Coaching Courses
Ultimate Australia Coaching Courses
Ultimate Australia provides formal coach education through nationally accredited coach courses.
Currently, Ultimate Australia offers the following accreditations:
- Level 1 - Community Coach Course
- Level 2 - Development Coach Course
Ultimate Australia Level 1 Community Coach Course
The Level One Community Coaching Course can be completed at your own pace.
No previous experience as a player is required to take part in this course, nor is any prior knowledge of coaching.
To achieve your UA Community Coach Certificate, you must complete (in any order):
- Six online modules and final quiz (Approx. 2 hours)
- WFDF Rules Accreditation – Standard (or higher qualification). (Approx. 10 mins)
- ASC Community Coaching General Principles. (Register as a Flying Disc Coach. Approx. 2.5 hours)
- Play by the Rules – Child Protection Online Course. (Approx. 1 hour)
Note: You will need to upload your certificates for each of these co-requisite requirements, in Module 7 of this online course.
Participants must be at least 15 years old to become accredited.
Assessment:
- At the end of each module, there is a short quiz to test understanding.
- At the end of the course, there is a quiz to test understanding
- Participants can attempt these quizzes as many times as necessary.
- Participants must achieve a 100% mark on each quiz to receive their certificate.
You can enrol and take the Level 1 course here.
Pricing: This course is valued at $37.99 but is currently being provided to community coaches free of charge.
Ultimate Australia Level 2 Development Coach Course
The Ultimate Australia Development Coach Course is for coaches working with competitive Ultimate athletes and teams.
In particular, this course is tailored for coaches of Division 2 nationals teams, University teams, Under-18 State teams, or Under-22 State teams.
This course features a blended approach to learning, including online and face-to-face components.
Entry Pre-requisites
To access these modules – you must have completed the following pre-requisite requirements:
- Community Coach Accreditation (Level 1) or Recognition of Current Competency
- 20 hours of coaching after completion of the Community Coach course. Download UA Coaching Logbook.
- WFDF Rules Accreditation – Advanced.
Accreditation Requirements
To achieve your UA Development Coach qualification, you must complete:
- Play by the Rules – Inclusive Coaching Online Course
- Sport Integrity Australia – Clean Sport 101 Course
- Successful completion of both Online and Face to Face components of this course
Participants must be at least 15 years old to become accredited.
You can enrol and take the Level 2 course online component here.
Pricing: The online component of this course is valued at $39.99 but is currently being provided to development coaches for $34.99
Further payment will be required for the face-to-face component of the course (the cost will be available from the WA Flying Disc Association when these courses run).
WA Ultimate Accredited Programs:
Schools Coaching Program
The Schools Coaching Program (SCP) is a new initiative run by WA Ultimate to teach and upskill new coaches. The accreditation will prepare coaches to implement Ultimate lessons to student players in a primary and high school environment.
Are you looking for a little bit of extra cash? Or maybe you're interested in coaching Ultimate? Maybe you'd like to be the reason a student started playing Ultimate? Or are you a teacher who wants to learn how to teach Ultimate? Whatever the reason, WA Ultimate often have regular paid work opportunities, delivering in-school sessions.
Completion of this course will allow you to be casually employed by WA Ultimate to conduct coaching sessions at various primary and high schools throughout Perth.
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