IABA is seeking nominations for this year’s Sport Ireland Coach Developer Training course.
Coach Developers, on completion of their training, will deliver IABA coaching courses, including Fundamentals: Assistant Coach and Level One: Club Coach.
IABA’s ability to deliver coaching courses rests on the availability of Coach Developers.
Anyone interested in becoming a Coach Developer and undertaking Sport Ireland Coach Developer Training is asked to review the below, and the IABA Tutor Selection Policy.
- Candidates must meet the minimum requirements:
a. Garda Vetting/Access NI
b. Relevant safeguarding training
c. Highest available Coach Education programme within IABA*
d. Actively coaching for at least 5 years* - Candidates will be proposed by units/provinces.
- IABA will distribute Nomination Forms to candidates.
- Candidate will submit Nomination Forms to Sport Ireland (details in email to follow)
- A max of 3 candidates per NGB are accepted per year.
- The Sport Ireland Lead Trainer of Coach Developers and one other Sport Ireland Trainer of
Coach Developers will make the final decision on selections with details of acceptance (or not)
onto the course being sent to the IABA. - Considerations:
a. Knowledge, skills, and experience as a coach.
b. Genuine interest in assisting the development of coaches.
c. Willingness to learn.
d. Current communication skills.
e. Esteem they are held in by their peers. - Reliability.
- Availability to commit to the training.
- Availability to deliver courses and/or support coaches in the field once they have qualified.
The deadline for submission is next Wednesday, July 10th at 5pm. Submissions should be made to National Development Manager, James Geraghty james@iaba.ie
- If the IABA wishes to nominate someone who does not meet these pre-requisites, a case must be
made in the nomination form, giving reasons why the IABA requires the nominee to be trained when
they do not meet the pre-requisites. One reason might be that they are employed by the IABA, and part of their job will be to deliver courses, therefore they need to be trained. In such instances the
nomination will be treated as if the pre-requisites have been met