Coaching Courses

England Rugby Coaching Award

Competency based assessed course. Entry point for those coaching U12 and above. Provides the knowledge, skills and attributes to safely and effectively coach young players and adults.
Min age 16
Duration: 2 face to face days, communities of practice and in situ based tasks.
Day 1: Oct/Nov Day 2: May/June

Developing Advanced Coaching Practice

The Developing Advanced Coaching Practice course forms the pre requisite to enrolling on to Part 2 (the assessment) of the England Rugby Advanced Coaching Award. The course runs across the full season, aiming to develop candidates knowledge, skills and behaviours over time by building on experiences within their environments. Developing Advanced Coaching Practice is a recognised CCD and on successful completion will be added to the candidates GMS profile
Min age: 18
Duration; 4 face-to-face learning days, supported with webinars and eLearning.
Starts July, 10 month course

England Rugby Advanced Coaching Award

On completion of the Developing Advanced Coaching Practice course coaches can enrol on to Part 2 (competency-based assessment). This sees coaches choose a domain specific assessment focusing on knowledge, skills and behaviours.
Min age 18
Duration: 4 x in situ coaching assessments, plus video assessment and webinars
Starts July, 10-month course

England Rugby Performance Coaching Award

This programme is designed to provide both personalised and collaborative experiences for professional and expert coaches to learn, unlearn and re-learn in order to influence the game. Coaches have to be in relevant High-Performance roles in order to be considered and ultimately gain access to the course.
Min age: 18
Duration:18-month programme consisting of at least 4 face to face days, a series of High- Performance focused modules delivered by subject-matter experts across webinars with practical/video observations and community of practice events.
Starts January, 18 month course

Top Up Courses

Principles of Scrummaging

This course explores the England Rugby principles of scrummaging and is designed to help coaches, match officials and volunteers explore recent developments in scrum coaching.
Min age
Duration: 2.5 hours
October

eLearning Principles of Scrummaging

This eLearning module is for those who have completed the face to face course through excellent scrum video resources and can also help those preparing to take the course.
Min age 14
Duration: 45 mins
All Year

Principles of Lineout

This course explores the England Rugby principles of lineout and is designed to help coaches, match officials and volunteers explore recent developments in lineout coaching.
Min age 14
Duration: 2.5 hours
March/April

eLearning Principles of Lineout

This eLearning module is for those who have completed the face to face course through excellent lineout video resources and can also help those preparing to take the course.
Min age 14
Duration: 45 mins
All Year

eLearning Inside 7s

This eLearning course explores the coaching of 7s rugby union, focusing on attack, defence, passing, realignment and the breakdown, via a series of video tutorials.
Min age 14
Duration: 45 mins
All Year

eLearning An Introduction to Coaching Rugby Union

This eLearning course is designed to inspire people to engage in learning to develop knowledge, skills and behaviours of safe and effective coaching.
Min age 14
Duration: 45 mins
All Year

eLearning Coaching the Breakdown Masterclass

This eLearning course explores coaching players taking the ball into contact, securing the ball in attack, challenging for the ball in defence and game-based decision making, through a series of video tutorials.
Min age 14
Duration: 45 mins
All Year