The UKCC is a government initiative to improve coaching skills across all sports to help our athletes across all disciplines become the best they can possibly be. The UKCC Equestrian Coaching Certificate is a qualification which essentially hones specific coaching skills within an equestrian environment. Levels 1 and 2 are being managed by the British Horse Society and the Pony Club these are generic, Level 3 is discipline specific so in my case British Dressage Level 3 will cover coaching skills up to PSG. - level 4 does not yet exist.
BD UKCC LEVEL 3 COACH l am is now on the first official BD Level 3 course which takes upto 8/10 months to complete. Previous to this l went on a BSJA level two Coaching course which l acheieved, this was in order to give me a better understanding of how these course are run, not having been to school for a very long time l wanted to get my head into the way it worked so l was prepared for the level 3!
BD Level 3 Coach Educator As l wished to be able to help others start on the route of coaching British Dressage put me forward to take UKCC Level three Coach Educators course so l can run courses for others who wish to move up the coaching ladder. Though they are for sporting coaches l have noticed that they have much to offer in other ways so l am also looking at extending the way l promote and offer my courses to include those outside the equestrian world as there is much can be learnt with skills devloped for management, inter personnel skills and team building - it is a whole new world that l can enter and also bring the horses into as well to aid discovery!
Part of being a Coach this that one also continues their own proffessional development (CPD) through attending seminars for sports science and attending World Class coaching conventions to keep upto speed on coaching developments, also progressing ones own skills and meet others with in coaching world across the board. .the like. l am going to be taking the Neuro Linguistic Program as in the autumn as an ongoing development of my skills
