New Associations Instructors must take the BAB Coach Level 1 course (CL1) coaching award within the one year from the start of their probationary period. This is a mandatory requirement.

First Aid First Aid is not a mandatory requirement. However, all Coaches carry a “Duty of Care” for all students under their supervision and the Board highly recommends that all Coaches have an externally validated HSE approved First Aid award. First Aid qualifications should be assessed, and candidates awarded a certificate of competence, not just a certificate of attendance.

Coach Level 2 (CL2) This award is for students intending to instruct without supervision at club level and beginning to engage in Coaching activity at Association level. Candidates must:

• Be recommended by their Association and possess the necessary technical knowledge in Aikido.
• Attend a series of Level 2 Coach course units, approved by the Board and shown in the table below. These can be taken with an approved BAB or a UK Coaching tutor.
• Have held CL1 for a minimum of 3 years.
• Have evidence of practical coaching for a minimum of two years since receiving CL1.
• Have been directly involved in training a number of students to 1st kyu.
• Successfully complete pre-course work which is returned to the tutor at least 2 weeks prior to the CL2 assessment.
• Successfully complete a one-day assessment which includes a 30 minute period of peer Coaching.

The BAB has soft launched the BAB Coaching Online Learning Site at https://elearning.bab.org.uk/ the BAB Units are slowly becoming available for you to take on this site

The CL2 courses can be taken with either scUK or the BAB face to face or online where applicable and are shown below. Five units need to be taken for CL2, they are, three core units which are:

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.           UK Coaching units Click here to visit the UK Coaching website to view available coaching units.

Final Assessment

Each theory session will last a minimum of 3 hours

An approved Coach tutor will make an assessment of coaching capability. Assessment will take place throughout the course and both during the theoretical and practical sessions. Each candidate will be expected to coach for a total of 30 minutes and be able to answer specific questions related to the application of the theoretical sessions.

Final Assessment Criteria: The candidate must demonstrate

• Application of coaching theory
• Use of differing teaching styles
• Effective Communication
• Safety and Duty of Care
• Lesson structure, relevance and progression
• Confidence
• Safe approach to exercise

First Aid is not a mandatory requirement. However all coaches carry a “Duty of care” for all students under their supervision and the Board highly recommends that all coaches have an externally validated HSE approved First Aid award.

First Aid qualifications should be assessed and candidates awarded a certificate of competence and not just a certificate of attendance. Upon satisfying these requirements and having a satisfactory assessment from the coach tutor certificates of competence will then be issued via their Association.

Final Assessment

An approved Coach tutor will make an assessment of coaching capability. Assessment will take place throughout the course and both during the theoretical and practical sessions. Each candidate will be expected to coach for a total of 30 minutes and be able to answer specific questions related to the application of the theoretical sessions.

Final Assessment Criteria: The candidate must demonstrate

• Application of coaching theory
• Use of differing teaching styles
• Effective Communication
• Safety and Duty of Care
• Lesson structure, relevance and progression
• Confidence
• Safe approach to exercise

First Aid is not a mandatory requirement. However all coaches carry a “Duty of care” for all students under their supervision and the Board highly recommends that all coaches have an externally validated HSE approved First Aid award.

First Aid qualifications should be assessed and candidates awarded a certificate of competence and not just a certificate of attendance.

Upon satisfying these requirements and having a satisfactory assessment from the coach tutor certificates of competence will then be issued via their Association.