Becoming a coach or a parent helper

If you want to become a lead coach, an assistant coach, or a parent helper, it’s good to go through the relevant course first.

Coaching courses

Lead coaches tend to do one of the official SHU courses. Assistant coaches (adult or teens) and parent helpers can do the hockey leaders course which we run in Kinross most years. It’s always possible to move onto the SHU courses if you want to advance your coaching skills.

Getting PVG clearance

Whatever level of coaching you are doing, you are almost certainly going to come into contact with children, so you will probably need to be get PVG clearance. The procedure is set out on our child protection page. Teenage assistant coaches do not need to be PVGd.

Coaching resources

We have a separate page on coaching resources.