In a way to back up Iain - this is a coaching qualification as you say Rodders and all UKA/EA awards linked in to Fell Running are coach based and in the main associated with technique. The courses are largely the same as the endurance course, with perhaps a little more emphasis on running technique for off-road, climbing and descending and how to coach it.Originally Posted by Rodders
The "Leaders" awards are geared to clubs of mainly seniors, where they don't necessarily want organised sessions with technical input, they just want someone with a degree of safety awareness to organise and lead group training runs eg. Let's all meet at Sedbergh Peoples Hall and head up to Arant Haw and back.
That "Leader" may be happy to just be that - a group leader organiser - but he may want to go on to some specific coaching qualification. That would be the next step.
Perhaps though Iain, the ML course is inappropriately named and should be called a Mountain Guides qualification. That is then as clear as can be, so it's perhaps an unclear description by both parties that could do with looking at.
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