Course: FA Level 1 in Coaching Goalkeepers
Course Information:
Minimum Age: 16
Course Duration: 6 face-to-face Workshops (21 hours)
Course Prerequisites: Prior to certification, learners are required to:
- Be at least 16 years of age
- Hold as a minimum a current FA Emergency Aid/IFAiF
- Have attended The FA Safeguarding Children Workshop within the last three years
Who is it for: This course is great for those looking to gain knowledge and skills relating to designing shorts practices for goalkeepers, linking together a series of practices to create a safe, fun and engaging goalkeeper coaching session.
Course Content:
The FA Level 1 in Coaching Goalkeepers provides learners with an introduction to coaching the game and working with goalkeepers of all ages.
Learners will gain an insight into the game in England, how it is played and how they can coach to better support the development of future goalkeepers. The course is designed to prepare learners to coach goalkeepers at the grassroots level.
Through the completion of the learning programme for this course, learners will be introduced to the practical and theoretical aspects of planning, delivering and reviewing individual football coaching sessions for goalkeepers. The foundation level of knowledge and skills developed through this course will enable learners to create safe, fun and engaging coaching sessions through building, developing and extending a series of linked practices.
- The FA 4 Corner Player Development Model which will help them gain a better understanding of the long-term development of their goalkeepers as a whole person
- The FA Plan, Do, Review Model, helping them construct appropriate practices and sessions for their goalkeepers
- Practical coaching ideas, giving them the ability to recognise the various ingredients that make up safe, fun and engaging practices to help their goalkeepers develop
- Practical coaching opportunities both on the course and where possible with their own goalkeepers
Assessment: Learners will be observed coaching on course and asked to complete a series of tasks related to their own context.
Equality: FA Education ensures that it treats people fairly and with respect. It provides access and opportunities for all members of the community to take part in, and enjoy, its activities in an atmosphere free from harassment, bullying, discrimination or abuse. FA Education will seek to provide a service that is appropriate to the needs of an individual and to make reasonable adjustments or provide support, where appropriate, to cater for those needs.
Course Dates:
The schedule for the course is as follows:
8 April 2019 | 08:00 - 16:00 | Practical & Theory |
9 April 2019 | 08:00 - 16:00 | Practical & Theory |
10 April 2019 | 08:00 - 16:00 | Practical & Theory |
Learners must attend all of the advertised dates & times in the course schedule. Failure to do so will result in non-qualification.
For learners with English as a second language a good command of English is required.
Full Course Joining Instructions will be sent with confirmation.
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Course Fee: £120.00
Cancellation Policy
If you need to cancel your attendance on the course you should inform the Army FA immediately.
On receipt of notice of cancellation from each individual, the following refund policies will apply:
Notice of fourteen days or more - Full Refund
Notice of less than than fourteen days - No Refund (For Military Personnel regarding Operational Commitments we will need confirmation from your Commanding Officer)
If a course is cancelled by the Army FA a full refund will be given but no payment for any other costs incurred i.e. hotel, travel etc will be paid.
All cancellation refunds will be at the discretion of the Army FA.
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