Course Information:

  • Minimum Age: 17
  • Course Duration: 6 hours 
  • Course Prerequisites: Minimum 1st4sport Level 1 Award in Coaching Football
  • Who is it for: Coaches and teachers who wish to learn how to include all people within their coaching/teaching sessions.
  • Course aims and objectives: The course is designed to give football coaches and teacher's ideas and practices for the inclusion of disabled players in football sessions whether in mainstream or impairment specific sessions.
  • FA Licensed Coaches Club: 6 hours at Level 1, 2 and 3 only. If you are not a member of the FA Licensed Coaches’ Club and are interested in joining, please visit http://facc.thefa.com. You can also contact us via email at falicencequery@thefa.com or via phone on 0844 980 8212

Course Content:

The course is six hours and covers both theory and practical elements and by the end of the workshop each participant should be able to met the following outcomes:

  • Apply and extend your existing coaching skills and experience to meet the needs of players with a range of impairments
  • Establish basic communication skills for coaching disabled footballers
  • Use appropriate terminology
  • Identify appropriate safety and medical considerations
  • Plan a wide range of coaching sessions for disabled footballers
  • Using the Inclusion Spectrum, plan your coaching sessions to include disabled players or provide alternative appropriate opportunities
  • Understand the player pathways available for disabled players including the appropriate structure for competition.

Practical Involvement: Candidates will be encouraged to participate practically to maximise their opportunities for learning (This however will not prevent successful completion of the award).

Assessment: N/A

Re-assessment: N/A

Refresher: N/A

Suggested additional learning opportunities:

  •  

    Coaching Visually Impaired Players
  • Coaching Wheelchair Players
  • Coaching Deaf Players
  • Disability Equality Workshop

 

Equality: FA Learning will ensure that it treats people fairly and with respect and that it will provide access and opportunities for all members of the community to take part in, and enjoy, it's activities in an atmosphere free from harassment, bullying, discrimination or abuse. FA Learning will seek to provide a service which is appropriate to the needs of an individual and to make reasonable adjustments or provide support, where appropriate, to cater for those needs.

FA Coaching Disabled Footballers

Date:    Sunday 12th July 2015
Time:    09:00 - 15:30
Venue: LRCFA, Holmes park, Dog & Gun Lane, Whetstone, Leicester, LE8 6FA
Price:   £35

Please note that there is a practical element in this course, with up to 4 hours of outdoor activities. Participants MUST bring the appropriate sports kit, including shinpads and 
footwear suitable for artificial grass (Astro boots, moulded boots or trainers) and for natural grass (football boots)

Please also bring food & drinks and a
pen & notepad.

Terms and Conditions of Booking a course

Leicestershire & Rutland County FA does not accept any responsibility for the loss, or damage to, candidate property or for personal injury however caused. If you are suspended from football (by any County FA) then you are suspended from all football activity including courses. Should you miss any session(s) of any course you sign up to the Leicestershire & Rutland County FA reserve the right to remove you from the course, and no refund will be given. However in exceptional circumstances candidates may be offered the opportunity to attend missed session(s) on other courses should availability allow, and the Leicestershire & Rutland County FA will charge you accordingly.

You will respect the course tutor, course venue and other candidates and their points of view and you will understand that if your behaviour, language or conduct is deemed ‘unacceptable’ ‘offensive’ or ‘harmful’ for any reason, the Leicestershire & Rutland County FA and the venues reserves the right to exclude you from continuing on your chosen course and if necessary, future courses.


Coach Education Cancellation Policy

Please note that any payment made is non-refundable. Leicestershire & Rutland County FA adheres to a strict cancellation policy. For all course cancellations candidates will receive credit notes for use on Leicestershire & Rutland County FA courses only to the sum of:

 

• 75% of course cost returned if 2 months notice given

• 50% of course cost returned if 1 month notice given

• 25% of course cost returned if less than 1 month notice given

• No credit note if less than 7 days notice given

 

Consideration will be given to candidates who, for health reasons are unable to attend and require a transfer to another course.  A letter from a doctor or medical professional must be supplied.



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