COACHING COURSES

Artistic Swimming Australia Inc. organizes online coach accreditation courses during the year. The course is also known as the Level 1 and Level 2 Artistic Swimming coaching course and is accredited under the Australian Sports Commission (ASC) National Coaching Accreditation Scheme (NCAS) and held for two 3 hours online meetings over weekends. 

Level 1

1. Learning Outcomes

At the end of the course you will be able to:

• Facilitate the learning of basic level synchro skills
• Plan and conduct basic level training sessions
• Choreograph and facilitate the learning of introductory level routines
• Be an effective synchronised swimming coach

2. Enrollment

• There are no pre-requisites nor experience necessary to enrol in the course.
• If interested to attend, please register here. 

3. Course Participation

Prior to participating in the program, participants must:

• Be financial members of Artistic Swimming Australia or hold current Coaching Insurance cover
• Have read and signed the Coach’s Code of Ethics Agreement Form 
• Have to fill out the Needs analysis questionnaire 

4. Practical Assessment

• To be run by the state/clubs

5. Receiving the Full Accreditation

In order to achieve full accreditation, within three months of attending the course coaches must:

• In order to achieve full accreditation, within three months of attending the course coaches must:

• Complete all required assessment tasks
• Be 16 years of age

• Current CPR course (check your course expiry date), will need to renewed and certificate uploaded annually

• Hold a current Working with Children Check (check you rexpiry date)

           Note: if under the age of 18, some states do not require a WWC.  Check with the State or National Coaching Director to confirm. 

• Complete & upload the ASC online “Community Coaching General Principles” course
• Complete & upload the  Child Safeguarding in Sport Induction e-Learning course & Certificate

           Note: Anyone under the age of 18 will not complete the PBTR Child Protection and Safeguarding Course

• Complete Hypoxia online training
• Practical assessment will be done locally by senior coaches/state coordinators. The coach will need to submit an assessment checklist. 

• Completed the 10 hours of supervised coaching. 

For further details about the coaches courses go to https://www.artisticswimming.org.au/resources/coaches/ (members only) or contact bobbie.d@artisticswimming.org.au

Upcoming Online Coaching Course Details