The Australian Sports Commission has launched an on-line basic coaching course. Good on the UFNSW for spotting it.
I'm curious if anyone has some time to have a poke around - let us know. If its useful and not too time consuming we might spread it around the qld-ultimate lists.
The site indicates that it has a particular focus on coaching kids, but I'd be interested in what it says about coaching adults.
I've said to a few people that one of the things I like about Ultimate is watching people come to an entirely new sport as an adult. That's a pretty rare experience for most people, and something which I suspect puts a lot of people unconsciously off giving Ultimate a go ("I'm worried I'll embarrass myself because I don't know what I'm doing so I'll stick to the sport I've been playing since I was a little tacker").
Once they're playing though, the thing that separates adults from kids (and I don't really have the terminology for this) is that they can self-direct their learning. Many adults new to Ultimate will pick up the strategy and tactics of Ultimate well before they develop the skills to use them (not just throws, but perhaps more importantly, reading the play). Or at least they'll recognise that there's stuff they don't know, and start to ask.
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I've done the course. Found it pretty easy, probably partly because I'd done L1 Ultimate coaching course + am doing HM... But also because it's basically laid out to be passed.
It's a useful introduction to show the important concepts and considerations in coaching. It covers things like inclusive coaching, legal issues, safety and risk management, all that stuff... which is somewhat boring in comparison to the actual sport stuff, but becoming more and more important in today's world.
I'd definitely recommend it, because it's free, not a massive investment in time or effort, and a little bit of an eye-opener.
My 2c.
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