Applicants interested in enrolling for the Hockey India Coaching Education Pathway Level ‘Basic’ Coaching Course (online) 2021
can submit their application through the Open forum.Hockey India on Tuesday announced that applications are now open for the Hockey India Coaching Education Pathway Level ‘Basic’ Coaching Course (online) 2021 through the virtual medium and interested applicants can enrol via the open forum (link below).
Link to submit the application – https://forms.gle/6L14FWj9Mfdpn1Qo7
After the successful organization of the Hockey India Coaching Education Pathway Level ‘Basic’ Coaching Course (online) in September/ October and December last year, and February 2021, Hockey India has once again called for applications of interested and aspiring Coaches to apply through an open forum and only 40 slots will be available for the online course, which will be held on 12 March 2021. The candidates have to submit their application before 1800 hrs on 06 March 2021.
Candidates will be chosen through a first-cum-first-serve basis and minimum criteria to apply requires an interested applicant to have Coached either a district, school or university hockey team or higher for at least 3 years or he or she should have played National level / All India University level for at least 3 years.
A preference would be given to the Athletes/ Coaches who have participated in Olympic Games/ Senior World Cup/ Junior World Cup/ Continental Events, sanctioned by AHF/ FIH and women applicants would be given preference under gender equality, subject to fulfilling the eligibility criteria mentioned above.
Since the launch of Hockey India Coaching Education Pathway in 2019, over 800 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.
Candidates who successfully pass the Hockey India Coaching Education Pathway Level ‘Basic’ Coaching Course would become eligible to attend the Hockey India Coaching Education Pathway Level ‘1’ Coaching Course in the future. There is no participation fee to attend the Hockey India Coaching Education Pathway Level ‘Basic’ Coaching Course (Online). Only those candidates who successfully complete the Hockey India Coaching Education Pathway Level ‘1’ Coaching Course will be provided the necessary certification.
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 Hockey India Coaching Education Pathway, they are then eligible to enrol for the FIH Academy Level 1 Course, and so on.
“The Hockey India Coaching Education Pathway Level ‘Basic’ Coaching Course (Online) has been a fantastic course for the aspiring coaches across India. They have been able to learn many coaching techniques through the virtual medium and have applied their learnings on the field brilliantly. I wish the candidates of the Hockey India Coaching Education Pathway Level ‘Basic’ Coaching Course (Online) 2021 all the very best. We are delighted to see many candidates grow and evolve as coaches through the Coaching Course,” stated Gyanendro Ningombam, President, Hockey India.
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