National Coaching Initiatives

NGB Coach Registration & Licsensing Schemes

Rugby Union

Football

Swimming

UKCC

The UK Coaching Certificate is an endorsement of coach education programmes across sports within the UK set against agreed criteria to:

  • Advance coach education programmes and practices with a view to helping coaches support the participants, performers and teams they are coaching
  • Support the development of coaching as a profession
  • Support the concept of continuous improvement and further develop good practice in existing programmes

The UK Coaching Certificate official website is currently under construction, in the meantime please log on to the sportscoach UK website by clicking here

UK Coaching Framework

The UK Coaching Framework will deliver many long-held aspirations for coaching. Most importantly it will enhance the quality of the sporting experience at every level for children, players and athletes, and deliver on key government objectives. This work will build on the excellent foundation that has been set in recent years across our leading sports and in each of the four home nations. sports coach UK looks forward to working with all its partners to make this vision an exciting new reality.

The vision of the UK Coaching Framework is to:

  • Create a cohesive, ethical, inclusive and valued coaching system where skilled coaches support children, players and athletes at all stages of their development in sport.
  • Become world number one by 2016

The UK Coaching Framework will:

  • Enhance the quality of coaching at all stages
  • Provide active, skilled and qualified coaches to meet demand

This will lead to:

  • Sustained and increased participation
  • Improved performances in sport underpinned by clear career structures for coaches within

For further information on the UK Coaching Framework please Click Here

Date Updated: 07/12/11