TALS Qualification

Certificate in Talented Athlete Lifestyle Support (TALS)
 
The Level 3 TALS is awarded by 1st4sport Qualifications and has been developed in partnership with TASS. The aim of the qualification is to provide mentors with an introduction to the principles of supporting and mentoring talented athletes. It is designed to cover both theoretical and practical aspects of the the mentoring process.
 
Qualification structure
The TALS programme comprises of five mandatory units of study. To achieve the qualification, you must attend a programme of training and successfully complete all the assessed components.
 
Unit 1: Mentoring within the performance environment                                                                      Unit 2: Developing networks within the performance environment
Unit 3: Working with the athlete in the performance environment
Unit 4: Athlete transitions
Unit 5: Supporting the talented athlete

Qualification details
 
Progression
Holders of this award may wish to gain further experience of supporting talented athletes. A number of continuous professional development (CPD) sessions will be on offer to holders of the award and it is recommended they undertake two CPD sessions per annum.
 
Holders may also wish to progress to undergraduate or post graduate degrees in talented athlete lifestyle support related subject areas such as sports performance, applied sports science and sports psychology. EIS and UK Sport are currently developing a masters degree programme.
 

For more information on the TALS course please see the 1st4Sport website using the link below.  

http://www.1st4sportqualifications.com/centre_information/centreinfo_our_qualifications/qualificationbin/tals.htm

Course dates  

For more information and course availability please contact the host institution directly.  

Courses are currently being developed at Loughborough and Preston College to start approximately summer / September 2009. Please contact the below for further details:

Preston College - Mick Noblett  MNoblett1@preston.ac.uk

Loughborough College - Michelle Favier Michelle.favier@loucoll.ac.uk

Leeds Metropolitan University

Monday 5th Oct 2009
Monday 2nd Nov
Monday 7th Dec
Monday 4th Jan 2010
Monday 1st Feb
Monday 1st March

Case Study and Portfolio submission dates TBC

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Bath University

The course dates are:

Thursday 24th Sep 2009
Thursday  29th Oct
Thursday 26th Nov
Thursday 17th Dec
Thursday 28th Jan 2010
Thursday 25th Feb

Case Study and Portfolio submission 27th May 2010

For more information please visit: http://www.teambath.com/?page_id=25

Bath University

The course dates are:

Tuesday 29th Jan 2010
Thursday 25th Feb 2010
Thursday 25th March 2010
Thursday 29th April 2010
Thursday 27th May 2010
Thursday 24th June 2010

Case Study and Portfolio submission Thursday 30th Sept 2010

For more information please visit: http://www.teambath.com/?page_id=25

Leeds Metropolitan University

The course dates are:

Monday 2nd Nov    2009
Monday 7th Dec    2009
Monday 4th Jan    2010
Monday 1st Feb    2010
Monday 1st March  2010
Monday 12th April 2010