NEW DELHI: After successfully conducting several editions of Coaching Education Pathway Level ‘Basic’ Coaching Course (online) over the past couple of years, Hockey India has once again called for applications from interested and aspiring coaches to apply for the Coaching Education Pathway Level ‘1’ & Level ‘2’ Coaching Course 2022 through an open forum.
Coaching Education Pathway Level ‘1’ Coaching Course is scheduled to be held between 5 to 12 March in New Delhi / Bhubaneswar, and 100 slots will be available for the course and Coaching Education Pathway Level ‘2’ Coaching Course is scheduled to be held between 27 to 31 March in Bhubaneswar, and 60 slots will be available for the course.
There will be four batches of the Coaching Education Pathway Level ‘1’ Coaching Course, all of them having limited seats. The sessions for Batch 1 will take place from 5 to 6 March. The sessions for Batch 2 will take place from 7 to 8 March. The sessions for Batch 3 will take place from 9 to 10 March. The sessions for Batch 4 will take place from 11 to 12 March.
There will be two batches of the Level ‘2’ Coaching Course, all of them having limited seats. The sessions for Batch 1 will take place from 27 to 28 March. The sessions for Batch 2 will take place from 29 to 30 March.
The confirmation of the dates of each candidate will be subject to availability and will be provided only by Hockey India. Interested candidates are required to submit their application before 1800 hours on 28 February.
Link to submit the application for Hockey India Coaching Education Pathway Level ‘1’ Coaching Course – https://forms.gle/SEFtUNi7zft4X6nr5
Link to submit the application for Hockey India Coaching Education Pathway Level ‘2’ Coaching Course – https://forms.gle/jVKBargy3WJk4myt5
The eligibility criteria to apply for the course requires an interested applicant to have successfully passed the Coaching Education Pathway Level ‘Basic’ Coaching Course. The candidates will be accepted on a first-cum-first-serve basis, with preference being given to the Athletes/Coaches who have participated in Olympic Games and/or Senior World Cup and/or Junior World Cup and or any other Continental Events sanctioned by AHF and/or FIH. Women candidates will also be given preference under the gender equality subject to fulfilling the above-mentioned criterion.
Each of the candidates’ competencies will be assessed and only those candidates who successfully complete the Level ‘1’ & Level ‘2’ Coaching Course on the basis of the assessment criteria, will be provided the necessary certification.
Since the launch of Coaching Education Pathway in 2019, over 1,200 coaches from across India have benefitted from the programme, which is a simplified education structure that consists of a combination of web-based modules and face-to-face interactive courses, underpinned by a competency-based assessment process, which helps the coaches in progressing to higher levels.
A simplified education structure aims to help in developing coaches from the grassroots level into world-class coaches of the high performance/international level. Once a candidate progresses from the Coaching Education Pathway, they are then eligible to enrol for the FIH Academy Level 1 Course, and so on.
