British Athletics Coaches Survey

British Athleticsand partners havecommissioned Leeds Metropolitan University to undertake research into coaches and coaching provision.

Purpose: the purpose of the research is to understand more about the coaching that you do...

  • helping you to find the right coaching opportunities
  • helping you with coach development opportunities, and
  • valuing and recognising the coaching that you do.

Confidentiality: the research is completely confidential. British Athletics will not be able to associate your contact details with your responses. All data collection, management and analysis is being conducted by a third party agency with full adherence to the 1998 Data Protection Act.

Filling out the Questionnaire: most questions require either a tick box, or for you to fill out some brief details in the boxes provided. Important: we recognise there will be some questions you do not know the answer to. Please fill out the questions where you can provide information and return the questionnaire. Your response is very important to us.

Incentive: this project is extremely important to the future development of coaches in athletics. However, we are also offering the following incentive for completion: First prize: 2 pairs of tickets to 2 sessions at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. Runners up: an England Northern Ireland, Scotland or Wales tracksuit depending on home country.

Please return the completed study to Dr Ian Richards via e-mail

Or by post to Dr Ian Richards, Carnegie School of Sport, Room 201 Cavendish Hall, Headingley Campus, Churchwood Avenue, Headingley, Leeds, LS6 3QS.

Many thanks for your input!

ABOUT YOUR COACHING

Q1. Have you undertaken any athletics coaching in the last 12 months?

Please tick one
Yes /  / Continue to Q2
No /  / Answer the equity questions only (end of the questionnaire)

Q2. Have you typically coached in an unpaid/voluntary, paid part-time and/or paid full-time capacity in the last 12 months?

Please tick one box in the first column (i.e. your coaching deployment inathletics). If applicable, please also tick one box in the second column (i.e. your coaching deploymentacross all sports that you coach).
In athleticsonly / In all sports you coach
Unpaid (voluntary)
Less than 10 hours per week /  / 
Unpaid (voluntary)
10 hours or more per week /  / 
Paid part-time and paid sessional
Fewer than 10 hours paid work per week /  / 
Paid part-time and paid sessional
10 hours or more paid work per week /  / 
Paid full-time
Over 30 hours paid work per week /  / 
Not applicable / - / 

Q3. On average, how often have you coached in the last 12 months, or, if applicable, in the last season?

Please tick one only
Almost every working day / 
At least once a week / 
At least once a month / 
At least once every six months / 
At least once in the last year / 

Q4. On average, how many hours per week do you typically undertake the following coaching activities for?

Please enter hours in boxes
Preparing for coaching / hrs
Face-to-face delivering of coaching (training/competition) / hrs
Communicating to parents/others outside coaching / hrs
Reviewing, monitoring, evaluating coaching / hrs
Coaching-related administration / hrs
Travel to and from coaching / hrs
Professional development and learning / hrs
Other club roles / hrs
Total hours per week / hrs
What is the total number of weeks you coached last year

Q5. Which of the following best describes your involvement in coaching over the last 12 months?

Tick all that apply

Coach / 
Coach assistant / 
Leader / 
Other (please specify)
……………………………………………………………. / 

Q6. Please indicate in which of the following coaching settings you have coached in the last 12 months?

Please tick (i) all that apply and (ii) the main setting you coach at.(i) could have many ticks.(ii) will have one tick only.
(i)
Please tick all that apply / (ii)
Please tick themain setting you coach at
Athletics Club /  / 
Multi-Sport Club /  / 
Health and Fitness Club/Private Club /  / 
College/Sports College/Further Education /  / 
Community Project/Scheme /  / 
County/Regional Training Centre /  / 
High Performance Training Centre /  / 
Outdoor Activity Centre /  / 
Holiday Camps /  / 
Personal / private coaching /  / 
Institute of Sport /  / 
Leisure Centre/Local Authority /  / 
Private sports facility /  / 
School (within PE lessons) /  / 
School (outside of PE lessons) /  / 
University /  / 
Youth Club/Youth Organisation /  / 
Other (please state)
…………………………………………………………………………….. /  / 

Q7. Please indicate the following about your coaching:

Please enter the number in boxes:

The number of clubs/other settingsin/at which you are currently coaching
The number of clubs/other settings from which you currently take (coach) athletes (if coaching separately/privately)

SPECIFIC COACHING EXPERIENCES IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS

Q8. For each level of participant you have coached in the last 12 months, please provide the relevant information in the table below – i.e. group sizes, settings, hours coached etc.

Note: if you coach more than one individual / groups within the same participant level, please provide ‘average / typical’ data.

Level of participant(s) / Discipline
i.e. 100 meters, high jump, road running / Average number of participants in group / Coaching Setting
i.e., club, regional academy, school, university, distance coaching etc. / Average number of hours per week spent delivering coaching to this group
Younger children
4-11 years / Older children
12-16 years / Young people
17-20 years / Adults
21+ years / Total
Beginner / Learner / Hours
Club / Hours
County/Regional / Hours
National / Hours
High performance / Hours
Recreational
Mixed / Hours

OTHER ROLES AND EXPERIENCES

Q9. Have you undertaken any of the following coaching-related activities in the last 12 months?

Please tick all that apply
Coach Mentor / 
Coach Educator (Tutor) / 
Tutor Trainer / 
Coach Assessor / 
Coach Verifier / 
Other (please specify)
…………………………………………………… / 

COACH QUALIFICATIONS, LICENCE AND CPD

Q10. Do you have a British Athleticsrecognised coaching award/qualification?

Yes /  / Continue to Q11
No /  / Go to Q12

Q11. Please provide information on your highestBritish Athletics coaching award/qualifications:

Please enter highest qualification
Award/Qualification Name / Year Achieved (yyyy)
e.g. Level 4, Level 3 (Senior), Level 2 (Club), Level 1 (Assistant) / e.g. 2002

Q12. Do you currently have a British Athletics recognised licence to practice?

Yes /  / Continue to Q13
No /  / Go to Q14

Q13.In addition to any awards / qualifications you may have taken, have you undertaken any other coaching-related continuous professional development (CPD) in the last year?

Please tick one
Yes /  / Continue to Q14
No /  / Go to Q15

Q14. Looking through the following list of CPD learning experiences/sources, please indicate (i) whether you used them in the last 12 months (ii) whether you would like to utilise this learning in the next 12 months

Please tick all that apply
(i)
Used in the last 12 months / (ii)
Want to use in the next 12 months
Coaching conferences /  / 
Coaching qualifications – governing body or UKCC /  / 
Online learning - U Learn, U Coach, Ushare /  / 
Online learning - other /  / 
Reading coaching books, magazines and journals /  / 
Watching coach-related DVDs, videos, CD-ROMs /  / 
Working with a coach mentor /  / 
Working with/observing coaches from your sport /  / 
Working with/observing coaches from other sports /  / 
Watching / observing athletesin competition CPD? /  / 
Workshops/training events/courses /  / 
Other (please specify)
…………………………………………………………………………………………… /  / 

Q15. Which of the following safety/equity workshops have you undertaken in the last three years?

Please tick all that apply and fill in as appropriate
Equity / 
Disability / 
Safeguarding Children / 
First Aid / 
Other (please specify)
……………………………………………………………. / 
None of these / 

FUTURE COACHING AND COACH DEVELOPMENT

Q16. On average, how many direct coaching delivery hours per week (training and competition) doyou expect to be undertaking over the next 12 months?

Enter number of hours per week
Average coaching week: / hrs

If your working hours vary throughout the year, please

provide a ‘winter’ and ‘summer’ response instead

Average summer week / hrs
Average winter week / hrs

Q17. Does your answer to Q16 represent more, the same, or less coaching over the next 12 months when compared with the previous 12 months (look back at your answer to Q4 Delivering Coaching)?

Please tick one; double check your answers to Q4 and Q16
More / 
Same / 
Less / 

Q18. Do you intend to take the next level Governing Body award/qualification over the next 12 months?

Please tick one
Yes / 
No / 
Not sure / 

Q19. If ‘yes’ to Q18, what award/qualification level will you be taking?

If ‘no’ to Q18, why not?

Please tick all that apply
If yes … / If no …
(New) Leading Athletics award /  / Time taken to complete the award / 
(New) Leadership in Running Fitness award /  / Cost / 
(New) Coaching Assistant award /  / Availability of courses / 
(New) Athletics Coach award /  / It’s not required, or no incentive / 
(New) Coaching in Running Fitness Award / Other (please state)
………………………………………………………. / 

Q20. Do you have any other comments that you would like to feedback to British Athleticsaboutcoaches and coaching?

Please provide detail in the box

EQUITY INFORMATION

It is important for our workforce planning that we have information on the ‘make up’ of the existing workforce. Please provide the following information:

Age

Please entermonth and year of birth

Month
Year

Gender

Please tick one
Male / 
Female / 

Ethnic group

Please tick one to indicate your cultural background

White

/ Black or Black British
British /  / Caribbean / 
Irish /  / African / 
Other white /  / Other Black / 

Mixed

/ Chinese or other ethnic group
White and Black Caribbean /  / Chinese / 
White and Black African /  / Other / 
White and Asian / 
Other mixed / 
Asian or Asian British
Indian / 
Pakistani / 
Bangladeshi / 
Other Asian / 

The Disability Discrimination Act 1995 defines a disabled person as anyone with a “physical or mental impairment which has a substantial and long-term adverse affect upon his/her ability to carry out normal day to day activities”.

Do you consider yourself to have a disability?

Please tick one
Yes / 
No / 

If yes, what is the nature of your disability?

Please tick one

Visual / 
Hearing / 
Physical / 
Learning / 
Multiple / 
Other / 
Prefer not to say / 

Please provide the following details so that Leeds Metropolitan University can identify your response. This is to check who has responded to the survey and to avoid duplicate responses. The postcode information will also help Leeds Met to map coach locations against available opportunities.

Date of birth:

Postcode:

E-mail:

This information will NOT be provided to British Athletics and your response will be completely anonymous and confidential.

Thank you for taking the time to complete this form.

Press send to complete.

If you require any further information please contactAndi Drake or Jamie French .