coaching course, you will receive a certificate confirming your qualification. This will stay with you for life – it’s yours. 

Shortly afterwards, subject to us receiving confirmation of your CRB, you’ll receive a coaching ID badge which includes your photograph, confirms your qualification and shows your licence number. This is important and you should keep it safely – you may be required by your League to show this at various times during the season – including on match days.

If you lose your ID card or don’t receive one, please call the RFL as soon as possible on 0113 237 5010.

Your first licence will last for 3 years before it expires – you don’t have to wait until the expiry date to start your CPD – you can extend your licence at any time during the licencing period

Please note, you must have a current CRB in order to hold a coaching licence. 

If your CRB has run out during the course of your licence you will not be issued another ID Badge until we have confirmation that your CRB is in place.

Keeping your licence valid and up to date is your responsibility – please see below the current licencing criteria:

• All coaching licences will be extended until December 2013 (with the exception of coaches in Hull and Cumbria and newly qualified coaches)
• All coaches must attend a CPD organised by the League, a STEPS CPD or other RFL recognised CPD during the course of 2013 in order to receive a further licence extension up to the end of December 2014.  This is subject to a current CRB.
• Coaches in HULL and CUMBRIA only

If you have not undertaken any CPD during the course of your licence, you will not receive an extended re-validated licence.
Hull and Cumbria will be the areas in which we launch our “Step back into Coaching” programme in 2013. For further information contact coaching@rfl.uk.com

See the Coach Licensing document on the right-hand side for further information.

CPD

After successfully completing the UKCC Rugby League coaching qualification the coach will need to complete extra development to further extend their licence.

It is vital that as a coach, you develop yourself and further enhance your coaching skills and practices. Evidence that can support the re-licensing and re-validation can be attendance certificates, qualifications and other training both formal and informal.

Completion of a STEPS module can also re-validate your licence.

Submission of applications are required prior to the expiry of the coaching licence (ID card).

If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact us on 0113 237 5010 or coaching@rfl.uk.com

STEPS Specific Training and Education Programme and CPD Continual Professional Development are key to coach development.

Please see the document 'Coaching Licence Extension Application' which must be completed by you and signed off by your local regional contact. Submission of this application will be required prior to the expiry of the coaching licence (ID card).

Courses in the following areas are currently being co-ordinated:

GAME SENSE COACHING
WINNING THE RUCK
POSITIONAL SPECIFIC
THE DEFENSIVE CYCLE
THE ROLE OF THE DUMMY HALF
KICKING STRATEGIES
BECOMING CAYPABLE

Participation in a STEPS2 programme can re-validate and extend your coaching licence. Places are available locally and cost £20 per coach. Please contact the RFL course administration department on 0113 2015464 for further information.

League CPD Modules

All modules are £15 per coach. See League CPD application form on the right-hand side.

Primary Game

This workshop is aimed at coaches working within the U7-U11 (Primary Rugby League) age groups.

The module will explore what motivates young players, getting your team ready, Game Sense, creating and retaining a positive match day experience, communicating with players and parents/guardians.

A Primary Games DVD is included for attendees, and navigation of this is explained during the workshop, as well the mechanics of how to carry out the Skills Awards programme which adds motivation to training and increases skills development.

Positive Coaching Environment

This workshop is aimed at coaches working within the U7-U11 (Primary Rugby League) age groups.

The module will explore what makes a positive coaching environment, what a positive game day and training experience looks like, identify how to communicate with parents/guardians and action plan to make your environment even better.

The workshop includes useful handouts and group work to enable the coaches to action plan and take back to their environment.

Planning for Player Development

This workshop is aimed at coaches working within the 13 a side game.

The module will look at the initial stages of planning to enhance the performance of players within the community game.

The module will increase the awareness of the key factors of player development, the importance of the coaching environment of young players, the constraints within your environment.  It will help you to develop a coaching plan relevant to your role within the club and have a greater awareness of player development tools within Rugby League.

The workshop includes useful handouts and group work to enable the coaches to action plan and take back to their environment.

Game Sense

This workshop is aimed at coaches in the 13 a side game.

The module will identify how to facilitate learning through Game Sense coaching, including how to design and plan for delivery and the benefits associated with this type of practice.

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