Coach Education
Supported by Youth Sport Trust, Skills Active, Sport England and Sportscoach UK
Step into Sport
English Lacrosse is part of the leadership bolt on modules for young people. The course introduces young people over the age of 15 into leading lacrosse sessions under supervision. 
This is a one day course.
Cost: £15
Level 1
This is a one day module designed around how to:
· deliver, plan and review a coaching session
· understand the basic principles of attack and defence
· understand how to develop basic skills
· understand how to develop basic decision making skills
· gain knowledge of health & safety, child protection and risk assessment
Cost: £50 Adult
£40 Student
Level 2
This is s 2 day course designed to:
· Deliver the field games of lacrosse
· Deliver a series of field lacrosse practices for women’s and men’s field lacrosse
· Deliver a training plan for the athletes involved in the game of lacrosse
Cost: £95
There are bursaries available for this course:
National: Until March 31st 2010 http://www.sportactivensa.co.uk/regions/nationalhub/coachinginvestmentprogramme.ashx
North West: Until April 2011
www.cumbria.ac.uk/getqualified 
Level 3
This is a four day course designed to:
· Develop the coach to be able to oversee the delivery of multiple coaching plans for field lacrosse by a group of coaches
· Develop the knowledge to oversee and implement a series of high performance coaching sessions over an extended period to a selected group of athletes
· To oversee, mentor and assist in the development of other coaches
Cost: £200
NVQ L2 Coaching Teaching and Instructing (City and Guilds)
This is a 2 hour evening class over 8 weeks available for all people with no formal sport qualifications based in the North West. The course will run from late April to June (final dates to be decided). Candidates will come out with and NVQ CTI with a Lacrosse focus. The course will be run out of Trafford College and will be free as part of the Train 2 Gain initiative.
For more information please contact Paul Coups p.coups@ebglishlacrosse.co.uk
For more information on coaching also log into www.sportscoachuk.org
Officiating
Supported by Youth Sport Trust, Sport England, Skills Active and Sports Officials UK
The Young Official Award
This course is available for clubs and schools to run for young people to gain knowledge and practical experience of officiating. The course is designed around young people gaining experience of officiating in POP Lacrosse.
Course pack (10 candidates): £20
Extra candidate pack: £10 for 3 candidate packs
For more information please contact Alex Carnegie-Brown a.carnegie.brown@englishlacrosse.co.uk
Women’s Umpiring
Apprentice Course
This course provides:
· the basic knowledge to umpire in a game of women’s lacrosse
· umpire pack (rule book, whistle and cards)
· log in to online test
· log book
· assessment (minimum 3 games logged before assessment for Level 1)
Cost: £50 Adult
£40 Student
Level 1
Practical assessment and feedback for all Apprentice Umpires once they have had 3 games signed off and completed the online test.
Cost: £5
Level 2
A one day course to build up the knowledge of an umpire to enable the official to lead umpire at the following levels:
· Senior National Schools (U19 A)
· County
Cost: £50
Refresher Courses
These are for qualified umpires who need brining up to date with the rules and a re-test.
Cost: £25
For all assessments please contact: Wendy Reynolds wreyn1367@aol.com
For all fixture requirements (level of umpire at each match) please see the table at www.laxumps.co.uk
Men’s Refereeing
Level 1
This course provides:
· the basic knowledge to officiate in a game of men’s lacrosse
· on line rule book
· on course test
· Referee Association Badge
This is the minimum level to officiate in junior, club and BUCS fixtures.
Cost: £50 Adult
£40 Student
For more information on officiating log into www.sportsofficialsuk.org
Higher levels of Men’s refereeing are done via assessment and mentoring. For all refereeing enquiries please contact Peter McGinnety mcginnety@hotmail.co.uk
Teacher Resources
English Lacrosse has a variety of teacher orientated resources. Please click onto the Memory for Teachers section to access relevant Key Stage 2 and Key Stage 3 resources.
Teacher Courses
English Lacrosse runs local and sub-regional teacher practical courses. Please contact: Paul Coups p.coups@englishlacrosse.co.uk
Volunteering
Supported by Youth Sport Trust, CCPR, Skills Active, Sport England and Running Sports
English Lacrosse has specific resources for the volunteer. Please click to access the:
· Volunteer Guide
· The Programme Managers Manual
Other information can but obtained from www.runningsports.org
