What are the coaching levels, and how do I progress?

Q: What are the coaching levels, and how do I progress?

Gymnastics South Africa's coaching education structure: Fundamentals Training (optional): an introduction to gymnastics coaching. Gymnastics Leaders course: the formal starting point that every coach's education must begin with. Safeguarding Coaches Training: compulsory for all coaches (Course 2, Safeguarding Practice). Generic Theory for Level 1. Discipline-specific practical skills and routine workshops for Levels 1 to 3, then Level 4+. FIG Academy programmes run by the International Gymnastics Federation for further education. GSA recommends every coach holds at least a Level 1 First Aid certificate. Qualification certificates appear on your profile on the GSA Management System when you complete a course.

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Gymnastics South Africa's coaching education structure:

Fundamentals Training (optional): an introduction to gymnastics coaching.
Gymnastics Leaders course: the formal starting point that every coach's education must begin with.
Safeguarding Coaches Training: compulsory for all coaches (Course 2, Safeguarding Practice).
Generic Theory for Level 1.
Discipline-specific practical skills and routine workshops for Levels 1 to 3, then Level 4+.
FIG Academy programmes run by the International Gymnastics Federation for further education.

GSA recommends every coach holds at least a Level 1 First Aid certificate. Qualification certificates appear on your profile on the GSA Management System when you complete a course.