About the course

FINA offers to all coaches affiliated to a FINA National Member Federation the possibility to
undertake the FINA Coaches Certification Course – Assistant Coach Level (L1):
 It is designed to meet the needs of those National Federations who have requested coaches’
instruction at a beginner level and do not have any certifiable programme to train coaches in
their country and/or a programme equivalent to those offered by FINA.
 The course caters to those coaches with no prior knowledge or coaching experience and
prepares them for assistant coaching duties in swimming.
Certification duration: 30 hours
 Online Learning: 12-15 hours
 Face to Face Course: 18 hours over 2.5 days
 Course language: English, French or Spanish
 Certification validity: 48 months