Junior Rowing Leader’s Award

Course Leader’s Notes

DELIVERY NOTES

This brochure is designed to help develop an understanding of the Junior Rowing Leaders Award. It contains all the information you need to deliver the award.

The Junior Rowing Leaders Award is an introduction to planning and leading an Indoor Rowing Event. It can be used as a stepping-stone towards officiating, coaching and sports leadership.

The Candidate will receive a handbook for recording their award – which is also to be filled in and signed by the Course Leader

To deliver this course it may be advantageous to have either 12 months experience of the ARA Go-Row Programme, or to hold either an ARA coaching qualification or a Concept 2 Instructor’s qualification.

CONTENT LIST

Page 1 Delivery Notes and Contents

Page 2 Delivering Module A parts 1

Page 3 Delivering Module A parts 1(contd.) and 2

Page 4 Delivering Module A parts 3 and 4

Page 5 Assessing Module B

Page 6 Appendix 1 - Go-Row Resources Order Form

Page 7 Appendix 2 - Indoor Rowing Event Organisation

Page 8 Appendix 3 - Suggested Roles

N.B. JRLA Course Leaders must ensure that all participants have adequate insurance cover for the activities which they will be carrying out. It is anticipated that school insurance will cover activities within schools but this must be confirmed before courses commence.

MODULE A - PART 1 - Understanding the sport of rowing

An explanation of the Go-Row Dry Award Scheme can be found in the following resources: -

  • Go-Row Promotional Video
  • Coach Instructors Handbook (pages 3-5)
  • Go-Race Video

The candidate will need to know that the Indoor Rowing Club may be run differently at each venue, and an explanation of the School or Club’s structure for running and organising theirs will be necessary.

Information, leaflets and video footage of the British Indoor Rowing Championships are available from Concept 2 Nottingham. See Appendix 1 for an order form for Go-Row Resources.

For an explanation of different competition formats view: -

  • Go-Race Video

There are different types of competition, information about these can be found from the following sources: -

  • Dry Speed Awards – (pages 3,4,12,21,22 Coach Instructors Handbook)
  • ARA Go-Race Video

Events can be over set distances (e.g.2000mtrs) or set times (e.g. Dry Speed 2mins), they can be individual or team events or they can be Slider Rowing or E-Row.

Competitions can be those such as the British Indoor Rowing Championships or National Go-Row Competitions.

There are promotional videos, posters, booklets and downloadable packages available free and for purchase from Concept 2’s web site to enable the running of these events.

See also the ARA’s new ‘Go Faster with Foster’ DVD

MODULE A - PART 2 – Being Safe/Risk Assessment

Information for delivering this part of the Award is available from the following resources: -

  • Coach Instructors Handbook (pages 7,8,19)
  • Junior Rowing Leaders Award Handbook (page5)
  • Concept 2 handbooks provided with all new machines.

An explanation of any local arrangements for the School or Club will also need to be given.

MODULE A PART 3 - Assessing Abilities On An Indoor Rowing Machine

Explanations of all the sections to be delivered can be found in the Coach Instructors Handbook: -

  • Terminology with answers - pages 14,15,17
  • Damper Settings - pages 17,18
  • Monitors - page 16
  • Practical Skills - pages 14,15
  • Warm up and cool down - page 19

Technical information is also available from: -

  • Concept 2 promotional video or web site
  • ARA Go-Coach Video (Dry Start Section)

MODULE A - PART 4 – Organising an Indoor Session

For delivering this part of the Award the following resources are available: -

  • Coach Instructors Handbook (pages 13-23)
  • Junior Rowing Leaders Award Handbook (pages 11-12)
  • Concept 2 Event Organisers Handbook
  • Sample plan for the organisation of an Indoor Event (Appendix 2)
  • Sample plan of the personnel that may be required (Appendix 3)

The Evaluation (page 13) of the candidate’s experience of organising and running the sessions and event is the key part of this module and time should be taken to discuss any potential problems or any good practice.

MODULE B - Planning Your Own Go-Race Indoors Event

For delivering this part of the Award the following resources are available: -

  • Junior Rowing Leaders Award Handbook (pgs 9-12,17)
  • Concept 2 Event Organisers Handbook
  • Go-Race Rules

A certain amount of assistance and guidance may have to be given to some candidates, this is acceptable – but the outcome for this Award is for the candidate to be able to run sessions and small events themselves with appropriate qualified adult supervision.

Upon successful completion of the sessions and event the candidate and deliverer should sign and return page 16 to: -

The Junior Administrator, ARA, 6 Lower Mall, Hammersmith, London. W6 9DJ. Your local ARA Coaching and Development Officer is available for advice and assistance if required – and can be contacted via – 020 8237 6700 – stating where your school is located.

APPENDIX 1 - Go-Row Resources Order Form

APPENDIX 2 - Indoor Rowing Event Organisation Table

WHEN

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WHAT/WHO

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HOW TO DO IT

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EXAMPLE

2 – 6 months before event
/ Set date and venue
Get agreement from host Club/School / Liase with School, Club and ARA / SET COST
2 – 6 months before event / Apply for funding for event / Awards For All Grant to cover costs / Apply at least 12 weeks before with help from CDO, or School Co-ordinator
2 – 6 months before event / Publicise date, venue competition structure on poster and invite other schools / Postal and via school magazines, web site etc. / Use regional junior rep and CDO to advertise event. Write to Head Teacher, Head of P.E. School Sports Co-ordinator etc.
1 month before event / Contact venue - report on progress & arrangements / Liase with head, club co-ordinator
1 month before event / Start accepting applications / Via – clubs, coaches, self application / By post, email, telephone.
2 weeks before event / Decide on programme running order / Meeting / Tele/ email, post
1 Week before event / Send out draw and consent forms / Post/email / Send full copies to schools involved

1 –2 days before event - if necessary

/ Collect extra rowing machines / Deliver to venue / Set up (it takes up to 6hrs to collect, deliver and set up 12 machines with 1 person)

If you need extra rowing machines for a large event Concept 2 can help by lending some, or your local Rowing Club may be able to help. If not contact your local Coaching and Development Officer (CDO) Arrangements will need to be made to collect and set them up.

APPENDIX 3 - Suggested Roles

Position
Held / Tasks / Competent /or not? / Skills Needed / Signature of Official / Notes
Event Manager / Secretary / Arrange:
- Meeting dates
- Adult support
Liaise with schools/clubs / Organisational
Conversational
Computer Literate
Chief Judge / Agree rules for event with event officials liaise with Club Umpire / Conversational
Computer
Literate
Treasurer / Collect money – reconcile total with entries / Numerical
Honesty
Registration / Check entries Provide programmes / Methodical
Numerical
Numbers / Allocate numbers / Literate
Conversational
Results Board
Manager / Run result board & announcements. Enter Go-Race Indoor results (when appropriate) / Methodical
Computer
Result Board Assistant / Provide result board manager with information
Enter Go-Race Indoor results (when appropriate) / Methodical
Quick
Computer
Announcer / Announce events, results, awards and winners / Outgoing
Time
Keeper / Set monitor + checks / Knowledge of monitor setting
Judge(s) / Apply event rules / Knowledge
Good Memory
Scribe(s) / Provide written results as given by judges / Legible handwriting
Starter / Starting events FAIRLY
First Aider / Provide basic first aid / First Aid Cert

It may be possible to combine some of the above roles or positions.

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