Roles and Responsibilities

There is an expectation that coaches behave appropriately in coaching contexts. To achieve this, coaches need to develop a skillset that allows them to support a diverse group of individuals. In this section you will explore the key roles and responsibilities of an independent weightlifting coach. This will also include insights into how coaches can start to build relationships with the athletes they coach.

Psychology and Effective Communication

Expert coaches will tell you that the role of a coach goes well beyond supporting athletes with the technical and physical demands of a sport. Developing psychological skills helps athletes to realise their physical In this section you’ll start to explore the  psychological skills that underpin high-performance, — and what coaches can do to facilitate the application of these in a weightlifting-specific context.

Anatomy and Physiology

During this course you will be introduced to the anatomical demands of weightlifting. This will provide you with the underpinning knowledge allows you to develop effective training programmes that improve key physical attributes.

BWL Technical Model

During the course you will receive access to the latest BWL Technical Model. The Technical Model has been designed to provide coaches with a template that helps them to optimise an athlete’s technique based on their individual differences, rather than attempting to adopt a one-size-fits-all-approach.

proportions. This will give coaches tools they need to guide an athlete through the early stages of their weightlifting career and help them to develop the technical ability to make the most of their physical attributes.

The Lifts: Additional Weightlifting Exercises

During the course coaches will learn about 10 key exercises that can be used to increase performance on the snatch and clean & jerk.

• Snatch balance
• Power Snatch
• Hang snatch
• Snatch pull
• Front squat
• Power clean
• Hang clean
• Clean pull
• Push press
• Power jerk

Each exercise is profiled in detail, giving coaches the rationale behind their use. Coaches will also be introduced to the concept of strength ratios. Using strength ratios can help coaches to evaluate athletes’ strengths and weaknesses — and then design suitable programmes promote balanced development.

Using the Technical Model to Identify Errors and Make Interventions

Coaches will cover some of the most common errors in the snatch, clean and jerk. This course will take coaches through the BWL cecisionmaking process which provides a step-by-step process to help coaches identify errors and structure interventions to help each athlete get the most out of their lifting.

Principles of Training

Coaches will be introduced to the key principles that underpin effective programmes. This provides insight into the adaptation process and how coaches can manipulate training variables in order to improve key physical qualities needed for the sport of weightlifting.

Programming

• Coaches will learn more about different training variables and how they can be manipulated to target specific training adaptations. methods of measuring training intensity, providing a balance of
• Coaches will also learn how to plan effective training sessions, which includes structuring sessions for groups as well as individuals..

Introduction to Competition Coaching

By the end of the course, coaches will have developed a  sound understanding of how weightlifting competitions run. This section highlights each part of the athlete competition experience journey, from registering for a competition, to warming up and lifting on a platform.