Level 2 - Club Coach Award (The BWLA Instructor Award)
This award allows coaches to give elementary instruction in weightlifting and weight training. It is a two part course each being of two days duration; Part 2 must be attempted within two years of passing Part 1; failure to do so will necessitate the taking of Part 1 again.
Course content for Part 1 will include:
Mechanics of lifting - Analysis of the snatch and clean & jerk - Key coaching positions of the two lifts – Practice of the Snatch and the Clean and Jerk – Training Plans - Principles of power development - Teaching and coaching practice - The BWLA Safety Code of Practice.
Candidate Assessment.
A two hour written paper on course material.
Demonstration of the Snatch and Clean & Jerk.
Course content for Part 2 will include:
Bones of the skeleton - Major joints - Major muscle groups - Introduction to kinetics - Teaching sequence for exercises - Weight training schedules- Group and class teaching practice - The BWLA Safety Code of Practice.
Candidate Assessment.
A two hour written paper on course material.
Demonstrate ability to teach a small range of basic exercises using the exercise teaching sequence.
