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.

Confirmed Course Schedule

Terms and Conditions
Please ensure that you can attend all dates before booking a place onto a course. Furthermore, you must meet the minimum requirements for the course and failure to abide by the terms and conditions may lead to administration charges being imposed on the registrar.

YOU MUST SEND A COPY OF YOUR LEVEL 1, VALID SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN AND FIRST AID CERTIFICATES TO OUR OFFICE AS PROOF OF MEETING THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENT. FAILURE TO DO SO WILL RESULT IN BEING TAKEN OFF THE COURSE AND CHARGES BEING INCURRED.
Office Address - Lincolnshire CFA, 4 Henley Way, Doddington Road, Lincoln, LN6 3QR

Cancellation Policy
Lincolnshire County Football Association adheres to a strict cancellation policy. For all course cancellations within 14 days of the course starting there will be an administration charge of 20% of the course fee.
If you cancel your place on the course before the 14 day period, you will be charged £5.00 to cover administration costs.

Please contact the Football Development Department on 08449 67 07 08 or

[email protected] with any questions.