Community Sports Leadership

Level 2 Award in Community Sports Leadership

Entry Guidance:

Any student with an interest in Sport Leadership.  This course will only run if a sufficient number of students express an interest.

Syllabus Outline:

The Level 2 Award in Community Sports Leadership consists of eight units:

Unit 1: Contribute to organising and delivering a sports activity session
Unit 2 - Establish and maintain a safe sporting activity
Unit 3 - Understand the structure of sport and recreation at local, regional and national level
Unit 4 - Understand and lead fitness sessions
Unit 5 - Demonstrate principles and practice in running sporting events and competitions
Unit 6 - Demonstrate principles and practice in adapting sports activities
Unit 7 - Plan a series of appropriate sporting activities
Unit 8 - Demonstrate leadership skills in the community

All eight units must be completed.

Unit 8 requires a minimum 10 hours of leadership to be completed by the candidate away from the centre; these hours are not included in the Guided Learning Hours (curriculum time).

Methods of Assessment:

All units will be assessed and students will have to complete the 10 leadership hours to achieve a pass.

General Comments:

The Level 2 Award in Community Sports Leadership gives people aged 16 upwards the skills needed to plan and deliver safe sporting and recreational activities.

The Award develops vital leadership skills such as communication, organisation and motivation, whilst instilling the confidence and desire in people to make a difference within their own communities.

The qualification is practical in nature, with an emphasis on learning through doing and applying knowledge, rather than through theory.