This award allows coaches to give elementary instruction in weightlifting and weight training.
It is a two part course each being of two days duration;
Part 2 must be attempted within two years of passing Part 1; failure to do so will necessitate the taking of Part 1 again.

Course content for Part 1 will include:

- Mechanics of lifting
- Analysis of the Snatch and Clean & Jerk
- Key coaching positions of the two lifts
– Practice of the Snatch and the Clean and Jerk
– Training Plans
- Principles of power development
- Teaching and coaching practice
- The BWLA Safety Code of Practice

Candidate Assessment.

A two hour  written paper on course material
Demonstration of the Snatch and Clean & Jerk


Course content for Part 2 will include:

- Bones of the skeleton
- Major joints
- Major muscle groups
- Introduction to kinetics
- Teaching sequence for exercises
- Weight training schedules
- Group and class teaching practice
- The BWLA Safety Code of Practice.

Candidate Assessment.

A two hour written paper on course material
Demonstrate ability to teach a small range of basic exercises using the exercise teaching sequence

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