sportscotland, the national agency for sport, have a wide range of free, self-paced, online learning resources that are designed for coaches and can be found here
Continue Your Learning
Coaching is a journey. Ongoing learning & reflection are key to becoming more confident & growing your impact. In addition to formal coaching qualifications through the British Cycling Framework there are a huge range of opportunities to develop your practice – from podcasts & peer-groups to online courses & in-person events. Below are some great ones to keep an eye on.
UK Coaching
UK Coaching are an independent representative body for coaches, who aim to empower, champion, and develop everyone in the coaching community to build healthier, happier communities through great coaching. They have a wide range of courses, webinars & coach communities of practice. You can access many of their resources through a free membership offering or upgrade your membership to gain access to additional content and resources.
JustGO
Scottish Cycling CPD
Scottish Cycling will continue to look to meet the needs of the coaching community in Scotland through a combination of signposting, online resources & in-person development opportunities. Where possible we will look to deliver development opportunity that aligns with the start of the discipline season to give coaches a confidence boost that carries them into the season. Find current coach CPD opportunities on JustGo.
British Cycling
British Cycling are building a collection of online units for coaches that will make up the “Understanding Your Domain” part of the coaching framework. Some units are available now, and the library will continue to grow as they add content on popular topics for coaching. Find the current offering here.
Communities of Practice
“a group of people who share a passion for something they do and learn how to do it better as they interact regularly”
Sound like the coaches at your club? Or those that interact at a cluster session? We are acutely aware how powerful these organic groups are for developing coaching practice and encourage you to form and utilise these communities of practice whereaver possible. That book or podcast recommendation, bit of feedback from a trusted collegue or supportive shoulder to lean on when coaching is getting tough. They can all be pivotal in our journey as a coach. As well as the organic groups that you will naturally be a part of Scottish Cycling would encourage you to engage and share with cycling coaches across the country.
To facilitate that we have set up a Scottish Cycling Coaches Spond group with various discipline and demographic specific sub-groups.
