Welcome new junior coaches!
Thank you for volunteering to help as a coach: we really couldn’t do it without you.
There are a few steps now to follow:
1. Please join the club as a Coach member (£20 per year) so you are covered by our insurance:
https://club.spond.com/
https://club.spond.com/
2. Bookmark The Junior Rowing Documents Folder which includes the calendar, training plans across squads, a handbook for parents, and guidelines for coaching.
3. Read our Junior Coaching Guidelines, which also includes information about navigating the river safely with juniors.
4. Create a British Rowing profile, so you have a membership number. You may join as a coach, but this is not compulsory.
5. The Junior Captain will then liaise with the Welfare Officer to process your DBS. Even if you have an existing DBS with another sport or organisation, you will still need to undertake the British Rowing DBS process. British Rowing maintains a database of coaches, and your DBS check at GRC is portable across other rowing clubs.
If you have any questions feel free to ask a more experienced coach (especially Danny, the kids say he’s the GOAT).