The purpose of this application form is for the CoolCoach Academy team to get to know you better. We request you to fill out the application form as clearly as possible. Please be as detailed as the word limits for the questions allow.

Please keep in mind the following information while filling out your application - :   

• You have the option to save the form in between and continue later. Once you click on the Save button, you will see a pop up requesting to share an email ID in to which you will get the link to resume the application form whenever you want to resume.

• You also have the option to recheck and verify your information before submitting the form by clicking on the Review button.

• Clicking on the Submit button will send the form to CoolCoach Academy and after that you will not be able to make any changes.

There are 9 sections in the application form. Please refer below to know what each section is for and what to keep in mind while filling those sections.

• Section 1: About You: We collect the basic information about you in this section.

• First Name: Please share your first name here

• Last Name: Please share your last name here

• Email: Please share the email ID which will be used during the recruitment process. We shall be sending you the next steps to this email you share here.

• Your Mobile Number: Please share your mobile number for us to reach you

• Secondary Mobile Number: Please share an additional mobile number in case your mobile gets unreachable for emergency purposes

• Gender: Please select your gender from the options below

• Date of Birth: Please select the year, month and date as your birth date here.

• Home Address: Please provide clear address to our home. If you get selected to the program we shall be sending personal kit to this address.

• Section 2: Family Details: We collect family information in this section.

• Father's Name: Please share your father's name

• Father's Job: Please share your father's job here. If currently not working, please share the job they did previously.

• Mother's Name: Please share your mother's name

• Mother's Job: Please share your mother's job here. If currently not working, please share the job they did previously.

• How many siblings do you have?: Please mention the total number of brothers and sisters you have

• How many of them are studying?: Please mention how many of them are studying in school or college

• How many of them are working?: Please mention how many of them are working.

• Section 3: Sports Achievement: This section gives you the opportunity to share the different sports you have played, the highest level at which you have played and share all your achievements in sports.

• Which sport(s) do/did you play?: Please list down whichever sport you have played at least at an inter school level. For example - Growing up, you might have played Cricket, Football, Kabbadi, Volleyball and Kho-Kho. But you have played only Football and Kho-Kho at the inter-school level or higher. In this case, the answer to this question would be Football and Kho-Kho.

• At which level did you play?: Please select which was the highest level you have played across all the sports you have shared above. The levels shared in the form are below. You can refer to this if you are unsure which level that you have played are we referring to. We shall verify the levels you have played by requesting you to submit your certificates during the recruitment process

• Inter school: If you played for your school.

• Community: If you have played for any sports club in your community.

• Inter college: If you have played for your college.

• University: If you represented the university which your college was part of.

• District: If you have played any sport at the district level competitions

• State: If you have played any sport at the state level competitions

• National: If you have played any sport at the national level competitions

• International: If you have represented your country and played at international competitions

• Share your achievements in your sport: Please feel free to write about all the prizes/positions you have won in different sports competitions you have participated during your career. Please write of achievements at Inter-School level or higher (Word Limit = 300)

• Section 4: Educational Qualification: In this section, you are requested to share details about your highest educational qualification and from which school/college you got it from.

• Educational Qualification: You have to select the highest educational qualification you hold. Once you select the qualification, respective name of the school/college and address will be asked below

• School or College Name: Write the name of school or college you attained the qualification shared above

• School or College Address: You need to share the street, city and state where your   school or college is located

• Mark sheet: For this question, you need to upload the mark sheet for whichever highest educational qualification you hold. For example: if your highest educational qualification is 10th. Then please upload the 10th mark sheet in PDF or Image format.

• Section 5: Life Skills: This section tries to understand your background with life skills. Life skills is a term used to describe a set of basic skills acquired through learning and/or direct life experience that enable individuals and groups to effectively handle issues and problems commonly encountered in daily life.  This section has two formats. Please read carefully.  

If you have completed a life skills course from organization:

• From which organization did you complete your life skills training?: Select the name of your organization from the options. If your organization is not listed, please select "Other" and write the name of the organization in the box.

• Name of the life skills training program: Please write the name of the program you attended

• Duration of the program: Write the number of days, weeks or months this training lasted.

• Month & Year of completion: Write which month and which year you completed this program. Example: February, 2019

• What are the different life skills that you learnt as part of your life skills training program?: Here you need to share what are the different life skills you learnt during the program. (Word Limit = 100)

• What are the most important life skills? Why are they important?: Please share which of the skills shared above are the most important ones for you. Please note that this doesn't have any right or wrong answer. You might have different weightage of importance to different life skills. This is just to get to know what you consider to be important for yourself. Please share why you feel the above skills are important for you.  (Word Limit = 300)  

If you have not completed a life skills course from any organization:

• From which organization did you complete your life skills training?: Select the option "I am not a graduate of any life skills program"

• What are the different life skills that you learnt from your past experience?: Please share what are the different life skills you have learnt from your past experience. (Word Limit = 100)

• What are the most important life skills? Why are they important?: Please share which of the skills shared above are the important ones for you. Please note that this doesn't have any right or wrong answer. You might have different weightage of importance to different life skills. This is just to get to know what you consider to be important for yourself.  Please share why you feel the above skills are important for you. (Word Limit = 300)

• Section 6: Work Experience: In this section, we would like to know about your previous work experience.

• Do you have at-least 1 year of relevant work experience ?: To be part of this program you need at least 1 year of relevant work experience as a coach, trainer or facilitator. Please confirm this by selecting the option "Yes". If you have less than 1year experience, select "Yes, but less than 1 year"

• Name of the company or organization where you gained work experience: Please share the name of company or organization where you worked as a coach, trainer or facilitator

• Number of participants managed: Please share how many number of students/participants you trained and managed. Your students can be children or adults.

• Number of sessions taken: Please share the number of sessions you must have taken

• Share your achievements during your work experience: We would like to know if you have achieved anything during your work experience. Please share as many as you want.

• What are the skills needed to be a good Coach or a good teacher? Why do you think these skills are necessary?: Please share what you think are the necessary skills for a person to be a good coach or teacher.  Please note that this doesn't have any right or wrong answer. You might have different weightage of importance to different skills. This is just to get to know what you consider to be important. Please share why you think the above skills are important. (Word Limit = 300)

• According to you, what should be some qualities of a Coach? Why do you think these qualities are important?: Please share what you think are the qualities a coach should have. Please note that this doesn't have any right or wrong answer. You might have different weightage of importance to different qualities. This is just to get to know what you consider to be important.  Please share why you think the above qualities are important. (Word Limit = 300)

• Other work experience: Please share if you have any other work experience. This is outside of being a coach,trainer or facilitator. If you have no other work experience, that is completely fine and you can select "No"

• Details of the work experience: If you selected "Yes" then please share the details of your work experience such as which company or organization did you work, what was your job there. If you had selected "No", then you wont see this question.

• Linkedin Profile : Please share your Linkedin profile if you have one.

• Section 7: Access to learning: As we deliver this 3 month Fitness Coach Certification online, we are trying to understand if you have the needed infrastructure to attend a remote learning program. You need a certain set of infrastructure to attend online classes and do remote learning. Please note this does NOT affect your qualification. Knowing what infrastructure you have will help us work together with you to find solutions.

• Access to smartphone: Please share if you have your own smartphone or will you borrow smartphone from someone else.

• Smart Phone: Brand & Model: Please check the company and model of the smart phone and share it here.

• Select the specifications met by your smart phone: The specifications needed are: Android version must be 10+, at least 4000 mAh battery, Camera 12MP+, and 3 GB RAM+. Please go to the settings or use Google to verify the specification of your phone. After confirming please select which specification is met by your phone. This is a multiple choice question, so you can select multiple options.

• Do you have internet to attend online classes and access learning resources?: Please select if you will have internet to attend the online program

• Do you have a minimum of 10Mbps for internet upload and download speed?: As we will be doing the program completely online, you would need at least 10Mbps Upload and Download speed. Please verify that and select the answer Yes or No. You can use fast.com to check this speed.

• When the program starts will you have a quiet space to study?: Please share if you will have access to a quiet place to sit and attend the live classes and even to study and do your assignments.

• When the program starts will you have a space to attend and perform your daily workout?:  Please share if you will have access to a space to attend your workout sessions and work on your fitness.

• Section 8: Reference Check: In this section we request you to submit details of respective individuals to conduct reference checks. Before you submit the individual's details we request you to please confirm with them if they will be willing to get on call to discuss or email us the insights we need as part of reference check. 

• Name of the person who will provide a reference of your life skills?: Please share the name of your trainer or manager from the organization where you completed your life skills program. They will be able give us insights on your life skills. If you are not a life skills program graduate, you will be asked to submit details of two individuals from your previous work experience. 

• Designation of the person: Share which company or organization they work and what is their role.

• Email ID: Share the email ID at which we can reach them

• Name of the person who will provide a reference of your relevant work experience?: Please share the name of the person who will give us insights on your work experience as a coach, trainer or facilitator

• Designation of the person:  Share which company or organization they work and what is their role.

• Email ID: Share the email ID at which we can reach them

• Section 9:  Terms of Application: In this last section, you are confirming that whatever information you have shared in the form is correct and if found falsified, application will be terminated.

• Declaration: Please click on the box to confirm the declaration

• Signature: Please sign on the signature box to confirm this declaration once again.

We wish you all the best and hope you present the best of yourself in the application form and do well in your recruitment process. In case you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to drop an email to academy@coolcoach.org