Coaches

COVID-19 UPDATE

Following advice from the UK & Scottish Governments, scottishathletics recommend all face-to-face classroom education activity delivered by scottishathletics (coach, official, teacher, club etc) will only be able to proceed while the country is in Coronavirus (COVID-19) protection levels 0-2.  Meantime we will look to transition courses where applicable online.

Our next education programme will be delivered with Covid restrictions considered during Summer 2021 with an Autumn programme also planned.

We are aware that there is an increased use of online communication during this period, and so have provided the following useful documents for coaches:

Social Media and Digital Guidelines for Coaches
Additional advice when using Zoom for online meetings

Coaches are vital to our sport. Without the commitment of those who choose to guide and train athletes of all ages, abilities and disciplines, athletics simply would not exist.

The backbone of the coach’s journey is formed by the UKA qualifications that we offer around the country. Courses are available for everyone from complete beginners (such as the Leadership in Running Fitness (Jog Leader) or Leading Athletics courses) to the most experienced.

New Coach Qualification Pathway

You can explore all our coaching qualifications and CPD resources using the menus on the left of this page.

Useful documents can be downloaded below.

Downloads:

• UKA and IAAF rulebook 2020-2022 (link to British Athletics website where rulebook can be downloaded)
• UKA Coach Qualification Defined (PDF 565kB)