Insurance issues as an unqualified coach
A long-term goal of mine is to become an SSC. As such I'm trying to gain coaching experience as and where I can in anticipation of attending a seminar one day, but I've run up against a problem. Recently I've approached some amateur sport clubs and offered to provide strength coaching. In each case, during the initial discussions the clubs have been very positive about the idea until they check their paperwork, at which point they tell me that they can't have an unqualified (i.e. non-certified) person running a strength session because 'it could cause issues with insurance.'
Has anyone else encountered this problem? I'm trying to pry for more details but I hesitate to argue with them about it without more knowledge of the situation. Are these clubs misunderstanding the nature of their insurance or is there a genuine obstacle here? Is there a workaround solution or am I best off acquiring some silly paper-exam-only S&C certification in order to satisfy them and get the coaching experience?