Tanya Larrigan 
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Why do  The United Kingdom Coaching Certificate

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The UKCC is a  government  initiative to improve coaching skills across all sports to help our athletes in 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  British Dressage Level 3  will cover coaching  skills up to PSG.

BRITISH DRESSAGE  UKCC LEVEL 3 COACH
Tanya is a BD UKCC L3 Coach, the course took  10 months to complete. Previous to this  she  went on a BSJA level two Coaching course which she achieved, this was in order to give her  a better understanding of how these courses are run. Not having been to school for a very  long time Tanya  wanted to get her head into the way it worked and  so be  prepared for the level 3!


BD Level 3 Coach Educator
In order to  be able to help others start on the route of coaching  British Dressage put Tanya  to  forward to take UKCC  Level 3  Coach Educators course. In turn Tanya runs courses for others who wish to move  up the coaching ladder.  Though they are for sporting coaches  they have much to  offer others  outside the equestrian world, so Tanya is looking at  extending  the way her coaching skills can be promoted and offered to include those outside  the equestrian world. Much can be learnt with  skills developed  for  management,  inter personnel skills and  team building - it is a whole new world  that can be entered and by bringing the horses into it as well creates  a new  dimension  of discovery!

 Part of  being a Coach is 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.

Q: What is the  United Kingdom Coaching Certificate (UKCC)

A:  As part of a national initiative to standardise and benchmark the quality of sports coaching in the UK, the UK Coaching Certificate (UKCC) has been introduced, and will ultimately be tailored to meet the needs of all sports.

Equestrian, including dressage, is in the first set of 21 priority sports to be putting the UKCC into practice. The aim is for the UKCC to be recognised as a mark of safe, quality coaching, as well as providing a clear, structured path for personal improvement for coaches.
Below are three informative sites

http://www.britishdressage.co.uk/training/UKCC

http://www.bef.co.uk/coaches/

http://www.sportscoachuk.org/resource/what-ukcc

Tanya is a level 3 Dressage Coach - level 4 is the highest but Tanya has taken the decision not to take the last step,  though this particular certificate  does provide coaches with a Post  Graduate Diploma (PG Dip) in Professional Practice in Sport Coaching  is a more academic route than she wishes to follow.
She is also on the Kent Coaches Register and The Womens Project 500 program and is now on a mentoring course