World Billiards Course for Coaches – 10-11th May ’25
WBL are pleased to announce that the fifth World Billiards Coaching Course (to accredit Coaches) will be held at Landywood Snooker Club on the weekend of 10th-11th May 2025.
Venue:
Landywood Snooker Club,
Holly Lane,
Great Wyrley,
WS6 6AJ
A Google location map is included here.
Car parking is available at the side of the club.
Travel:
Air – the nearest airport is Birmingham Airport. Birmingham International Railway Station is easily accessible from the airport via the ‘Air-Rail Link’ monorail system. The free Air-Rail Link takes two minutes to get to the station and operates between 03:30 and 00:30 hours daily. Outside of these hours, the station can be reached by taxi or by walking from the terminal.
Direct trains operate from Birmingham International to Landywood Station, approx. travel time is just over 1 hour. Approximate taxi cost from Birmingham Airport to Landywood is £60 – 75 and approximate journey time is 30 minutes, subject to traffic conditions. Birmingham Airport also has a large selection of car hire firms, please visit their website for details.
Train – Landywood Station is less than a mile from the venue. For players staying in Walsall, Walsall also has a train station situated close to the city centre. To book tickets, visit Trainline.
Included within the course:
- Refreshments
- Online child protection/safeguarding training (evening of Monday 28th April)**
- Online examination
- Billiards coaching techniques
- General approach to coaching
- How to market yourself & set up coaching programmes
- Practical examinations at a table
- World Billiards Coach polo shirt*
- Coaching Certificate*
- WPBSA/World Billiards coaching ID card*
- Free access to WPBSA coaching seminars*
*Successful candidates only.
**Please ensure that you can attend the Child Protection/safeguarding training as this is a prerequisite to attending the Coaching Course.
The WPBSA issue three types of coaching licence depending on where you live and what type of coaching you intend to do. If you live outside the UK you will be issued with an ‘Overseas licence’. If you live within the UK you have the option of being issued with either an ‘Adult licence’ or a ‘Child and Adult licence’. The ‘Child and Adult licence’ is required for those Coaches who believe they will carry out one unsupervised coaching session per week, or four times per month, with a child. This licence requires a DBS check and if you require this licence you will need to pay an additional £57.66, invoiced separately by WBL.
Register:
Registrations for this course are now closed.
For any queries, please contact Martin Goodwill (Head of Coaching) by selecting the coaching option on our contact form here.