Junior Sports Leadership

 

The Junior Sports Leaders Award is aimed at children 14 years and above and aims to develop their skills in sports leadership.  It is taught in schools all over the country.

The course is a practical qualification where pupils demonstrate knowledge and understanding mainly through physical competence rather than written work.  It aims to give the confidence and tools to enable the student to assist with the running of sports/activity sessions.  It is run over a period of 10 weeks with 2hrs per week and will cover the following topics:

· Controlling a group (younger children)

· Organizing events

· Mini games

· Planning sessions

· Health and Fitness

· Opportunities in Sport and Leisure

· Fair play in sport

 

You will, by the end of the course, have greater confidence, know a range of sports, know how to referee and umpire a range of games, have improved your communications skills

 

Sports Courses

 

Tutors for the community and Junior Sports Leaders Award Courses are active throughout the year, running courses administered by the British Sports Trust.  The courses are accredited fun and enjoyable.  They teach leadership skills to a very wide audience.  The acquired knowledge is then used to run sports and activity sessions in the local community. Clients include youth groups, universities, schools, play groups and local authorities.

Training/Leadership

Leadership

 

Here are some extracts from students who have completed the course and are now running an after school sports/activity session for a local primary school.

“I joined the sports leadership course for the wrong reasons.  I took it as an opportunity to mess around and have a joke and a laugh.  I didn't think that I would learn anything.  At the end of the day I just wanted the certificate.  After a few weeks I realized that it was actually fun and that I was learning things that I didn't know before.”

“I have learnt things on this course that have proved useful in my everyday life.  For example, my general communication skills have improved as well as my organizational skills.  Now tat we have reached the end of the course I am truly thankful to the school for giving me the opportunity to take the course, and to all the other pupils who have gone with me every week and made it the fun experience that it has been.”

“During the course I found out that it was a good thing to do and helped me a lot with my sporting activities.  Sports leadership wasn't just about Sports, it was learning to be a leader, and if I had the opportunity to do it all again I would.”