Bring community basketball coaching to your group
Host the Basketball England Community Coach Award for your learners, staff or volunteers, with delivery planned around your organisation.
Develop community basketball coaches
Sport Structures works with Basketball England to arrange the Community Coach Award for organisations that want to host a course. Group delivery can make the award more accessible and relevant to your learners.
The award prepares learners to coach independently in non-competitive settings. It develops basketball fundamentals, basic team strategies, inclusive coaching, responsibility and the ability to plan, deliver and reflect on sessions.
For your organisation
Discuss the delivery format, practical venue and assessment approach with us.
Knowledge and practice for community coaching
Basketball fundamentals
Teach individual skills and understand basic team strategies.
Flexible game formats
Use different ways of playing to support learning.
Safe, inclusive sessions
Respond to participant needs and create positive environments.
Coaching responsibility
Understand their role and take ownership of their practice.
Reflective delivery
Plan, deliver and review sessions to improve as a coach.
Bring together a group of developing coaches
Community and multi-sport coaches
People delivering short-term, one-off or wider participation sessions.
Schools and youth settings
Teachers, youth workers, activity leaders and students developing their practice.
Grassroots volunteers
Volunteers and newer coaches supporting local basketball activity.
This award focuses on non-competitive coaching. Coaches responsible for a competitive club team may need the Club Coach Award instead.
Adapt delivery to your group
The course can be adapted to the needs of the organiser and learners. Delivery usually includes:
Introductory module
About 30 minutes covering course orientation and game formats, delivered virtually or face to face.
Further e-Learning
Five additional modules on the Basketball England platform.
Practical day
A face-to-face day with an approved Basketball England tutor at a regional or agreed venue.
Learners should complete modules 1–5 before the practical day and module 6 before assessment. Assessment of coaching practice is strongly recommended within four months of registration.
Demonstrate coaching in practice
Learners must complete all e-Learning modules, attend the practical day and submit a short portfolio. They must also plan, deliver and evaluate at least two coaching sessions outside the course, each lasting at least 30 minutes.
Evidence of coaching can be assessed in the learner’s own setting, through a video submission, or as part of a simulated assessment day. Agree the approach and assessor cost when planning your course.
Check requirements before inviting learners
Experience and knowledge
Learners must have some experience delivering basketball sessions, understand basic rules and communicate effectively in English. They must also be a qualified teacher, an independent coach in another sport, or have completed the Introduction to Coaching Basketball Award.
Age and safeguarding
Learners must be at least 18 to coach independently. A 17-year-old may enrol but can only coach as part of a larger coaching team until they turn 18. A valid safeguarding certificate is required before certification and is not included in the fee.
Accepted safeguarding training includes courses from Basketball England, the Child Protection in Sport Unit (CPSU) and UK Coaching.
Plan for a suitable learning environment
Group size
There is no strict minimum. We recommend 8 to 20 learners for a course delivered by an approved Basketball England tutor.
Facilities
The venue must meet health and safety standards, have appropriate access, suitable lighting, temperature and noise levels, and a sports hall with at least two baskets.
For any virtual classroom sessions, use an accessible and secure platform such as Microsoft Teams or Zoom.
Budget for the full course
£73 standard learner fee
Per person. Basketball England members may use a valid 10% discount code. Organisers must apply the discount when a valid code is supplied and allow for it in their costings.
Additional delivery costs
The learner fee excludes the practical-day tutor fee of £210, assessor fees agreed according to the assessment method, travel at 40p per mile and venue hire.
The learner fee includes access to Basketball England platforms and resources, communication templates for organisers, learner progress updates through the online platform and certification.
Tell us about your course plans
Submit the Course Organiser Request Form at least three weeks before your preferred start date. We will discuss delivery, assessment and the full costs with you. Review the organiser terms before sending your request.
Go to the request form link