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Thank you for your
interest in becoming a coach. As a coach, you will take a lead role
to help SOWA fulfill its mission, and in doing so you will make a
major contribution to the lives of people with intellectual disabilities;
a contribution that will enrich you as much as it does the athletes. |
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| Level 1 Training: |
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Special Olympics Washington believes
in having well trained coaches with sports specific and Special Olympics
knowledge. General Special Olympics knowledge (Level 1) is obtained
through completion of the General
Orientation and Protective Behaviors training. |
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| Level 2 Training: |
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Sports and specific Special Olympics sports rules training. Training
is obtained through attendance at sports-specific training sessions,
which are offered throughout the state at the beginning of each sports
season. In order to maintain Level II coach status, individuals are
required to complete continuing education coursework every four years
and take a re-certification test in their sport. (Level
II training sessions are region specific)
* Coaches who have completed the Level 1 (General Orientation &
Protective Behavior exams) and Level 2 (sport specific training) are
eligible to take the American
Sport Education Program (ASEP) online coaching
courses designed to meet the continuing education or Level III training
requirement of the Special Olympics Washington Coach Education Program.
These sport-specific Coaching Youth [Sport] e-courses are now available
for basketball, soccer, softball, tennis volleyball and sports first-aid.
ASEP is currently working to develop online courses for each recognized
Special Olympics sport and will have them online as soon as they are
available. |
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| Level 3 Training: |
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Special Olympics Washington coaches who have completed the Level
One (General Session and Protective Behaviors) and Level II sport-specific
training are eligible to take ASEP's online Coaching Youth [Sport]
e-courses to maintain or upgrade certification in their respective
sports.
Level 3 coaches have obtained alternative sports skills training through
ASEP or advanced sports skills training at the annual Coaches
Conference held in September. |
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| Coaches Resources: |
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Sports
Links - Governing Bodies for individual sports |
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Coaches
Forms - Handbooks, Sports Rules, Forms |
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