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Coaching Courses
Ultimate Australia Coaching Courses
Ultimate Australia provides formal coach education through nationally accredited coach courses.
Currently, Ultimate Australia offers the following accreditations:
- Level 1 - Community Coach Course
- Level 2 - Development Coach Course
Ultimate Australia Level 1 Community Coach Course
The Level One Community Coaching Course can be completed at your own pace.
No previous experience as a player is required to take part in this course, nor is any prior knowledge of coaching.
To achieve your UA Community Coach Certificate, you must complete (in any order):
- Six online modules and final quiz (Approx. 2 hours)
- WFDF Rules Accreditation – Standard (or higher qualification). (Approx. 10 mins)
- ASC Community Coaching General Principles. (Register as a Flying Disc Coach. Approx. 2.5 hours)
- Play by the Rules – Child Protection Online Course. (Approx. 1 hour)
Note: You will need to upload your certificates for each of these co-requisite requirements, in Module 7 of this online course.
Participants must be at least 15 years old to become accredited.
Assessment:
- At the end of each module, there is a short quiz to test understanding.
- At the end of the course, there is a quiz to test understanding
- Participants can attempt these quizzes as many times as necessary.
- Participants must achieve a 100% mark on each quiz to receive their certificate.
You can enrol and take the Level 1 course here.
Pricing: This course is valued at $37.99 but is currently being provided to community coaches free of charge.
Ultimate Australia Level 2 Development Coach Course
The Ultimate Australia Development Coach Course is for coaches working with competitive Ultimate athletes and teams.
In particular, this course is tailored for coaches of Division 2 nationals teams, University teams, Under-18 State teams, or Under-22 State teams.
This course features a blended approach to learning, including online and face-to-face components.
Entry Pre-requisites
To access these modules – you must have completed the following pre-requisite requirements:
- Community Coach Accreditation (Level 1) or Recognition of Current Competency
- 20 hours of coaching after completion of the Community Coach course. Download UA Coaching Logbook.
- WFDF Rules Accreditation – Advanced.
Accreditation Requirements
To achieve your UA Development Coach qualification, you must complete:
- Play by the Rules – Inclusive Coaching Online Course
- Sport Integrity Australia – Clean Sport 101 Course
- Successful completion of both Online and Face to Face components of this course
Participants must be at least 15 years old to become accredited.
You can enrol and take the Level 2 course online component here.
Pricing: The online component of this course is valued at $39.99 but is currently being provided to development coaches for $34.99
Further payment will be required for the face-to-face component of the course (the cost will be available from the WA Flying Disc Association when these courses run).
WA Ultimate Accredited Programs:
Schools Coaching Program
The Schools Coaching Program (SCP) is a new initiative run by WA Ultimate to teach and upskill new coaches. The accreditation will prepare coaches to implement Ultimate lessons to student players in a primary and high school environment.
Are you looking for a little bit of extra cash? Or maybe you're interested in coaching Ultimate? Maybe you'd like to be the reason a student started playing Ultimate? Or are you a teacher who wants to learn how to teach Ultimate? Whatever the reason, WA Ultimate often have regular paid work opportunities, delivering in-school sessions.
Completion of this course will allow you to be casually employed by WA Ultimate to conduct coaching sessions at various primary and high schools throughout Perth.
All questions relating to the Schools Coaching Program Course can be directed to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Clubs
Below is a list of the WAFDA-affilliated metropolitan Ultimate clubs active in Western Australia:
- FEAR Ultimate Disc Club
- Happy Pig Ultimate
- Murdoch Ultimate Disc
- PRIMAL Ultimate Club
- UWA Ultimate Club
- Sublime Ultimate Club
- Kaos Ultimate Club
- Curtin Ultimate Club
The Perth Disc Golf Club is also affilliated with the WA Flying Disc Assocation.
The following Clubs are active in regional areas around WA:
See this page for more details about where to play.
Club Development
Check out the Club Development section on the Ultimate Australia (AFDA) website.
Whether you are just starting a Club or you are looking for ways to strengthen your club's governance and development, this Club Hub has you covered. You can find resources such as:
- Governance - Resources for child-safe sport, position descriptions and planning templates.
- Education - Coaching, Spirit Of The Game, Volunteers, Game Support Roles
- How to Start a New Club - Tips and checklists for getting started
- Incorporations and Constitutions - Fact sheets
- Insurance - General information and how claims work
- Event-Based Fees - How Fees Work
Additional Support
WA: Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries
Clubs Online Section; Promoting participation and achievement in sport and recreation to support a healthy lifestyle for all Western Australians through physical activity.
Sport AUS
The Australian Government agency is responsible for supporting and investing in sport and physical activity at all levels.
Play By the Rules
Free Online courses - Child Protection, Harassment and Discrimination, Complaint Handling. Sports Club Templates, Codes and Guidelines
Sport Community
A multimedia information portal developed for grassroots sports club volunteers
For ongoing support and assistance don't forget to contact your WA Ultimate Development Officer via This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Club Contacts
Below is a list of the WAFDA-affiliated Ultimate clubs active in Western Australia:
Metropolitan
- Cutin Ultimate Club
- FEAR Ultimate Disc Club
- KAOS Ultimate Club
- Murdoch Ultimate Club
- PRIMAL Ultimate Club
- Sisko Ultimate Club
- Sublime Ultimate Club
- UWA Ultimate Club
Regional
- Mandurah Ultimate Club
- Broome Ultimate Club
- Bunbury Ultimate Club
- Esperance Ultimate Club
- This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
There are also casual games at various places such as Carnarvon, Newman, the Goldfields, and others. If you have a regular group that we don't know about please LET US KNOW.
See this page for more details about where to play.
Coaching Session Request Form
For Sporting Schools bookings please use the direct booking portal here .
For all other session bookings and enquiries please complete the booking form below.
Be sure to include all details so that a quote can be provided: Age group, session duration, date, time of the class, number of participants.
Newsletters
Newsletters
WA Ultimate produces a monthly e-newsletter. It is highly recommended that all members subscribe to this newsletter to ensure they are kept up to date with all the latest news and announcements. You can subscribe here.
'Ultimatum' is the official newsletter of the WA Flying Disc Association Inc and this publication is produced biannually.
Current and previous editions can be downloaded below:
Should you have articles you wish to submit please send them to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .