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Getting Started
Coaches are the life blood of the sport of judo. If you are reading this you are likely already doing judo and have already met coaches that have inspired you, made you think about your values and made you into a better person.
That’s powerful, and of course with great power comes, great responsibility and we take our coaching programme very seriously, regardless of whether your ambition is to coach at your club or lead one of our national squads to the Olympic or Paralympic Games.
If you are ready to pass on your judo knowledge to help other judoka in the sport please read on.
What Coaching Involves
There are four levels of coaching: BJA Level 1 – 3 and then on to an MSC in Advanced Sport Coaching Practice.
To find out more about each course, head over to Qualifications.
What’s involved on a Judo Coaching Course?
Judo coaching courses are typically run over a weekend/series of weekends and cover a range of modules and topics suitable for the level of qualification you are studying for.
There are typically between 8 and 20 candidates on a coaching course with one tutor for every 10 candidates. Candidates are formally assessed on the final day of the course with an assessor(s) deployed to examine the candidates.
Finding a Coaching Course
British Judo run a range of different coaching courses across the country annually.